Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic control unit used in a first vehicle is configured to detect a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. A first position associated with the first vehicle and a second position associated with the detected second vehicle is determined for a first time instance. It may be determined whether a lateral distance between the determined first position and the determined second position is below a pre-defined threshold distance. A first alert is generated when the determined lateral distance is below the pre-defined threshold distance.

Abstract: An external runflat apparatus for a guide wheel system of a monorail transport system. The external runflat apparatus includes a hub member and a tread member. The tread member is connected to the hub member and includes a base member and a covering over the base member.

Abstract: A protection system of a railway vehicle traction system includes an electric motor and an electrical power supply circuit. The system further includes: a mechanical coupler between first and second components of a transmission line, the first component being connected to an output shaft of the electric motor and the second component being connected to an input shaft of an axle of the railway vehicle, the coupler being able to be in an engaged or disengaged state; and a controller able to apply a disengagement signal to the coupling signal, to switch from the engaged state to the disengaged state if a failure of the power supply circuit and/or the electric motor is detected.

Abstract: A mounting structure for equipment compartment bottom plate is provided. The bottom plate is detachably connected to a skeleton boundary beam of the equipment compartment. A sliding rail is fixedly connected to a side of the bottom plate where the bottom plate is lap-jointed to a skeleton lateral beam of the equipment compartment. One of the sliding rail and the skeleton lateral beam is provided with a recess and the other is provided with a protrusion engaged with the recess. In the mounting structure, the connection of the bottom plate and the skeleton lateral beam is achieved by the engagement of the recess and the protrusion. Therefore, connecting pieces for connecting the bottom plate and the skeleton lateral beam are removed and the number of the connecting pieces is significantly reduced.

Abstract: A movable footboard for a door of a rail vehicle comprises a footboard extendable below a tread strip at least substantially transversely to the direction of travel. To minimize the level difference between the footboard and the tread strip a pivot shaft extends at least substantially parallel to the direction of travel on at least one longitudinal bar of the footboard at the end region of the footboard away from the vehicle, about which pivot shaft at least two pivoting bars are pivotably supported, which pivoting bars each bear a transverse profile element, each of the pivoting bars being rigidly connected to the transverse profile element associated with the pivot bar, while the other transverse profile elements lie freely on said pivot bar, and a lifting mechanism is fastened to the vehicle and lifts the transverse profile element located directly in front of the tread strip.

Abstract: A chassis end plate assembly of a railway vehicle is provided, which includes an end plate; a bottom beam arranged at an inner side of a lower edge of the end plate, curved beams arranged at inner sides of two sides of the end plate, a buffer beam located above the end plate; and a reinforcing beam longitudinally arranged between the buffer beam and the bottom beam. The end plate assembly can increase the rigidity of an end portion of the vehicle and improve the vibration mode. The end plate assembly can be combined with an under-vehicle active device compartment so as to form an enclosed space, which may protect pipelines and devices under the vehicle. A railway vehicle provided with the chassis end plate assembly is further provided.

Abstract: A railcar according to the present disclosure includes a buffer installed in an end portion of each of coupled cars, and urging each other in a car longitudinal direction, the buffer having a stem movable in the car longitudinal direction and a spring urging the stem, an underframe internally enclosing part of the buffer and including an opening on a top plate of the underframe, and a compression mechanism forcibly compressing the spring to move the stem, part of the compression mechanism being freely brought into and out of the opening.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a housing device for a magnet body for an electromagnetic rail brake for a rail vehicle. The housing device has a first cable feed-through opening for the feeding through of a first electrical connection cable into the magnet body. The housing device is characterized in that a first axial-extent axis of the first cable feed-through opening is arranged at an acute inclination angle to a main surface of the housing device adjacent to the first cable feed-through opening, wherein the first cable feed-through opening is arranged in the center of the rail brake within a tolerance range.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for the control of applying lubrication to the wheels of a fleet of railed-based vehicles and the rails on which the railed-based vehicles travel. In an aspect, the wheel-rail lubrication fleet management system is configured to analyze and optimize the application of wheel/rail lubrication within a whole fleet to the best possible efficiency. In an additional aspect, the wheel-rail lubrication fleet management system is further configured to manage the noise created by the interaction between the wheels and rails of the whole fleet. In such aspects, the wheel-rail lubrication fleet management system can monitor the real results of the application of lubricant of rail-wheel systems that utilize the lubrication fleet management system.

