Abstract: A transport apparatus includes a frame, a lift mechanism supporting the frame, and a litter deck for supporting a person. The litter deck is adapted to be reconfigured between a chair configuration and a cot configuration. The litter deck is also adapted to be removably mounted to the frame, with the litter deck being adapted to be supported by the frame while the litter deck is in its chair configuration and also while being reconfigured between its chair configuration and its cot configuration.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel disk and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The vehicle wheel disk is manufactured from a disk material of a flat plate. The vehicle wheel disk includes a hub coupling portion, a disk flange and a hat. The hat includes a hat top protruding outwardly in an axial direction of the disk, a radially inner hat portion connecting the hat top and the hub coupling portion, and a radially outer hat portion connecting the hat top and the disk flange. In the vehicle wheel disk, a first thickness-reduced portion is smaller in thickness than the disk material that is formed at the radially outer hat portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dolly for transporting or presenting goods, including a braking member (8) that includes a flexible body, that is positioned near a tread of a wheel (6, 7) and that is fixedly connected with a first body part with a bottom part (3) or a suspension system of the wheel (6, 7) and with a second body part is connected to an end of an activation member (15), wherein, upon movement of an operating member (9) arranged on the dolly to a braking position, the second body part is bent towards the tread of the concerned wheel (6, 7) by the activation member (15) for engagement of the flexible body on the tread.

Abstract: A snowmobile ski assembly has a ski defining a slot, a ski runner disposed in the slot and being translatable in the slot between a first position and a second position, and a runner adjustment assembly connected to the ski runner. The runner adjustment assembly selectively translates the ski runner between the first and second positions. A snowmobile having the snowmobile ski assembly and a ski runner are also disclosed.

Abstract: A pallet transfer apparatus with a handle pulling type folding structure includes a moving body unit which includes a pair of deformed fitting type horizontal support units which are arranged parallel at regular intervals and is configured to move by loading a pallet on a pair of the horizontal support units; a height adjusting body unit which includes a pair of vertical support units which are connected in a vertical direction from each of a pair of the horizontal support units, wherein the heights of the vertical support units can be adjusted; and a folding adjusting unit which includes a horizontal bar-shaped handle connected to the top of each of a pair of the vertical support units.

Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.

Abstract: A takedown utility cart includes four corner members each including joining apertures; four rectangular interconnecting members each shaped as a groove having two bent ends, each interconnecting member including two joining apertures at two sides respectively wherein a retainer is driven through the joining apertures to fasten the corner member and the interconnecting member together; two side walls each including a rectangular panel, two joining members at front and rear ends of the panel respectively, and two joining apertures on the joining member wherein a retainer is driven through the joining apertures to fasten the corner member and the side wall together; a rectangular platform disposed on the bent ends; a rectangular rear panel including four joining apertures at respective corners thereof wherein a retainer is driven through the joining apertures to fasten the corner member and the rear panel together; and at least one drawer.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for an aircraft landing gear wheel is provided that effectively supports the wheel on an axle while maximizing internal wheel volume available for mounting a non-engine drive motor used to power the wheel and/or brakes or other structures within the maximized wheel volume. The bearing arrangement is preferably employed with a two-part aircraft wheel mounted on a landing gear axle and includes bearing structures located only on wheel sections adjacent to the axle. A specifically configured cantilevered joint portion of inboard and outboard wheel sections supports weight and loads bearing structures, eliminating the need for and space required by a high speed bearing. Stiffness necessary for strength and structural integrity is provided by the materials selected to form the wheel sections.

Abstract: A hybrid-electric vehicle powertrain including a first prime mover and an electric traction motor/generator provides for electric operation of a power take off. A sensor indicates electric fraction motor/generator speed. A control system provides for limiting engagement of the power take off to the electric traction motor/generator through a transmission to periods when the electric traction motor/generator is turning a less than a predefined maximum speed.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel is disclosed having a spoke, a nipple coupled to the spoke, and a rim coupled to the nipple and having an annular panel with inner and outer surfaces and an access hole. A plug is positioned over the access hole and includes a cap that is larger than the access hole, a leg extending from the cap and through the access hole, and a barb protruding radially from the leg to at least partially engage the inner surface of the annular panel. The plug can further include a resilient member compressed between the cap and the outer surface of the annular panel. On some rims, the annular panel has a non-planar contour. For these rims, the resilient member and/or the cap can be shaped to match the non-planar contour of the annular panel.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a transport dolly includes a base having a generally horizontal platform adapted to support an object to be moved and generally vertical side walls that extend downward from edges of the platform toward a floor or ground surface, and casters mounted to a bottom surface of the platform between the side walls, the casters being dimensioned such that bottom edges of the side walls nearly touch the floor or ground surface such that the casters are enclosed and protected by the side walls.

