Abstract: The present invention is related to a manufacturing method of an optical feature for documental security which includes multiple latent images whose visualization depend on the mode the feature is observed. The method comprises the steps of defining the different regions present on the inner surface of a first confinement structure; inducing different alignment directions on the defined regions; defining a second alignment structure wherein the second structure is a polarizer with multiple patterns; placing the liquid crystal between the first and the second structures, and polymerizing the liquid crystal, forming a sheet. The images are visible by means of a polarized light source or a polarizing sheet.

Abstract: A method for producing a multi-layer body, in particular a security element, in which a partial first layer or partial first layer system is produced on a substrate, wherein the partial first layer or partial first layer system is present in a first partial area and not in a second partial area. Subsequently, a partial second layer or partial second layer system is produced, wherein the partial second layer or partial second layer system is present in a third partial area and not in a fourth partial area, and wherein the third partial area overlaps with the first and second partial areas. Finally, the partial first layer or partial first layer system is structured as a mask using the partial second layer or partial second layer system.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a method of manufacturing a security sheet (11) for displaying personal data and a security sheet (11) formed by such a method. The method comprises heating a plastic substrate (14) to an at least softened state. The method further comprises applying a resin (8) to a first and/or second outer surface (15, 16) of the plastic substrate (14) such that the resin (8) fuses with the plastic substrate (14) during the heating step to form at least one raised structure (25). The present disclosure is also directed towards a security document (10) comprising such a security sheet (11) and an apparatus (30) for manufacturing the security sheet (11).

Abstract: A pocket device including a first major panel and a second major panel coupled together along a major fold line. The pocket device further includes a first pocket panel coupled to the first major panel along a first pocket fold line and forming a first pocket with the first major panel, and a second pocket panel coupled to the second major panel along a second pocket fold line and forming a second pocket with the second major panel. The first and second pocket panels are coupled along a minor fold line. A reinforcing material is positioned on at least part of at least one of the major fold line, the first pocket fold line, the second pocket fold line or the minor fold line.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a writing instrument that includes an elongated body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to a post and the second end has an aperture for a writing tip to be exposed, a rotary bearing coupled to the post, wherein the rotary bearing has a central opening and wherein the post at least partially extends through the central opening of the rotary bearing, and a rotary device coupled to the bearing.

Abstract: A plotter apparatus inscribes a polygon in a circle, and includes a ruler body, a first slider, a second slider, multiple brachiums, and a nib member. The ruler body comprises a knap, and a first ruler groove and a second ruler groove to allow movement of the first slider and the second slider. The brachiums are connected across the ruler body via pivots. The nib member allows to draw the circle. A fourth brachium is attached to a pre-determined numbered hole on a second and a third brachium as per the number of sides required on the polygon. The length of each side of the polygon is retrieved between the knap and a slider. Cyclic arcs, with the determined length as a length of one side of the polygon, are drawn along the circumference of the circle. The arc intersections on the circle are joined together to define the polygon.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an apparatus having a decorative pattern. The apparatus comprises: a bearing layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; an adhesive layer provided on the first surface of the bearing layer; and a pattern layer provided on a surface in the adhesive layer away from the bearing layer and the pattern layer comprising a body and a pattern structure integrated with the body. With the technical solution disclosed in the embodiments of this application, an overall thickness of the apparatus may be reduced.

Abstract: A three-dimensional sticker has an adhering layer removably attaching the three-dimensional sticker to an object. A filler material is positioned on an interior surface of the adhering layer, the filler material forming a three-dimensional configuration. A recording device is positioned on the interior surface of the adhering layer allowing the three-dimensional sticker to play a pre-recorded message and record a new message. A cover layer is positioned over the interior surface of the adhering layer enclosing the filler material and the recording device between the interior surface of the adhering layer and the cover layer.

Abstract: A coated panel may include at least a substrate and a top layer with a printed motif. The top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may also include a transparent or translucent synthetic material layer, which is provided above the printed motif. The top layer and preferably at least the transparent or translucent synthetic material layer may include a foamable or foamed synthetic material.

Abstract: A dual-direction actuating axle assembly is coupled to a vehicle's pair of wheels and orbital head of a steering column. The axle assembly includes a beam, a first steering knuckle coupled to the beam's first end and a second steering knuckle coupled to the beam's second end, the first and second steering knuckles coupled to the wheels, an actuating assembly coupled to the beam and having an outer cylinder, a rod slidably mounted to the outer cylinder and a piston coupled to the rod, the rod coupled to the first and second steering knuckles. The vehicle's steering column is maneuvered to actuate the piston and rod in a first direction to pivotably adjust the pair of steering knuckles in a first direction. The vehicle's steering column is maneuvered to actuate the piston and rod in a second direction to pivotably adjust the pair of steering knuckles in a second direction.

