Abstract: A front-end module (FEM) having in-vehicle parts incorporated in a vehicle front section are aggregated and assembled to a heat exchanger support frame, the plurality of in-vehicle parts are classified into first in-vehicle parts, which vibrate at frequencies in a first frequency band, and a second in-vehicle part, which vibrates at a frequency in a second frequency band having a frequency range higher than the frequency range in the first frequency band. The first in-vehicle parts are elastically supported by the heat exchanger support frame via first mount members. The second in-vehicle part is rigidly fixed to the heat exchanger support frame. The heat exchanger support frame is elastically supported by a vehicle body via second mount members.

Abstract: A roller skate is equipped with three or four wheels arranged in one line on the carrier which is joined to the shoe. Each wheel is cushioned independently with a spring system including at least two compression springs. A front wheel can be provided with two springs the longitudinal axes of which are oriented in the extent between the horizontal and vertical directions with the bottom ends of the springs being placed in front of the top ends of the springs or under them. Other wheels may be equipped with four springs having the longitudinal axes of the spring oriented vertically. At least two wheels can be provided with a braking system including clips with brake pads on both sides. The roller skate may be used and maintained on a specially configured assembling stand.

Abstract: A snowboard boot and binding system is disclosed which facilitates the engagement and disengagement of a snowboard boot and binding. The snowboard boot may include a boot engagement member extending from a rear of the boot. The boot engagement member is moved downwardly into a corresponding binding engagement member to provide an arrangement which prevents forward movement of the boot. The boot engagement member also may include one or more serrations to engage with one or more pawls on the binding to prevent upward movement of the boot. A snap-in arrangement may be provided in a boot toe region. The boot has protrusions extending outwardly from each side of the boot to engage with catches on the binding sidewalls. As the boot is pressed downwardly into the binding, the protrusions splay the catches until reaching recesses, at which point the catches rebound to capture the protrusions against upward movement.

Abstract: A battery pack holding apparatus is disclosed that includes a high-voltage battery pack for a vehicle that has a protrusion at the front end, and a battery pack holder that is installed within a vehicle body and has a front end opening into which the high-voltage battery pack slides into. In addition, a fixed rail is disposed at a front end of the battery pack holder and a moving portion which slides in a width direction of the battery pack holder and along the fixed rail and has a contact portion that comes into contact with the protrusion of the high-voltage battery pack when the high-voltage battery pack slides when the high-voltage battery pack is in the battery pack holder. Further, an elastic portion is disposed in the moving portion to press the contact portion toward the protrusion.

Abstract: A heavy duty corner skate dolly is provided. The dolly frames includes a rectangular shaped plate with a L-shaped angle riser welded or permanently screwed to its top surface. The dolly plate's bottom surface includes a hole or a plurality of holes that are routed into the plates surfaces with a depth that is arrange to accept an industrial magnet or a plurality of industrial magnets that are partially incased in a metal plated finish and attached to the bottom surface of the plate by a fastening cap or a plurality of fastening caps that are pressed into or welded to the bottom surface. A plurality of stem fitted swivel caster wheels are mounted to the rectangular shaped plate by inserting each swivel caster wheel into its corresponding caster fastening holes at the frames bottom and bolting each swivel caster wheel at the frames top by a plurality of corresponding spring washers, lock washers, and hexagon shaped nuts.

Abstract: An engine (10) electronically controlled by a control device (33), a hydraulic motor (24) for traveling which is driven by a pressurized oil delivered from a hydraulic pump (13), and a traveling speed switching member (29) which switches a traveling speed by the hydraulic motor (24) at least in two stages of a low speed and a high speed. The control device (33) includes an output lowering determination unit for determining whether or not a fuel injection amount to be supplied to the engine (10) is limited and an engine output is in a lowered state and a low-speed control unit in which, when the engine (10) output is in a lowered state, a traveling speed is controlled to a low speed state kept lower than a high speed even if the traveling speed switching member (29) has been switched to the high speed side.

