Abstract: A tape cartridge to be installed in a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus, to which the tape cartridge is detachably installed and which includes an installation base for positioning the tape cartridge, includes a printing tape and a cartridge casing in which the printing tape is accommodated and forms an outer shell of the tape cartridge. The cartridge casing includes a first casing disposed at a front side of the tape when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion, and a second casing disposed at a back side of the tape cartridge when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion. The first casing is formed with an elastic portion which is deformed by a pressing force of a pressing portion of the tape printing apparatus on a casing wall of the first casing at the frond side of the tape cartridge.

Abstract: A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus having the cartridge installation portion and a press switch. The cartridge installation portion has an installation base portion and an installation peripheral wall portion surrounding the installation base portion and allows the tape cartridge to be installed on the cartridge installation portion. The press switch has a stem projecting in a projecting direction crossing an installation direction of the tape cartridge and provided on the installation peripheral wall portion. The tape cartridge includes a detected portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tape cartridge and corresponds to the stem when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. The detected portion has an installation guide slant surface that presses the stem when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion.

Abstract: Examples described herein include examples methods for generating varnish knockouts that include applying a fixer material to a surface of a print medium, selectively applying a print material over the fixer material to form an image, and applying an overcoat material to form a durable coating on areas over the image and a nondurable coating over other areas of the surface.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a thermosensitive recording material and a method for manufacturing the same. The thermosensitive recording material includes, on a support, a thermosensitive recording layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol and a color development component; and a protective layer containing a resin component, in this order from the support side. At least one of the thermosensitive recording layer or the protective layer further contains a styrene-isoprene resin.

Abstract: A matte coating composition is provided which, while exhibiting low gloss, has high levels of transparency and various resistance properties. Also provided are a decorative material having superior design aesthetics that uses the above matte coating composition, and a method for producing the decorative material. A matte coating composition used for forming a surface protective layer that can utilize gloss difference to portray an uneven three-dimensional feel, wherein the matte coating composition contains a silica and a binder component, and is at least one of heat-curable and ionizing radiation-curable, the silica has an average particle size determined by a laser diffraction method of 3 to 10 ?m, and a primary particle size calculated from the specific surface area of 10 to 50 nm, and the amount of the silica, relative to the resin solid fraction of the matte coating composition, is from 20 to 30% by weight.

Abstract: An image receiving sheet includes an image receiving layer including a resin and having a thickness of 1 ?m or greater; and an antistatic layer being the outermost layer, including a resin and at least one conductive material selected from conductive particles and a conductive polymer and having a thickness smaller than that of the image receiving layer, on at least one surface of a support, in an order from the support side.

Abstract: An ink jet printer serving as a printing device repeats a selective discharge of a first ultraviolet curing type ink to a plurality of landing positions by an ink jet head and an irradiation of the first ultraviolet curing type ink with an ultraviolet ray by an ultraviolet ray irradiating device while reciprocating a carriage to form projection main bodies of the first ultraviolet curing type ink at the plurality of landing positions, and causes the ink jet head to selectively discharge a second ultraviolet curing type ink so as to land on the plurality of projection main bodies and the ultraviolet ray irradiating device to irradiate the second ultraviolet curing type ink with the ultraviolet ray to cure the second ultraviolet curing type ink to a gloss form.

Abstract: A component system comprising a component and a first binding system coupled to the component and configured to be coupled to a first type of a binding mechanism. The system further includes a second binding system movably coupled to the component and configured to be coupled to a second type of binding mechanism that is different from the first type of binding mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus including a bookmark having a first substantially circular disk having digits 1 through 9 and 0; and a member having a first opening to allow one of the digits 1 through 9 and 0 to show through the first opening while the other digits are blocked. The member may have a length, a width, and depth; the depth substantially less than the width and the length. The first substantially circular disk may have a diameter and a thickness, the diameter substantially greater than the thickness of the first substantially circular disk. The bookmark may also include a first attachment device attaching the first substantially circular disk to the member so that the thickness of the first substantially circular disk is parallel to the depth of the member, and the first substantially circular disk can rotate to change which digit shows through the first opening of the member.

Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer body, with the steps: a) providing a first printed layer; b) partially applying a second printed layer to the first printed layer; c) structuring the first printed layer using the second printed layer as a mask. A multilayer body obtainable in this way and a security document with such a multilayer body.

Abstract: An optical device for authenticating articles of value, the optical device including: a first diffractive structure for generating a first diffractive image; a second diffractive structure for generating a second diffractive image; and a non-diffractive structure; wherein, the first and second diffractive structures, and the non-diffractive structure, are positioned relative to each other such that when viewed from a first angle, both the first and second diffractive images are visible, and when viewed from a second angle, the first diffractive image is visible while the second diffractive image is not visible.

Abstract: An optical device including: a first surface; and an arrangement of pixels on the first surface, wherein a plurality of the pixels includes a zero-order diffraction element, such that each zero-order diffraction element is configured for providing a zero-order diffractive effect.

Abstract: The invention provides a free flowing copolymer between disparate plastic layers to thermally balance between the two differently expanding/contracting materials. The “primer” layer or “thermal balance layer” fully encapsulates the PET layer and can absorb the difference between the internal PET layer with any layer bonded to the encapsulated PET without cracking, bending or pitting and can “reset” into position when the heating/cooling has ended to make planar plastic core sheets for products such as credit cards, gift cards and the like.

Abstract: A folder including a main panel, a pocket panel coupled to the main panel and defining a pocket therebetween, and a divider coupled to the main panel. The divider is movable between an inserted position wherein at least part of the divider is positioned in the pocket, and a retracted position wherein the at least part of the divider is not positioned in the pocket. The divider includes at least one of a slit or a notch to provide ease of movement of the divider in moving between the inserted position and the retracted position.

Abstract: A self-righting handheld utensil comprises a base having a generally rounded bottom side, a weighted element disposed within the base, an elongated region extending outwardly from the base, and a use portion. The weighted element and rounded bottom of the base provide for a self-righting function for the disclosed utensil such that, when placed on a flat or substantially flat surface, it counterbalances the utensil to an upright vertical orientation without the need for user intervention or the application of any external force. The base need not become uncoupled from the elongated region and use portion before the user makes operative use of the disclosed utensil. The base may also have an aesthetic feature on an outer surface thereof.

Abstract: A toy and method of operation provides: a marking instrument for marking on a substrate, a container for containing candy or medicine or a toy; and a spinning toy for entertainment. The toy comprises a marking device defined by a mark end and a cap end, with the cap end having a circular flange. The toy also comprises a dispenser for containing candy, medicine, or a toy. A toy portion separates into a first toy member, a central spinner, and a second toy member. A cord extends between the first and second toy members, passing through a channel in central spinner. Twisting the cord in a first direction generates torque, causing the central spinner to be rotatably carried towards the first toy member. Twisting the cord in a second direction releases momentum from the generated torque, rotatably carrying the central spinner towards the second toy member.

Abstract: Platform movement systems and methods of using the same. A system for moving a platform of the present disclosure can include a first actuator pivotally attached to a base, the first actuator having a first rod positioned therethrough and configured to move the first rod in a first direction and an opposing second direction along a first rod axis; a second actuator pivotally attached to the base, the second actuator having a second rod positioned therethrough and configured to move the second rod in a first direction and an opposing second direction along a second rod axis; an arm attached to the base using an arm connector; and a platform coupled to the first rod, the second rod, and the arm, the platform configured to move about the base upon operation of the first actuator and/or the second actuator.

Abstract: A device for use in paint touch ups comprises a container, holding paint, its lid having a channel there through to securably accommodate a brush handle (and in the absence of a handle, being otherwise plugged shut) and a flexibly placed accessories box.

Abstract: A paint container that includes a bracket that is rotatably fixed to the container and is configured to allow an object (e.g., paint brush) to be releasably fixed thereto. The bracket can include a first bracket member and a second bracket member that extends at an angle from the first bracket member. The bracket is fixed to the container such that the bracket is rotatable to at least partially extending within the interior of the container and to fully extend above the container. At least one magnet can fixed to the bracket to secure the object thereto.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wheel bearing assembly comprising a wheel hub fastened to a vehicle wheel so as to rotate as a unit and having a plurality of fastening protrusion portions, and a brake disc having a plurality of fastening protrusion portions respectively fastened to the plurality of fastening protrusion portions of the wheel hub. Thus, the wheel bearing assembly may facilitate weight reduction and improvement in ease of assembly, and enhance run-out properties of sliding surfaces of the brake disc.

