Abstract: A frame arrangement for a vehicle may include a first side member and a second side member that each have an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portions are spaced laterally apart by a first distance, and the lower portions are spaced laterally apart by a second distance less than the first distance. The frame arrangement may further include a first battery positioned between the lower portions of the side members, and a second battery positioned between the upper portions of the side members.

Abstract: A mobile vehicle is disclosed herein. It comprises a car body having four wheels, an engine room on a front side thereof and a luggage compartment on a rear side thereof, and at least one drive motor disposed in the engine room or the luggage compartment or both and each of which has a motor body and a rotational shaft passing through a center of the motor body for driving the four wheels to rotate through a driver assembly.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing a state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power.

Abstract: A battery tray for a battery powered vehicle includes a battery tray having a side wall. An impact absorbing structure is connected to the side wall. The impact absorbing structure includes at least one roll-formed member fixed to the side wall. The at least one roll-formed member is created from a single metal plate and includes a first plate portion roll-formed to create a first cavity and having a first flange created in a member central wall of the first plate portion. The first flange is fixed to the first plate portion. A second plate portion is roll-formed to create a second cavity and has a second flange at an end of the second plate portion fixed to the member central wall. A roll-formed U-shaped attachment member is fixed to the at least one roll-formed member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a support structure for a vehicle provided with a cargo crane having a crane base, said support structure comprising a support beam connectable to said crane base and a support leg, wherein a proximal end of said support leg is connected to said support beam at a pivoting point, such that, said support leg is pivotable around said pivoting point relative to said support beam.

Abstract: A drive device for a motorcycle is provided. The drive device includes an internal combustion engine having an adapter assembly arranged on a first end face of the internal combustion engine. The adapter assembly on a connection face opposite the first end face at least two connection geometries for different electrical drive units.

Abstract: In one aspect there is disclosed a walking aid (10). The walking aid (10) comprises a support leg (12) having an operative upper end (16) and an operative lower end (18). The walking aid (10) further comprises a wheel assembly (14) for operative attachment to the lower end (18) of the support leg (12). The wheel assembly (1.4) is adapted to be pushed in a forward direction by a user resting on the support leg (12). The wheel assembly (14) comprises a chassis (26) supporting (i) at least one wheel (28) and (ii) a stop (30). The stop (30) is operatively adapted to co-operate with the at least one wheel (30) such that a torque applied to the support leg (12) by the user will arrest movement of the wheel assembly (14) in the forward direction.

Abstract: A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, which has a crankshaft for outputting a drive power, and a torsional vibration reduction device, which is designed to reduce torsional vibrations and to transfer drive power from the crankshaft in the direction of a drivable wheel of the motor vehicle. A clutch device has a clutch input side, a clutch output side, a form-fit clutch and a frictional clutch. The torque transfer from the clutch input side to the clutch output side and thus from the crankshaft to the drivable wheel can be selectively produced, wherein the torque transition from the clutch input side to the clutch output side is enabled as soon as at least one of the two clutches is closed. The torsional vibration reduction device is arranged after the clutch device, relative to the torque transmission from the crankshaft in the direction of the drivable wheel.

Abstract: A track work vehicle includes a track system including a drive wheel supported by an axle housing that drives a continuous ground-engaging track, a saddle assembly that guides the track about the drive wheel and an undercarriage frame that supports one or more idler wheels that guide the track along a ground surface. The track work vehicle further includes a fender assembly that includes at least one fender coupled to the axle housing to overlap a portion of the track.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of an expedition cart are provided. The expedition cart includes a chassis configured and dimensioned to support a load. The expedition cart includes first and second gusset plates attached to the chassis. Each of the first and second gusset plates includes a central body portion and curved fastening edges on either side of the central body portion. The curved fastening edges can be configured and dimensioned to mate against at least a portion of the chassis. Exemplary embodiments of an expedition cart are also provided that include first and second hubs engaged with the chassis, the first and second hubs defining either a single part or a two part design.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: a first rotating electric machine connected to an output shaft; an internal combustion engine; a second rotating electric machine connected to the internal combustion engine; a deriving portion configured to derive a required driving force based on an opening degree of an accelerator pedal operated by a driver of the hybrid vehicle; and a control portion configured to control the internal combustion engine, the first rotating electric machine, and the second rotating electric machine according to the required driving force. The control portion is configured to hold a revolution of the internal combustion engine at a predetermined value variable based on a travelling speed of the hybrid vehicle when the required driving force is 0 or less during travelling of the hybrid vehicle by power of the first rotating electric machine. The predetermined value is greater as the travelling speed is higher.