Abstract: A cargo trailer system includes a vehicle has a hitch receiver. A trailer is provided and the trailer may be manipulated thereby facilitating the trailer to be urged along a support surface. The trailer may contain cargo thereby facilitating the cargo to be transported. A plurality of wheels is hingedly coupled to the trailer. The plurality of wheels is selectively positioned between a deployed position and a stored position. The trailer is coupled to the hitch receiver when the wheels are positioned in the stored position. Thus, the vehicle carries the trailer.

Abstract: A load transporting apparatus is described including: a main body; a ground engaging wheel positioned at or towards one end of the main body and supported for rotation about a generally horizontal axis; a support member, which is connected to the main body, and which supports a pair of wheel assemblies, each assembly including a wheel which is supported for rotation about a generally horizontal wheel axis, wherein said wheel assembly permits the wheel to swivel about a swivel axis which is substantially perpendicular to the wheel axis and off-set therefrom; wherein the support member is connected to the main body by connection means which permits movement of the main body towards and away from the support member. Also described is an apparatus where the or a further connection means is configured to permit rotation of the support member relative to the main body about an axis which extends generally in a fore-aft direction of the apparatus.

Abstract: A shopping cart in one embodiment comprises a uniframe, a mat basket, and a slim-fit cart frame and basket combination, as well as in multiple embodiments, providing individual structural differences and advantages over pre-existing forms of shopping carts.

Abstract: An adaptive front steering system is capable of ensuring steering convenience and driving safety by changing a steering gear ratio in accordance with a driving situation of a vehicle. The adaptive front steering system is implemented as a new type of active front steering (AFS) system in which a hollow motor is applied to a steering column shaft, and a steering gear ratio is changed in accordance with a rotation direction and a rotation amount of a shaft of the hollow motor which is rotated together with an upper shaft.

Abstract: A first-stage phase compensator, a second-stage phase compensator, and a third-stage phase compensator are configured in such a way that a frequency at which a phase calculated through the transfer function of the first-stage phase compensator becomes maximal and a frequency at which a phase calculated through a transfer function of the first-stage phase compensator and the third-stage phase compensator becomes maximal coincide with each other; a motor for generating assist torque is controlled, based on a torque signal to which the first-stage phase compensator, the second-stage phase compensator, and the third-stage phase compensator have applied phase compensation.

Abstract: Technical solutions are described for detecting an error in an inverter associated with a motor of a power steering system and operating the power steering system in response to the error. An example system includes a transistor pair that selectively provides power to a corresponding phase coil of the motor. The system further includes a detection module that detects a resistance error in the transistor pair by monitoring a voltage across a shunt resistor of the transistor pair in response to a gate drive command applied to the transistor pair. The system further includes a mitigation module that selects a mode of operation of the inverter based on the resistance error. The system also includes a motor control module that controls the inverter according to the mode of operation.

Abstract: The invention includes an electric motor that causes a vehicle steering device to rotate, and a control unit that controls the electric motor, wherein the electric motor has a stator including two independent sets of coil winding group, the control unit has a control portion that computes and outputs a control amount and a drive circuit that independently drives each winding group of the electric motor, and the control portion detects a multiple of failures, categorizes the failures into at least two kinds of failure mode, continues control on a normal side after detecting a first failure, and continues control by employing a set in which control nearer to that at a normal time can be carried out, including a past failure, when detecting a second or subsequent failure.

Abstract: An embodiment of a system for evaluating a torque sensor includes an input module configured to receive torque signals from a hand wheel torque sensor in a vehicle, and a sensor evaluation module configured to perform monitoring a condition affecting the hand wheel torque sensor, and determining whether the condition indicates a desired situation in which a probability of an input torque being applied to the hand wheel is below a selected threshold. The sensor evaluation module is also configured to perform, based on detecting the desired situation, automatically analyzing the torque signals received during a time duration of the desired situation to estimate one or more torque sensor error values, and outputting at least one of a corrected torque signal and the one or more error values to a torque command generation module, the torque command generation module configured to generate a torque command to an electric motor.

