Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite front suspension control arm shaft for motor vehicles includes connecting two tubular longitudinal control arms to a transverse sectional member, wherein a connection portion adapted to the cross-sectional configuration of the ends of the transverse sectional member is produced at each longitudinal control arm, and wherein the ends of the transverse sectional member are positioned in an assembly position relative to the connection portions and are secured by welding thereto.

Abstract: A booting device allows quick booting-up without any prior adjustment. The booting device includes a substantially oblong foundation (1) to be affixed to the board. The foundation is fitted with two plates (3; 4) vertically fastened to its two large sides. The two plates are fitted at their centers with two slots (6; 7) receiving and keeping in place a bar affixed to the boot's sole. Said bar (10) is biased into the grooves by self-tightening cams (8; 9). A lever (12) spring-loaded into a specified position allows moving the cams in order to release the bar (10).

Abstract: A log trailer load booster is described for construction in combination with or attachment to a log trailer having a wheeled trailer frame, a payload receiving bunk on the trailer frame, and an elongated trailer beam for connection to a log truck. The booster includes an elongated booster frame with a pivot connection on the booster frame configured to pivotably connect the booster frame to the trailer frame for up and down pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. A booster axle is mounted by a suspension on the booster frame. A link is configured to connect the trailer frame and booster frame and is selectively operable between a locked condition in which upward pivotal movement of the booster frame relative to the trailer frame about the horizontal axis is limited and an unlocked condition in which the booster frame is allowed substantially free pivotal movement about the horizontal axis relative to the trailer frame.

Abstract: Steering lock end-stops for vehicle wheel units are disclosed including a first abutment surface affixed to a first portion of the vehicle and a second abutment surface affixed to the wheel unit of the vehicle so that the second abutment surface is displaced with both steering and suspension displacements of the wheel unit. One of the abutment surfaces is a roller which is rotatable about a rotation axis which is fixed with respect to the first portion of the vehicle.

Abstract: A new carrier device for holding a container, such as a propane gas tank. The inventive device includes a back member having top and bottom ends and a pair of sides extending between the top and bottom ends of the back member. The bottom end of the back member has a plurality of ground engaging members. Each of the sides of the back member has a pair of spaced apart belt slots and the back surface of the back member has a handle slot. The back end of are base member is pivotally coupled to the back member. The rear end of a top member is coupled to the back member with the forward end of the top member outwardly extending from the front surface of the back member. The forward end of the top member has a holding bracket which is downwardly extended from the lower face of the top member.

Abstract: A rack and pinion steering device which reduces the generation of unusual sounds or vibrations. An auxiliary shaft (36) is slidably supported by a pair of bearings (32) and (34). The pair of bearings are arranged parallel to a rack shaft (10) at a predetermined interval on a device unit (1) which supports the rack shaft (10) in such a manner that the rack shaft (10) can reciprocate. A spherical portion (60) is formed on the end of the rack shaft (10) and swingably engaged in a connecting member (58) to interconnect the end of the rack shaft (10) and the connecting member (58). The end of the auxiliary shaft (36) is also fixed to the connecting member (58), and opposite tie rods (38) and (40) are connected to the auxiliary shaft (36) between a pair of bearings (32) and (34) via ball joints (42) and (44).

Abstract: A go-cart having a chassis including a support frame, a first wheel assembly and a second wheel assembly. Each of the first and second wheel assemblies is mounted to the support frame such that the wheel assembly can pivot about its connection to the support frame. A first load transfer member is connected between the first wheel assembly and a second side member of the support frame, while a second load transfer member is connected between the second wheel assembly and the first side member of the support frame. During cornering, an upward load force applied to the outside, first wheel assembly is transferred through the first load transfer member to urge the second side member of the support frame downward relative to the first side member. At the same time, the upward load force is transferred from the first side member to the second wheel assembly to pivot the second wheel assembly downward.

Abstract: An Apparatus (10) including a switch assembly (130) in an electric circuit for actuating an electrically actuatable device (132). The switch assembly (130) includes a first switch member (140) underlying a first cover portion (100) and a second switch member (142) underlying a second cover portion (110). At least one of the first and second switch members (140, 142) is movable with the at least one of the first and second cover portions (100, 110). The second switch member (142) has a predetermined weakened portion (160) underlying the second cover portion (110). The first cover portion (100) is manually engageable to operate the first switch member (140), and the second cover portion (110) is manually engageable to operate the second switch member (142). The switch assembly (130) includes a non-rupturing connector member (182) extending across a tear seam (92) and electrically interconnecting the first switch member (140) and the second switch member (142).

Abstract: A rolling reducing apparatus for a vehicle includes a suspension system for absorbing all sorts of shock generated by driving the vehicle and for supporting a vehicle chassis. The suspension system has a lower arm connecting the vehicle chassis to a wheel carrier. A centrifugal force compensator is provided for detecting centrifugal force generated by the turning of the vehicle and for compensating the centrifugal force by controlling a distance between the vehicle chassis and the lower arm in accordance with the detected centrifugal force.

