Abstract: Described is a shopping cart used to collect items in a retail store and transport them throughout the store and/or to a customer's vehicle. The shopping cart is configured to make it easier to load and unload heavy and awkward items. The shopping cart has a shopping cart basket and a support structure supporting the shopping cart basket above a wheel assembly. A front panel of the shopping cart basket rolls on wheels and tracks to a position above the basket or below the shopping basket. The shopping cart also has a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the shopping cart basket. A customer can raise or lower the shopping cart basket and slide the front panel out of the way, if needed, for easy loading and unloading of the shopping cart. These features make it easier for the customer to load and unload heavy and awkward items.

Abstract: A shopping cart accessory pouch. The device includes a flexible base including a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of central dividing walls. The pair of central dividing walls separate an interior of the base into a front compartment and a rear compartment. The pair of central dividing walls defining a central pocket therebetween for receiving thin items such as coupons or other thin objects. A perimeter cord is disposed about an upper perimeter of the base. A plurality of attachment fasteners are removably secured to the perimeter cord, wherein each attachment fastener of the plurality of attachment fasteners is configured to secure the base to a rail of a shopping cart. The device is configured to provide additional storage space that is elevated above the lower surface of the shopping cart, such that additional items may be stored under the pouch.

Abstract: Self-propelling trolley assembly (100), comprising a battery (156); at least one wheel (111,112) which is driven by an electric motor (151,152;1), which electric motor is powered by said battery; a rotation position or velocity sensor (9) arranged to sense a rotation position or rotation velocity of at least one trolley wheel (111,112); a user interface (153); and a control unit (150) arranged to regulate the electric motor based upon input from said user interface so as to affect a rotation of said wheel according to particular drive patterns.

Abstract: A steering column having: an adjustable body intended to be mounted so as to be free to slide on a support and comprising two walls, a tube fixed to the adjustable body, a wedge inside the adjustable body and mobile between an unlocked position and a locking position inside the adjustable body between and at a distance from the walls, driving means and guiding means for the wedge, arranged with the wedge so as to be able to drive the wedge in a simple translation movement so that the wedge can come to bear against the adjustable body to immobilize the adjustable body relative to the wedge.

Abstract: A motor-driven steering column device for a vehicle, the motor-driven steering column device may include a housing fixed to a vehicle body and having a pipe through one side portion of which a slot is formed; a telescopic pipe inserted into an internal diameter portion of the housing to be movable back and forth and locked and fastened to a steering shaft; a telescopic bracket disposed on an internal diameter portion of the telescopic pipe; and a driving device coupling the telescopic pipe and the telescopic bracket through the slot and providing power of moving back and forth to the telescopic pipe and the telescopic bracket.

Abstract: An energy absorption element for a steering column of a motor vehicle may comprise a deformation element, a first fastening element, and a second fastening element. The deformation element may be connected to the first fastening element and to the second fastening element and is arranged in a force flux with respect to a force that can be exerted on the first fastening element relative to the second fastening element. To achieve improved security against damage due to unauthorized use or inadvertent damage and, in the process, requiring little outlay on manufacturing and installation, a predetermined breaking element may be connected to the first and second fastening elements parallel to the deformation element in the force flux.

Abstract: A power steering system for a motor vehicle having an electric motor and a transmission drivingly connecting the electric motor to a steering column or a tie rod of the motor vehicle. To provide a low-noise and low-friction power steering system with a variable spatial configuration easy to assemble and disassemble the electric motor includes a spherical motor.