Abstract: A vehicle pedal arm has a first rib connecting a first hole, into which a first shaft is inserted, and a peripheral edge on a side of a rear wall continuous of at least one of a left side wall and a right side wall in an arm body continuous upward from a first bent portion that bends in a rear direction side of a vehicle as being a lower side of the vehicle, to extend on a first straight line connecting a depressing portion and the first hole in a side view, and a second rib connecting a second hole, into which a second shaft is inserted, and the peripheral edge on a side of the rear wall continuous of the at least one of the both side walls to extend on a second straight line connecting the depressing portion and the second hole in a side view.

Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for a passenger vehicle. The subframe includes at least two longitudinal members, at least one crossmember which interconnects the longitudinal members, vehicle body connecting elements for connecting the subframe to a vehicle body, and at least one control arm connection for each side of the vehicle. The control arm connection has at least one insert part which is received in an interlocking manner in an opening of the subframe and is integrally and/or frictionally connected to the subframe. The insert part has a connecting portion for forming a screw connection and being chosen from a group comprising at least two different insert parts, the various insert parts differing from one another in terms of the vertical position of the connecting portion.

Abstract: A floor structure (1) of a motor vehicle has a vehicle floor (2). A central tunnel (3) extends in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and is connected to the vehicle floor (2). Two seat crossmembers (4a, 4b) are spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle and the central tunnel (3) extends between the seat crossmembers (4a, 4b) in sections. The floor structure (1) has regions of attachment to the central tunnel (3) on both sides of the central tunnel (3) and cast bridges (5a, 5b) are inserted into the floor structure (1) in the regions of attachment to the central tunnel (3).

Abstract: Since a front side frame, whose rear end is fixed to a front face of a dashboard lower panel of a vehicle body formed into a bathtub shape, includes a fixed portion, an inclined portion, a bent portion and a horizontal portion, when the collision load of a frontal collision is input into the front end of the front side frame, the fixed portion and the bent portion buckle so as to bend back, and the upper face of the inclined part abuts against the front face of the dashboard lower panel, thus making it possible to absorb the collision energy by deformation of the front side frame itself, and to increase the area over which the load is transmitted from the front side frame to the dashboard lower panel to thus disperse the load, thereby reducing the reaction force required for the dashboard lower panel.

Abstract: A front vehicle body reinforcing structure may include a dash panel, a front side member extending along a length direction of a vehicle for coupling to a lower part of the dash panel, a fender apron member extending along the length direction of the vehicle and coupled to an upper part of the dash panel, a front shock absorber housing having a lower part coupled to the front side member and an upper part coupled to the fender apron member, a cowl cross member extending along a width direction of the vehicle for coupling to the upper part of the dash panel and having both ends overlapping and coupled to the front shock absorber housing along the width direction, and a front shock absorber housing side member adhered to an inner surface of the front shock absorber housing, and having an upper part coupled to the cowl cross member.

Abstract: An engine support device, which is provided for supporting an engine arranged in a front-end vehicle structure of a motor vehicle, includes a first half-shell with a first end section, a second end section opposite same and a first lateral cheek section, and a second half-shell with a third end section, a fourth end section opposite same, a middle section arranged between the third and the fourth end section and a second lateral cheek section. The first half-shell as an outer shell and the second half-shell as an inner shell can be provided in a state of the engine support device installed into a motor vehicle. The first lateral cheek section has substantially straight edges in a continuous manner from the first end section thereof to the second end section thereof.

Abstract: A crash beam receiver for coupling to a crash beam for reducing the effects of a vehicle collision. The crash beam receiver includes a plurality of surfaces that are coupled together to form a hollow opening for receiving the crash beam. The crash beam receiver also includes a gate structure for providing a stopping point for the crash beam when the crash beam is inserted into the crash beam receiver. The gate structure includes a left gate, a right gate, and a protrusion structure that help to linearize the self-collapsing process of the crash beam in the longitudinal direction. The protrusion structure has a certain thickness such that the crash beam is caused to collapse inward toward its center in the event of a vehicle collision.

Abstract: A power unit mounting structure of a vehicle includes a power unit 100, a sub frame 200 disposed below the power unit 100 in the vehicle height direction and at least one attaching bracket 220 for attaching the power unit 100 on the sub frame 200, the power unit 100 has an arm 210 extended from the main body portion thereof to the attaching bracket 220, a tip portion of the arm 210 is axially supported on a pair of shaft supporting portions 221 of the attaching bracket 220 with a shaft member 213 extended to the width direction of the vehicle, and the shaft supporting portion 221 of the attaching bracket 220 has fragile portions 222, 223 which break when the impact is applied such that the aria 210 of the power unit 100 shifts to the front direction.