Abstract: A pneumatic object is provided with an elastomer layer which is gastight to inflation gases, said elastomer layer comprising, as predominant elastomer, a thermoplastic elastomer in the form of a block copolymer which comprises: (a) an elastomeric block comprising at least units derived from isobutylene, and having a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to ?20° C., and (b) one or more thermoplastic blocks, the thermoplastic block(s) each comprising at least one first block consisting of units derived from at least one polymerizable monomer and at least one second block, said second block(s) being a random copolymer consisting of units derived from ?-methylstyrene and of units derived from ?-pinene. A process for rendering a pneumatic object gastight to inflation gases is also disclosed.

Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire with which a magnitude of a lateral force can be adjusted without changing the structure of a tread portion. In a pneumatic tire, an outer profile shape of the pneumatic tire is formed in left and right symmetry with respect to a tire equator, and a thickness of the pneumatic tire from an outer surface to an inner surface is set in left and right asymmetry with respect to the tire equator.

Abstract: Disclosed are pneumatic vehicle tires and methods of their production, the tires comprising a tread that has a tread segment arranged radially on the outside, and a material strip that is arranged helically in windings approximately in the circumferential direction, wherein, in the region of the tread segment, the material strip has at least two layers in the longitudinal direction of the material strip, wherein the first layer is formed from a first rubber compound and the second layer is formed from a second rubber compound, and wherein the layers connect the radially outer surface to the radially inner surface of the tread segment. The disclosed pneumatic vehicle tire has lower noise emissions and more uniform wear during driving and is improved in respect of at least one conflict of aims.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes main grooves disposed in shoulder regions of a tread portion and extending in a tire circumferential direction; a plurality of lug grooves extending outward in a tire width direction from the main grooves and reaching sidewall portions; and a plurality of blocks that is partitioned by the main grooves and the lug grooves. In such a pneumatic tire, a narrow-width bent portion, having a groove width that is less than a groove width of other portions of the lug groove and which is bent with respect to an extending direction of the lug groove, is provided at an end portion on an outer side in the tire width direction of at least a portion of lug grooves among the plurality of lug grooves.

Abstract: A block has a first wall surface formed from a position where a lateral groove is opened to a first circumferential groove toward an upstream side of an air flow, a second wall surface formed from a position where the lateral groove is opened to a second circumferential groove toward the upstream side of the air flow, and a block corner portion formed at a position where the lateral groove is opened to the second circumferential groove. A virtual surface obtained by extending the second wall surface on the upstream side intersects with the block corner portion on a downstream side or passes through a position in the second circumferential groove which is apart from the block corner portion in a tire width direction. A groove width of the first circumferential groove gradually increases toward the downstream side of the air flow at the first wall surface.

Abstract: A block has a first wall surface formed from a position where a lateral groove is opened to a first circumferential groove toward an upstream side of an air flow, a second wall surface formed from a position where the lateral groove is opened to a second circumferential groove toward the upstream side of the air flow, and a block corner portion formed at a position where the lateral groove is opened to the first circumferential groove. A virtual surface obtained by extending the first wall surface of the block on the upstream side intersects with the block corner portion of the block on a downstream side or passes through a position in the first circumferential groove inside the block corner portion in a tire width direction. A groove width of the second circumferential groove gradually increases toward the downstream side of the air flow at the second wall surface.

Abstract: A self-sealing pneumatic tire having at least one cohesive sandwich radially inward of the pneumatic tire is provided. The at least cohesive sandwich may include a cohesive material under pressure, facilitating a recovery capacity upon being pierced by a sharp object, whereby the molecules of the cohesive material cohesively reattach, self-sealing any passageway or space created by the sharp object. The self-sealing pneumatic tire may also provide a loculated-diamond-section layer located radially inward of the outer cohesive sandwich, further supporting the self-sealing pneumatic tire. The external rubber tread are disposed along the circumference of the tire in some embodiments can be separate from the surface of the tire yet secured in place by attachments. Once fully utilized, this external rubber tread can be replaced by a new version without having to replace the entire tire.

