Abstract: An all thermoplastic olefin (TPO) airbag system for an automotive vehicle including a TPO airbag module housing coupled with a TPO airbag cover or chute, the system being particularly suitable as a front airbag system, and method of making the same. The airbag module housing may couple with the chute through a plurality of projections and windows, or through bolts.

Abstract: An all thermoplastic olefin (TPO) airbag system for an automotive vehicle including a TPO airbag module housing coupled with a TPO airbag cover or chute, the system being particularly suitable as a front airbag system, and method of making the same. The airbag module housing may couple with the chute through a plurality of projections and windows, or through bolts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for degumming a vegetable oil, comprising a. contacting an oil-water mixture comprising a crude vegetable oil comprising phospholipids with an enzyme having a phospholipase activity, wherein the oil-water mixture comprises an aqueous solution having a molal ionic strength of between 0.001 and 0.5 mol/kg; b. separating an oil-water mixture into an oil composition and an aqueous composition; and, c. washing the oil composition with an acid, wherein a degummed vegetable is produced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for degumming a vegetable oil, comprising a. contacting an oil-water mixture comprising a crude vegetable oil comprising phospholipids with an enzyme having a phospholipase activity, wherein the oil-water mixture comprises an aqueous solution having a molal ionic strength of between 0.001 and 0.5 mol/kg; b. separating an oil-water mixture into an oil composition and an aqueous composition; and, c. washing the oil composition with an acid, wherein a degummed vegetable is produced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a football training apparatus and method for strengthening and training a user. The apparatus includes an arm restraining member securable to a chest portion and to a bicep region of a non-throwing arm of the user.

Abstract: A watering jug for plants having a valve with a pin sized hole for delivering trickling water. The container may have legs or support feet for orienting the watering jug in an upright position above the soil, and may be sized to provide a gentle slope to the container to assist the flow of water. A valve with a simple twist type mechanism for opening and closing is provided at the bottom of the jug. The watering jug is lightweight and portable.

Abstract: A running board assembly is designed such that it does not adversely effect the triggering properties of a side-impact airbag system. In a first embodiment, upon incurring an impact, the running board moves to a position inward of the side of the vehicle at a controlled collapsing load. The controlled collapsing load does not adversely effect the trigger point at which a side-impact airbag system must not deploy nor does it adversely effect the trigger point at which a side-impact airbag system must deploy. In a second embodiment, the structure of the running board assembly is designed to transfer a side-impact load directly to the vehicle's side-impact airbag system.

Abstract: An air intake filter for an internal combustion engine disposed in an automobile engine compartment beneath the hood, behind the radiator, generally includes a housing with an upper and a lower portion which provides an intake for air in front of the radiator for scooping undisturbed air flow and communicating the same to the engine. A filter is provided and disposed between the upper and lower housing portions for removing solid particulates from air intake and, importantly, the housing is configured for separating water from the air entering the intake before the air enters the filter.

Abstract: An intake air flow divider insert is provided for use in an air intake duct connected to the intake end of an air intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, the manifold having a number, N, of intake air flow passages originating at the air intake end thereof, the number, N, being equal to at least two. The air flow divider insert device comprises an insert body having walls configured for smoothly dividing a single flow of intake air flowing through the duct and impinging on upstream regions of the device into a number, N, of air flows, wherein the number of air flows is equal to the number, N, of manifold intake air flow passages, the walls being configured for diverting each of said N air flows smoothly into a corresponding one of the manifold intake air passages when the insert is positioned in the air intake duct to be just upstream of the manifold when the duct is connected to the manifold.