Abstract: A motorcycle includes a stay, which supports an electric component, an exterior component, and the like, on a front portion of a head tube of a body frame. The stay includes an upper-portion triangular frame body having a triangular shape from a V-shaped portion of a main stay and an upper stay, and at least a part of an ECU supporting portion, which supports an ECU, is disposed inward of the upper-portion triangular frame body. One apex of the upper-portion triangular frame body is positioned on a vehicle front side.

Abstract: A latch travel mechanism for a closure panel of a vehicle, the mechanism comprising: a mounting plate for mounting a latch, the latch for retaining the closure panel; a support plate coupled to the mounting plate, the support plate for connecting to a body of the vehicle; and an actuation mechanism mounted on at least one of the support plate or the body and coupled to either the closure panel or the mounting plate to move the mounting plate relative to the support plate from a home position to an extended position; wherein the latch is moved from the home position to the extended position when mounted on the mounting plate. The latch travel mechanism also has a locking member mounted on the support plate and configured for retaining the mounting plate in a home position when engaged with the one or more linkages and for disengaging from the one or more linkages when operated.

Abstract: There is provided a bicycle assembly including a front frame portion having at least one front frame support member. The bicycle assembly also includes a rear frame portion having at least one upper rear frame support member and at least one lower rear frame support member. At least one junction member is removably coupled with the front frame support member, the junction member having a lower frame member coupling end portion and an upper frame member coupling end portion. The lower rear frame support member is coupled with the lower frame member coupling end portion. The upper rear frame support member is coupled with the junction member between the lower frame member coupling end portion and the upper frame member coupling end portion. There is thereby provided a modular bicycle frame assembly wherein components may be removed and replaced to accommodate user biomechanics and terrain aspects.

Abstract: A seatbelt ignition interlock system. The system includes a plurality of sensor devices each including a housing, a latch configured to removably engage the latch receiver of a vehicle seatbelt system, a latch receiver configured to receive and removably engage the latch of the vehicle seatbelt system, a latch sensor, a temperature sensor, and a power source. Each sensor device is in electrical communication with a vehicle ignition interlock circuit, and the vehicle ignition interlock circuit is in electrical communication with an ignition of a vehicle. The vehicle ignition interlock circuit is configured to prevent the vehicle ignition from being started when a combination of temperature sensors and latch sensors determine that occupied seats have unfastened seatbelts.

Abstract: A wheelchair including a supporting frame and moving means configured to allow the movement of the wheelchair, the supporting frame having a seating area for a user of the wheelchair, the wheelchair including first actuation means configured to translate the seating area laterally and externally with respect to the supporting frame and, at least partially, with respect to the moving means, in a transfer configuration of the user, supporting means being operationally associated with the seating area, being able to be activated in the transfer configuration of the seating area to support the seating area with respect to the ground, the seating area being defined, in the transfer configuration, by a main seat and a secondary seat able to be activated in the transfer configuration of the seating area to increase the extension of the main seat.

Abstract: Power dollies can be used for moving moveable objects such as trailers. A power dolly could include a frame, a mount and a plurality of wheel sets. The mount could couple the power dolly to a moveable object. One or more of the plurality of wheels sets could be powered. The plurality of wheels sets could be separated into a primary wheel set and one or more support wheel sets. The wheels of the primary wheel set could extend farther from the frame that the wheels of the support wheel sets.

Abstract: An assembly includes a belt and one of a buckle or a clip. The belt has a first inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, a second inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, and an intermediate portion between the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion. The intermediate portion includes a fluid channel connecting the first inflatable portion to the second inflatable portion. One of the buckle or the clip is slidably attached to the intermediate portion.

Abstract: A pressure vessel formed by either by: a) mating a first end or closure to a second end or closure or b) mating a first end to an intermediate body member and mating the intermediate body member to a second end; the first end comprising a hollowed thin walled dome (14) having an exterior surface (15a) and an interior surface (15b) and the dome terminating in an edge surface (14a), the dome (14) having an axis Y extending through its geometric center of the exterior surface, the dome supporting at least one thin hollow walled projection (16, 18, 20) having an exterior (19a) and interior surface (19b), the at least one projection extending outwardly from the dome outer surface (15a), and terminating in a top surface (16a, 23).

Abstract: An installation device is used to install a steering wheel onto a steering column having a plurality of column splines, wherein the steering wheel includes a plate with a central opening and a plurality of wheel splines configured to engage the plurality of column splines. The installation device includes a frame including a base and a cover removably coupled to the base. The installation device also includes a first magnification lens coupled to the frame, and a first pair of posts coupled to the base. The first pair of posts are configured for insertion into a pair of corresponding openings on the steering wheel such that the first pair of posts position the first magnification lens a first predetermined distance from the steering wheel to focus the first magnification lens on the plurality of wheel splines.