Abstract: A multi-axle transport trailer having a plurality of axles includes a suspension comprising air bags associated with each axle, the air bags in communication with an air source, wherein air bags associated with different axles are capable of having different air pressures therein. The trailer further optionally includes a steering system associated with at least one axle, the axle including a tie rod connected between wheels on both ends of the axle, the steering system comprising cylinders configured to articulate the wheels, and a sensing device configured to monitor movement of the tie rod and facilitate actuating the cylinders to turn the wheels.

Abstract: A damper is provided having a twin tube construction interconnected to a gas reservoir. The connection of each of the inner and outer volumes of the twin tube to the gas reservoir is independently valved, and each of these valves are independently settable to change the differential pressure thereacross at which they open. The damper provides flow passages directly from the inner and outer volumes to enable flow form the compression to rebound sides thereof, as well as through the valved connections to the gas reservoir and at least one valved opening in the damper piston.

Abstract: An air-ride axle/suspension system for a heavy-duty vehicle. A frame and at least a pair of suspension assemblies support opposite ends of an axle for movement relative to the frame. An air spring is associated with one of the suspension assemblies that establishes a first relative position between the axle and the frame as a function of fluid pressure in the air spring. A tire and wheel assembly is operatively mounted to an end portion of the axle associated with the air spring. A sensor detects an inflation condition of the tire and wheel assembly. A venting system exhausts fluid pressure from the air spring to establish a second relative position between the axle and the frame that is different than the first relative position in response to detecting a predetermined inflation condition of the tire and wheel assembly.

Abstract: Anti-roll systems and related methods are disclosed. An example anti-roll system includes a first stabilizer bar having a first end to operatively couple to a first wheel assembly of a vehicle and a second stabilizer bar having a first end to operatively couple to a second wheel assembly of the vehicle. A rotary damper is to couple a second end of the first stabilizer bar and a second end of the second stabilizer bar. A damping characteristic of the rotary damper is to vary based on a driving condition of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a stabilizer capable of improving ride quality and adjustment stability. To this end, the automobile according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an actuator; a first stabilizer bar which has one end coupled to one end of the actuator; a second stabilizer bar which has one end coupled to the other end of the actuator; and a decoupler which couples at least one of one end of the first stabilizer bar and one end of the second stabilizer bar to the actuator.

Abstract: Cabin air treatment apparatus for an agricultural machine, comprising at least an external air inlet, a filtration system, an HVAC system, and a cabin air supply outlet. The apparatus further comprises a hermetically closed box inside which the HVAC system is housed, the box having a levelling opening for placing the box into communication with a cabin of the agricultural machine to level a pressure inside the box with a pressure inside the cabin. The filtration system comprises a filter for effecting a filtration of at least one among dust, aerosols and vapours, arranged at an external air inlet formed on the box, and an air inlet duct arranged downstream of the filter and provided with a selecting valve having a first outlet connected to the HVAC system, and a second outlet connected to a fan of a condensation system, through a cleaning duct.

Abstract: Electric vehicle thermal management systems and electric vehicles using the thermal management system, are disclosed. A passenger cabin is heated by the heat dissipated from a battery and /or a motor. A cooling circuit in the management system fluidly connects the battery, the motor and a first radiator in series. The first radiator provides a heat source to the passenger cabin by means of the heat dissipated from the battery and/or the electric motor. Under certain conditions, the electric motor is selectively separated from the cooling circuit, so that when the passenger cabin needs to be heated, the thermal management system can provide heat to the passenger cabin without affecting the heat dissipation of the battery.

