A method includes receiving, by a processing device of a vehicle, a plurality of real-time measurements related to at least one current vehicle condition. The method also includes providing, by the processing device, the plurality of real-time measurements to a long short-term memory (LSTM) machine…
A method includes receiving, by a processing device of a vehicle, one or more measurements related to a component of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, by the processing device, based on the one or more measurements, a failure rate and a mean time to failure (MTTF) for the vehicle…
Manufacture and quality control of a cooling plate is simplified by providing peripheral walls on each side of a fluid cavity within a metallic base. The peripheral walls protrude over external surfaces of a fluid cavity and encircle open recesses. The external surface of the fluid cavity on one…
A vehicular airbag deployment system includes an airbag storage chamber, the airbag storage chamber disposed at a location within a vehicle. The vehicular airbag deployment system also includes an airbag configured to be stored within the airbag storage chamber when the airbag is in a deflated…
An electric motor controller is equipped to mitigate drive line induced vehicle vibration. The motor speed is measured at the output of the motor, separately from any measurement of drive shaft or wheel speed. At least bandpass filtering is applied to the measured motor speed, at a pass band based…
A method includes obtaining sensor data associated with a target object at a host vehicle and identifying relative positions of the target object with reference to the host vehicle over time. The method also includes generating polynomials associated with the target object over time based on the…
A battery system includes a cover including a plurality of guide apertures. The battery system includes a thermal barrier disposed adjacent the plurality of guide apertures of the cover. The battery system includes a stiffening structure disposed between the cover and the thermal barrier. The…
A method includes obtaining sensor data associated with a target object at a host vehicle and generating at least one first polynomial associated with the host vehicle. Each first polynomial is a representation of an estimated behavior of the host vehicle. The method also includes identifying…
An apparatus includes an AC input configured to receive an AC electrical signal and a DC input configured to receive a first DC electrical signal having a lower voltage and a second DC electrical signal having a higher voltage. The apparatus also includes an on-board charger configured to charge a…
A multi-purpose vehicle includes reconfigurable bumper ends each including a vehicle bumper end body configured to securely attach to a vehicle bumper and extend along a side of a vehicle on which the vehicle bumper is mounted. A socket formed within the vehicle bumper end body is configured to…
An apparatus includes an insulated metal substrate (IMS) board having a base metal layer and a conductive layer separated by a dielectric layer. The apparatus also includes a full bridge of a dual-full bridge power converter configured to convert between higher and lower electrical voltages. The…
A vehicle suspension system includes left and right control arm assemblies each having a wheel mount structure, an upper control arm, and a lower control arm. Each control arm includes a first end configured to be pivotably connected to a frame structure of a vehicle and a second end rotatably…
A method includes determining a desired yaw moment to be applied to an ego vehicle during travel. The method also includes identifying yaw moment changes that are achievable using different torque vectoring techniques supported by the ego vehicle. The method further includes selecting at least one…
A method includes obtaining sensor data associated with a target object at an ego vehicle, where the sensor data includes image data within an image frame. The method also includes identifying a first longitudinal distance of a first point of the target object from the ego vehicle within a world…
A support plate and reinforcement member may be mounted within a hollow side sill between a rocker and crossmembers for a vehicle framework. The support plate may include flanges along either edge and a straight, projecting face between the flanges. The reinforcement member, mounted on the support…
A method includes identifying a path to be followed by an ego vehicle. The method also includes determining a desired yaw rate and a desired yaw acceleration for the ego vehicle based on the identified path. The method further includes determining a desired yaw moment for the ego vehicle based on…
An apparatus includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to detect motion characteristics of a vehicle. The apparatus also includes an odometry system configured to detect a wheel speed of each wheel of the vehicle. The apparatus further includes at least one processor communicatively…
A method includes obtaining, using at least one processing device, a vanishing point and a boundary based on image data associated with a scene, where the boundary is associated with a detected object within the scene. The method also includes repeatedly, during multiple iterations and using the at…
A method includes obtaining, using at least one processing device, image data associated with a scene. The method also includes identifying, using the at least one processing device, multiple line segments based on the image data. The method further includes identifying, using the at least one…
A method includes identifying a desired path for an ego vehicle. The method also includes determining how to apply steering control and torque vectoring control to cause the ego vehicle to follow the desired path. The determination is based on actuator delays associated with the steering control…
A side facing seat includes a seat back element and a moveable seat base element disposed below the seat back element. The moveable seat base element is moveable at least between a stored position and a seating position. Movement of the moveable seat base element is controlled by an activation…
An apparatus includes an interconnect assembly configured to receive and retain multiple batteries. The interconnect assembly includes a retainer configured to receive portions of the batteries and a conductive interconnect layer carried by the retainer. The conductive interconnect layer includes a…
An apparatus includes at least one camera configured to capture at least one image of a traffic lane, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to detect motion characteristics, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain a vehicle motion trajectory using the…
An apparatus includes at least one camera configured to capture an image of a traffic lane in front of a vehicle. The apparatus also includes a path tracking controller configured to detect lane boundaries and a path curvature for the traffic lane from the image, determine a lateral offset of the…
Operation and motion control, by a vehicle's ADAS or AD features, is improved in ways suitable to EVs having higher driving and handling performance. The vehicle dynamic model for high rates of lateral acceleration (e.g., sharp cornering or taking curves having a small radius of curvature as faster…
An apparatus includes at least one camera configured to capture an image of a traffic lane in front of a vehicle. The apparatus also includes a radar transceiver configured to detect one or more target vehicles proximate to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a path prediction and vehicle…
An apparatus includes at least one camera configured to capture an image of a traffic lane in front of a vehicle. The apparatus also includes a vehicle behavior prediction controller configured to determine lane boundaries and road curvature for a segment of a traffic lane occupied by the vehicle…
An apparatus includes a housing configured to receive at least a portion of an electric motor. The apparatus also includes a manifold disposed on an upper surface of the housing. The manifold includes a number of vertical jets configured to target one or more portions of the electric motor, the…
A vehicle body for a multi-platform, reconfigurable electric truck includes a front trunk, an extendable bed and barn door tailgates, a sidewall table, and a side step and drawer. The front trunk includes a cover movable between a closed and open positions, and includes panels selectively movable…
Vehicle platforms, and systems, subsystems, and components thereof are described. A self-contained vehicle platform or chassis incorporating substantially all of the functional systems, subsystems and components (e.g., mechanical, electrical, structural, etc.) necessary for an operative vehicle…