| JAGUAR CARS, LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20110141041 | TOUCH SCREENS - A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen having first and second conductive layers arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen. A detection system is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers. The system further comprises an antenna, and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna and the first layer via a user of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part of the user and the touch screen. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110133439 | RESTRAINT SYSTEM LOAD LIMITER - A vehicle occupant restraint system includes a load limiting device for and an anchorage position where the load limiting device may have a one-piece energy absorbing member configured for connecting the occupant restraint system and the vehicle anchorage position. The energy absorbing member may further include an integrally formed break-out region and force dissipation region. The force dissipation region may be adapted to inhibit translation of the energy absorbing member until a threshold force is applied to the occupant restraint system. When a threshold force is applied to the occupant restraint system, the anchorage position may become slidably engaged with at least a portion of a force dissipation region thereby displacing the energy observing member such that the occupant restraint system may be lengthened in order to reduce the load on the occupant. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110060510 | Systems and Methods for Increasing Brake Pressure - A vehicle brake system includes a brake unit, a brake line associated with the brake unit, and an activatable pyrotechnic device associated with the brake line. Upon activation, the pyrotechnic device is configured to supply gas directly into the brake line to increase pressure in the brake line, such that increased pressure is applied to the brake unit. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110011358 | VCT Active Lock Pin Control - A spool valve | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100038932 | PANORAMIC VEHICLE ROOF MODULE ASSEMBLIES - A panoramic vehicle roof module assembly is provided with front and rear cross members. A pair of extruded side rails are each mounted to the cross members. Each side rail has a front integrated roof track, a rear integrated roof track and an integrated sun shade track, each track formed therein along its length. A roof panel is supported by one of the integrated roof tracks of the side rails to interface with the front cross members. An intermediate cross member is mounted to the side rails and is interfaced with the roof panel. A second panel is provided mounted to the side rails to interface with the rear cross member and the intermediate cross member. The side rails each include an integrated support flange to mount the assembly to a vehicle. A method of manufacturing a panoramic vehicle roof module assembly is provided. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090271080 | Selector Mechanism for a Motor Vehicle Transmission - A rotatable selector mechanism for a motor vehicle transmission has a selector knob rotatable in a housing to select an operating mode of the transmission among a number of selector positions indicated by a label (P, R, N, D, M). The selector mechanism further includes a detent plate which cooperates with a detent pin for maintaining the selector knob in each of positions. The detent plate is connected to position sensors for generating selector signals to a transmission control unit which supplies control signals to an actuator for operate the transmission according to the operating mode selected. The detent plate is also associated to the selector knob and to a drive correction means by means of clutch devices respectively to engage the detent plate to one of the selector knob and the drive correction means. The clutch devices and the drive corrections means are controlled by the transmission control unit to move the detent plate from a selector position selected by the driver to another selector position representative of the operating mode of the transmission by means of the drive correction means without moving the selector knob. The selector knob further includes an illuminated pointer constituted by one of several LEDs controlled by the transmission control unit so as to change the LED illuminated in front of the label according to the position of the detent plate when the latter has been moved by the drive correction means in order to indicate the operating mode of the transmission. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090159019 | COOLING SYSTEM EXPANSION TANK - A expansion tank for an engine cooling system comprises a housing forming a main chamber and a swirl chamber, the swirl chamber being defined by a cylindrical wall. An inlet connection discharges through an inlet orifice towards a collector duct having an entrance. From the inlet orifice the coolant is directed as a stream or jet along the adjacent surface of the cylindrical wall towards the entrance of the collector duct, guided by circumferential ribs. The kinetic energy of the stream is converted into pressure energy so that the pressure delivered from the outlet connection is slightly above the pressure at the top of the swirl chamber, above the level of liquid. This swirl chamber pressure is set by the relief pressure allowed by a filler cap, the gain in pressure helping to avoid cavitation in a coolant circulation pump. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090145374 | TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE FLOW CONTROL VALVE FOR AN ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - A temperature responsive control valve is disclosed. The valve may have a housing having a hot inlet, a cold inlet and an outlet. A first valve member, and a second valve member, may be configured to move within the housing to selectively prevent and permit flow from the hot inlet and the cold inlet to the outlet when a sensed temperature is within predetermined ranges. A temperature responsive actuator may be disposed to move the first and second valve members within the housing in accordance with the sensed temperature. A first bias may be configured to bias the first valve member toward preventing flow from the hot inlet to the outlet, and a second bias may be configured to bias the second valve member toward preventing flow from the cold inlet to the outlet. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090055059 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE SELECTOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A method for operating a multi-stable shift-by wire selector control system of a motor vehicle transmission. The multi-stable shift-by wire selector control system includes a multi-stable selector which is operable by the driver of the vehicle to select a respective one of the operating modes of the transmission, an arrangement of illuminated labels indicating the selector mode and an indexing mechanism for maintaining the immobilization of the selector in its different positions. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090052201 | LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A lamp assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing receiving at least one light source. The housing includes a covering pane and including first and second fixing arrangement for releasably securing the lamp to the vehicle. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051145 | INFLATABLE CURTAIN AIRBAGS - An inflatable airbag system for a motor vehicle includes a restraining strap for delaying inflation of a central portion of an airbag and deflecting gas into adjacent elongate portions in the initial stages of deployment. | 02-26-2009 |