Abstract: A vehicle roof structure for concealing one or more sensors therein includes a roof panel, a windshield extending up to the roof panel, and a spoiler. The spoiler extends across at least a portion of a width of the roof panel and includes a leading portion that is substantially parallel to a windshield-roof interface, an apex, wherein a height of the spoiler increases from a height of the roof panel to a height of the apex as the spoiler extends from the leading portion to the apex in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a trailing portion extending from the apex to the roof panel. A sensor volume is formed between the spoiler and the roof panel. One or more sensors are at least partially positioned within the sensor volume, wherein the one or more sensors output a signal indicative of a characteristic of an environment of the vehicle.

Abstract: Not only a reduction in the load resistant performance of a structural member in a vehicle body having a quenched portion with a tensile strength of 1,470 MPa or greater, but also a reduction in the shock absorbing performance associated with the HAZ softening by welding are suppressed.

Abstract: A covering for a wall of a vehicle cargo bed includes a first portion structured to be attached to a top portion of the wall, and a second portion rotatably connected to the first portion. The first portion has a first surface, and the second portion has a first surface. The second portion is rotatable between a first orientation in which the second portion first surface resides directly opposite the first portion first surface and faces in a first direction toward the first portion first surface, and a second orientation in which the second portion first surface faces in a second direction opposite the first direction. A shoulder extends from an edge of the second portion at an angle with respect to the second portion first surface.

Abstract: A wake convergence device for a vehicle is provided, wherein the vehicle has a vehicle top and first and second vehicle sides each extending from the vehicle top. The vehicle includes a vehicle leading edge, a vehicle trailing edge, and a vehicle longitudinal axis. The wake convergence device includes a first side panel positioned beside and spaced from the first vehicle side and including a first side panel leading edge that transitions from forward of the vehicle trailing edge to aft of the vehicle trailing edge. The wake convergence device also includes a second side panel positioned beside and spaced from the second vehicle side and including a first side panel leading edge that transitions from forward of the vehicle trailing edge to aft of the vehicle trailing edge.

Abstract: An aerodynamic control system of a vehicle includes a utilization module that, based on a longitudinal force on a tire in a longitudinal direction and a latitudinal force on the tire in a latitudinal direction, determines a utilization force on the tire of the vehicle and a direction of the utilization force. A maximum module, based on the direction of the utilization force, determines a maximum force of the tire for maintaining traction between the tire and a road surface contacting the tire. A difference module determines a difference between the utilization force on the tire of the vehicle and the maximum force on the tire. An aerodynamic actuator control module selectively adjusts a position of an aerodynamic actuator of the vehicle based on the difference.

Abstract: A method of operating a personal transporter includes mounting the personal transporter. A torque stick apparatus having a rotating wheel is provided. The wheel of the torque stick apparatus is positioned against a drive surface to drive the personal transporter across a transport surface.

Abstract: A structural assembly for load carrying chassis of vehicles includes beams extending fore and aft on the chassis with passages laterally through the beam webs. I-beams extend through the passages through the beams. Brackets are fixed to the principal beams at the passages. The brackets each include a bracket web, a bracket flange extending from the bracket web and two bosses on the bracket web extending past the bracket flange. The bosses of each of the brackets extend to either side of lower I-beam flanges. The bracket flanges extend through the passages in contact with the beams in the passages. The brackets are shown as integrally formed or as composite assemblies of a plate and an extrusion.

Abstract: A narrow gauge two-wheeled trailer mounted on spaced apart elongated beams and split axles is stabilized against rolling or tilting about the longitudinal axis with a leaf spring suspension and a universal joint coupling. The split axles are mounted on an axle arms pivoted to the beams and supported by leaf springs configured to lengthen or shorten along the beams. The universal joint coupling permits pitch and yaw movement of the trailer but resists rolling.

Abstract: An inverted pendulum vehicle 10 is provided with a display unit 70 for illuminating a floor surface 110 surrounding a vehicle body thereof, and a display control unit 87 for controlling an illumination pattern of the display unit according to an inclination angle detected by an inclination detection unit 66, 81.