Abstract: A steering system with a reduced number of parts is provided. A driven pulley has a radially outer portion, a radially inner portion, and a connection portion that connects the radially outer portion and the radially inner portion to each other. The radially inner portion is provided with a plurality of slits at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. A plurality of retention portions are provided at portions of the radially inner portion between the slits. Lug portions are provided on the inner surface of the distal ends of the retention portions. A groove is provided in the outer peripheral surface of a ball screw nut. The lug portions of the retention portions are fitted with the groove of the ball screw nut.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify non-uniformity in a vehicle steering system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first sensor to measure a steering wheel angle relative to a first universal joint, a second sensor to measure a pinion angle relative to a second universal joint, and a third sensor to measure a torque relative to a torsion bar. The apparatus further includes a non-uniformity manager to determine a non-uniformity angle associated with a steering column, the non-uniformity angle based on the torque and comparing the steering wheel angle to the pinion angle, map the non-uniformity angle to a first position of the steering column, and determine an offset to adjust a steering response based on the first position.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to correct clear vision errors in a vehicle steering system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor to measure a current position of a steering column and a current position of a steering wheel in a vehicle steering system. The example apparatus further includes a non-uniformity manager to map the current position to an offset, and an active steering system to apply the offset to adjust the current position of the steering wheel to a nominal position of the steering wheel to compensate for a clear vision error.

Abstract: A method for operating a steering system of a motor vehicle with a power steering system including a number of actuator paths for applying a total assist torque to a steering gearbox includes determining the total assist torque in each of the actuator paths. The method further includes determining partial assist torques for all actuator paths in each of the actuator paths. The method further includes receiving the associated partial assist torque by each of the actuator paths from the actuator path that is activated as a master.

Abstract: An autopilot enabling device may be configured to be coupled to portions of a steering wheel of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the device may include an alpha subunit and a beta subunit. The alpha subunit may include a first end, a second end, and an alpha contact surface. The beta subunit may include a first end, a second end, and a beta contact surface. A first coupling may be configured to couple the first end of the alpha subunit to the first end of the beta subunit. The device may be secured to the steering wheel by placing the alpha contact surface in contact with a first portion of the steering wheel, by placing the beta contact surface in contact with a second portion of the steering wheel, and by coupling the first end of the alpha subunit to the first end of the beta subunit.

Abstract: A method for determining a steering angle amplitude of a steering wheel of a vehicle likely to occur during a lane change, including determining a steering angle measured value of a steering wheel of a vehicle at a time of measurement during a lane change; determining a steering angular velocity measured value of the steering wheel at the time of measurement; and determining a steering angle amplitude likely to occur during the lane change at a later point in time than the time of measurement based on the at least the steering angle measured value at the steering angular velocity measured value at the time of measurement.

Abstract: The steering control apparatus determines whether or not a deviation degree of a current traveling route of a vehicle with respect to a target traveling route is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, when steering control is switched from manual steering control to automatic steering control. In the automatic steering control, a command steering angle is calculated so that a difference between a real traveling route of the vehicle and the target traveling route is eliminated. However, when the deviation degree is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, the steering control apparatus recalculates the command steering angle used in the command steering angle tracking control based on a steering angle at the time of starting the automatic steering control and the command steering angle so that a real steering angle after switching to the automatic steering control changes gradually to the command steering angle.

Abstract: An automatic steering control device includes: a steering assist device; and a steering control unit. The steering control unit includes an input-output unit, a memory unit, a first abnormality detection unit, a second abnormality detection unit, an instruction value computation unit, and a switching unit. The steering assist device calculates a first instruction value to be output to a steering device included in a vehicle to make the vehicle travel along a target travel road shape calculated based on at least one of external environment information or map information of the vehicle based on the target travel road shape and a state quantity output from a state quantity detection device that detects behavior of the vehicle. The steering control unit controls the steering device based on the first instruction value during automatic driving of the vehicle.

Abstract: When a steering angle reaches a first value close to a second value that defines a boundary of the maximum physical range of operation of a steering wheel, an ECU calculates a virtual end controlled variable that sharply increases a steering torque. The ECU calculates a second limit on the virtual end controlled variable and calculates a final limit (upper and lower limits) on an assist controlled variable by taking into account the second limit. When performing virtual end control, the ECU calculates the final limit on the assist controlled variable by using, as a first limit corresponding to the steering torque, a previous value held by upper and lower limit holders, instead of a present value calculated in accordance with the steering torque in a present calculation cycle.

