Abstract: An apparatus can include a panel. The panel can couple with a tailgate of a vehicle. The panel can be configured to move from a first position relative to the tailgate to a second position to form a storage space. The storage space can be at least partially outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle hitch and a vehicle hitch system are provided. The vehicle hitch includes a frame, a receiver, a mount, a receiver locking mechanism and a mount locking mechanism. The frame is configured to be mounted to a vehicle member. The receiver includes an upper body rotatably coupled to the frame, and a lower body that defines an opening and an inner cavity. The mount is slidingly disposed within the inner cavity. The receiver locking mechanism is configured to secure the receiver in stowed and deployed positions with respect to the frame. The mount locking mechanism is configured to secure the mount in retracted and extended positions with respect to the receiver. The vehicle hitch system includes a vehicle hitch and a vehicle bumper that includes a cover that defines an opening, and a motorized panel configured to cover and uncover the opening.

Abstract: A charging port for an electric vehicle includes a charging socket, a push rod actuator, and a push rod coupled to the push rod actuator. The charging socket is configured to receive a charging connector of a charger (e.g., a charging station, a wall charger, a portable charger, etc.). The push rod is configured to decouple the charging connector from the charging socket when the push rod is displaced from a retracted position to an extended position by the push rod actuator.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of cameras, a first display, a second display, and at least one processor. The plurality of cameras includes a first camera positioned on an exterior of a vehicle. The first camera captures a first video. The first display is integrated into the vehicle and positioned proximate to a driver's seat. The second display is integrated into the vehicle and positioned proximate to a rear passenger seat. The at least one processor executes instructions to identify a first context of the vehicle or a rear passenger and provide, on the second display and based on the first context, a first image from the first video.

Abstract: Some embodiments may provide an accessory attachment system for a vehicle. The system may include a retention bracket and a removable accessory bracket. The retention bracket may be configured to attach to the vehicle. The retention bracket may include a first retention connector and a second retention connector. The removable accessory bracket may include a first accessory connector and a second accessory connector. The first accessory connector may include a C-shape. The first accessory connector may be configured to couple to the first retention connector and may enable a rotation of the removable accessory bracket relative to the retention bracket. The second accessory connector may be configured to couple to the second retention connector and may limit the rotation of the removable accessory bracket relative to the retention bracket.

Abstract: Particular embodiments may provide a tonneau system for a vehicle. The tonneau system may be movable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The tonneau system may include a cover, a beam, and rails. The cover may have two side edges and a tail edge, the beam may be coupled to the tail edge of the cover, and the rails may be coupled to the side edges of the cover. In some embodiments, the beam and the rails bi-directionally tension the cover when the tonneau system is in the extended configuration.

Abstract: Particular embodiments may provide a cover for a vehicle. The cover includes, in some embodiments, rectangular panels, each panel having a long edge, a short edge, and a guide. In some embodiments, the rectangular panels are coupled to one another at the long edges of the rectangular panels and are movable between a planar configuration and a stacked configuration. In the planar configuration, the rectangular panels may be positioned in a single plane and overlap an area corresponding to an open cargo volume of the vehicle. In the stacked configuration, the rectangular panels may be stacked together in parallel planes. In some embodiments, the guides travel in a track of the vehicle when the rectangular panels are moved between the planar configuration and the stacked configuration.

Abstract: A canopy with a deployable structure is provided. An apparatus can include a canopy that includes a structure. The structure can be deployed over at least one portion of an object. The apparatus can include a fabric that is coupled to the structure. The structure can deploy the fabric over the at least one portion of the object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wooden floor, consisting of a hardenable adhesive (12) which is painted onto a floor base (10) in a continuous layer, and covering elements (16) consisting of wood or a wood material that are joined to the adhesive in its entirety by their surface (14) to be glued. According to the invention, the adhesive layer (12) has a thickness of 0.5 to 5 mm and the combined tension and shear strength of the adhesive (12), in its hardened state, is les than that of the floor base (10) and is at most 1.2 N/mm2, in order to obtain a floor covering with excellent dimensional stability.

Abstract: Process for preparing phthalic anhydride by gas-phase oxidation of xylene, naphthalene or mixtures thereof in a shell-and-tube reactor thermostatted by means of a heat transfer medium over three or more different fixed-bed catalysts arranged in zones, wherein the process is carried out so that the maximum temperature in the second catalyst zone in the flow direction is up to 50° C. lower than the maximum temperature in the first catalyst zone and the maximum temperature in the third zone from the gas inlet is from 30 to 100° C. lower than that in the first catalyst zone. The process of the present invention makes it possible to prepare phthalic anhydride in high yields under industrially relevant conditions.