Abstract: An air conditioner ECU transmits a communication message in a format for controlling a stepper motor. Since a stepper motor and a DC motor are controlled by a communication message in respective predetermined formats, the DC motor cannot be controlled with the communication message transmitted by the air conditioner ECU. Therefore, the sub ECU relays the communication message transmitted by the air conditioner ECU and drives the actuator. The sub ECU converts the communication message transmitted by the air conditioner ECU into control information corresponding to a predetermined format of each actuator and drives each actuator based on the converted control information.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner is provided, which includes a case, a plurality of path portions separated from each other in the case and having a same discharge port, electronic units arranged on the plurality of path portions, and an air circulator arranged on the discharge port of the plurality of path portions to compulsorily circulate air in the case to an outside of the case through the plurality of path portions of the case.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular air conditioning device and, more particularly, to a vehicular air conditioning device wherein delimitation walls, which delimit air passages inside an air conditioning case, are formed separately from the air conditioning case and are detachably assembled to left and right cases, respectively, such that the delimitation walls can be fabricated regardless of the mold removing direction during injection molding, making it possible to reduce the thickness and weight; this makes it possible to secure air passages, thereby improving air fluidity, and warm wind supply channels for supplying warm wind to a defrost vent can be integrally formed on the delimitation walls, making any structure for fixing the warm wind supply channels unnecessary; as a result, costs for materials and costs for mold processing can be reduced, and the warm wind supply channels can be freely positioned within the size of the partition walls, thereby facilitating performance improvement.

Abstract: A plurality of fans is connectable to a heat exchanger arrangement having a plurality of separated cooling loops. At least one of the fans is operable to move air through at least two of the cooling loops, and at least one other fan is operable to move air through at least one of the cooling loops. A control system includes at least one controller and is operable to control each of the at least one fan using a respective control strategy correlating temperature values with fan outputs, and to control each of the at least one other fan using a respective control strategy that is different from each control strategy used to control the at least one fan.

Abstract: An air blower device includes: a blow-out portion A having an outlet A opening in a meter peripheral region to blow out air from an air sending device to the vehicle rear side through an inner side of a steering wheel provided between the meter panel and the driver's seat in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the meter peripheral region includes: a portion, which is other than a meter in a meter panel provided on a vehicle front side of a driver's seat in a compartment; and a meter hood provided to spread in a vehicle width direction above the meter panel and protruding to a vehicle rear side farther than the meter panel; and a blowing direction regulation device provided to the blow-out portion A, having an air guiding surface A along which air blown out from the outlet A flows, and regulating a blowing direction of air blown out from the outlet A by changing an angle of the air guiding surface A.

Abstract: A compressor control apparatus may include a data detector detecting status data including at least one of vehicle speed, engine speed, accelerator pedal location value, and slope way measurement value; and controller that determines whether engine speed and accelerator pedal location value of the status data satisfy oscillation acceleration entering condition, if the vehicle speed exists in predetermined range and that sets basic operation rate of compressor according to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value, if engine speed and accelerator pedal location value of the status data satisfy oscillation acceleration entering condition and that generates final operation rate of the compressor using the basic operation rate, slope way constant according to the slope way measurement value, and air temperature compensation constant according to air temperature and that controls operation of the compressor based on the final operation rate.

Abstract: Exchanger having a tube and fin bundle and comprising: a duct (4) through which a cryogenic fluid can flow between a fluid inlet (1) into the exchanger and a fluid outlet (2) from the exchanger; and a system of flat, continuous and parallel fins (3) through which said duct passes inside the exchanger, it being possible for air (12) to circulate within the exchanger by passing through channels delimited by the space between the duct and the parallel fins. The exchanger is characterized in that it comprises at least two independent ducts (10a, 10b) for the circulation of cryogenic fluid within the exchanger.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a golf cart windshield including an upper panel having a bend, a lower panel having a bend, and a connecting bar. The connecting bar includes two grooves in which the bends of the upper and lower panels can be clamped respectively. In the present invention, by inserting the bend of the upper panel into one of the grooves of the connecting bar and inserting the bend of the lower panel into the other one of the grooves of the connecting bar, the upper and lower panels are connected by the connecting bar. The installation is convenient, the fixing is stable, and there is no need for glues or screws. In addition, the golf cart windshield does not easily fall off even under strong vibrations.

