Abstract: A rear subframe structure including a rear subframe disposed on a rear side of a vehicle is provided. The rear subframe includes: a pair of right and left longitudinal members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a front cross member extending in a vehicle width direction between the pair of right and left longitudinal members, and a rear cross member extending in the vehicle width direction between the pair of right and left longitudinal members. The front cross member and the rear cross member are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a predetermined distance. Each of the pair of right and left longitudinal members has a protruding portion between the front cross member and the rear cross member; the protruding portion protrudes in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In a knee-airbag-device attachment structure of a knee-airbag device, an instrument-panel-member side bracket which connects the knee-airbag device and an instrument panel member to support the knee-airbag device comprises a branch bracket which is connected to an instrument panel core. The knee-airbag-device attachment structure further comprises a vehicle-body side bracket which connects the knee-airbag device and a hinge pillar of a vehicle body.

Abstract: A knee airbag module of a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an outer housing (14) in which an airbag (20) folded into an airbag package prior to its deployment as well as an inflator (16) generating filling gas for filling the airbag (20) are accommodated. In the outer housing (14) an exit opening (22) is formed through which the airbag (20) leaves the outer housing (14) during deployment. The airbag (20) is subdivided into plural chambers (28a-28f) arranged in series and being in fluid communication. The chamber closest to the inflator (28a) is separated from an adjacent chamber (28b) by a wall (32) which in the inflated airbag (20) extends substantially in the area of the exit opening (22) along the exit opening (22).

Abstract: A chassis frame including a top plate, a bottom plate spaced apart from the top plate, a plurality of side plates extending from the top plate to the bottom plate, a plurality of mounting tabs extending from at least one of the top plate and the bottom plate and being integrally formed therewith, and a plurality of mounting brackets permanently coupled to at least one of the top plate and the plurality of side plates.

Abstract: An airbag includes panels, which face each other, of an outer peripheral wall upon inflation configured to change a thickness of the airbag from a thickened part to a thinned part by a tether coupled to the panels. The tether is divided into a plurality of pieces along a direction in which the panels face each other, and is thus configured by a plurality of divided pieces to be sewn each other at a linear sewing line. A panel-side divided piece sewn to the panel has a wide part, a narrow part and a width-changing part, which correspond to a thickness dimension changed from the thickened part to the thinned part. A panel-side edge of the panel-side divided piece has a shape including a curve part corresponding to the thickness dimension, and is sewn with being overlapped in a planar shape to the panel.

Abstract: An electric powered steering assembly and system for a vehicle. A sensor is coupled to a housing for detecting input from a user, such as to a steering member. An electric motor is coupled to the housing and controllable by a computer module. The electric motor supplies an assistive torque to a steering shaft of the vehicle. A coupler couples the housing to a chassis of the vehicle. The coupler prevents rotational movement of the housing about the steering shaft while permitting axial movement of the housing along with the steering shaft. The coupler may permit relative movement between the housing and the chassis in five degrees of freedom. A mounting bracket may be rigidly connected to the chassis. The coupler may comprise a coupling bracket and a link having a spherical joint coupled to the mounting bracket. Methods of installation and operating electric powered steering system are also disclosed.

Abstract: An anti-skid arrangement including a friction wheel with several chains intended to be thrown under a tire in order to increase friction between the tire and the ground, and an operating arm rotatably connected to the friction wheel, wherein the operating arm is adapted to be connected to the vehicle and to bring the friction wheel into frictional engagement with the tire. The anti-skid arrangement also includes a protective member having an inner part arranged around a rotation axis of the friction wheel and between the friction wheel and the operating arm, and an outer part with two side walls abutting against opposite sides of the operating arm. The protective member prevents the chains from getting stuck between the friction wheel and the operating arm, and is simple to produce.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus assists steering of a vehicle by conferring torque generated by an electric motor to a steering mechanism. The apparatus includes a steering column with linked upper and lower steering shafts. An angle sensor (AS) includes a gear and magnet to measure the steering shaft angle. A torque sensor (TS) measures the relative shift angle between the upper and lower steering shaft and includes a multi-pole ring magnet and a magnetic flux conductor. The TS and AS are arranged such that the AS magnet influences the TS measurement creating a steering shaft angle depending error signal. The steering mechanism is arranged such that a zero crossing of an envelope curve of the error signal is given for the neutral position of the steering apparatus or a range of the steering position in which the steering angle is less than a threshold angle limit.

Abstract: A trailer suitable for affixation to an all-terrain vehicle in at least two configurations, and methods for securing a trailer to an ATV. The trailer has a bed including a frame, longitudinal bars, and latitudinal bars, with a pair of wheels secured under the bed. The latitudinal bars are bent at their ends so that the ends extend beyond the sides of the bed and bend upward, with apertures positioned at each end of the latitudinal bars. A base plate is secured to and extends perpendicularly upward from the first end of the bed, with an aperture positioned thereon sized to receive a ball hitch when the trailer is affixed to the ATV in a first configuration. Affixed to the second end of the bed is a trailer coupler to receive the ball hitch for affixation to the ATV in a second configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system or method for moving a load, the apparatus may include a control panel comprising an assemblage of one or more directional switches that are configured to activate a lift mechanism structure to lift a load-bearing frame supporting the load. The one or more directional switches configured to adjust a travel mechanism that is coupled to a roller track and connected to an electrically positionable roller assembly and adjust a pin connector that is configured to connect a support foot to the roller track to allow the roller track to rotate relative to the support foot.

