Abstract: A vehicle may include a propeller shaft that extends from a transmission toward a vehicle rear side and left and right battery units disposed below floor panels disposed on the left and right sides of a floor tunnel. The propeller shaft may include a first shaft portion connected to the transmission and a second shaft portion connected to the first shaft portion via a universal joint. The left and right battery units may have inner side surface portions that face the inner side in the vehicle width direction, respectively. Planar protectors that cover the portions of the inner side surface portions on the vehicle rear side of the universal joint may be mounted to the battery units, respectively.

Abstract: A vehicular battery unit includes a lower case including a pair of battery-receiving sections disposed at two lateral sides of a vehicle, and a connecting section, which is disposed between the pair of battery-receiving sections and is bent so as to be convex upwards, battery modules respectively mounted in the pair of battery-receiving sections, cooling blocks, which are disposed under the battery modules and which receive and discharge cooling water to cool the battery modules, at least one cooling water hose configured to exchange cooling water with the cooling blocks, and an upper case, which is disposed on the lower case and includes a cooling water hose coupler unit configured to connect the cooling water hose to the cooling blocks.

Abstract: A configurable, modular vehicle on common chassis platform, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a configurable modular vehicle includes: a chassis, a power plant module configured to generate electrical energy, and a drive train module. The drive train module includes: at least one traction motor configured to receive electrical energy from the power plant module, a transmission configured to transfer torque from the traction motor to a drive axle, and the drive axle configured to transfer torque to drive wheels, and a control system module configured to control components of the power plant module and the drive train module. The interfaces of the power plant module and the drive train module are predefined, and different types of the power plant modules and the drive train modules are interchangeable within their respective predefined interfaces.

Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle frame having a middle section, a front-section vehicle-forward of the middle section, and a rear section vehicle-rearward of the middle section. The middle section has frame rails spaced from each other and cross-beams extending from one frame rail toward the other frame rail. The frame rails each having a vehicle-forward end and a vehicle-rearward end. The assembly includes one or more electric-vehicle batteries. At least one of the batteries is in one of the cross-beams. The assembly includes two front nodes between and directly connected to the middle section and the front section and two rear nodes between and directly connected to the middle section and the rear section.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steering system for a motor vehicle, which is designed as a steer-by-wire steering system and comprises a rack, an electric drive for longitudinal displacement of the rack, a worm gear and a drive shaft which is in toothed engagement with the rack. The electric drive is connected to the drive shaft by the worm gear so as to transmit torque.

Abstract: A power take-off includes a housing including a mounting surface that is adapted to be secured to a source of rotational energy. The mounting surface has an opening therethrough. An input mechanism includes an input gear that has a portion that extends outwardly from the housing through the opening provided through the mounting surface and is adapted to extend within and be rotatably driven about an input gear rotational axis by a driving gear contained within the source of rotational energy. An output mechanism is disposed within the housing and includes a driven gear that is rotatably driven about an output gear rotational axis by the input gear of the input mechanism. The rotational axis of the input gear and the rotational axis of the driven gear are movable relative to one another so as to minimize the transmission of torque transients and other vibrations therethrough during operation.

Abstract: The invention discloses a module energy store converter system (10) comprising the following: at least one converter arm (12) comprising a plurality of standard modules (14) connected in series, and at least one extra-low voltage module (ELV module) (40), wherein the standard modules (14) and the ELV module can be connected such that inputs (48) of a transducer (46) of the ELV module can be optionally connected to the storage element (26) of an adjacent standard module (14) serially and/or anti-serially, or the transducer (46) can be decoupled from the storage element (26), and/or the inputs (48) of the transducer (46) can be optionally connected to the storage element of an adjacent standard module (14) in parallel, or the transducer (46) can be decoupled from the storage element (26).

Abstract: An electric powered work vehicle is to be configured so that holding of the battery at the storage position can be carried out easily at the time of attachment of the battery. There is provided guide mechanism for movably guiding the battery while supporting it along a horizontal direction between a storage position and a detachment position located away from the storage position along the horizontal direction. There is provided a holding mechanism configured to be automatically operated to a holding state capable of holding the battery at the storage position when the battery is moved to the storage position along the guide mechanism. There is provided a releasing operational portion manually operable to render the holding mechanism to a releasing state for allowing movement of the battery to the detachment position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to energy storage mounting system for an energy storage system of a vehicle, the mounting system comprising: a vehicle mounting member connectable to a longitudinal frame of the vehicle, the vehicle mounting member comprising an elongated portion arranged to, when the vehicle mounting member is attached to the longitudinal frame, extend away from the longitudinal frame, wherein the elongated portion comprises a recess at an outer end portion thereof; and a battery mounting member connectable to the energy storage system, the battery mounting member comprising a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion is movable between a disconnected state, in which the connecting portion is positioned at a distance from the elongated portion of the vehicle mounting member, and a connected state, in which the connecting portion is positioned in the recess for connecting the battery mounting member to the vehicle mounting member.