Abstract: A driver's seat and a passenger's seat integrally formed as a bench seat elongated in a vehicle width direction together with an intermediate connecting portion, which connects the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. An upper end portion of a seat support frame configured to be erected above a footrest surface and constitute a part of a vehicle body frame formed along one plane. A fuel tank and canister arranged in a separated manner in the vehicle width direction below the bench seat supported on the upper end portion of the seat support frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting articles between working locations is provided. The apparatus includes wheels mounted towards the bottom of the apparatus for rotation about an axis to provide rolling support for the apparatus and a manually engageable pulling handle. The pulling handle and the ground engaging wheels are arranged to enable a user to manually pull the pulling handle generally rearwardly so as to tilt the apparatus rearwardly to a tilted rolling movement position, thereby enabling the user to roll the apparatus to a desired location by pushing or pulling the pulling handle in a desired direction. The apparatus also includes a frame and at least one or more mount structures adjustably connected to the frame. The apparatus further includes a plurality of containers connected to the mount structures, where at least one of the containers are of a different configuration from another one of the containers.

Abstract: An electric car system for use in transporting users from one location to another at speeds of up to 70 MPH. Electric car system comprises a frame, a steering system, a braking system, a suspension system, and a body. An electronic drive system controller is located near the operator's controls comprising a touch screen for selecting forward, reverse, and security movement lock position(s). The drive assembly comprises at least one accessory battery charged by an accessory alternator, at least one drive assembly battery charged by a drive assembly alternator, and an electric drive motor. The accessory battery powers car accessories and provides redundant electricity to the drive assembly battery when needed. The drive assembly battery provides power to the electric drive motor. The electric drive motor provides torque to two half shafts which couple to front axles and front rotatable wheels in front-wheel drive versions.

Abstract: A motorcycle including a main-frame, at least three-wheels mounted on the main-frame, and a driver's seat mounted on the main-frame. The motorcycle also includes a forward driver's board, a rearward passenger's board, and a step mounted on the main-frame between the forward driver's board and the rearward passenger's board A middle step assembly includes a flattened U-shaped sub-frame adapted to be connected to the motorcycle main-frame, and a pair of steps, each of which is mounted on a different sub-frame end.

Abstract: A dually pickup truck includes a rear axle having a dual-wheel assembly on an end of the axle and a fender positioned over a portion the dual-wheel assembly. A foot-step is in cooperation with the fender providing a user easier access to a cargo bed of the truck.

Abstract: Boot binding systems for riding a snow gliding board, including a pair of boot bindings, each member of the pair having a toe latch pedal mechanism at the toe end of a baseplate on which the rider's boot rests, the toe latch pedal having dual function to either a) attach each boot binding to a ride mode interface in ride mode configuration or to b) attach each boot binding to a ski touring mode interface in ski touring configuration. In a “release position” the toe latch pedal is disengaged so that the baseplate assembly may be detached or switched between the ski touring mode interface and the ride mode interface in alternation. In a “lock position”, the toe of the rider's boot depresses the toe latch pedal and locks the boot binding onto the selected interface. As co-planar with the baseplate, the latch pedal also supports the rider's boot when in the lock position.

