Abstract: An active grill shutter assembly including a plurality of airflow control blades. At least two of the airflow control blades have different curvatures or chord lengths configured to optimize airflow over a curvature of an air duct that the active grill shutter is mounted in. An actuator is linked to the plurality of airflow control blades with a linkage assembly to rotate the plurality of airflow control blades.

Abstract: A negative pressure air suction type fluid-driven power machine comprises a fluid pressure accumulation bin, a necking port, a flow inlet, a flow guiding cover, a fluid-inlet flow guiding cover, turbine driving blades, a turbine housing, a turbine shaft, a turbine bracket, nozzles surrounding peripheries of the turbine driving blades, a turbine fluid outlet, a fluid negative-pressure flow guiding cover, a fluid negative-pressure outlet, an external driving fluid inlet, an external driving fluid flow guiding cover, and nozzles. The negative pressure air suction type fluid-driven power machine is formed using a gravity acceleration fluid generated by a fluid flowing to a direction opposite to operation of an object as a main driving power source and using a fluid air suction phenomenon as an auxiliary power source, and can replace some effects of steam engines, internal combustion engines, motors and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a tray 1 having a base 2 and a peripheral wall which protrudes from the base and a flange 4 which protrudes from the wall so as to be orientated in an outward direction, characterized in that the tray 1 is integrally produced as a folding component and in a materially integral manner from a plate 6, wherein in at least one the corner region 8 of the peripheral wall there is formed on a side wall 3 at least one joining plate 5 which overlaps the adjacent side wall 3 and the joining plate 5 and the adjacent side wall 3 are joined to each other.

Abstract: An electric power system for a vehicle provided with a storage assembly comprising a first storage system with a number of electrochemical cells connected to one another in series and/or in parallel and a second storage system arranged in series to the first system and with a number of electrochemical cells connected to one another in series and/or in parallel; wherein the storage assembly is designed to supply power with a dual voltage; and wherein the electric power system comprises, furthermore, a DC/DC converter, which is designed to transfer the electric charge from the second storage system to the first storage system, and vice versa, and integrated in a BMS device for the management of said storage assembly, which is designed to carry out the balancing of the electrochemical cells of the second storage system and to estimate the state of charge and the state of health of the two storage systems.

Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: an electric drive unit including an electric motor used as a drive power source, a transaxle including a differential device and coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor in a power transmittable manner on one end side of the electric motor in a direction of a motor centerline to transmit an output of the electric motor through the differential device to a pair of drive shafts, and a case housing the electric motor and the transaxle. The case includes a first end surface portion located on the other end side of the electric motor in the motor centerline direction and rotatably supporting the motor shaft, and an accessory component of the vehicle is attached to an outside surface of the first end surface portion.

Abstract: This disclosure details mounting systems and associated methods for mounting a battery pack to an electrified vehicle. An exemplary electrified vehicle may include a frame, a battery pack, and a mounting system for mounting the battery pack to the frame. The mounting system may include one or more isolator assemblies for substantially isolating the battery pack from vehicle loads that may be imparted onto the frame. Each isolator assembly may include a beam and multiple bushings mounted within the beam and connected to either the frame or the battery pack.

Abstract: According to one embodiment a radiator support is provided that includes a support base and an elastic tubular portion which protrudes axially from the support base and is configured for housing a pin of a radiator of a vehicle. The radiator support also includes at least one stop which protrudes axially from the support base. The stop is arranged close to the tubular portion and comprises a height smaller than the height of the tubular portion with respect to the support base. The difference between the height of the tubular portion and the height of the stop, and the gap between the tubular portion and the stop are such that, in use, from a given radial deformation level of the tubular portion, the tubular portion comes into contact with the stop, increasing the rigidity of the tubular portion.

Abstract: A semitrailer landing gear controller assembly for automating the extension and retraction of a semitrailer landing gear using an external input of pressurized air. The device includes a primary member designed to receive and rotate a removable secondary member installed over a turning axle for a semitrailer landing gear, where rotation of the turning axle corresponds to the extension or retraction of a semitrailer landing gear depending on the direction of rotation. The primary member further including a turbine designed to drive rotation of the secondary member with the force of pressurized air obtained from an external input of pressurized air, like the supply line from a semitrailer.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine cranked by an electric machine powered by a first battery, a first plurality of components powered by the first battery, a second plurality of components powered by a second battery, and a processor programmed to isolate the second battery and associated components from the first battery and associated components at least during engine cranking. The first battery may be a low voltage battery having a first chemistry, such as a lead-acid battery with associated components that are less sensitive to voltage variation induced by engine cranking or starting, such as heated mirrors, seats, wipers, a climate control blower, power windows/doors, and auxiliary pumps. The second battery may be a low or high voltage battery having a second chemistry, such as a lithium-ion battery with associated components that may be more sensitive to low voltage during engine cranking/starting, such as lighting, electronics, and infotainment systems.

Abstract: A transportable carton assembly is disclosed that includes a carton defining a bottom rear corner edge portion having a pair of longitudinally spaced apart apertures formed therein, and an elongated shield retained within the bottom rear corner edge portion of the carton and including a pair of longitudinally spaced apart wheels positioned to extend through the longitudinally spaced apart apertures formed in the bottom rear corner edge portion of the carton for transporting the carton over a surface.