Abstract: A vehicle hub unit that supports a wheel that attaches to a pneumatic tire and is attached to a joint and an air pressure adjusting device that has this vehicle hub unit, provided with a first air passage that is formed with a first opening in at least one location on a surface that attaches to the wheel, is attached to pneumatic piping of the joint that supplies air, and supplies air from the first opening to the wheel; and a second air passage that is formed with a second opening in at least one location on a surface that attaches to the wheel, is attached to pneumatic piping of the joint that exhausts air of the joint, and collects air of the wheel from the second opening.

Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery pack, which is placed in the vehicle body. The battery pack includes a counterweight and at least one battery cell, which partially contacts the counterweight. The battery pack is arranged in the vehicle body such that a contact portion of the counterweight that contacts the at least one battery cell exchanges heat with relative wind by a greater amount than a non-contact portion of the at least one battery cell that have no contact with the counterweight.

Abstract: A cart (1) for dispensing health products, such as drugs and medicines, designed for health centers and similar, comprising a main chassis provided with directional wheels (3) underneath, where a plurality of drawers that protrude from at least a number of the sides of the main chassis are provided for, with locking mechanism in order to remain in a fixed position in the main chassis; a control unit linked to the drawers in order to open and/or close the same and a user interface, the plurality of drawers being supported on at least one removable support structure (5). Each one of the drawers (4) has a locking mechanism linked to electrically operable fastening found inside the main chassis, in communication with the control unit, the locking mechanism of each one of the drawers including a number of position detection mechanism.

Abstract: A folding device for baby carriage has two folding groups. Each folding group has a front leg mount, a rear leg mount, and a grip mount. The front leg mount has a front mounting segment, two connecting segments formed on the front mounting segment at a spaced interval, and a receiving space formed between the connecting segments. The rear leg mount is pivotally connected to the front leg mount and has a rear mounting segment, a pivotal segment, and a connecting arm. The pivotal segment is formed on the rear mounting segment, is inserted into the receiving space, and has a pivot recess, multiple pivot boards, multiple elongated slots, and an engaging recess. The grip mount is pivotally connected to the front leg mount and the rear leg mount, and has an upper mounting segment, a linking segment, a through slot, and an engaging stem.

Abstract: A cart capable of being combined to a bicycle comprises a cart body having a frame portion; at least one front wheel arranged below the frame portion for driving the cart body; the at least one front wheel being at a front portion thereof; and wherein the cart has a combination structure for combining the cart to a bicycle so that the cart is able to be driven by the bicycle. Furthermore, the cart further comprises a steering structure for controlling moving directions of the cart so that when the cart is connected to a bicycle, the steering structure can control the moving direction of the cart. The frame portion has a bottom plate put thereon for carrying object thereon. The frame portion includes a back frame; and the combining structure is installed at a handle linkage of the cart body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery support arrangement (12) for a vehicle (10), with a battery-holding element (14) for receiving a battery (16), a guide arrangement (18) by means of which the battery-holding element (14) is mounted movably relative to the vehicle (10), and with coupling elements which are designed to couple the earth-receiving element (14) to a vehicle structure connected fixedly to the vehicle (10) and/or at least partially to decouple the battery-holding element from the vehicle structure, wherein the coupling elements have an actuator (22) which is designed to adjust the degree of the coupling and/or the temporal profile of the coupling.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a traveling unit and a revolving unit mounted on the traveling unit. The revolving unit includes a revolving frame as a base, right and left side sections, a cab, a hand rail and a grip. The right and left side sections are disposed on right and left sides of the revolving unit. The cab is provided at a first of the right and left side sections. The hand rail is provided at a front edge on a second of the right and left side sections. The hand rail extends upward from the front edge toward a rear of the revolving unit. The grip is provided below the hand rail and on a side surface of the revolving frame. The traveling unit includes a track frame, and a step provided on a side surface of the track frame below the hand rail.

Abstract: A surgical tray assembly for storing, charging, and/or communicating with battery powered surgical instruments and other communication-enabled devices. The surgical tray assembly includes a stand, a surgical instrument tray supported on the stand, an electrical connector coupled to the tray, and one or more electrical transmission devices. The electrical connector is configured to be inserted into an electrical outlet. The electrical transmission device(s) is in electrical communication with the electrical connector. The surgical tray assembly may further include a wireless communication system capable of capturing data from a battery powered surgical instrument and transmitting such data. The surgical tray may further include a user interface display for displaying captured data from a battery powered surgical instrument.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a chassis frame, a cargo bed, a cabin, and an engine. The utility vehicle further includes: a torque rod bracket fixed to an engine body forming a shell or outline of the engine and projecting upward from an upper end of the engine body; and a torque rod provided at a position higher than the upper end of the engine body and coupling the torque rod bracket and a frame member provided at one end in a vehicle width direction of the engine.