Volvo Car Corporation

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Dr. Schneider Kunststoffwerke Gmbh

Jonas Göthlin

Todd Levy

Axel Ernstsson

Sven-Olof Persson

Kenneth Dahlberg

Mikael Gordh

Niklas Palm

Eric Gunnarsson Hörnsten

Fredrik Heurlin

Matilda Johansson

Conny Blommé

Daniel Kamm

Hanna Pettersson

Kaspar Raats

Fredrik Stråhlin

Martina Oldenburg

Pierre Ahrnberg

Alborz Sedaghat

Anders BERGSTRÖM

Air vent including mesh panel with improved directivity. In general, the disclosed subject matter relates to an air vent which comprises a mesh panel with vent holes to cover an outlet of the air vent, wherein the air vent provides for improved directionality of the outlet air through the mesh panel. The improvement in directivity is provided by that the air flowing towards the mesh panel is directed to flow substantially perpendicular to the mesh panel in at least some direction modes of the air redirecting element.

Air vent including mesh panel with improved directivity

Vehicles, steering systems, and steering assemblies of a vehicle are provided in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment, a steering system includes a track oriented substantially in a side-to-side direction with respect to the vehicle. The side-to-side direction may be substantially horizontal with a ground surface and substantially perpendicular with a forward-facing direction of the vehicle. The steering system also includes a steering wheel adapted to slide laterally along the track. In another embodiments, the present disclosure provides a vehicle comprising a steering wheel assembly adapted to be positioned in laterally variable locations with respect to the vehicle, whereby the steering wheel assembly is further adapted to enable a driver to manually operate the vehicle from a left-hand side of the vehicle and from a right-hand side of the vehicle.

Vehicle having multiple driving positions

An entertainment system for a vehicle, the system including: a sound emitting module including multiple sound emitting units, wherein the sound emitting module is adapted to be arranged such that the multiple sound emitting units are distributed along the transverse extension of a windshield of the vehicle and to emit sound towards the windshield, and a display device arranged between the sound emitting module and an occupant seating position, wherein the display device is arranged to cover the sound emitting module as seen from the occupant seating position. The disclosed entertainment system provides the advantage of integrating a more advanced sound system in the form of a sound emitting module including multiple sound emitting units.

Entertainment system for a vehicle including a sound emitting module

A module for accommodating electronic circuitry which advantageously is able to take advantage of air in a climate system for cooling of the electronic circuitry. In one aspect, there is provided a module for accommodating electronic circuitry in a vehicle, the module includes: at least one attachment surface for attachment of electronic circuitry thereon, an air guiding structure for receiving an air flow for cooling of the attachment surface, the air guiding structure having a wall member including the attachment surface such that the wall member provides a thermal path between the attachment surface and the air in the air guiding structure, wherein the air guiding structure includes an inlet configured to receive air for cooling of the attachment surface wherein the air flow is an air flow used for climate control in the vehicle.

Module for accommodating and cooling electronic circuitry in a vehicle

A deployable driver station including a seat utilizing both a front-facing driver seat bottom and a coupled rear-facing passenger seat bottom. In a driver configuration, the driver seat bottom is used in a conventional manner, being disposed behind the steering wheel or other steering control and the interior panel, while the passenger seat bottom is disposed more centrally within the passenger compartment. In a passenger configuration, the passenger seat bottom is used like the adjacent rear-facing passenger seat bottom(s), when used, while the driver seat bottom is disposed under the interior panel such that it does not take up space in the passenger compartment. Likewise, the steering wheel or other steering control is disposed under the interior panel. A common two-sided pivoting seat back is alternately used for the driver seat or the passenger seat by pivoting to an appropriate angle for the configuration.

Deployable driver station for an autonomous driving vehicle

A play table includes a base member, a door member, and a rotatable adjustor mechanism for securely holding items of different sizes on the play table. The base member includes side walls and a top wall extending between the side walls to form a storage compartment therein. The top wall includes a recessed, exterior, working surface. The door member is hingedly connected to one of the side walls for selectively opening and closing the storage compartment. The adjustor mechanism is rotatably attached to the top wall and includes an upper retention member, a lower mounting member, and a spring-loaded shaft member. The adjustor mechanism is spring-loaded to provide a biasing force against the item placed on the working surface to securely hold the item on the play table.

Play table with tablet adjustor mechanism

The present disclosure relates to a dashboard protection arrangement, which is adapted to protect an accessory or a piece of equipment located at a central region of a dashboard of a vehicle from a deploying frontal protection airbag. The dashboard protection arrangement comprises a dashboard airbag adapted to deploy along a surface of the dashboard in order to at least partly cover the central region of the dashboard when deployed. The disclosure further relates to a vehicle comprising the dashboard protection arrangement and to a method of deploying a dashboard airbag of a dashboard protection arrangement.

Dashboard protection arrangement

A method performed by a vehicle settings adjustment system for facilitating user adjustment of vehicle settings of a vehicle via a display of the vehicle. The vehicle settings adjustment system determines occurrence of user interaction with a physical control interface of the vehicle, user interaction with the physical control interface affecting a therewith associated predetermined vehicle function. The vehicle settings adjustment system further provides on the display a user selectable shortcut adapted to, upon user selection thereof, provide on the display a subset of user selectable setting options enabling adjustment of one or more user adjustable vehicle settings associated with the predetermined vehicle function.

Method and system for user adjustment of vehicle settings

The present invention relates to a power window switch apparatus () having a switch housing () supporting at least one actuation element () for user access at a first surface () of the switch housing (). The actuation element () is arranged to be slideable from a zero position in directions perpendicular to the first surface (). The actuation element () being operable upon user manipulation to slide in a first direction outwards of the housing () for closing of an associated first switch element () for energizing an associated motor for lift of an associated window. The actuation element () being operable upon user manipulation to slide in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, for closing of an associated second switch element () for energizing the associated motor for lowering the associated window.

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Torslanda, Sweden

Jonas Göthlin