Abstract: The tire has a tread which is intended to come into contact with the ground and which comprises a plurality of lugs separated from one another by grooves. Each lug extends radially outwards, over a radial height H, from a bottom surface as far as a contact face. The grooves are made up of the portions of the bottom surface that separate the lugs. The tread comprises a rubber composition based on at least one synthetic elastomer which predominates by weight, this synthetic elastomer comprising at least one butadiene-styrene copolymer, SBR, the SBR having a content greater than or equal to 20 parts per hundred rubber, phr, a reinforcing filler predominantly comprising carbon black. The composition comprises an aromatic dicyclopentadiene plasticizing resin essentially comprising styrene, ethylene and dicyclopentadiene units, at a content ranging from 2 to 40 phr, the composition containing under 5 phr of another plasticizer.

Abstract: The pneumatic tire characterized by comprising the tread and the crosslinked rubber composition, of the present invention, wherein the tread and the crosslinked rubber composition comprise two or more kinds of rubber components and a filler and have a volume of the low density region of 35% or more, a volume of the void portion of 7.5 or less and a filler distribution D represented by the following formula (I) of 2.0 or less are excellent in abrasion resistance. D=(A1/B1)/(A0/B0)??(I) In the formula (I), A1 represents a volume fraction of a rubber component A in a filler gel, B1 represents a volume fraction of a rubber component B in a filler gel, A0 represents a volume fraction of a compounded rubber component A, B0 represents a volume fraction of a compounded rubber component B.

Abstract: A method for preparing a rubber composition comprising: a first step of kneading 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 35 to 70% by mass of a styrene butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 15 to 40% by mass and a vinyl content of 10 to 30% and 30 to 65% by mass of a butadiene rubber with 50 parts by mass or more of a carbon black having a 24M4DBP oil absorption of 90 mL/100 g or more; a second step of adding and kneading 1.8 parts by mass or less of sulfur and 1.9 parts by mass or less of a sulfenamide-based vulcanization accelerator, based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, into a kneaded product obtained in the first step; and a third step of extruding a kneaded product obtained in the second step with an extrusion speed less than 35 m/min.

Abstract: A semi-pneumatic tire includes a tread portion configured to make contact with a road surface, a non-pneumatic portion coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the tread portion. The semi-pneumatic tire further includes a pneumatic portion coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the non-pneumatic portion and provided with a space into which an air is filled, and bonding layers respectively interposed between the tread portion and the non-pneumatic portion and between the non-pneumatic portion and the pneumatic portion. The non-pneumatic portion includes a band portion including an inner band coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the pneumatic portion and an outer band spaced apart from the inner band and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the inner band, and spokes provided between the inner band and the outer band to connect the inner band and the outer band.

Abstract: A tire includes a tire frame member, a reinforcing layer, and a housing recess. The tire frame member is circular and is formed from a resin material. The tire frame member includes a bead portion, a side portion, and a crown portion. The reinforcing layer is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of the crown portion, and comprises a reinforcing cord extending in a direction intersecting the tire width direction, the reinforcing cord being covered by rubber. The housing recess is formed in the crown portion and extends in a tire circumferential direction. At least an inner circumferential portion of the reinforcing layer is housed in the housing recess with side faces of the reinforcing layer contacting recess wall faces on both tire width direction sides of the housing recess.

Abstract: A tire including a tire frame member, a reinforcing layer, and projections. The tire frame member is circular and is formed from a resin material, and includes a bead portion, a side portion, and a crown portion. The reinforcing layer is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of the crown portion, and comprises a reinforcing cord extending in a direction intersecting the tire width direction, the reinforcing cord being covered by rubber. The projections are respectively formed at both tire width direction sides of the crown portion such that the reinforcing layer is interposed between the projections. Each projection projects toward the tire radial direction outer side, and includes a projection wall face contacted by a side face of the reinforcing layer at the tire width direction inner side of the projection.