Abstract: A steering system for a work vehicle having a steerable wheel. The steering system includes a steering input device configured to provide a first steering input and a second steering input to move the steerable wheel. A pilot system is operatively connected to the steering input device and includes a first pilot line operatively connected to the first steering input and a second pilot line operatively connected to the second steering input. A piloted system is operatively connected to the pilot system and includes a direction control valve operatively connected to each of the first and second pilot lines and to a steering cylinder. The steering cylinder is coupled to the steerable wheel. The direction control valve responds to each of the pressure signals of the first and second pilot lines to adjust the position of the steering cylinder which in turn moves the steerable wheel.

Abstract: A suspension is provided for coupling a front wheel with a chassis of an off-road vehicle. The suspension comprises upper and lower suspension arms that each includes two inboard mounting points to the chassis and one outboard rod-end joint to a spindle assembly coupled with the front wheel. A ball comprising each outboard rod-end joint is fastened by way a bolt between a pair of parallel prongs extending from the spindle assembly. The upper suspension arm is configured to facilitate coupling a strut between the lower suspension arm and the chassis. A steering rod is coupled with the spindle assembly by way of a steering rod-end joint that is disposed forward of a drive axle, thereby decreasing leverage of the front wheel on the steering rod and substantially eliminating bump steer that may occur due to rough terrain.

Abstract: A computing device in a vehicle can determine a time bound for a lane change maneuver based on determining a reaction time, an occupant acceptance time, a vehicle maneuver time and a maneuver cancellation time and request authorization to perform the lane change maneuver. The computing device can determine the time bound has expired, and cancel the authorization request based on the expired time bound.

Abstract: A computing device in a vehicle can determine a plurality of lane change maneuvers based on the time to collision. The computing device can determine a field of safe travel to execute the lane change maneuvers without braking to a stop and display the field of safe travel to an occupant.

Abstract: A computing device in a vehicle can be programmed to display a predicted path based on a planned lane change maneuver and execute the lane change maneuver. While the lane change maneuver is being executed, the computing device can update the predicted path display based on the lane change maneuver.

Abstract: A vehicle and method for controlling the same may include a speed detector configured to detect driving speed of the vehicle, a detection sensor configured to detect a target vehicle around the vehicle and obtain information about at least one of position and speed of the target vehicle, and a controller configured to determine a steering-based avoidance path for the vehicle to avoid the target vehicle by being steered, determine a maximum lateral acceleration of the vehicle for the vehicle to avoid the target vehicle in the steering-based avoidance path, and send a control signal for steering-based avoidance of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the target vehicle based on the determined maximum lateral acceleration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a guide path for guiding a vehicle along a predetermined path to a precise parking position. Disclosed herein is a guide path which can be mounted on a garage wall, and a housing including a laser which may be mounted on a vehicle and used to target the guide path while parking. Also disclosed are embodiments where the guide path is mounted on a vehicle, and a laser is mounted on the garage wall. Further disclosed are embodiments in which the vehicle includes a video camera for capturing a target fixed to a garage wall, and a microprocessor which overlays a virtual guide path. Further disclosure relates to a microprocessor configured to recognize the vehicle's position relative to the target fixed to a garage wall, via a camera feed, and for automatically guiding the vehicle along the path to the parking position.

Abstract: A method for the automated driving of a transportation vehicle to approach a parking position which includes providing a trajectory for a controller of the transportation vehicle and generating signals for controlling a movement of the transportation vehicle along the trajectory provided, wherein the provision of the trajectory includes determining a current position of the transportation vehicle by a position-determining device, setting up a communication link to a server outside the transportation vehicle by a communication device, transmitting the current determined position of the transportation vehicle to the server via the communication link, retrieving and receiving at least one trajectory, stored at the server, via the communication link, wherein the retrieved and received trajectory runs at least through a tolerance range about the current determined position of the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle device, a method for operating a system, and an associated system.

Abstract: A rear subframe structure is provided with a rear subframe configured such that a front cross member, a rear cross member, a pair of left and right upper side members, and a pair of left and right lower side members are connected; and a vehicle-body mounting portion formed on each of both ends of the front cross member, and on each of rear ends of the upper side members. The rear subframe further includes a vertical-wall-shaped pillar portion held and fixed between a lateral portion of the front cross member in the vehicle width direction and the upper side member, and extending in the vehicle width direction. A lower portion of the pillar portion is connected to the lower side member, an upper-arm support portion is formed on an upper portion of the pillar portion, and a lower-arm support portion is formed on a lower portion of the pillar portion.

