Abstract: A golf cart is provided. The golf cart includes a first seat and a second seat that is connected to the first seat and the golf cart. The second seat is movable relative to the first seat and the golf cart from a first configuration to a second configuration for moving a user of the second seat outwardly and upwardly from the golf cart from a driving position to a golfing position.

Abstract: A visor assembly for a vehicle includes a visor body comprising adjacent hingedly connected panels each fabricated of a polarizing material. A closure is provided to hold the adjacent panels in a closed configuration. The assembly may further include an articulating mirror assembly whose movement is independent of any movement of the visor assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is a multi-use dynamically reconfigurable vehicle, used for vehicle/ride sharing with integral yet reconfigurable for optimal passenger or courier service by reconfiguring the vehicle interior space and/or body shape specific to the vehicle service to create additional space respectively for the transport of passengers or cargo/boxes. The vehicle is particularly adept at reconfiguration with compatibility of an external automated process to load/unload its cargo while also enabling a high aerodynamic efficiency while in a driving mode.

Abstract: A flexible tonneau cover assembly includes a pair of side rails positioned on the side wall of a cargo box of a vehicle. A first element is received in the first side rail having a projection extending laterally inward from the first side rail. A second element is received in the second side rail having a laterally inward facing latch receptacle. A front rail includes a first end having an opening for receiving the projection of the first sliding element and a second end having a latch receivable by the latch receptacle of the second sliding element. The tonneau cover is removable by rolling it up, disengaging the latch from the laterally inward facing latch receptacle, lifting the second end of the front rail from the second element, and removing the first end of the front rail from the projection of the first element.

Abstract: A power optimizer system for power closure panels includes a closure panel power actuator system comprising at least a motor operatively connected to a lift-assist member and a closure panel counterbalancing member. A controller is configured at least to determine an optimal electrical current draw for the power actuator system according to one or more inputs relating at least to a vehicle ambient temperature and grade. One or more sensors are provided for providing the one or more inputs. The controller may also further be configured to receive a vehicle battery voltage condition input for calculating the optimum electrical current draw consistent with the environmental conditions to efficiently control the power actuator system motor. Methods of modeling/optimizing the appropriate electrical current draw for power closure systems operating in varying voltage, temperature and grade conditions relative to a vehicle, or other similar mechanisms are also described.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rigid cover for a bottom dump trailer tank having a storage region with an open top used to transport bulk material. The rigid cover includes cover side walls having a top wall perimeter and a bottom wall perimeter and is configured along the bottom wall perimeter to correspond in shape with the open top of the trailer tank. The rigid cover includes a cover top connected to the cover side walls along the top wall perimeter and includes one or more ports in the top. The rigid cover includes cover fasteners mounted along the bottom wall perimeter configured to secure the plurality of cover side walls to the trailer tank so the traditional storage region of the trailer tank is transformed into an expanded storage region that allows storage of more bulk material than could otherwise be stored in the trailer tank alone.

Abstract: A front windshield includes a frame portion extending along the circumferential edge, the frame portion includes a lower edge portion extending along the lower edge of the front windshield, and a recess depressed downward from the inner edge of the lower edge portion, and at least a part of a perception mark, which allows the driver of the vehicle to perceive a position based on the vehicle, is provided inside the recess.

Abstract: A gas tank-equipped vehicle equipped with a plurality of gas tanks includes: a vehicle body; a first gas tank disposed with a longitudinal direction thereof along a front-rear direction of the gas tank-equipped vehicle; a second gas tank that is disposed closer to the rear of the gas tank-equipped vehicle than the first gas tank is, and disposed with a longitudinal direction thereof along a left-right direction of the gas tank-equipped vehicle; a first mounting mechanism by which the first gas tank is mounted to the vehicle body; and a plurality of tank bands wound around the second gas tank to mount the second gas tank to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The vehicle frame includes two roof rails spaced apart and a rear header elongated along an axis transverse to the roof rails between the roof rails. The rear header includes an upper member and a lower member fixed to each other. The upper member is elongated from a first terminal edge to a second terminal edge. Each terminal edge has a wing and a cutout extending from the wing transverse to the axis.

