Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

John D Harkleroad

Sunil Dalal

Manish Shah

Patrick J Edgar

Aamir U Warsi

Alexander W Schuyler

William P Dix

Emily M Deming

A removable trim cover described herein includes a headrest guide to ensure alignment of the removable trim cover to the seat. In one embodiment, the removable trim cover includes a material body sized to cover a front face of a backrest of a seat. The material body has apertures forming a headrest guide. The headrest guide is adapted to align with headrest sleeves in the backrest. The removable trim cover also includes a first zipper portion, disposed around a border of the material body, adapted to be joined with a second zipper portion affixed to the backrest.

Removable trim cover with headrest guide

Methods, systems, and apparatus for lamp moisture management systems include a lamp housing including an inlet vent and an exit vent, a transparent cover plate covering a light exit hole in the lamp housing, and a conduit including a primary air inlet, an air outlet, a narrowed portion disposed between the primary air inlet and the air outlet, and a secondary air inlet disposed at the narrowed portion. The primary air inlet can be configured to receive a first flow of air through the conduit to induce a second flow of air through the lamp housing to evacuate a moist air from the lamp housing. Methods, systems, and apparatus can further include a fan configured to induce a flow of air through the lamp housing to evacuate a moist air therefrom.

Force air moisture management for lamps

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle headlight calibration. In one embodiment, a headlight adjustment system includes a headlight positioned in a vehicle with a measuring assembly attached to the headlight. An adjust system is connected to the moving assembly and a moving mechanism. In response to an optical beam of the measuring assembly extending past an articulating reference member of the measuring assembly to an optical receptor of the measuring assembly, the moving mechanism physically alters a configuration of the headlight.

Headlight adjustment system with measuring assembly including optical beam extending past an articulating reference

An apparatus, a system, and a method for providing a smart multi-tier power running board (PRB) with ground sensing technologies. The apparatus includes one or more support bars, one or more steps, an actuator connected to one end of each support bar of the one or more support bars, one or more sensors, and a controller coupled to the actuator and the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to: obtain data indicative of a request to move the one or more support bars from a stowed position to a deployed position; determine, based on sensor data detected by the one or more sensors, the deployed position for moving the one or more support bars; and control, based on the determined deployed position, the actuator to move the one or more support bars from the stowed position to the deployed position.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for smart multi-tier power running board with ground sensing technologies

A method of autonomously controlling interior lighting of an occupied vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving vehicle-to-vehicle information from a nearby vehicle. A controller controls an illumination setting of an interior light of the occupied vehicle based on the vehicle-to-vehicle information.

Autonomous cabin lighting systems for vehicles

A seat assembly including a seat frame, an armrest pivotally coupled to the seat frame, a stopper, and an engagement member. The armrest pivots between a use position and a drop down position below the use position in a vertical direction. In the use position, the armrest is configured to support an arm of a user. The engagement member contacts the stopper in the use position to inhibit movement of the armrest from the use position toward the drop down position. The engagement member is configured to deform against the stopper upon application of a predetermined force to allow the armrest to move from the use position toward the drop down position.

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

John D Harkleroad