Abstract: A modular chassis is provided for an off-road vehicle to improve assembly, servicing, and repairing of a drivetrain of the off-road vehicle. The modular chassis includes a chassis to support components of the off-road vehicle. A front frame module couples with a front of the chassis, and a rear frame module couples with a rear of the chassis. The front frame module supports lower suspension arms of the off-road vehicle by way of inboard bushing joints. The front frame module supports at least a steering gear and a front differential of the off-road vehicle. The rear frame module is a tube-frame structure that supports components of the off-road vehicle. A lower portion of the rear frame module extends rearward and acutely upward to a top frame member that couples with upper side portions of the chassis. Several cross-members impart structural integrity to the rear frame module.

Abstract: A vehicle floor assembly may include a frame and a floor panel attached to the frame via a plurality of mount fasteners, a plurality of string attachments, each welded to the frame and the floor panel to further attach the frame and the floor panel in addition to the mount fasteners and to provide additional resistance to buckling of the floor panel or the frame during a collision.

Abstract: The present application discloses front chassis structure including set plate to which impact absorber is connected. Front chassis structure includes: pillar member having inner support plate portion for supporting impact absorber, outer support plate portion for supporting impact absorber in cooperation with inner support portion, and pillar portion having horizontal cross-section bulging rearward from inner and outer support plate portions; connection member for connecting pillar portion to vehicle body; front side member extending rearward from pillar member; and projecting member projecting outward from pillar member. Set plate is mounted on the outer and inner support plate portions. Projecting member includes front end covered by outer support plate portion. Projecting member is connected to front side member so that projecting member presses front side member inward under moment around connection member, moment being generated at collision of automobile.

Abstract: A vehicular structural element that includes: a plurality of elongated tube-shaped members; and a retaining member that retains the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members, such that they are disposed alongside each other in a circumferential direction with respect to a predetermined central axis. A tubular assembly configured by an assembly of the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members has inner locations disposed at an inner region viewed along an axial direction set with a lower rigidity in the axial direction than outer locations disposed at an outer region viewed along the axial direction.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a body structure, a side bracket secured to the body structure, and a spacer bracket secured to the side bracket. The spacer bracket extends in a lateral direction toward an interior of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a roof bow secured to the spacer bracket. The roof bow extends in the lateral direction toward the interior of the vehicle. The roof bow may be secured to the spacer bracket through at least one fastener adapted to shear under a predetermined shear stress. The roof bow may be secured to the spacer bracket such that a distal end of the roof bow is disposed in spaced relation relative to a distal end of the of the spacer bracket. The roof bow may be secured to a K-brace which extends toward roof rails.

Abstract: A system for attaching a door to the body of a vehicle includes an inner pillar stiffener, an outer pillar stiffener laterally outward from the inner pillar stiffener, and an outer panel laterally outward from the outer panel stiffener. The system has a standoff structure located between the outer pillar stiffener and the outer panel, a door hinge, hinge bolts for fastening the door hinge to the standoff structure, the hinge bolts received through holes in the outer panel, the holes in the standoff structure, the holes in the outer pillar stiffener, and plate nuts for securing the hinge bolts to the outer pillar stiffener. The standoff structure includes a cup-shaped body having a bottom portion, a sidewall portion, and an edge, a flange extending around the edge of the cup-shaped body, holes in the cup-shaped body, and weld collars extending inward from the holes to the outer pillar stiffener.

Abstract: Frames for an automobile windshield and side windows with improved visibility is formed by a plurality of hollow quadrilateral prisms. Each hollow quadrilateral prism includes four rigid right triangular prisms laid unsymmetrically in a V-like shape, two on each side of the V. Each rigid right triangular prism has a base triangle which is an obtuse and scalene triangle, and front and rear lateral faces which are covered with a reflective material of visible light. The front and rear lateral faces of the four right triangular prisms face each other forming an unsymmetrical channel between them, which is filled with a transparent material. The hollow quadrilateral prism reflects incident light in sequence by the reflective lateral faces of right triangular prisms. Many hollow invisible quadrilateral prisms are stacked up to form pillars for an automobile.