Abstract: An electric power steering system includes: a steered shaft, a housing containing the steered shaft therein in a movable manner; a ball screw nut engaged threadedly to the steered shaft via a plurality of balls and configured to move the steered shaft in an axial direction; a double row angular contact ball bearing configured to retain the ball screw nut and to support the retained ball screw nut rotatably relative to the housing; a wall portion placed at either side of the double row angular contact ball bearing in the axial direction of the steered shaft, the wall portion being formed integrally with the housing; and an elastic member provided between the wall portion and the outer ring portion and configured to retain the double row angular contact ball bearing to be elastically displaceable in the axial direction.

Abstract: A tow apparatus includes a front bumper, a housing rigidly attached to the front bumper, and a tow hook slidable in the housing. The housing and the tow hook define a closed chamber, and the closed chamber is filled with a compressible fluid. Sliding the tow hook in the housing in a direction that decreases the volume of the closed chamber compresses the compressible fluid.

Abstract: A steering column includes a jacket tube with a clamping section with a slot extending longitudinally. A clamping collar has transversely opposed legs are interconnected via an arcuate section between which the clamping section of the jacket tube is at least partially accommodated. An actuating unit is arranged in the jacket tube, with a steering spindle rotatably mounted therein around the longitudinal axis. A clamp fixes the actuating unit longitudinally relative to the jacket tube and in a release position unclamps the clamping collar and frees the actuating unit longitudinally and presses the legs toward each other transversely to the longitudinal axis in the fixing position. Driver elements are arranged on the jacket tube in opposite edge regions of the slot, and the legs include contact elements which in the fixing position can be pressed against the outer sides of the driver elements.

Abstract: This bicycle stand installation adapter (1) is equipped with: affixed bodies (11) to be affixed to left and right chain stays (8) constituting parts of the frame (7) of a bicycle (100) with quick-release skewers; affixing pieces (12) that are affixed to the affixed bodies (11) and extend along the chain stays (8); and spacers (25) to be interposed between left and right rear end parts (10) and the corresponding affixing pieces (12), the left and right rear end parts (10) being located at the back end of the frame (7). The affixing pieces (12) are affixed to both ends (5) of a substantially C-shaped dual-leg kickstand (2) to be installed on the rear end parts (10).

Abstract: A hitch assembly includes a support extendable into a receiver tube attached to a vehicle. A sleeve has a top end and a bottom end. A bracket is attached to the sleeve and is attached to the support to vertically orientate the sleeve. A piston is positioned in the sleeve and extends outwardly of the bottom end. The piston has a lower end that is moveable toward or away from the bottom end. An actuator is mounted on the sleeve and is mechanically coupled to the piston. The actuator is actuated in a first direction to lower the lower end and actuated in a second direction to raise the lower end. A ball mount is removably attached to the piston adjacent to the lower end. A hitch ball is attached to the ball mount and engages a hitch coupler of a trailer.

Abstract: An airbag module assembly has an airbag cushion with at least one vent, a housing structure for receiving the airbag cushion, a housing cover for attachment to the housing structure, a vent connector connected to the vent, a pin puller mechanism with a retractable pin, and a flexible conduit extending from the airbag cushion adjacent the vent to the pin puller mechanism. The vent connector extends inside the conduit to a looped end for attachment to the retractable pin. The vent connector can be a rope or wire. The vent is initially in a closed position during deployment of the airbag. The airbag cushion is folded about the conduit during assembly and the vent connector is configured to pass through the flexible conduit when the airbag cushion is folded.

Abstract: an airbag for a vehicle is provided. In particular, a deployment position of an airbag cushion is changed to correspond to the occupant's seating position or the occupant's lying position in response to the vehicle collision. Accordingly, the occupant is more safely protected regardless of seating position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle (4) comprising a forecarriage frame (16), a pair of front wheels (10?, 10?) kinematically connected to the forecarriage frame (16) by means of an articulated quadrilateral (20), a steering bar which is mechanically associated with handlebars and wheel support elements of each wheel (10?, 10?) by means of first and second roll hinges and first and second steering hinges, wherein when the wheels (10?, 10?) are straight and parallel to the forward direction, the first and second steering hinges are arranged offset from cross members (24?, 24?) of the articulated quadrilateral (20) in the longitudinal direction such that, with respect to a projection plane parallel to the ground, the straight lines joining the steering axes (S?-S?, S?-S?) of the wheels (10?, 10?) with the first and second steering hinges, intersect at a support point of the rear wheel on the ground.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hinge arrangement of a vehicle, the hinge arrangement being transitable between a normal state and a deployed state. The hinge arrangement comprises a body portion, a bracket portion, a hinge portion and a deployment guiding element. The hinge portion comprises a first member and a second member, the deployment guiding element pivotally connecting the bracket portion and the first member of the hinge portion. The bracket portion is arranged to be in a fixed position relative to the first member during movement in a hinged connection. The bracket portion is arranged to be translationally displaced as a whole in relation to the first member of the hinge portion during the transition of the hinge arrangement between the normal state and the deployed state, the deployment guiding element being adapted to guide the transition and the hinged connection being inactive during the transition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixture (10), especially a retaining sheet, for an airbag (92) and/or an airbag module, comprising an arm section (15) which includes at least one contact section (30) for a securing element (91), especially for a securing clip or a securing clamp or a securing bracket. In accordance with the invention, at least one boundary area (40) of the contact section (30) which comprises a lateral edge (41) of the arm section (15) has a smaller material thickness (d1) as compared to the residual arm section (15).