| Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20120075703 | OPTICAL DEVICE USING LATERALLY-SHIFTABLE DIFFRACTION GRATINGS - A double-sided grating divider acts as a light switch where the upper and lower grating dividers are arranged to accommodate a relative lateral shift therebetween of about one-fourth of the period of the diffraction grating elements and where the critical refraction angles of the grating dividers are more than about 43.6°. Lateral shift may be achieved by various devices including MEMS and metal couplers having a known/calibrated thermal coefficient of expansion over a temperature range of interest. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120038987 | OPTICAL DEVICE USING DOUBLE-GROOVE GRATING - Optical devices using double-groove diffraction gratings having periodic sets of TiO | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120032428 | VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM - An automotive passenger restraint system of the lapbelt/diagonal shoulder belt type wherein a sensor and lookup table are used to detect the onset of a collision and provide a programmed (a) relocation of the inboard seatbelt anchor point to increase pelvic area restraint and (b) asymmetric airbag deployment. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120006404 | SOLAR CELL ASSEMBLY WITH DIFFRACTION GRATINGS - A solar cell structure using either a dye-sensitized or organic absorber is provided with a diffraction grating on at least one side to enhance the travel of first order diffraction components through the photo sensitive material. A two-sided cell uses diffraction gratings both top and bottom wherein the periodic diffraction elements of one grating are shifted by one-quarter of the grating period relative to the other. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110282538 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY OF PEDESTRIAN KINEMATICS USING THE ACTIVE HOOD LIFT SYSTEM - A method and device for use in pedestrian-vehicular collisions in which an active hood lift system is deployed to a first elevated lift position and maintained at the deployed position for an interval after which it is lowered, thereby controlling pedestrian impact kinetics and reducing forces that can result pedestrian injuries. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110268968 | SYNTHESIS OF Pb ALLOY AND CORE/SHELL NANOWIRES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of producing nanowires comprising a PbSe core and a PbS shell, and methods of producing nanowires comprising a PbSe core and a PbTe shell. The method for producing the PbSe core/PbS shell nanowires comprise the steps of providing a core/shell growth solution comprising PbSe nanowires, heating the core/shell growth solution to a temperature sufficient to produce a PbS shell over the PbSe nanowires, adding a Pb precursor solution to the core/shell growth solution, and adding an S precursor solution to the core/shell growth solution after the addition of the Pb precursor to produce nanowires comprising a PbSe core and a PbS shell. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110205617 | REFLECTION-MINIMIZED PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND DEVICE UTILIZING SAME - A photonic crystal structure that is composed of a host media having periodic dielectric holes disposed in the media at a period of a | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110181957 | OPTICAL LIGHT SWITCH USING DOUBLE-SIDED DIFFRACTION STRUCTURE - A light switch (or valve) made up of two mutually inverted, substantially identical diffraction gratings with a liquid medium therebetween, arranged to allow the grating substrates to be shifted laterally relative to one another so as to align and mis-align the grating elements. When aligned, incident-polarized light passes through the switch and when misaligned, light does not pass through the switch but is reflected. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181956 | OPTICAL DEVICE USING DIFFRACTION GRATINGS - A double-sided grating divider acts as a light switch where the upper and lower grating dividers are arranged to accommodate a relative lateral shift therebetween of about one-fourth of the period of the diffraction grating elements and where the critical refraction angles of the grating dividers are more than about 43.6°. Lateral shift may be achieved by various devices including MEMS and metal couplers having a known/calibrated thermal coefficient of expansion over a temperature range of interest. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110139234 | GRATING STRUCTURE FOR DIVIDING LIGHT - A grating structure and a solar cell assembly. In one aspect, the grating structure suppresses the zero order transmission to near 0%. In another aspect, the solar cell assembly has improved absorption due to coupling with a grating structure. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20100277937 | GRATING STRUCTURE FOR DIRECTING NON-POLARIZED LIGHT - A grating structure having a fused silica base includes alternating ridges and grooves. The ridges and grooves form a fused silica to air interface. The ridges and grooves are configured such that the grating has a ratio between the effective refractive index difference between s-polarization and p-polarization of about 1/3. As such, for non-polarized light with an incident angle θ | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277797 | GRATING STRUCTURE FOR SPLITTING LIGHT - A grating structure for splitting light. The grating structure including alternating ridges and grooves. The ridges and grooves are configured such that the grating directs p-polarization components of incident light to the −1 | 11-04-2010 |
| 20090174225 | Cargo Cover Assemblies for Vehicles - A cargo cover assembly for covering a cargo area of a vehicle including: a housing; a panel portion secured to the housing, wherein the panel portion is configured to roll and unroll within the housing, a flexible rod associated with the panel portion and moveable with respect to the housing, and wherein when the cargo cover assembly is in an unretracted position, the panel portion is unrolled from the housing and the flexible rod flexes outwardly to substantially match a posterior portion of the cargo area so that the cargo cover assembly substantially conceals the cargo area. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090160222 | Vehicle Headliners and Methods of Using the Same - Vehicle headliners and methods of installation include headliners with a substrate layer having at least one handling component formed within the substrate layer, the handling component having a perforation between the handling component and the surrounding substrate layer, wherein the handling component aids in the handling of the headliner during installation. | 06-25-2009 |
