Abstract: A rack for a truck, SUV or vehicle is disclosed herein which allows the user to lift a load above a roof of the vehicle. The load can be secured to the roof via the rack. Rotating rails are attached to a stationary rails. The stationary rails are mounted to the roof of the vehicle. A basket may be traversably slideable from the rotating rails to the stationary rails. The rotating rails may be lifted up after loading a basket to also lift the basket and the load up and allow the basket to slide onto the stationary rails. Once the basket and load are on the stationary rails, the basket is locked into place with a lock so that the load remains in place while the user is driving.

Abstract: A storage compartment comprising a housing, a lid, a lid damper, a storage tray, and a tray damper. The lid damper pivotally couples the lid to the housing about a pivot axis such that the lid is moveable between an open position and closed position. The tray damper pivotally couples the storage tray to housing about the pivot axis such that the storage tray is moveable between a lowered position and a raised position independent of the lid.

Abstract: Systems and method of forming a structure from a trailer body are disclosed herein. An example structure can be formed from a portion/section of a trailer, such as a semi-truck, or dry-van, trailer. The trailer has a unibody construction allowing the section(s) cut/formed therefrom to be self-supporting. The self-supporting sections can be enclosed on one or more open ends, i.e. the ends formed by cutting or sectioning the trailer, to enclose the section. The enclosed section can then be outfitted/equipped, as needed, to form the complete structure.

Abstract: A joint system for use with a plurality of bows in an uplift of a tarpaulin system having a joint and a base insert with, a body component with a first base end and a second base end, a third coupling member extending from the first base end, the third coupling member adapted to releasably engage with a free end of one of the plurality of bows, a fourth coupling member fixed to the second base end, the fourth coupling member adapted to be securable to a component of the uplift, and a third support extending from the first base end proximate the third coupling member for engaging with the bow releasably secured with the third coupling member.

Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure flows air from the vehicle lower side to its upper side. After hitting a front bumper face, the air is separated and flows around and along a top face of an exterior member, ensuring aerodynamic performance. Embodiments include exterior members covering the upper side of an engine room, and a front grille disposed on a lower side relative to a front end portion of the exterior member. A rectification member extends the width of the exterior member in the vehicle width direction on the lower side of the exterior member front end portion. The rectification member includes a front piece portion extending toward the vehicle up-down-direction lower side from the exterior member to an upper end portion of the front grille, and a lower piece portion extending toward the vehicle rear side from an upper end of the front piece portion.

Abstract: An endgate assembly includes a body and a quick-release receptacle. The body includes a first side and a second side opposing each other. The first side of the body defines a compartment accessible from the first side and spaced from the second side. The quick-release receptacle includes a platform. The quick-release receptacle is movable between a stowed position in which the quick-release receptacle is attached to the body within the compartment such that the platform and the first side cooperate to close the compartment, and a detached position in which the quick-release receptacle is released from the body to remove the quick-release receptacle from the compartment. A vehicle includes a cargo area and the endgate assembly as discussed above. The cargo area includes a floor, a first sidewall disposed transverse to the floor, and a second sidewall disposed transverse to the floor. The endgate assembly is coupled to the floor.

Abstract: A unified hinge may comprise a hinge tube that is rigidly attached to a truck frame and a bed section of a truck bed and a tail section of the truck bed, each of the bed section and the tail section having opposing hinge barrels affixed thereto that concentrically align on the hinge tube. Similarly, a unified hinge may comprise one or more mounting barrels that are rigidly attached to a truck frame and a bed section of a truck bed and a tail section of the truck bed, each of the bed section and the tail section having opposing hinge barrels affixed thereto that concentrically align on the one or more mounting barrels; a hinge tube runs through the one or more mounting barrels and the opposing hinge barrels. The unified hinge allows the bed section and the tail section to independently pivot along the hinge tube.

Abstract: A bus handrail provided in a vehicle interior of a bus in a shape of “L” as viewed in a vehicle width direction has, in an installed state thereof, a first grip portion extending in a vehicle vertical direction, a second grip portion extending backward with respect to a vehicle continuously from a lower part of the first grip portion, a third grip portion extending upward with respect to the vehicle continuously from the second grip portion, and a fourth grip portion extending backward with respect to the vehicle continuously from the third grip portion. Besides, in a bus vehicle interior structure equipped with the bus handrail and a seat provided on a rear wall side in the vehicle interior and in which a passenger sits in a half-standing posture, part of the fourth grip portion is arranged outside the seat in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A motorized wheelbarrow including a motor and a drive pulley that rotates when the motor is operating. The motorized wheelbarrow also includes wheels and a drive train assembly for transmitting power from the motor to the wheels. The motorized wheelbarrow also includes a clutch assembly movable between a connected condition, in which the motor and the drive train assembly are connected by the clutch assembly, and a disconnected condition, in which the motor and the drive train assembly are not connected with each other, and a brake assembly movable between an engaged condition, in which the brake assembly resists rotation of the wheels, and a disengaged condition, in which the brake assembly does not resist rotation of the wheels. Both of the clutch assembly and the brake assembly are controlled by a single control assembly so that the clutch assembly and the brake assembly are mutually functionally exclusive.