Abstract: A foldable cart includes a handle portion, a foldable frame movably connected to the handle, and one or more wheels for rolling on a surface. In an unfolded (in-use or open) condition, the foldable frame constructs a holding-space defining a receiving cavity therein for carrying items, and the action of unfolding the frame automatically deploys wheels to enable immediate use of the cart by the end-user or customer. In a folded (storage or closed) condition, the carts' frame folds to occupy a smaller space in one or more spatial dimensions, and the automatically deployed wheels turn to occupy smaller total space in one or more spatial dimensions. In the folded condition, the cart is easy to store in a small space (e.g. in a small closet, under a bed, etc.) or transport (e.g. in the trunk of an automobile, vehicle, airplane, train, ship with a courier, etc.).

Abstract: A snowboard hook including a flat bottom component, to be secured to a top surface of a snowboard, and a curved top component, wherein a bottom edge of the curved top component is orthogonally coupled to a first edge of the flat bottom component. The curved top component includes: a vertical portion, including the bottom edge of the curved top component; and a horizontal portion, wherein the horizontal portion protrudes in a curved manner from the vertical portion to an approximately horizontal position near a top edge of the curved top component.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods in which a truck carrying member, for coupling a conventional truck to a skateboard, comprises a pivoting plate and optionally a base plate. For example, the base and pivoting plates are rotatably coupled at a pivot comprising an elastic flexible member that biases the pivoting plate to a default position (e.g., center of the base plate). Preferably, the base plate and pivoting plate each has a mounting surface and a pivoting surface that form an obtuse angle, such that the mounting surface of the pivoting surface extends downward. Another example of a pivoting plate comprises flexible members that allow the pivoting plate to tilt relative to the skateboard.

Abstract: This invention is directed toward a wheel assembly that can easily be attached and detached from a case—specifically in a preferred embodiment an SKB 3i series case—such that the case can be wheeled when needed, but have the wheels removed for storage or transportation in a vehicle or plane. The wheel assembly comes in three parts—an axel, two wheels, and two wheel mounts—so it is simple to assembly, and because it has no moving parts, it is solid and durable.

Abstract: A telescoping cart apparatus and method consists of a carrier configured to include receptacles for carrying cleaning materials. A carry handle is connected with the carrier where the carry handle is connected across the middle of the carrier. A divider is connected beneath the carry handle and is connected with the carrier such that the divider creates two separate sections of the carrier. Telescoping support legs are connected with the carrier where the telescoping support legs are adjustable from a retracted position within the carrier to an extended position outside of the carrier. An extendable adjustment handle is connected with the carrier. A button in the carry handle where the button is connected with the telescoping support legs for adjusting the positions of the telescoping support legs and wheels connected with the telescoping support legs.

Abstract: An energy module exchange system may include an enclosure with one or more storage racks configured to store and charge energy modules; an opening in the enclosure; and a robotic arm configured to retrieve the energy modules from the storage racks and pass them through an opening in the enclosure for exchange with an electric vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a platform; a plurality of trucks coupled to the platform; and a roller assembly coupled to the platform, wherein the roller assembly is configured for an omnidirectional rotation, wherein the roller assembly is configured for an elastic biasing, wherein the roller assembly is driven by a motor.

Abstract: Herein is disclosed a dolly for carrying a heavy object by means of a car with a trailer hitch. The dolly includes a rigid frame adapted to securely hold an object on a front face of the rigid frame. Left and right parallel pneumatic wheels are positioned on a left and right sides the rigid frame, respectively and extending perpendicularly away from the rigid frame opposite a platform. Each of the pneumatic wheels is highway rated. Each of the pneumatic wheels has a hub rotatably mounted to the rigid frame by a flange member projecting perpendicularly from the rigid frame, the flange members positioning the hubs away from the rigid frame such that the hubs are at least several inches from a back face of the rigid frame. The dolly also includes a retractable boom having a trailer hitch coupling on a distal end. The retractable boom is selectively movable between a retracted and extended position. Finally, the dolly includes a lock for releasably locking the retractable boom in its extended position.

Abstract: For improved attachment of an energy accumulator to an underbody of a motor vehicle, an attachment device has a top side that is designed to be attached to the underbody via attachment fasteners and an underside that is designed to be connected to a top side of the energy accumulator. The underside of the attachment device and the top side of the energy accumulator are integrally bonded by an adhesive at least in a region remote from outer edges of the top side of the energy accumulator.