Meritor Light Vehicle Systems, Inc.

Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems - France

Meritor Light Vehicle Systems - France

Inteva Products, LLC

Francois Breynaert

Christos T Kyrtsos

Charles Berry Hopson

Joseph Tyckowski

Timothy Davies

Pascal Bonduel

Hermann Yvetot

Jerome Quere

Didier Senecal

Aidano C Nascimento

Brian Staser

Michael Maddelein

Michael Kobylinski

Benoit Bazin

Stephane Omelezuk

Marc Buchheit

Philippe Mercadal

Michel Lehir

Luc Benechet

A multi-view imaging system for a vehicle includes a housing fixedly secured external to the vehicle and an extendable camera configured to image a side and/or rear from the vehicle and to extend from and retract into the housing. The multi-view imaging system further includes an actuator configured to urge the extendable camera out of and into the housing.

Deployable side shark fin with integrated side view camera and sensing device

A commutator housing for an electric motor includes a support to receive a commutator having at least two integrated stops and at least two brushes each fixed on a spring component. The spring components force the brushes into a contact position against the commutator. The stops hold the spring components in a mounting position in which the brushes are distanced from the contact position.

Commutator housing for an electric motor

A connector for an electric motor including a magnetic ring which is the seat of a magnetic field tied to operating parameters of the motor. A magnetic flux conduction member forms a flux concentrator interposed, when a connector is fixed on the motor, between the magnetic ring and a Hall-effect sensor to measure the magnetic flux conducted by the magnetic flux conduction member. The electric motor can be used with geared motors for window-lifting systems, seat actuation systems or sunroof systems in the automobile field.

Connector with flux concentrator for electric motor

A commutator for an electric motor includes a support ring, a plurality of metal segments arranged around a circumference of the support ring, and a plurality of capacitors arranged between the support ring and the metal segments. Each capacitor is connected between two adjacent metal segments.

Commutator for an electric motor

A connector for an electric motor including a magnetic ring which is the seat of a magnetic field tied to operating parameters of the motor. A magnetic flux conduction member forms a flux concentrator interposed, when a connector is fixed on the motor, between the magnetic ring and a Hall-effect sensor to measure the magnetic flux conducted by the magnetic flux conduction member. The electric motor can be used with geared motors for window-lifting systems, seat actuation systems or sunroof systems, in the automobile field.

Magnetic current concentrator connector for electric motor

An active window seal assembly is disclosed that operatively engages a movable window when the window is stationary and disengages the window when the window is in motion. The seal assembly comprises a stationary frame, a movable lip that is operatively connected to the stationary frame, and a cavity disposed between the stationary frame and the movable lip. Several configurations provide for movement of the movable lip when the movable window is in motion. The first configuration allows the cavity to inflate with air, thus forcing the movable lip away from the window. A second configuration provides that the air in the cavity be evacuated, thus pulling the movable lip away from the window. A third configuration provides that a voltage be applied to the stationary frame and the movable lip to create an electric field. The electric field draws the movable lip toward the stationary frame and away from the movable window.

Active window seal

An activation device for a functional component of motor vehicle equipment having an electric motor includes a transmission device connected on the one hand to an output shaft of the motor and on the other hand to said functional component, so that the transmission device and the motor exert mutual forces upon one another, and a safety device adapted for modifying the electrical supply of the motor according to an operating parameter significant of said mutual forces. The motor is mounted on the equipment with at least one degree of movement with respect thereto, and the safety device has means of measuring the movement of the motor delivering measurement signals which determine the operating parameter. The activation device is particularly applicable to electric window winder or sun-roof systems.

Activation device for a functional component of motor vehicle equipment equipped with a safety device

An object detection system includes a sensor in communication with a controller which identifies contact with the sensor. In a preferred embodiment the sensor is a piezo film which generates a signal when an object applies a predetermined force to the edge of the moveable glass member. This signal is identifiable by the controller in communication with the piezo film. Another embodiment of the sensor provides a pair of substantially parallel segments of conductive material applied along the edge of the window. When an object is in contact with both segments of conductive material an electrical signal is conducted and identified by the controller. When the controller determines an object is in contact with the sensor and therefore the moveable glass member, the controller halts or reverses the movement of the moveable glass member to prevent trapping the object between the closing moveable glass member and the frame.

Glass edge object detection sensor

A method and system for detecting the presence of an object caught between an automotive window and its respective frame includes a sensor mounted on a drive motor that drives a regulator to move the window upward and downward. The sensor senses a resistive torque applied against the regulator and generates a signal having a value proportional to the amount of resistive torque sensed. The signal is transmitted to a control circuit which then determines whether or not an object is caught between the window and its respective frame.

Method and system for detecting an object caught in the path of an automotive window using a piezoelectric torque sensing device

A method and system for detecting the presence of an object caught between an automotive window and its respective frame includes an electric drive motor for opening and closing the automotive window. The electric drive motor receives power from a power supply via a primary brush assembly coupled to a power line. A piezoelectric sensor is mounted on the drive motor for sensing a resistive torque applied to the regulator and generating a signal having a value indicative of the resistive torque. The signal is then transmitted to a control circuit for determining whether or not an object is caught between the window and a frame based on the signal. The signal may be transmitted to the control circuit either by the primary brush assembly via the power line or by a secondary brush assembly coupled directly to the control circuit.

Method and system for detecting a resistive force applied against an automotive power window

A method and system for detecting the presence of an object caught between an automotive window and its respective frame is provided. The window opens and closes via a regulator driven by an electric drive motor. A force is sensed at an interface between the window and the regulator proportional to a force exerted on the window. This force is compared with a predetermined value, and if the sensed force exceeds the predetermined value, an object caught between the window and its respective door frame is detected.

Method and system for detecting an object in the path of an automotive window utilizing a piezoelectric sensor

A method and device for determining torque applied to a motor of an automotive power window system includes a motor having a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft wherein the rotor and rotor shaft move linearly along an axial length of the rotor shaft in response to an applied torque. A ring magnet is mounted on the rotor shaft for generating a magnetic field as the rotor shaft rotates. A sensor, in communication with the ring magnet, senses a strength of the magnetic field based on a linear position of the ring magnet in relation to the sensor and generates a proportional voltage signal. A control circuit receives the voltage signal and detects a torque applied to the motor in response thereto.

Method and device for determining torque in an automotive power window system

A vehicle window obstruction detection system looks for lateral forces on the window. A lateral force is indicative of an obstruction in the path of the window, and is particularly indicative of a living obstruction. The presence of the lateral force is utilized to identify an obstruction, and stop further movement of the movable closure.

Obstruction sensing utilizing lateral forces on a moving window

A method and system for directly determining the presence of an object between a window and its respective frame during closing of the window is disclosed. A sensor is provided within the frame to determine a length of the frame being compressed when the window is closed against the frame. This length is compared to a predetermined value. If the compressed length is less than the predetermined value, an object is detected so that the window can be controlled to stop and change direction so as to release the object before injury or damage occurs.

Method and system for detecting an object in an automotive window

A motor assembly that is useful for operating various devices on a vehicle includes a unique arrangement for securing a detector arrangement within the motor assembly. The detector arrangement includes a first portion that is supported on a shaft associated with the rotor portion of the assembly. A second portion of the detector arrangement is supported by a flange, which is associated with the stator of the assembly. The second portion of the detector assembly includes a printed circuit board that is received within a recessed housing formed on the flange. The recessed housing includes at least one surface that abuts the circuit board into a position where cooperating locking features operate to secure the printed circuit board in a desired position on the flange.

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Francois Breynaert