Abstract: This automotive equipment includes: a central component intended to close an opening of a peripheral component with a peripheral clearance, a positioning member having centering elements, the positioning member is removably linked to the central component. The positioning member is arranged so that the centering elements extend at least partially in projection with respect to the central component. Each centering element is deformable so that the centering elements can cooperate with edges of the opening so as to center the central component with respect to the opening.

Abstract: A vehicle body side structure includes a left center pillar, and the left center pillar includes a pillar inner, a pillar stiffener, and a stiffener reinforcing member. The pillar inner and the pillar stiffener form a pillar closed section. The stiffener reinforcing member is arranged in the pillar closed section. The stiffener reinforcing member is joined to an upper and lower general surfaces on upper and lower sides of a hinge mount surface of a pillar stiffener. In this state, a gap is formed between the stiffener reinforcing member and the upper hinge mount surface.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes a table in the passenger compartment, a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table, and a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track.

Abstract: A profile piece includes: an extruded piece of a first material having a mouth portion along at least part of its length; and an insert of a second material different than the first material, the insert attached to the extruded piece by the mouth portion, wherein the insert is configured for welding the profile piece to a component of a third material different than the first material.

Abstract: An article retainer assembly is provided. That article retainer assembly includes a housing. First and second retainers are carried on the housing. The first retainer includes a first set of opposed, flexible retaining flaps defining a first slit therebetween. The second retainer includes a second set of opposed, flexible retaining flaps defining a second slit therebetween.

Abstract: A tag support assembly has a rectangular coupling section, a rectangular pivoting section, a pivot pin, and inverted L-shaped fingers. The coupling section is releasably coupled to a vehicle visor. The pivoting section has corner tabs. An opening is created for removable receipt of a disabled tag. The pivoting section removably receives the disabled tag. The pivot pin extends through the coupling section and the pivoting section facilitating pivoting of the pivoting section between a raised inoperative orientation and a lowered operative orientation 90 degrees from the raised inoperative orientation for allowing display of the disabled tag.

Abstract: A shaped part for a trim part for vehicle interiors with a support made of a mat that contains fibers. The support includes a recess on a visible side that extends in longitudinal direction, and a protrusion on a back side that extends in longitudinal direction and corresponds with the recess on the visible side. The shaped part includes a plastic layer positioned in the area of the recess that is formed from a material other than the mat and that is firmly bonded to the recess. A device for the production of the shaped part as well as a procedure for the production of the shaped part are provided.

Abstract: The present application relates to a wall panel for recreational vehicles. In one representative embodiment, a wall panel for a recreational vehicle comprises a main body defining at least one pre-formed panel opening, and an inwardly extending peripheral flange located along a perimeter of the at least one pre-formed panel opening. The wall panel is configured to be mounted onto a structural wall of the recreational vehicle such that the peripheral flange covers an inner surface of a corresponding opening defined in the structural wall.

Abstract: A vehicular storage unit that includes: an elongated shaped storage unit main body that is formed with an opening open toward a vehicle cabin inner side; and a lid that is provided at the vehicle cabin inner side of the opening, and that is supported by the storage unit main body so as to be capable of moving along a length direction of the storage unit main body. An opening width of the opening increases from a specific position on progression from one side toward another side of the storage unit main body in a length direction, and a width of the lid is increased so as to follow the opening width of the opening.

Abstract: A motor vehicle body includes a side member and with an at least two-shell wheelhouse supported against the latter. An upper wheelhouse shell and a lower wheelhouse shell at least regionally overlap each other and are joined together. Each wheelhouse shell exhibits a passage opening for arranging a strut mount toward the top in the vehicle vertical direction.

Abstract: A resin cover includes an insertion strip configured to be inserted into an insertion hole formed in an object member, and a clip configured to be fitted into an attachment hole formed in the object member. The clip is arranged and constructed to be fitted into the attachment hole of the object member while the insertion strip is inserted into the insertion hole of the object member. The insertion strip has a first rib formed therein and positioned adjacent thereto. The first rib is configured to interfere with the object member when the insertion strip is displaced laterally with respect to the insertion hole during an insertion operation of the insertion strip into the insertion hole, so as to displace the clip substantially upward or downward with respect to the attachment hole.