Abstract: An electric vehicle is provided with a highly simple and convenient structure for detachably retaining a battery, and enabling the vehicle to be lifted by hand. A battery case of the electric vehicle includes an upper extension (80F, 80G) including an upper member (80G) configured to be gripped by a hand for lifting the vehicle, and defining a gripping space (112) for receiving the hand between an upper surface of the battery received in the battery case and the upper member, and a latching structure (102, 106, 120) is provided between an upper part of the battery and an opposing part of the battery case, the latching structure including an operating member (104) positioned inside the gripping space.

Abstract: In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a cylinder includes a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover that covers an upper portion of the cylinder head, a vehicle body frame includes a head cover adjoining portion that adjoins the cylinder head cover. At least a part of the cylinder head cover overlaps the head cover adjoining portion as viewed from a direction along a cylinder axis that is a center axis of the cylinder. The head cover adjoining portion extends rearward such that the cylinder head cover is exposed outside in a side view. The foregoing configuration seeks to affect the ease of mounting and dismounting a saddle-ride vehicle having a power unit with a cylinder arranged upward and the vehicle body frame for supporting the power unit by reducing the left-right width of a vehicle body frame while allowing a cylinder head cover to be attachable and detachable.

Abstract: An apparatus including a bicycle frame including a drive side chain stay. The drive side chain stay can include a drive side chain stay chamber, an inside chain stay cutout, an outside chain stay cutout; and a dropout. The drive side chain stay can be configured such that a chain of a bicycle including the bicycle frame can be inserted through the inside chain stay cutout, the drive side chain stay chamber, and the outside chain stay cutout without breaking the chain.

Abstract: System, method, and assembly for controlling a vehicle. In one example, the system includes a first suspension system and a first controller. The first controller is configured to receive an input signal representing vehicle operating parameters. The first controller is also configured to receive a first target displacement determined by a second controller for a second suspension system of the vehicle. The first controller is further configured to determine a second target displacement for the first suspension system of the vehicle based on the first target displacement and the input signal. The first controller is also configured to set a height of the first suspension system based on the second target displacement.

Abstract: The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle with rear-wheel suspension, comprising a frame (602) with at least one frame tube (603, 604, 605), a swingarm assembly (620) mounted on the frame (602) for the purpose of suspending a rear wheel (613), a linear spring/damper element, and a transmission mechanism (630) that is functionally connected to both the spring/damper element and to the swingarm assembly (620). The spring/damper element is received in a receiving chamber inside the frame tube (603). The transmission mechanism (630) is designed and mounted on the frame (602) such that it transmits a force between the spring/damper element and the swingarm assembly (620) by means of a rotational axis that extends through an axial opening in the frame tube (603). Arranging the spring/damper element inside the frame (602) avoids soiling. The rotational axis of the transmission mechanism (630) can also be designed to have relatively small dimensions in order to achieve a high degree of frame stability.

Abstract: A bicycle hydraulic device comprises a base member and a cover member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle body. The base member comprises a hydraulic bore and an insertion portion. The hydraulic bore has a first end and a second end. The first end defines a first opening. The insertion portion is provided between the first end and the second end. The insertion portion includes an insertion opening different from the first opening. The cover member is provided at the insertion portion via the insertion opening to cover the hydraulic bore.

Abstract: A speed control system for electric bicycles includes a bicycle having pedals, a motor and a battery which provides electric power to the motor. The bicycle includes a speed detector to detect speed of the bicycle to create a current speed value. A controller is electrically connected to the motor, the battery and the speed detector. The controller has a preset constant-speed setting value. The controller receives the current speed value from the speed detector, and compares the current speed value with the preset constant-speed setting value to adjust output of the motor and the battery. The controller changes the output of the motor and the battery according to the current speed so that the motor assists the rider to operate the bicycle instantly.

Abstract: This invention relates to a generally molded fiberglass apparatus that serves a multipurpose function for inflatable boats. The apparatus attaches to the bow of the boat and includes a forward passenger seat with a backrest and optionally servers to provide a step for embarking or disembarking the boat at the bow, and location for affixing one or more marine navigational or safety devices or accessories. The invention is affixed to the inner bow section of the passenger area to an inflatable tubular member craft by a permanent or semi-permanent means including, but not limited to clamps, adhesives, bolts, clips, snaps, ties, ratchets, or a combination thereof. The apparatus is shaped to conform to the topside bow curvature of the inflatable boat and to the adjacent concave curvature on the substantially vertical section within the passenger area at the bow of the inflatable boat, utilizing the craft's structure as the seated area.