Abstract: Pair of airbags, a left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth stowed within the seat cushion of the seat, and a lower tensile cloth that connects both ends of the left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth in the inner portion of the seat cushion, wherein the lower tensile cloth is disposed in the center in the left-right direction of the seat cushion and to the front side of center in the front-rear direction of the seat cushion, where the left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth extend to the left and right rearwardly from both the left and right ends of the lower tensile cloth in the inner portion of the cushion, such that the left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth are stretched between the seatback and the seat cushion when the airbag expands and deploys.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a chassis having an upper frame plate and a lower frame plate. Between the upper frame plate and the lower frame plate there is provided a traction battery pack arrangement comprising one or more battery modules, and a hydrogen tank structure comprising one or more hydrogen tanks. The hydrogen tank structure is vertically tightened to the traction battery pack arrangement, so that one of the hydrogen tank structure and said traction battery pack arrangement is located on top of the other. At least one of the hydrogen tank structure and the traction battery pack arrangement is tightened to one of the upper and lower frame plates.

Abstract: A body structure for an electrically operated vehicle has an installation space for a traction battery which is downwardly open in the vehicle vertical direction and upwardly delimited by a floor sheet-metal part forming the vehicle floor. The traction battery is inserted into the installation space from below the vehicle. A free installation gap is formed between a battery ceiling wall and the floor sheet-metal part and a spacer is supported between the battery ceiling wall and the floor sheet-metal part. The spacer is formed in two parts, namely, a buffer made from an elastic, flexible, soft component and a base made of a component-stiff hard component. In an undeformed production state, the installation height of the spacer is greater than the gap size of the installation gap. In an installation position, the spacer is supported between the floor sheet-metal part and the battery ceiling wall, elastically deforming the buffer.

Abstract: An electric-vehicle frame includes a mid-section and an end section. The mid-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween. The end-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a second distance along the cross-vehicle axis smaller than the first distance. A first connector is fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section. A second connector is fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section.

Abstract: A chassis frame for an electric vehicle is provided. The chassis frame includes: side sill parts spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction of the electric vehicle, and configured to absorb a shock force applied to the electric vehicle; a frame part provided between the side sill parts, and configured to have a battery disposed therein; a cover part detachably coupled to the frame part, and configured to support the battery disposed in the frame part; and a movement prevention part provided between the frame part and the cover part, and configured to prevent a movement of the battery.

Abstract: A stabilizing bar for a vehicle, comprising: a central portion, which is elongate; a first attachment portion configured to be attached to a first part of the vehicle secured to a first wheel of the vehicle; and a first bearing configured to be attached to the chassis of the vehicle, the stabilizing bar comprising, between the central portion and the first attachment portion, a first curved portion, the first curved portion being curved along a curve having a radius of curvature which is strictly increasing with increasing distance from the first bearing.

Abstract: An adaptive force vehicle airbag (AFVA) system includes airbag(s) stowed in a compressed state within an interior of a vehicle. An impact sensor detects a change in motion of the vehicle indicative of a collision. Selectable force gas generator(s) (SFGGs) gas-generating propellant cells that are individually fired. The SFGGs have conduit(s) that receive gas from fired gas-generating propellant cells and direct the gas to inflate at least one of the airbag(s). A controller is communicatively coupled to the inflation initiating component and the gas-generating propellant cells of the SFGGs. The controller enables the AFVA system to: (i) receive an inflation signal from the impact sensor; and (ii) fire a selected number of the gas-generating propellant cells to at least partially inflate the at least one airbag.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection feature for a closure latch assembly and method for moving a hood of a motor vehicle to a pop-up position and an open position are provided. The pedestrian protection feature includes an actuator configured to translate a slide cam member to cause a hook to pivot into a striker retaining position to prevent removal of a striker from the closure latch assembly and to pivot a lift lever into engagement with the striker to move the striker toward the hook, whereat the hood is moved to the pop-up position, and optionally a release feature to move the hook from the striker retaining position to a striker releasing position to allow the hood to be moved from the pop-up position to an open position.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle includes an inflator, an airbag configured to be expanded and deployed from an instrument panel when supplied with gas so as to be positioned on a front side of an occupant, and a flow guide cloth disposed inside the airbag. The flow guide cloth is configured to be expanded and deployed when the gas flows into the flow guide cloth and discharge the gas into the airbag. A rear end portion is spaced from a rear wall of the airbag. A rear outlet is disposed in the rear end portion and configured to discharge the gas into a rear end portion of the airbag. A front outlet is disposed in a front portion and configured to discharge the gas into a front portion of the airbag. An opening area of the rear outlet is larger than an opening area of the front outlet.

Abstract: A battery protection member includes a main body portion and a fixation portion, wherein the battery protection member is connected with a bottom portion of a vehicle via the fixation portion, and the battery protection member is disposed at a front-end side of a battery pack and to be apart from the battery pack. At least a part of a front-end portion of the battery pack is in a range with the fixation portion as a center and having a rotation radius of the battery protection member as a radius. An inclination surface is formed at the front-end side of the main body portion to extend from an upper side toward a rear side and a lower side, and when the inclination surface receives a collision, the angle between the inclination surface and a horizontal direction is decreased.

Abstract: A battery attaching/detaching structure for a saddle-type vehicle including: a plurality of substantially rectangular parallelepiped batteries for supplying electric power to a power source of the saddle-type vehicle; a battery case in which the batteries are stored; battery-side terminals provided on lower surfaces of the batteries; and case-side terminals engaged with the battery-side terminals, comprises terminal holders that support the case-side terminals such that the case-side terminals are movable between a connected position where the case-side terminals are connected to the battery-side terminals and a retracted position where the case-side terminals are separated from the battery-side terminals. Between the case-side terminals and the terminal holders, springs for urging the case-side terminals in a direction of pressing the battery-side terminals are disposed.