Abstract: Process for preparing phthalic anhydride by gas-phase oxidation of xylene, naphthalene or mixtures thereof in a shell-and-tube reactor thermostatted by means of a heat transfer medium over three or more different fixed-bed catalysts arranged in zones, wherein the process is carried out so that the maximum temperature in the second catalyst zone in the flow direction is up to 50° C. lower than the maximum temperature in the first catalyst zone and the maximum temperature in the third zone from the gas inlet is from 30 to 100° C. lower than that in the first catalyst zone. The process of the present invention makes it possible to prepare phthalic anhydride in high yields under industrially relevant conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silencer (1) for noise-laden gas pipes, especially for a suction pipe and/or an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer pipe (2) with an inlet side (3) and an outlet side (4), a plurality of diaphragm rings (9, 9′, 9″, ′″, 9″″) each with an outer surface connected (5) to the inner surface of the outer pipe (2), at least one insert (6) with an outer surface connected (7) to the inner surface of the outer pipe (2) and/or the diaphragm rings (9, 9′, 9″, 9′″, 9″″) and with a plurality of openings (8) which are closed on one side. Said insert (6) forms sub-pipes for the gas flow in the silencer, and the openings (8), which are closed on one side, open into the sub-pipes, the depth thereof being /4 in relation to the wavelength of a frequency to be silenced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular bearing system having a lid section on the load side and a bottom section on the buttress side. At least two parallel-connected functional units selected from amongst a plurality of functional units are releasably fixed between the lid section and the bottom section. Said functional units comprise at least one rubber-metal bearing element, an pneumatic bearing element, a hydraulic bearing element, a solid bearing element, a spring, a spring element, an annular core spring, a conical spring, a pneumatic spring, a damper and/or a pneumatic damper for damping and/or bearing a load that is to be supported by the lid section, especially in the form of a unit or running gear of a motor vehicle, relative to a bearing supporting the bottom section, especially in the form of a chassis or body structure of a motor vehicle, said units having a set and/or adjustable frequency, damping and/or amplitude.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silencer (1) for noise-laden gas pipes, especially for a suction pipe and/or an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer pipe (2) with an inlet side (3) and an outlet side (4), a plurality of diaphragm rings (9, 9′, 9″, 9′″,9″″) each with an outer surface connected (5) to the inner surface of the outer pipe (2),at least one insert (6) with an outer surface connected (7) to the inner surface of the outer pipe (2) and/or the diaphragm rings (9, 9′, 9″, 9′″, 9″″) and with a plurality of openings (8) which are closed on one side. Said insert (6) forms sub-pipes for the gas flow in the silencer, and the openings (8), which are closed on one side, open into the sub-pipes, the depth thereof being /4 in relation to the wavelength of a frequency to be silenced.

Abstract: A telescopic leg bearing has an inner connector part and an outer connector part arranged on both sides of the inner connector part, which parts are configured for connecting the telescopic leg head and provide for fastening to a chassis of a vehicle. To provide a structure-borne sound insulation between the connector parts, at least two resilient supporting hoses are arranged on both sides of the inner connector part and at least one throttling port is provided that connects the inside volumes of the supporting hoses to one another in a communicating fashion.

Abstract: An air bearing regulated load-dependent for use in automotive engineering is formed by a central plate through which a freely movable, rigid coupling pin passes axially and is rigidly connected to both a support connector member on the support side and a counterplate on the opposite side. An air spring hose ring that can be variably charged with compressed air or gas is arranged between the support connector member and the central plate and an absorber hose ring is inserted on the opposite side of the central plate between the central plate and a counterplate. The two hose ring systems are directly connected to one another via one or more throttle nozzles. The absorber hose ring has a nozzle or a regulating valve that variably opens the absorber hose ring to the ambient air.

Abstract: An active pneumatic component for pneumatically controlling a hydraulic bearing includes an electrically driven oscillating membrane pump combined with a multiway valve into an integrated structural component, in such a way that an armature which activates the oscillating membrane also controls the valve functions of the multiway valve. The valve also containing the inlet and outlet valves of the pump.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening support of which a solid spring, in particular an elastomer spring, is hooked into an annular flange and rests on the edge surfaces of this flange, whereas at least one, mostly two end faces of the spring will be connected to the second connection fitting(s). In general these connection fitting act as load fittingss, whereas the hookup flange serves as a support fitting. The invention improves the service life of these economical fastening supports by means of a configuration such that the radial force-transmitting surfaces, that is those surfaces through which the load and support force are introduced into the spring, are configured in extensively congruent manner coaxially and in coaxial projection.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a torsion bar shoulder bearing has four method steps: (1) the manufacture of a elastomeric spring as a not fully vulcanized molding for receiving a sleeve-shaped or bolt-shaped inner connecting part in a central bore and an outer sleeve-shaped connecting element; (2) the pretreatment of the surface regions, to be connected to the molding, of the connecting parts by means of an adhesive system; (3) the pushing of the molding onto the inner connecting part and the insertion of the molding thus reinforced into the outer connecting part (or in the opposite sequence), as a result of which the elastomeric molding is clamped under moderate prestress between the two connecting parts, and (4) the concluding full vulcanization of the elastomeric molding in the assembled bearing, using a tempering furnace, at temperatures of below 140 to 150° C.

Abstract: A power unit bearing, in particular for motor vehicles, is characterized by mechanically integrally joining a conventional bearing, in particular a hydraulic bearing, to a connectable or disengageable hydraulic switching module for the purpose of matching the power unit characteristics to changing operational conditions of this power unit. The switching module is inserted between a chassis-side base plate of the conventional bearing body and a chassis-side adapter of the power unit bearing.