Huf North America Automotive Parts Mfg. Corp.

Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst Gmbh Co.kg

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.

Khalid Kamal

Lynn D Da Deppo

John S Nantz

Ehab Kamal

Mansour Ashtiani

Yipeng Tang

Yi Luo

Robert J Campbell

James Sanborn

Rob Nahhal

Eric Taylor

Yipeng Schulmeister

Cristian Murarescu

Yousef Kamal

A light assembly includes a fixture housing, a gesture sensor assembly, a light source supported by the fixture housing, and a reflector supported by the fixture housing and operative to control direction of light emitted from the light source. The gesture sensor assembly includes a gesture sensor operable to provide a sensing electrical field sensitive to gestures executed a predetermined distance from the gesture sensor.

Mounting a gesture sensor proximate to a light assembly

Vehicular systems and related methods offer improved user control over activations of vehicular components. User intent to perform an action can be detected using one or more sensors. The user may be prompted by the vehicle to verify the intent by further user behavior. The intent may also be confirmed by requiring that a set of conditions be fulfilled before the action associated with the intent is performed. For example, a sensed gesture and specific position of a key fob may need to both be established before the vehicle performs the action associated with the intent.

Method of verifying user intent in activation of a device in a vehicle

A method and apparatus for hands-free activation of vehicle functions such as accessing doors and windows, and establishing driver preferences such as seat positions is disclosed. A capacitive sensor is embedded in a non-metallic portion of the vehicle such as a tail light, window, or cladding on the vehicle. The capacitive sensor is in communication with a vehicle control unit, which can detect the proximity of a user or a specific gesture to activate a predetermined vehicle function.

Gesture controls for remote vehicle access systems

A method of color marking a metal or metal-plated part is described involving setting at least one laser parameter of a laser, such as the power, scan speed, Q-switch, spot size, line separation, and scan repetition, and then energizing a metal containing surface layer of the part using the laser to change the color reflected by the surface layer.

Method for color marking metallic surfaces

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Novi, MI, United States of America

Khalid Kamal