Abstract: The present invention provides reinforcing braces that may be attached to the factory-supplied chassis mounts for the lower control arms of the steering knuckles of vehicles to reinforce and shield the mounts from objects below the vehicle that may be encountered when traveling through rugged terrain. The braces of the present invention are designed for the front and rear control arm mounts, each brace including a pair of parallel sturdy metal flanges that are generally perpendicularly attached to a sturdy metal lower base plate. Each flange is designed to be attached to one of the parallel flanges of the factory-supplied chassis mounts, and has a generally U-shaped opening therein for receiving mounting hardware and strengthening of the camber adjustment tabs.

Abstract: A seat belt module includes a buckle having an internal slider and an insertion hole through which a tongue of a seat belt is configured to be inserted and fastened so that the slider protrudes above the tongue to be externally exposed of the buckle in a response to an insertion of the tongue. The seat belt module also includes a sensor mounted in an internal space of a vehicle to detect the slider exposed to the outside.

Abstract: A bicycle trailer can easily be mounted to and dismounted from a bicycle seat post without requiring the use of tools. Pivotally interconnected first, second and at least one intermediate, segments are positioned around the seat post when the hitch is mounted thereto. A latch detachedly couples free end portions of the first and second segments together. A pivot for coupling to the towing arm of a bicycle trailer is coupled to one of the segments. Desirably the latch is capable of adjusting the distance between the free end portions to accommodate seat posts of different diameters. Cushions can project inwardly from the segments and into engagement with a seat post to which the hitch is mounted.

Abstract: A side airbag assembly includes a housing and an airbag in the housing. The housing has a top surface and a panel. The panel has a top end and a hinge connecting the top end to the top surface. The panel has a bottom end and two side ends extending from the top end to the bottom end. The panel has weakened joints at the bottom end and the side ends. The panel is rotatable relative to the top surface from an undeployed position to a generally upright position and the panel abuts the top surface in the generally upright position.

Abstract: A ball-style hitch safety connector apparatus with a spoon safety connector made, as well as alternative designs, is disclosed herein. In an embodiment a spoon element is secured on the underside of the hitch, the spoon element including a spoon- or cup-shaped portion along with a handle. This spoon element presses up on the bottom of the ball assembly, in particular the underside where the nut and bolt are located that secure the ball to in place.

Abstract: An industrial truck comprising a driver's cab including a steering unit, a steering bracket having a base plate and a profile structure for receiving the steering unit, a fastener disposed in combination with the driver's cab and configured to secure the steering bracket to the driver's cab, and an adapter unit mounting the steering bracket to the driver's cab while allowing variations in the vertical position of the steering unit. More specifically, the steering unit defines a longitudinal cavity for receiving the outwardly projecting profile structure of the steering bracket. Additionally, the adapter plate defines at least two apertures, at least one of the apertures mounting to one of the at least two height differentiating positions of the fastener. As such, the vertical height of the steering unit may be varied relative to a fixed vertical height or position within the driver's cab.

Abstract: A structural element of a cycle includes at least one tubular sheath provided with an outer wall delimiting, with an inner partition, at least one cavity in which a vibration damping system is accommodated. The sheath includes at least two internal cavities, each delimited between the inner partition and the outer wall, one of the internal cavities forming a housing in which the damping system is accommodated and attached.

Abstract: An ABS disposition structure of a saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe, a main frame, a pair of left and right center frames extending downward from a rear section of the main frame and having a pivot section by which a front end portion of a swing arm is pivotably supported, a cushion disposed at a center in a vehicle width direction, and an ABS modulator configured to perform ABS control, wherein, when seen in a side view, a central axis of the cushion is disposed to be offset from a center frame in a forward and rearward direction, and the ABS modulator is disposed between the cushion and the center frame in a vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A trailer frame includes a drawbar and a coupler connected to the drawbar through a pair of flexible and resilient connections operably disposed between the drawbar and the coupler and configured to absorb shock and vibration imparted to the drawbar and the coupler while the trailer is towed.

Abstract: A scooter includes a diversity of sensors to adapt scooter characteristics to any one or more than one of safety aspects, and scooter, environmental or driver states. Scooter characteristics susceptible to adaptation include throttle response; motor torque; motor speed; speed; maximum current drawn from energy storage system; braking characteristics, such as distribution, maximum braking power, anti-blocking system parameters or braking; adjusting vehicle dynamics, and suspension parameters such as stiffness, or damping coefficient.

Abstract: A steering system includes a rack shaft, a housing, an electric motor, a control device, and a speed reduction mechanism that applies a moving force in the axial direction to the rack shaft with the speed of rotation of the electric motor reduced. The housing has a rack shaft housing portion and a speed reduction mechanism housing portion. The electric motor has: a motor case fixed to the housing; a plurality of stator cores disposed annularly in the motor case; coil windings wound around the plurality of stator cores; and a rotor. The motor case is formed with a water introduction hole that introduces water that has entered the speed reduction mechanism housing portion into the motor case. The control device has a detector that detects entry of water into the motor case.