Abstract: A track system for an agricultural vehicle is configured to better perform when the vehicle is roading, including to reduce or minimize deteriorative effects on a track of the track system as the vehicle travels against a road's hard surface, especially at higher speeds.

Abstract: A weight distributing anti-sway trailer hitch has a pair of spring arms extending rearwardly from the head unit and a pair of hookup brackets for connecting a remote end of each spring arm to a trailer. The hookup brackets have a hookup plate and a hookup strap that sandwich a trailer frame therebetween to secure the bracket to the trailer, and further have a clamp that can be opened and closed to secure the remote end of the spring arm to the trailer frame during towing.

Abstract: A connecting tube for connecting two joint attachments of a steering or track rod. The connecting tube is reinforced by at least one tube section connected by friction force to the connecting tube such that either the entire outer or inside wall the tube section is in contact against a wall of the connecting tube, thereby forming a press fit connection. The steering or the track rod has a connecting tube with end sections that each hold or support components of joint attachments. A method for producing a connecting tube or the steering or the track rod in which first a tube semifabricate of the tube section is positioned within a tube semifabricate of the connecting tube and then the two tube semifabricates are expanded within a connection zone by a mandrel with an oversized section that is moved along the common axial direction of the two tube semifabricates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle with only two parallel independent drive wheels, capable of moving on a solid or semi-solid ground, as well as on water if provided with blades on the wheels. The vehicle is stable in that it has a unit for lowering the center of gravity, which are housed in the wheels, which are in turn internally hollow for this purpose.

Abstract: The invention relates to suspension design. The present vehicle suspension comprises a quadrangular frame. Each corner portion of the frame has a wheel block kinematically attached thereto so as to form two pairs of wheels—a front pair and a rear pair. On each side of the frame, longitudinal and transverse coupling cables are fastened for movement therealong inside housings. Each wheel block consists of a body that is simultaneously connected to two coupling cables. Movably mounted on the body are parallel horizontal arms, the first of which is fastened to the body by its middle portion. A knuckle with the hub of a wheel is attached to an end of the first arm and to another end of the second arm, and two coupling cable dampers are attached to the other end of the first arm. The housings of the cables are attached to the body of the corresponding wheel block. The free end of each cable is enclosed in a damper.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of electric bicycles, and in particular, to an anti-theft battery box structure for an electric bicycle. An external structural shape of the anti-theft battery box structure matches a shape of a top tube of a frame, so that the anti-theft battery box structure and the top tube form a whole to keep the complete appearance of a bicycle. A controller is disposed at a lower end on a rear side of the top tube, and a control box presents an inverted triangle, so that the frame has a more stable structure. In addition, a bolt of a battery lock can enter a lock hole of a battery box, to achieve an anti-theft effect.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the techniques described herein, there is provided a vehicle comprising an engine, an automatic, robotic, or continuously variable transmission mechanically coupled to the engine, a four-wheel drive system, a vehicle control system coupled to the engine, the four-wheel drive system and the transmission, a braking system, a gas pedal for controlling the operation of the engine, a brake pedal for controlling the operation of the braking system, the gas pedal and the brake pedal being disposed in the vehicle for control by a right foot of the driver, the vehicle further comprising an additional pedal being disposed in the vehicle for control by a left foot of the driver and coupled to the vehicle control system, wherein the additional pedal is separate and distinct from the brake pedal and the gas pedal and wherein additional pedal controls the four-wheel drive system of the vehicle.

Abstract: An auto-balancing transportation device having first and second wheels that are independently drivable. The device includes foot platforms, a control circuit and sensors. Device control is preferably achieved through the position or weight distribution of a rider's feet. The wheels may be arranged in parallel or non-parallel and the foot platforms may be located on the interior are exterior side of the wheels. The wheels may be coupled to one another in a manner that affords tilting, thereby increasing stability when executing a turn, among other benefits. Various embodiments and features are disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle is configurable between an expanded arrangement and a folded arrangement. A front wheel is rotatably and removably mounted in a front fork at a front axle. A front wheel quick release skewer configured to couple the front wheel to and decouple the front wheel from the front fork. A main frame has a head tube configured to receive the front fork and a seat tube distal therefrom. A rear wheel assembly includes a rear wheel carrier pivotably coupled with the seat tube and selectively coupled with the seat tube by seat stays. A quick release clamp is configured to enable selective pivoting of the handlebar relative to a steering tube about a pivot axis of steering tube hinge. A rear wheel carrier mount is provided to the rear wheel carrier and is configured for removable coupling of the front axle with the front wheel removed from the front fork.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic steering system for a vehicle, in particular an industrial truck, comprising: a steering cylinder having two chambers and a hydraulic connection at each of the two chambers for activating a steering movement of at least one wheel of the vehicle; at least one hydraulic pump; at least one hydraulic tank for receiving hydraulic oil; and a steering block which comprises: two first hydraulic connections for connecting to the two hydraulic connections of the steering cylinder; at least two second hydraulic connections for supplying hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the steering block and feeding the hydraulic oil back into the hydraulic tank; and a controllable valve assembly which receives control signals from a steering angle detection device and is designed to convey hydraulic oil to the steering cylinder on the basis of said control signals; the controllable valve assembly being further designed to be shiftable into at least one neutral position in which it al

Abstract: A vehicle component, comprising a first arm, a second arm, and a yoke portion that connects the first arm and the second arm, wherein at least one of the first arm, the second arm and the yoke portion comprises a tubular structure and an interior wall that divides the tubular structure into a first tubular chamber and a second tubular chamber.

