Abstract: A module support system for a vehicle including exterior paneling defining an interior and exterior of the vehicle, and a frame disposed in the interior of the vehicle, the module support system including a first casting mounted on the frame, where the first casting extends outward from the frame, through the exterior paneling, to the exterior of the vehicle such that the first casting includes an interior portion disposed within the interior of the vehicle and mounted on the frame, and an exterior portion extending outward from the exterior of the vehicle. The module support system includes a first electronic device supported on the exterior portion of the first casting, and a cover fixed with the exterior portion of the first casting such that the cover is disposed over the first electronic device and the exterior portion of the first casting with respect to an external environment.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a door assembly. The body is supported by the chassis, and defines a driver compartment and a cargo compartment. The driver compartment has a cab opening and the cargo compartment has a cargo opening. The door assembly is coupled to the body and provides selective access into the driver compartment and into the cargo compartment through the cab opening and cargo opening, respectively. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door. The first door is movable between a first position extending across the cab opening and a second position extending across a portion of the cab opening. The second door is movable between a third position extending across the cargo opening and a fourth position extending across a portion of the cab opening.

Abstract: A system includes a first vehicle component and a second vehicle component. The first vehicle component includes a first panel, a T-shaped projection protruding from a mating surface of the first panel, and a locking projection protruding from the mating surface of the first panel. The second vehicle component includes a second panel and a pair of ramped ribs projecting from a non-mating surface of the second panel. The second panel defines a slot that extends through the non-mating surface thereof. The slot includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width that is less than the first width. The ramped ribs are disposed on opposite sides of the second portion of the slot. The first vehicle component is configured to be fastened to the second vehicle component and located relative to the second vehicle component.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a car body panel structure. The car body panel structure includes multiple beads disposed on the car body panel and separated by multiple ridges formed on the car body panel. Each of the beads is formed in a zigzag shape. The beads are all not in contact with the ridges.

Abstract: A garnish configured to enable use of a common door for a two-door vehicle and a four-door vehicle. The garnish may have a body. The body may be directly mountable onto a carriage of the two-door vehicle between an outer panel and a rocker panel of the two-door vehicle. The body may have an edge that is flush to a rear edge of the common door when mounted. The body may have at least two edges forming approximately a 90-degree angle.

Abstract: An overlay floor for motor vehicles, applied on the mother floor of the vehicle, intended to fix seats, wheelchairs or other equipment therein, having a shape adapted to the mother floor of the vehicle in which it is to be mounted. In the floor plate there are made longitudinal mounting sockets, into which two-part mounting rails are inserted. The mounting rails consist of an upper rail with flanges and a groove for equipment fasteners and a lower base connected to it. The mounting sockets are made in a uniform sheet of the floor plate as through, longitudinal holes for the profiles of the mounting rails. The upper rails have a longitudinal lock at the bottom for connection to the lower bases which have a corresponding longitudinal lock along the upper surfaces of the bases.

Abstract: The technique disclosed in the present specification is embodied as a vehicle. The vehicle includes a floor panel and a pedal. The floor panel constitutes a floor of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and has an inclined portion in a front portion of the floor panel. The inclined portion is inclined upward toward a front side of the vehicle. The pedal is disposed rearward of the inclined portion of the floor panel in a vehicle front-rear direction and operated by a driver of the vehicle toward the inclined portion. A raised portion that is raised toward the vehicle cabin is provided integrally with the inclined portion of the floor panel. When the driver places a foot on the pedal, the raised portion is located forward of a heel portion of the foot in the vehicle front-rear direction.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment and two side members provided with respective rear portions, arranged longitudinally at the passenger compartment, and respective struts, which project forward of the passenger compartment; the motor vehicle has a crossbar with front attachment portions and rear attachment portions fixed to the side members by means of connecting devices, so as to keep the crossbar suspended in relation to the struts; the connecting devices have at least one weakened zone, designed so as to cause at least part of the crossbar to detach from the side members when a given load threshold is exceeded; the connecting devices have a first pierced wall, which is part of the front or rear attachment portions, a second pierced wall, which is part of the side members, and a bolt that tightens the first and second wall together; the weakened zone is defined by at least one slot cut in the first wall, beginning from a hole edge of the first wall itself.

Abstract: A component for a vehicle that can be operated with a combustible operating gas has a first component element which has or forms an at least partially open or free cavity, and a second component element which is designed as a displacement component and at least partially fills the cavity of the first component element.

