Abstract: An inline gearbox for a land vehicle that includes an engine having a clutch housing for the transmission of rotational force from the engine to one or more wheels for propelling the land vehicle, wherein the inline gearbox includes a gearbox housing having a front end, a side and a rear end, with the front end adapted to be joined to the clutch housing. There is an input shaft contained at least in part within the gearbox housing proximate to the front end of the gearbox housing, and a primary gear train that includes (a) a lay shaft; (b) a drive shaft; and (c) a plurality of selectively engaged meshed gear pairs respectively mounted on the lay shaft and the drive shaft for transmitting rotational force from the lay shaft to the drive shaft. The inline gearbox also includes an output shaft contained at least in part within the gearbox housing proximate to the rear end of the gearbox housing, with the output shaft rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.

Abstract: A load anchor assembly for attachment to a tubular member having an exterior surface, comprising an anchor base and a portion extending from the anchor base adapted to secure a vehicle component. The assembly includes a boss having a first flanged end and a second end, where the boss is adapted to be positioned in first and second apertures in the exterior surface of the tubular member with the flanged end in contact with the first aperture and the second end accessible through the second aperture. There is at least one fastener connected to the anchor base and the second end to secure the anchor base to the flanged boss.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an internal combustion piston engine having a first row of at least two cylinders inclined relative to a vertical plane and a second row of at least two cylinders inclined relative to the vertical plane, where the two rows of cylinders form a V configuration with the vertical plane being approximately equidistant between the two rows. The exhaust manifold in one aspect comprises plural exhaust stack assemblies for receiving exhaust gas from the first row of cylinders, an elongate manifold plenum having a terminal portion defining an exhaust gas passageway, and an exhaust gas routing circuit joined to the manifold plenum. The routing circuit comprises a turbocharger support column and a bypass pipe. The turbocharger support column is joined at a first junction with the manifold plenum, extends in a generally perpendicular direction from the elongate manifold plenum and terminates in a first exhaust gas outlet adapted for connection to a turbocharger.

Abstract: Intake air systems featuring novel intercooler and air distribution system components. The intercooler component has a rectangular heat exchanger core for cooling air with a liquid, and the heat exchanger core has a first face for entry of uncooled air and a second opposing face for exit of cooled air. A first rectangular intercooler mounting flange structure is secured to the periphery of the first face and a second intercooler rectangular mounting flange structure is secured to the periphery of the second face. The first rectangular intercooler mounting flange structure and the second rectangular intercooler mounting flange structure are of approximately the same size and geometry, and the first rectangular intercooler mounting flange structure and the second rectangular intercooler mounting flange structure have substantially identical plural spaced-apart symmetrically distributed bolt apertures.

Abstract: A multi-stage reconfigurable air intake and exhaust system for an internal combustion piston engine having a first row of at least two cylinders inclined relative to a vertical plane, a second row of at least two cylinders inclined relative to the vertical plane, and the two rows of cylinders form a V configuration with the vertical plane being approximately equidistant between the two rows. The system comprises a Stage 1 package and a Stage 2 package. The Stage 1 package includes a first exhaust manifold adapted to be secured to the first row of cylinders for receiving and collecting in a plenum exhaust gases from the first row of cylinders, where the first exhaust manifold includes a first exhaust gas discharge aperture for discharging exhaust gases, the first exhaust gas discharge aperture is located at a first fixed spatial position when the first exhaust manifold is secured to the first row of cylinders, and there is provided first connecting means proximate the first exhaust gas aperture.

Abstract: A combination of an engine, a gearbox clutch housing and a mounting system for mounting the combination to the structural load-bearing components of a vehicle, comprising an engine having a first contact surface; a gearbox clutch housing having a second contact surface, the first contact surface of the engine and the second contact surface of the gearbox clutch housing each being joined to the other by mechanical fastening means; and a first hanger, where the latter comprises a rigid plate positioned between the first contact surface of the engine and the second contact surface of the gearbox clutch housing, with the first hanger being securely fastened between the engine and the gearbox clutch housing.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an internal combustion piston engine with a row of at least two cylinders inclined from the vertical. The exhaust manifold has plural exhaust stack assemblies and a manifold plenum with an outlet. Each of the plural exhaust stack assemblies comprises a leader pipe and an exhaust connector, with a first end of each leader pipe being joined to a first end of the exhaust connector of the exhaust stack assembly, and a second end of each exhaust connector being joined to the manifold plenum. Each leader pipe is joined to a manifold flange that is adapted for joining to the internal combustion engine to receive exhaust gases from the cylinders of the engine. Each leader pipe is joined in a vertical plane to the manifold flange at a first angle so that the plural exhaust stack assemblies are approximately horizontally oriented when joined to the internal combustion engine, and each leader pipe is joined in a horizontal plane to the manifold flange at a second angle inclined toward the outlet.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an internal combustion piston engine having a first row of at least two cylinders inclined relative to a vertical plane and a second row of at least two cylinders inclined relative to the vertical plane, where the two rows of cylinders form a V configuration with the vertical plane being approximately equidistant between the two rows. The exhaust manifold in one aspect comprises plural exhaust stack assemblies for receiving exhaust gas from the first row of cylinders, an elongate manifold plenum having a terminal portion defining an exhaust gas passageway, and an exhaust gas routing circuit joined to the manifold plenum. The routing circuit comprises a turbocharger support column and a bypass pipe. The turbocharger support column is joined at a first junction with the manifold plenum, extends in a generally perpendicular direction from the elongate manifold plenum and terminates in a first exhaust gas outlet adapted for connection to a turbocharger.

Abstract: An invertible multi-application gearbox having a gearbox housing; a gear drive train within the gearbox housing with an input shaft for transmitting rotational force from an engine to the gear drive train and an output shaft for transmitting rotational force to drive wheels. The gearbox includes a plurality of gear s that are approximately symmetrically distributed about a vertical plane containing the centerline of the input shaft. The output shaft is separated a vertical distance from a horizontal plane containing the centerline of the input shaft. The gearbox housing includes a plurality of mounting location fixtures that are symmetrically disposed around the axial centerline of the input shaft and above and below a lateral plane containing that axial centerline to permit mounting the gearbox to an engine in either an upright or inverted position. A fast-change gear assembly is located on the gearbox housing for easy user access to change the torque transfer characteristics of the gearbox.

Abstract: A transport assembly for a shipping module which has a chassis; a towing element secured to the chassis; two opposed wheels mounted on the chassis; a support assembly secured to the chassis and configured to be positioned in a mating relationship with a shipping module proximate to a lower transverse edge of the shipping module; means for removably securing the support assembly to a shipping module; and a displacement actuator secured between the chassis and the cradle, said displacement actuator for varying the ground clearance of a shipping module when secured to the support assembly.

Abstract: A wall component and other components for a building structure wherein the wall component has a spanning beam spanning the length of the wall component, one or more structural column assemblies positioned between the spanning beam and a floor plate which are structured to carry structural weights and loads received from the spanning beam. The structural column assemblies are separated by a longitudinal distance so as to define an intercolumnar region which is greater than a width of a member selected from the group consisting of a door assembly and a window assembly, and there is an exterior panel fastened between the first and second structural column assemblies that defines a generally continuous and uninterrupted planar surface over the intercolumnar region.