Abstract: A front portion of a vehicle body includes front side frames, a subframe, and a vehicle compartment front structure body. The subframe has a subframe body, a leg portion, a front fastening portion, and a rear fastening portion. The front side frame has a subframe mounting portion which is arranged on a front side of a bending starting point and to which the front fastening portion is fastened. A component mounting bracket having an inclined guide portion with a front surface inclining downward toward a vehicle rear side is coupled to a rear side of the bending starting point of the front side frame. The inclined guide portion is arranged on a track in which the leg portion detached from the front side frame is displaced rearward when an impact load is input from the front of the vehicle.

Abstract: An auxiliary storage compartment for a golf car, wherein the auxiliary storage compartment comprises a storage receptacle disposed on a rear deck of a body of a golf car behind and accessible from a seating structure of the golf car. In various instances, the storage receptacle comprising at least one sidewall that defines an interior storage space of the storage receptacle.

Abstract: A vehicle door frame includes a pillar and a bridging member. The bridging member is connected to a lower part of the pillar and extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The pillar and the bridging member are bonded together by a plurality of weld beads. Each of the weld beads is apart from another weld bead and from an extension line of the another weld bead.

Abstract: A tailgate assembly for a vehicle includes, among other things, a frame sub-assembly that includes a driver side section, a passenger side section, and a connection member coupling the driver side section to the passenger side section. The assembly further includes a door sub-assembly disposed between the driver side section and the passenger side section. The door sub-assembly and the frame sub-assembly are pivotable together about a first axis between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position. The door sub-assembly is pivotable relative to the frame sub-assembly about a second axis between a door closed position and a door open position. The door sub-assembly in the door open position provides a cargo bed access opening that extends vertically downward at least as far as a floor of the cargo bed.

Abstract: An interior trim panel for a vehicle interior. The panel includes an air distributing member for distributing the air, a first air distribution channel for distributing the airflow from the air distributing member into the vehicle interior. A canopy is configured to partly cover an accessory arranged on the interior trim panel. Further, the interior trim panel includes a second air distribution channel configured in a gap formed between the canopy and the accessory for distributing the airflow from the air distributing member. Further, the air distributing from the second distribution channel is deviated towards the vehicle interior by a curved extension of the canopy.

Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure which reduces third-order vibration of a windshield, and improves NVH performance in a vehicle cabin. A front windshield fixed to an edge portion of an opening formed in a vehicle body, a pair of left and right front suspension housings, a cowl forming a lower edge of the opening for the front windshield, and a tower bar coupling each of the left and right front suspension housings with a region around a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the cowl are provided. Node members, each of which locally improves bending rigidity of the cowl, are disposed in two positions in the cowl that divide a bonding surface to a windshield lower edge into generally three equal parts in the vehicle width direction, and the tower bar is fixed between respective positions of the two node members in the cowl.

Abstract: A motorcycle armrest and back rider seat are provided. The seat includes an armrest mounting bracket adapted for being removably mounted to a motorcycle at a position above a rear wheel and proximate to a back rider seat bottom and seat back and a forearm support carried by one end of the armrest mounting bracket and adapted to extend horizontally forward in a back rider forearm supporting position when the armrest mounting bracket is mounted on the motorcycle.

Abstract: A locking bar may include one or more of the following: at least two tube sections which are telescopically arranged in the longitudinal direction of the locking bar; at least two connection elements which are arranged at respective ends of the locking bar and are configured for being received into a holding element; at least one spring element; and a first bar part and a second bar part that are arranged in a manner in which they are rotatable to one another over an angle about their common longitudinal axis, the first bar part including a first tube section of the at least two tube sections and the second bar part including a second tube section of the at least two tube sections, where the spring element is configured such that it applies a torsion force respectively acting on the first and second bar parts.

Abstract: A badge mounting system that helps promote proper installation of different badges for different vehicle trim variants. The system utilizes a set of trim assembly components that include: a badge having a plurality of badge studs protruding rearwardly in a first pattern; a trim layer having a plurality of trim holes corresponding to the plurality of badge studs and arranged in the first pattern; and a backing plate having a backing plate body with an outer perimeter circumscribing a plurality of recesses extending into the backing plate body, wherein the plurality of badge studs mate with a subset of the plurality of recesses that together form the first pattern, and wherein the first pattern of badge studs is arranged such that the badge can be mounted to the backing plate through the trim layer in only a single orientation of the badge relative to the trim layer.

Abstract: A vehicle frame includes a frame rail, a shock tower bracket, and a cable. The frame rail is elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The shock tower bracket is connected to the frame rail. The cable is connected to the frame rail and the shock tower bracket. The cable extends transverse to the vehicle-longitudinal axis from the frame rail to the shock tower bracket.

Abstract: A glass run having a general portion formed by extrusion molding and a mold-forming portion that connects terminals of the general portion attached to a corner portion of a door frame has a substantially U-shaped cross section including a vehicle exterior side wall, a vehicle interior side wall, and a bottom wall joining the vehicle exterior side wall and the vehicle interior side wall; and has a vehicle exterior side seal lip and a vehicle interior side seal lip that obliquely protrude in an inner direction of an opening having the substantially U-shaped cross section from the vehicle exterior side wall and the vehicle interior side wall, respectively, and the vehicle exterior side seal lip of the mold-forming portion is formed with a seal lip extension portion having a seal lip length extended as compared to the vehicle exterior side seal lip formed in the general portion.