Abstract: Provided are a cab for a work machine and a work machine capable of preventing a door from opening against an operator's intention. The cab includes a cab body, a door, and a gas spring. The cab body is formed with a doorway. The door is rotatably supported on the cab body. The door opens and closes the doorway. The gas spring biases the door in the closing direction.

Abstract: A hybrid bumper assembly for a vehicle includes a steel reinforcement beam and aluminum crush cans attached to end portions of the steel reinforcement beam. The reinforcement beam has a multi-tubular shape that is formed by a high-strength steel sheet that is roll formed to provide at least two tubular portions. A crush can has an interfacing portion that is coupled to an end portion of the reinforcement beam. The end portions of the reinforcement beam and the interfacing portion of the crush cans may be configured to attach together using a select joining technology in a manner that minimizes or eliminates bimetallic or galvanic corrosion between the reinforcement beam and the crush cans.

Abstract: The vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel, a rear floor panel positioned lower than the front floor panel, and a connection panel extending from a rear portion of the front floor panel to a front portion of the rear floor panel and inclined or curved so as to be positioned downward toward a rear side. At least the front portion of the connection panel is positioned at the front of the front portion of the front seat.

Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed that includes a vehicle body and at least one sensor assembly that is supported on the vehicle body. The at least one sensor assembly is configured to detect an external object and includes a housing portion and a sensor that is supported within the housing portion such that the sensor is oriented at a fixed (e.g., downward) angle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle table device that is extracted toward a driver or a passenger to place food or books thereon for a simple meal or reading, the vehicle table device including: a housing that is accommodated inside a dashboard and has an open front surface; a table that is accommodated inside the housing and selectively extracted from or retracted into the front surface of the housing; and an operation member that is disposed between a bottom surface of the housing and the table and allows the table to be extracted from or retracted into the housing.

Abstract: A strip assembly includes a profiled plastic strip having a latching recess configured to receive a mounting rib of an air inlet panel, and a single-piece protective plastic strip which is mechanically releasably latched in the latching recess at least in some sections along the profiled plastic strip. The strip assembly includes a first and a second strip section. The profiled plastic strip is configured such that the profiled plastic strip extends only along the first strip section. The protective plastic strip is configured such that it extends along both the first and the second strip section.

Abstract: Interior trim for vehicles, specifically of the type comprising a sandwich structure, where the electrical conductors are integrated by printing with conductive inks, specifically by screen printing, allowing to make compatible the manufacturing method for the interior trim and the printing method for the electrical conductors, while also facilitating the electrical connections through the edges of the trim of the electrical conductors and the electric devices assembled in the interior trim and ensuring the correct operation of the electrical conductors throughout the useful lifetime of the interior trim. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an interior trim for vehicles with electrical conductors.

Abstract: A vehicle engine cradle structure includes a front member, a rear assembly and a side member. The front member extends in a vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard end and a second outboard end. The rear assembly extends in the vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard area and a second outboard area opposite the first outboard area. The first side member has a first forward end, a first rearward end and a first forward outboard portion all being formed as a single monolithic unitary element. The first forward end is fixedly attached to the first outboard end of the front member. The first rearward end is fixedly attached to the first outboard area of the rear assembly. The first forward outboard portion extends in an outboard direction from the first outboard end of the front member defining an off-center impact area.

Abstract: A sliding type glove box is proposed. The sliding type glove box includes a housing mounted to a dashboard, a plurality of rails provided inside the housing, and a storage part configured to be ejected in a sliding manner while being moved along the rails, wherein the rails include: outer rails mounted to the housing; and inner rails configured to be movable along the outer rails and connected to a lower portion of the storage part, wherein each of the outer rails has a stopper removably provided thereon to limit a moving distance of the storage part.

Abstract: A vehicular accessory adapter attaches a vehicular accessory to a front vehicular mount of a vehicle, and includes a front connector having a main body, a first and second front connector openings, and a front connector flange having a front connector attachment structure to which an accessory can attach; and first and second attachment elements to secure the front connector to the front vehicular mount. The adapter can optionally include a spacer configured to position between the front vehicular mount and the front connector. The adapter can further optionally include a rear connector having a base a base opening and a rear connector flange to which an accessory can attach.

Abstract: Suspension systems and grounds maintenance vehicles incorporating the same are disclosed. The suspension system may include biasing elements or springs that may be adjusted to vary the preload and thus change the spring and dampening characteristics of the suspension system. In some embodiments, the system may include an adjustment mechanism that permits simultaneous adjustment of two springs via a single action. In other embodiments, features adapted to assist an operator with mounting/dismounting the vehicle are disclosed.