Abstract: A suspension apparatus with a pair of hydraulic dampers 1 disposed on left and right sides of a vehicle, an upper end side of which is connected to a vehicle body side and a lower end side is connected to an axle side, and a pressure regulating cylinder 2 communicating with piston side oil chambers a of the pair of hydraulic dampers 1. The pressure regulating cylinder 2 has a free piston 26 slidably disposed within a cylinder body 24 and defining a front side chamber h and a back side chamber i within the cylinder body 24. The free piston 26 is slidably encased in a cylinder member and has a partitioning member 27 for defining a closed chamber j and an open chamber k communicating with a front side chamber h on the inner peripheral side of the free piston 26. The partitioning member 27 has a damping valve 4 which communicates between the closed chamber j and the open chamber k, and has a proximal end connected to an extreme end of a rod body 29 elastically supported on the cylinder body 24.

Abstract: An airbag has two cloth layers disposed next to each other and connected with each other in their outer marginal area. One of the cloth layers has an inflation gas inlet opening. The two cloth layers er are connected with each other by at least one tear seam, which at least partially encloses the discharge opening. The tear seam extends away from the discharge opening and is configured so as to tear open when the airbag is inflated by starting at an end of the tear seam that is closest to the inflation gas inlet opening.

Abstract: An adjustable mount for use with a snowboard and a snowboard binding. The snowboard has a center-line and a channel which longitudinally extends along the center-line of the snowboard. The snowboard binding includes a binding base plate and a disc. The disc has a center-line and a bottom surface and is rotatably coupled to the binding base plate. The adjustable mount includes a rail, a bar and a locking mechanism. The rail is disposed in the channel and is fixedly coupled thereto. The rail has at least one series of notches. The binding base plate is disposed on the snowboard. The disc has a center-line and a bottom surface. The bar is disposed about the center-line of the disc and fixedly coupled thereto. The bar has at least one peripheral edge which has a series of notches which engages the series of notches of the rail. The disc is rotatably coupled to the binding base plate. The locking mechanism securely couples the rail to the bar.

Abstract: A variable training resistance device for an in-line skate. The skate includes a boot and a plurality of wheels disposed on a chassis. A resistance assembly, including a cam and bearing assembly or a rack and pinion assembly, is disposed between two of the wheels on the chassis. The cam and bearing assembly includes a plurality of cam carrier blocks disposed along either side of the chassis, wherein one of the cam carrier blocks has a first cam axle fixedly disposed thereon. A cam lever having a second cam axle is rotatably mounted on the chassis, and a plurality of cams are rotatably disposed on the first and second cam axles. Bearings are rotatably disposed between the cams and can be adjusted vertically to contact and provide resistance to the wheels of the in-line skate. The resistance assembly also includes a microadjust assembly to vary the position of the bearings with respect to the wheels of the skate.

Abstract: The airbag system includes in addition to conventional crash sensing apparatus seat sensors to gauge occupant mass, an occupant position sensor and a vehicle speed sensor. Desired initial restraining force is calculated from speed at impact and the occupant's mass, and an appropriate degree of inflation is effected. The occupant speed is continuously calculated from the position sensor signal and the vehicle speed. A target speed profile is established based on an estimated restraint period and the vehicle speed, and an airbag vent is varied to control the occupant speed to the target speed. The target speed profile is adjusted as a function of passenger compartment acceleration to account for vehicle speed variations and for vehicle crush.

Abstract: A collapsing device for a stroller is provided, including a framework consisting of two front feet, two rear feet, a lying frame, an extended frame and an inverted U-shaped handle pivotally combined with the front and rear feet. When a pusher unit fixed on the handle is pressed, the extended frame supporting a canopy is swung down to a collapsed position to lie on the lying frame. Then, the handle is swung down, with two connecters functioning as pivots for the handle to permit the handle to disengage from the front feet in moving to the collapsed position, responsive to a contact member of each connecter respectively separating from upper ends of the two front feet.

Abstract: A vehicle exhaust orientation assembly directs an extremely hot, forceful haust gas flow from a tank or other vehicle that is towing a trailer or the like. The assembly has a transition shroud affixed to the exterior of the vehicle over its exhaust portal. A drum is rotatably connected to the shroud by rollers on the drum which engage a track on the shroud. Several anchoring structures are mounted on the shroud about the drum. The structures can hold the drum in one of several rotational positions of the drum on the shroud. Flow directing fins in the drum are pivoted by a linkage which can engage a tab on the drum so as to lock the fins in a selected pivot position. Rotational force is imparted to the drum and fins by flanges obliquely attached to the fins so that the fins are spun by the exhaust flow from the tank.