Abstract: An attachment device configured to be attached to opposed sides of an automotive creeper is disclosed herein. The attachment device includes: a first generally L-shaped member, a second generally L-shaped member, a connecting member slidably coupling the first generally L-shaped member to the second generally L-shaped member, and at one least pair of securement devices configured to respectively attach the first and second generally L-shaped members to the automotive creeper. In one or more embodiments, a width of the attachment device is selectively adjustable so as to accommodate a plurality of different automotive creepers having varying widths. An automotive creeper system and a mechanics chair using the attachment device are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A cable reel trolley includes a main body fixed with a carrying unit, and a wheel frame and a third wheel at the bottom, with the third wheel parallel to the wheel frame. The wheel frame has two ends respectively installed with a first wheel and a second wheel. A direction-swaying member is fixed between the wheel frame and the first wheel, able to shift the axial direction of the first wheel so that the trolley can move with the first wheel and the second wheel or with the first wheel and the third wheel optionally. That is, the trolley can travel forward and backward or leftward and rightward, turning vertically in a narrow space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shopping trolley which is stackable with similar trolleys, having a chassis, having a holding unit which is connected to the chassis, and having a pushing unit located at the rear, wherein the chassis has two curved longitudinal supports leading from the rear side castors to the front side castors of the shopping trolley. The two longitudinal supports, proceeding from their rear end section, extend upward and toward the front and subsequently, inclined downward toward the front, are continued to the front end section such that at least the intermediate section, or the intermediate section and the end section, of each longitudinal support belongs to either of two geometrical planes which, proceeding from the plane of travel of the castors, extend from bottom to top. The invention is characterized in that the front end sections are led out of the planes extending from bottom to top.

Abstract: A scraper assembly includes a first scraping member configured to be positioned below a horizontal centerline of a rotating assembly and rearward of a vertical centerline of the rotating assembly. The first scraping member is configured to remove debris from the rotating assembly at least while the rotating assembly is rotating in a first direction. The scraper assembly also includes a second scraping member configured to be positioned above the horizontal centerline of the rotating assembly and forward of the vertical centerline of the rotating assembly. The second scraping member is configured to remove debris from the rotating assembly at least while the rotating assembly is rotating in a second direction, opposite the first direction. In addition, the scraper assembly includes a support structure configured to couple to a frame of an off-road vehicle, and the first and second scraping members are coupled to the support structure.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a large single engine sweeper includes a two-mode transfer case assembly inserted into the chassis drive train of the vehicle on which a package of sweeping equipment is mounted. In road mode operation, power from the chassis engine passes through a chassis automatic transmission, through a two-mode transfer case assembly to the differential and real wheel assembly. In sweep mode, power passes from a propel hydraulic motor into the two-mode transfer case assembly and then to the differential and real wheel assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle can include a pair of right and left main frames extending from a head pipe of a front portion to a rear direction. An engine is disposed below the main frames, a fuel tank is disposed above the main frames, and an air cleaner is disposed above the engine E and adjacent to the fuel tank. The air cleaner is disposed in the front direction side of the fuel tank, and a part of the air cleaner is disposed in the lower direction side of the fuel tank. An inner side portion disposed between the pair of right and left main frames and outer side portions disposed so as to bulge to the outer side in the width direction of the vehicle of the pair of right and left main frames are connected.

Abstract: Systems and methods for installing a compressed natural gas housing apparatus to a vehicle are disclosed. The housing apparatus is configured to be retrofitted to existing cab liners used on refuse vehicles. The complete installation of the housing apparatus and roof liner are disposed below the roofline of the refuse vehicle. The housing apparatus can be configured to contain a variable number of compressed natural gas tanks. The housing apparatus is installed such that the length of the gas pipeline and electrical wiring connected to the apparatus from the vehicle engine and controller is minimized. The location of housing apparatus provides the additional safety of minimizing the exposure of the gas tanks to falling debris or prevent possible contact with the compressed natural gas tanks being damaged as vehicle travels under bridges, other low objects, or contact in the event of a rollover accident.

Abstract: A fixation seat for ski shoe includes a seat, a connecting structure, a left support element, a right support element, and an ankle protecting board. The connecting structure is disposed on the seat for connecting with a ski board. The left and the right support elements extend upward and obliquely from two sides of the seat toward the rear side of the seat. At the rear side of the seat, the left support element is distant from the right support element a predetermined distance. The ankle protecting board is connected to tops of the left and the right support elements. Thus, the fixation seat of the present invention is more flexible for distorting.