Abstract: A vehicle transmission apparatus, for an automotive vehicle that has a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, is contained within an engine compartment of the vehicle and includes a vehicle transmission and a roll initiator operable to rotate the vehicle transmission about the lateral axis of the vehicle. The roll initiator is attached to vehicle transmission and has a projecting portion that is arranged to engage with a structure within the engine compartment.

Abstract: A collapsible upright wheeled walker with adjustable armrests that support sufficient user upper-body weight to facilitate a natural upright gait and provide unassisted mobility for a wide range of mobility-impaired individuals. The apparatus may be easily and quickly folded (and unfolded) and may include bilateral stabilizing wheel suspensions to facilitate navigation over uneven terrain. The apparatus includes a frame-stiffening folder assembly and may also include mechanical brakes, an adjustable upper armrest assembly with removable padded forearm supports and two pairs of handles, at least one of which is disposed sufficiently forward to place the user within the polygonal footprint defined by the front and rear wheels to provide support without leaning, stooping, or risking falls.

Abstract: A cart has a wheel that is easily lockable and unlockable while being securely braked. The cart includes a platform having a wheel and on which freight is loaded, a handle bar including an inverted U shaped frame including a left frame, a right frame, and a connecting frame, a wheel locking and unlocking operation part provided on the inverted U shaped frame and configured to be pressed and elastically restored, and an operation part configured to operate by an operation of the wheel locking and unlocking operation part, and a folding operation part including a pedal provided at one end of the platform, a pedal connecting part connected to the pedal from a lower surface of the platform, and a folding operation rod supported by the pedal connecting part and configured to vertically move.

Abstract: A large cargo dolly has a first central tube and a cross bar integral with and perpendicular to the first central tube. The cross bar has a hollow first end and a hollow second end. Further, the large cargo dolly has a first moveable tube having a circumference that is smaller than a circumference of the cross bar, and the first moveable tube moveably is coupled within the hollow first end of the cross bar and fixedly coupled to a first wheel. The first moveable tube is adjustable to fit a size of cargo placed on the first central tube and the cross bar, and the first wheel is configured to automatically adjust when the first moveable tube is adjusted. The large cargo dolly also has a second moveable tube having a circumference that is smaller than the circumference of the cross bar, and the second moveable tube is moveably coupled within the hollow second end of the cross bar and fixedly coupled to a second wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle incorporates a gravity-assist energy harvesting suspension system including one or more gravitational positive displacement pumps. The positive displacement pump has a cylinder and a reciprocating piston inside the cylinder. The piston is adapted for movement along a compression stroke and an opposite extension stroke in response to a gravitational bounce of the vehicle when in motion. A turbine comprising a rotor shaft and attached blades is mounted relative to a distal end of a fluid outlet hose connected to the pump. Fluid discharged through the outlet hose acts on the blades, thereby moving and imparting rotational energy to the rotor shaft. A generator is operatively connected to the turbine, and is adapted for converting the rotational energy generated by the rotor shaft to electrical energy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of electric vehicles, and provides an posture vehicle, which comprises a vehicle body, two wheelers pivoted to the vehicle body, pedals installed on the vehicle body, and two driving components installed in the vehicle body and driving the two wheelers to rotate driven by the pedals. The driving components and the wheelers are in the same operating plane. Namely, in a using process, the user treads on the wheelers, thereby eliminating interference of a balance state of the vehicle body to an output signal of the driving components, and enhancing the sensitivity of the driving components for judging the balance signal.

Abstract: An energy storage housing for assembly on the lower face of a vehicle includes a first sub-housing which surrounds a first plurality of energy storage modules, a second sub-housing which surrounds a second plurality of electric energy storage modules, and a connection channel which connects the first sub-housing to the second sub-housing. The connection channel has a variable length. A vehicle is equipped with such an energy storage housing or a set of energy storage housings, wherein in a set all first sub-housings of the set are identical, all second sub-housings of the set are identical, and the connection channels of the energy storage housings of the set have different lengths.

Abstract: A vehicle power source system includes a plurality of module groups each including a plurality of battery modules and disposed separately from each other, and a cooling circuit including a plurality of module group cooling units which are configured to respectively cool the plurality of module groups. The plurality of module group cooling units are connected in series. Each of the plurality of module group cooling units includes a plurality of module cooling units, each of which is configured to cool one or more of the battery modules. In each of the plurality of module group cooling units, the plurality of module cooling units are connected in parallel.

Abstract: A cooler system having a plurality of integral, insulated walls forming a partially enclosed inner cavity, a stand base attached to a bottom surface of the inner cavity, a lid configured to cover an opening to the inner cavity, and a lid aperture located in the lid configured to allow a pole inserted into the stand base such that a pole may be secured in the stand base and extend vertically through the lid aperture and support the attachment of a grill to the pole.

Abstract: A luggage article comprising a body including a top face, a bottom face, an a plurality of side faces. A first pair of wheels is disposed at the bottom face of the body. A handle has a first operative orientation wherein the handle is disposed within the body and a second operative orientation wherein the handle extracted from the body. A central wheel is functionally associated with the handle, such that in the first operative orientation of the handle, the central wheel is retracted and disposed in or adjacent a face of the body, and in the second operative orientation the central wheel is extracted and extends outwardly from the body.