Abstract: Roof header modules in a vehicle comprises a base configured to interface with a windshield, a headliner and an A-pillar. The plurality of components is attached to the base through a plurality mounts designed to receive the plurality of the components. The plurality of components may include one of a sun visor, a vanity mirror, an overhead console, rear view mirror or monitor, a rain sensor, a camera, and/or a radar and may be attached by mounts. The roof header module is a preassembled single piece.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a cowl and one or more washer nozzles. The cowl is disposed between a front window glass and a front hood, which are disposed at a vehicle front. The cowl includes a recess extending in a vehicle width direction. The one or more washer nozzles are disposed at the cowl and configured to eject a washer fluid to the front window glass. The cowl includes plate members that stand erect in the recess and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction. The plate members are disposed on both vehicle-widthwise outer sides of an area in which the one or more washer nozzles are disposed.

Abstract: A vehicular trunk lid panel includes an inner panel that includes an inner upper surface section and an inner rear surface section, an outer panel that includes an outer upper surface section and an outer rear surface section, and a plurality of adhesive members, in which the inner upper surface section includes a plurality of beads, each bead includes a support section that supports the adhesive members, each adhesive member is arranged on the support section so as to be arrayed intermittently along a predetermined direction, and a support section interval between the support sections adjacent to each other with respect to a crossing direction is smaller than an adhesive member interval between the adhesive members adjacent to each other on each of the support sections.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: a fender panel; an apron member disposed below an inner wall section of the fender panel; a fender protector having a lateral wall mounted on the inner wall section of the fender panel, and a vertical wall extending from an inner end of the lateral wall toward a lower side in the vehicle up-down direction, the vertical wall having an inclined part and a lower wall part, the inclined part being bent from the inner end of the lateral wall toward the lower side and extending so as to incline relative to the vehicle up-down direction, the lower wall part being provided so as to extend from a lower end of the inclined part via a bend toward the lower side; and a sealant provided between a lower end portion of the lower wall part and the apron member.

Abstract: A linking structure (1) is provided for linking a fiber-reinforced plastic component (2) to a support. The linking structure (1) has a main body (3) produced from a fiber-composite material and has a linking portion (4) configured so that a fastening screw can pass through the linking portion (4). The fastening screw is screw-fittable to the support. The linking portion (4) has two opposite end sides, and a fiber-reinforced cross-laid structure (7) extends between the two end sides of the linking portion (4).

Abstract: A passenger compartment of the modular vehicle, such as a bus, includes a roof panel and sandwich-type side panels coupled to structural joiners to form the passenger compartment. The side panels and the joiners may include pultruded beams for increased structural integrity. A chassis of the vehicle has channels integrated therein for coupling of the side panels and passenger compartment to the chassis. This coupling to the chassis channel may also include the use of a bonding agent.

Abstract: A plasma actuator includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate, covered by a dielectric layer, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer. In operation, the plasma actuator creates a plasma region, altering air flowing over the actuator. The plasma actuator in various embodiments: has no moving parts, helps to improve fuel economy by reducing aerodynamic drag, improves vehicle stability control under severe unsteady flow environments, reduces wind noise around a vehicle on which the actuator is used, and reduces emission and CO2 foot print through the fuel economy improvement.