Abstract: A window system for a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a window including an inner transparent layer, an outer transparent layer and a pixelated layer interposed therebetween. The pixelated layer includes a two-dimensional array of electrochromic cells and an electrode array that is electrically connected to the electrochromic cells. A controller determines, via an incident light monitoring subsystem, a field of view of a passenger and determines an intensity of incident light in relation to the field of view of the passenger. The controller is disposed to command a passenger compartment incident light management subsystem to activate selected electrochromic cells in the transparent window based upon the intensity of the incident light in relation to the field of view of the passenger.

Abstract: An articulating slanted back soft top assembly for 4-door and 2-door SUVs. A fabric cover is supported by a frame that is at least partially articulatable from at least a closed position to at least one open air position. The frame includes at least one forward fabric support bow member and at least one rearward fabric support bow member. The rear fabric support bow member being positioned when in the closed position in a manner which allows the fabric to clear a sport bar or “roll bar” member of a vehicle in the closed position such that a rear portion of the top is angled from the vertical when viewing the vehicle from the side.

Abstract: An automated sunshade apparatus for protectively shading a roof of a vehicle includes one or more support members, a first elongate member, two sets of flexible shades, and a second elongate member. The first elongate member is rigidly attached to the support members positioned at an end of the roof. The flexible shades are positioned above the first elongate member, each set of flexible shades fixedly attached to rods operably connected to a linkage of a drive mechanism. The linkage is pivotably attached to a central portion of the first elongate member and configured to retractably extend the flexible shades outwardly in one of a clockwise and a counter clockwise direction over the roof of the vehicle. The second elongate member is positioned above and apart from the first elongate member and is rigidly attached to the first elongate member for accommodating the retracted flexible shades therebetween.

Abstract: A dual action truck cover provides two modes, actions or ways to access contents in a truck bed. Side rails can be mountable to a cargo box so as to be pivotable between a raised position to provide a rear opening in an open pivot arrangement, and a lowered or closed pivot arrangement. The side rails can be spaced apart to define an inter-rail area therebetween. A door can include a plurality of elements hingedly coupled together and extending between the side rails and movable between a closed door arrangement wherein the elements cover the inter-rail area, and an open door arrangement in which the elements are positioned to permit access through the inter-rail area. The door can move between the open and closed arrangements by rolling up the hingedly coupled elements together or folding the elements together.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiment of a vehicle rescue system. The vehicle rescue system may include a gas chamber that is attached to a vehicle, the gas chamber comprising an enclosed cavity; a gas tube that is connected to the gas chamber, the gas tube being filled with a gas; and an inflation control module attached to the gas chamber, the inflation control module being configured to control a release of the gas from the gas tube into the gas chamber, wherein releasing the gas inflates the gas chamber.

Abstract: Improvements in a retractable vehicle cover is disclosed. The cover can be sized and fabricated to provide protection to a number of different vehicles including cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles. The vehicle cover provides a fairly rigid shell to protect from objects falling on the cover and also to protect from snow loads. It uses a telescoping enclosure that retracts to occupy a small footprint when the vehicle is not in the cover. It may also include a side access door to allow a person to access the driver and or passenger door when the enclosure covers the vehicle. A power mechanism can extend and retract the cover. Seal not only protect from wind, snow, sand storm, extreme temperature or weather and rain, but also from rodents and insects that can accumulate in a vehicle if it is left unattended for a period of time.

Abstract: A modular vehicle cover system includes a vehicle cover assembly having a weather-proof vehicle cover defined a body configured to provide coverage for at least one window on a vehicle and a combination thereof, a plurality of magnet-fasteners about a perimeter of the body of the weather-proof vehicle cover for securing the weather-proof vehicle cover to the vehicle. The device provides an insulated protective barrier for a vehicle.

Abstract: A battery mounting frame for mounting a battery on a vehicle, including a hollow frame having a pair of first frame members, positioned in the vehicle on front and rear sides of the battery, extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle, and a pair of second frame members positioned in the vehicle on laterally outward sides of the battery, the second frame members connecting ends of the first, wherein the battery mounting frame is supported by a vehicle body so the battery is located inside the frame. Each first frame member has a length equal to or larger than that of the second frame member, and each first frame member has, in each lateral end portion, a first bend of a first angle so the first frame member is positioned more toward the outside of the frame as it goes from the first bend laterally outward in the vehicle.