Abstract: A vessel is adapted to perform subsea wellbore related operations involving a riser string between the subsea wellbore and the vessel, e.g. drilling and/or wellbore intervention. The vessel includes a hull having a deck, and a riser storage hold present within the hull below the deck. The riser storage hold includes storage racks adapted to store therein parallel stacks of multiple riser sections and/or pre-assembled riser stands in horizontal orientation. The vessel has an elongated riser transfer opening between the deck and the roof, the riser transfer opening extending in a direction parallel to the storage racks, the riser transfer opening having a length and a width so as to allow for transfer of a single riser section or a single riser stand in horizontal orientation via the riser transfer opening out of and into the riser storage hold, wherein the risers' handling system is suitable to work at the same time with two different lengths.

Abstract: A marine threat monitoring and defense system and method protects a target vessel in icy or other marine regions. The system uses communications, user interfaces, and data sources to identify marine obstacles (e.g., icebergs, ice floes, pack ice, etc.) near a target vessel performing set operations (e.g., a stationed structure performing drilling or production operations or a seismic survey vessel performing exploration operations with a planned route). The system monitors positions of these identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target vessel and predicts any potential threats. When a threat is predicted, the system plans deployment of support vessels, beacons, and the like to respond to the threat. For example, the system can direct a support vessel to divert the path or break up ice threatening the target vessel.

Abstract: An underwater personal submersible is provided. The underwater personal submersible can include a main body comprising a tripod structure of two forward-swept stabilizing surfaces and a main section including a user compartment, a plurality of oxygen tanks, and a propulsion mechanism. The placement of the propulsion mechanism and the stabilizing surfaces increases the maneuverability of the submersible.

Abstract: A jet propulsion boat includes a propulsion device configured to generate a jet of water, a first discharge portion provided in a rear portion of a boat body, including a first discharge port from which the jet of water is discharged, a second discharge portion including a second discharge port from which the jet of water is discharged, configured to be rotatable so as to change the discharge direction of the second discharge port, and a jet path configured to connect the propulsion device to the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion.

Abstract: Provided is a joint and an aircraft structure wherein it is possible to position a member relative to a preform with high accuracy. A groove into which a plate member (30) is inserted is formed in a pi-shaped joint (20) provided on the preform (21), and the preform (21) and the plate member (30) are connected by being bonded. Moreover, a fitting shape (32A-1) into which the plate member (30) is fitted is formed on the pi-shaped joint (20) on the whole groove bottom face. Additionally, a fitting shape (32A-2) into which the plate member (30) is fitted is formed on a portion of the groove bottom face. Furthermore, fitting shapes (32B-1, 32B-2), into which the groove bottom face that is formed on the pi-shaped joint (20) is fitted, are formed on the surface of the plate material (30) that is fitted with the pi-shaped joint (20).

Abstract: A clamp device includes a clamp portion defining a threaded opening therein. The clamp portion is configured to contact a first side of a beam. The clamp device also includes a threaded fastener configured for insertion into the threaded opening via a hole defined within the decompression panel. The clamp device causes the decompression panel to contact a second side of the beam when the threaded fastener is tightened within the threaded opening.

Abstract: A fastening device is disclosed for releasably fastening a mechanism in the region of a floor of an aircraft or spacecraft and includes a base component and a latch component. The latch component includes at least one holding portion including a latch-component-side holding face and is movably coupled to the base component between an unlocked and a locked position. When positioned in a predefined mounting position on the floor component and/or on the base component, the holding portion of the latch component engages a fastening portion, and the latch-component-side holding face faces the mechanism-side holding face. During passage of the latch component from locked position into unlocked position a gap between the latch-component-side holding face and the mechanism-side holding face continuously widens. The invention further relates to an arrangement for a cargo loading system.

Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage which has a central part with a cross section of constant geometry which comprises a floor. The floor comprises two lateral portions which are fixed respectively to two opposite lateral edges of the fuselage and which enclose a central portion to which they are fixed. One of the lateral floor portions is fixed to the central portion so as to allow a relative lateral movement between the two portions in the event of a modification in pressure inside the fuselage. The cross section thus deforms homogeneously when the fuselage is pressurized and the floor is not involved in maintaining the shape of the fuselage.