Abstract: A bed stiffener assembly for truck boxes. The bed stiffener assembly is mounted within side walls and below a floor panel of the truck box, enhancing the structural integrity of the truck box in a way that is unobtrusive to loading/unloading and that maintains the factory appearance of the truck box. Stiffener brackets are mounted directly to a support pillar and adjacent cross member to provide lateral stiffness. In addition, a corner bracket may be implemented to provide stiffness in the fore/aft directions, enhancing resistance to twisting of the truck bed.

Abstract: A vehicle light or components design that recycles waste heat from the light source and has an additional heating element attached to radiator vents that creates and distributes heated air inside the vehicle light. This is an optically neutral and energy-efficient lens heating system that prevents snow buildup on the outside of the light in cold and wet weather, allowing for more efficient and therefore safer lights for vehicles. As each ceramic heating element receives electricity from the vehicle, its surface heats up. Blower fans harvest and blow the waste warm air past the heating elements through the radiator vent. It becomes hot air. A temperature sensor regulates the amount of additional electricity that is sent to each ceramic element. An overheat protection sensor measures the radiator temperature to ensure material thermal safety, and an ambient temperature sensor measures the outside temperature to determine when the system should be activated.

Abstract: An adapter assembly that allows a wheel cover to be attached to a wheel has an inner device which locks through a central hole in the cover to an outer device insert. The inner device removably locks to a vehicle wheel, A The cam trapping cage secures a locking cam to a main wheel mounting clip with prongs that snap over the lip of the cam trapping cage, securing the assembly to the wheel hub centerbore. The locking cam physically blocks the mounting clip to keep them from backing out of their secured position. A silicone o-ring lies between the cover and the wheel lip, keeping the cover under constant tension for secure connection. Outside the cover, a billet hex nut and a hex nut o-ring reduces vibration and connects the cover to the inner device. A cap base with cam safety also prevents the locking cam from backing out.

Abstract: An improved awning for a trailer or vehicle has at least two solid panels attached to each other by elastic cords, mesh or other connectors. When the awning is hit by a gust of wind, the panels separate from each other and form a gap through which wind can pass, thereby dissipating some of the force of the gust. The size of the gap is limited by the connectors. The technology allows the awning to withstand significantly higher wind speed that does a traditional awning where there is no outlet for the wind.

Abstract: An improved awning for a trailer or vehicle has at least two solid panels attached to each other by elastic cords, mesh or other connectors. When the awning is hit by a gust of wind, the panels separate from each other and form a gap through which wind can pass, thereby dissipating some of the force of the gust. The size of the gap is limited by the connectors. The technology allows the awning to withstand significantly higher wind speed that does a traditional awning where there is no outlet for the wind.