Abstract: The present invention includes methods and apparatus for attaching a trailer skirt to a trailer. Embodiments of the methods include attaching a skirt-supporting member to a trailer in a cantilevered configuration, and operably coupling a trailer skirt to the skirt-supporting member to provide a sliding coupling between the trailer skirt and the skirt-supporting member. Embodiments of the apparatus provide a trailer-skirt coupling apparatus including a trailer mounting bracket configured for mechanically coupling the apparatus to a trailer, a skirt-supporting member operably attached to the trailer mounting bracket in a cantilevered configuration, and a skirt channel configured to slidingly couple the skirt-supporting member to the trailer skirt.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aerodynamic system for a motor vehicle, which can be arranged close to at least one region of detachment of at least one bodywork element of a vehicle. The system includes at least one vortex generator which generates a vortex by creating a periodic air jet and is supplied by exhaust gases from an exhaust line outlet of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system for quick coupling and uncoupling of a tracked unit with respect to a chassis of a tracked machine, particularly a tracked pipe laying machine, includes at least two supporting structures, configured to be associated with a chassis of a tracked machine. Each one of the two supporting structures includes at least one fixed pin and at least one pin that can move axially along its own longitudinal axis, and at least two coupling devices, configured to be associated with a tracked unit, wherein each coupling device has at least one hook and at least one slot. In a configuration for coupling the tracked unit to the chassis, the hook is mated with the fixed pin and the movable pin is inserted in the slot.

Abstract: A passenger vehicle provided with a steering handle (15) and configured such that an attitude angle of the driver seat surface (14a) relative to a horizontal reference plane is changeable, so that a first attitude changing operation switch (25) and a second attitude changing operation switch (26) for changing the attitude angle are disposed in such positions as to be operable with a thumb of the driver of the vehicle from a steering handle grip (18) of the steering handle (15).

Abstract: A traveling unit includes a drive wheel and track links. The drive wheel includes a plurality of drive wheel teeth and a tooth groove which is disposed adjacently to the drive wheel teeth. The track link includes projection portions which mesh with the drive wheel teeth. The projection portion has a height h greater than or equal to a depth d of the tooth groove.

Abstract: A clamping master track link comprises a body that defines a first bore and a second bore, a first aperture disposed between the first bore and the second bore, a second aperture disposed between the first aperture and the second bore, a first strut with a first gap disposed between the first aperture and the second aperture, a second strut with a second gap disposed between the first aperture and the first bore, and a bridge disposed between the second aperture and the second bore.

Abstract: A robot and its control device capable of improving recognition accuracy of a position and posture of a functional body such as a hand with respect to an object to thereby attain improved stability of the operation involving a change in position/posture of its body are provided. In a case where the magnitude of a deviation ?? of an angle ? made by two reference vectors U1 and U2, representing a manner in which a structure W extends in a camera coordinate system and in a hand coordinate system, respectively, with respect to a reference angle ?0 is greater than a threshold value ?, the probability that the state of interaction between the hand 13 (functional body) and the structure W is divergent from a desired state is high.

Abstract: A multi-functional storage apparatus and system may comprise a storage unit such as a backpack, suitcase, briefcase, or other luggage item that is bodily integrated with a personal transportation device. A scooter embodiment may comprise a steering shaft terminating in a wheel and a first and a second wheeled foot plate configured to support and rollably transport the storage unit and, when optionally deployed, a user. An electrical power source may deliver electrical power to one or more mobile electronic devices transported by a user and may be integrated with the body of the apparatus as well.

Abstract: A guard for bicycles is disclosed. The guard is configured to be connected to the seat of the bicycle and is oriented substantially in line with the side of the seat post of the bicycle that faces the rear wheel. A guide, mounted proximate the top of the seat tube where the seat post or a seat height adjustment mechanism is inserted, is provided for an end of the guard. As the seat height is adjusted when riding, the movement of the guard is optimized to provide continual protection for the seat post and seat height adjustment mechanism. This helps prevent or reduce contact of mud and debris with the seat post and the seat height adjustment mechanism being drawn into the interior of the seat tube.

Abstract: A quick release axle slider to be used with a motorcycle may include a slider base; a first magnetic ring to cooperate with the slider base; a rod to connect to the first magnetic ring; and a first fastener to extend through the slider base through the first magnetic ring and to connect to the rod.

Abstract: The application relates to a scooter with a very short, compact footboard, the front width of which corresponds to the width of two feet placed side by side on the footboard and the length of the foot plate of which corresponds to the length of the rider's feet. At its front end, the footboard has laterally projecting wings as footrests that are symmetrical to the steering column and the center line, respectively.