Abstract: Ahead protection airbag device includes an airbag. The airbag includes: a hag main body; and an attachment member configured to attach the bag main body to a predetermined attachment part. The attachment member includes: an attachment substrate; a neck part protruding from the attachment substrate; and an engaging head part arranged with being bulged at a tip end of the neck part. The bag main body has an insertion hole in which the neck part is inserted so as to enable the engaging head part to protrude from an outer surface-side of a folded body of the bag main body. The attachment substrate is arranged at a backside of a peripheral edge of the insertion hole so that the attachment member is attached to the bag main body.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame having a first segment and a second segment each elongated along a longitudinal axis. A hinge includes a first face on the first segment and a second face on the second segment. The first face and the second face are rotatable relative to each other about a rotational axis. The rotational axis extends at a non-right angle relative to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure comprising: a shutter unit comprising adjustable flaps arranged to receive an airflow to control the supply of air that passes through the shutter unit towards at least one vehicle component. An air duct extending in a rearward direction from a front part of the vehicle, the air duct comprising an inlet and an outlet. In a first state of the shutter unit, a first flap is configured to be in a closed state to thereby reduce the supply of air through the shutter unit, and allow an airflow to pass through the inlet of the air duct. In a second state of the shutter unit, the first flap is configured to be in an open state to increase the supply of air through the shutter unit, and to close the inlet of the air duct.

Abstract: A hydraulic steering arrangement is described comprising a steering unit (1), a steering wheel and a steering wheel angle sensor (3) detecting an angle of rotation between the steering wheel and the steering unit (1). Such a steering arrangement should have a simple construction. To this end the steering wheel angle sensor (3) comprises a transmitter/receiver arrangement fixed to the steering unit (1) and a target assembly (4) which is rotateably fixed to the steering wheel by means of a connection geometry (9) and comprises a passive reaction arrangement.

Abstract: A lift device includes a base, an arm, a drive actuator, a tractive element, and a steering actuator. The arm has a base end coupled to the base and a tractive element end. The arm includes a steering actuator interface positioned along an exterior surface of the arm. The drive actuator is pivotally coupled to the tractive element end of the arm. The tractive element is coupled to the drive actuator. The steering actuator has a first end coupled to the steering actuator interface and an opposing second end coupled to the drive actuator. The arm includes a plate extending forward of the exterior surface of the arm and past the steering actuator.

Abstract: An adjustable hitch assembly has a hitch bracket, a vertically-adjustable hitch-ball mounting block, one or more hitch balls, and assorted other hardware including a plurality of hitch pins. The hitch bracket has essentially an L-shape and has a drawbar portion having an inside sidewall, a post portion having an inside sidewall and a wedge-shaped, gusset-form enlargement having an inside sidewall which transitions into the inside sidewalls respectively of the post portion and drawbar portion, filling in the inside angle between the drawbar portion and post portion. Wherein the vertically-adjustable hitch-ball mounting block is vertically adjustable on the post portion of the hitch bracket.

Abstract: A bicycle component that can be reduced in size in a direction orthogonal to a crankshaft includes a housing and a first mounting portion. The housing includes a support that supports a crankshaft of a bicycle. The first mounting portion is provided on the housing independently from the support to mount the housing on a frame of the bicycle. The first mounting portion includes a through hole through which the crankshaft extends.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a bicycle body, a bicycle component, and a battery. The bicycle body has a frame including a down tube, a component mounting portion, and a seat tube. The bicycle component includes a bicycle drive unit. At least a portion of the bicycle component is arranged inside the frame. The battery is mounted on the bicycle to supply the bicycle component with electrical power. The battery is accommodated in the down tube. The frame further includes a first open portion to accommodate the bicycle component in the frame. Both the bicycle component and the battery are partly disposed outside the frame via the first open portion.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a bicycle body, a bicycle component, and a battery. The bicycle body has a frame including a down tube, a component mounting portion, and a seat tube. The bicycle component includes a bicycle drive unit. At least a portion of the bicycle component is arranged inside the frame. The battery is mounted on the bicycle to supply the bicycle component with electrical power. The battery has an elongated shape. One end of the battery is entirely accommodated in the down tube, and another end of the battery is disposed outside the down tube.