Abstract: On a pneumatic tire are defined a first imaginary line VL1 passing through a ground contact surface in a meridian cross section of a tread portion, a second imaginary line VL2 passing through a bottom portion of a shoulder main groove and parallel to VL1, an intersection point P between VL2 and a surface of a shoulder land portion outward from a ground contact edge in a lateral direction, and an equatorial plane CL. 0.80?(B+C)/A?1.15 is satisfied, where A represents a distance in the lateral direction between P and CL, B represents a depth of the shoulder main groove, and C represents a distance in the lateral direction between the ground contact edge and CL. 0.75?S/A?0.95 is satisfied, where S represents a distance in the lateral direction between CL and an end portion of a longest belt ply in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including a main groove, a first block and a second block which are adjacent to one another in a tire axial direction through the main groove. The main groove includes first groove elements and second groove elements having groove widths smaller than that of the first groove elements. The first block includes a first ground contact surface, a first sidewall facing one of the second groove elements, a first corner portion between the first ground contact surface and the first sidewall, and a first recess being cut out the first corner portion locally. The second block includes a second ground contact surface, a second sidewall facing said one of the second groove elements, a second corner portion between the second ground contact surface and the second sidewall, and a second recess being cut out the second corner portion locally.

Abstract: A vehicle tire includes tread blocks with a substantially-horizontal upper/top surface, a first pair of downward-sloping surfaces, a pair of horizontal shoulder surfaces, and a second pair of downward-sloping surfaces. The first pair of downward-sloping surfaces begins and slopes downward and outward from the upper/top surface. Each of the horizontal shoulder surfaces begins and extends outward from one of said first pair of downward-sloping surfaces. The second pair of downward-sloping surfaces begins and slopes downward and outward from the horizontal shoulder surfaces.

Abstract: A shoulder lateral groove 5 comprises an inner lateral groove portion 7 intersecting a shoulder main groove 3S, an outer lateral groove portion 8 intersecting a tread edge (Te), and a sipe portion 9 connecting between the inner lateral groove portion 7 and the outer lateral groove portion 8. The outer lateral groove portion 8 has a bent portion 10 and extends so as to connect between the tread edge (Te) and the sipe portion 9.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire including a utility vehicle tire has a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread as far as the lateral tread edges, respectively. The transverse channels are main channels of the tread and, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The transverse channels are provided, on the respective channel base thereof, with a row of base elevations formed so as to be distributed over the entire course of the transverse channels. The base elevations are attached to the channel flanks of the transverse channels and are configured such that their rubber volume becomes smaller the closer to the tread edge they are disposed.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread to the lateral tread edges and which are main channels of the tread and which, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The tread has, as profile positives, two rows of transverse ribs which are of encircling form in the circumferential direction and which are separated from one another by respective transverse channels. The tread is of directional configuration, wherein the transverse ribs of one row, and thus the transverse channels running between the transverse ribs, run, with respect to the axial direction, oppositely in relation to the transverse ribs and transverse channels of the other row.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a vehicle tire is provided. The method obtains, by at least one vehicle onboard motion sensor, vibration data associated with a corner of a vehicle, the vehicle tire being located at the corner; detects an inflation pressure value for the vehicle tire; receives, from a vehicle onboard computer system, tire age data associated with the vehicle tire; calculates remaining tread groove depth for the vehicle tire, based on the vibration data, the inflation pressure data, and the tire age data; and performs a task, based on the remaining tread groove depth for the vehicle tire, wherein the task comprises at least one of: presenting a notification of the remaining tread groove depth to a driver, and setting a code onboard the vehicle, wherein the code is associated with service notifications.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with a carcass layer and a sidewall rubber disposed on an outer side in a tire width direction of the carcass layer. Additionally, the pneumatic tire is provided with a resin coating applied on a predetermined region of a sidewall portion. Additionally, a minimum value of a wall thickness t of a rubber of the sidewall portion in the region applied with the resin coating is in a range of 0.05 mm?t?4.0 mm. Additionally, a thickness of the resin coating is in a range of 20 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less.

Abstract: To provide a construction vehicle tire capable of reducing compression strain generated in a carcass folded portion and improving durability of a bead portion even in a state closer to an actual use environment in which large lateral force is input. In a construction vehicle tire (1) according to the present invention, when mounted to a wheel rim (100), a height (HA) of a carcass cord (31) of a carcass body (40) corresponding to the minimum value a from a base line (BL) of the wheel rim (100), a height (HB) of the carcass cord (31) of the carcass body portion (40) corresponding to the maximum value b from the base line (BL), and a flange height (HF) of the wheel rim (100) from the base line (BL) fulfill relations of 1.2 HF?HA?2.5 HF, 2.6 HF?HB?3.5 HF, and 1.10?b/a<1.40.

Abstract: A pressure safeguard device (1) for wheels filled with compressed gas comprises at least two tubes which are arranged next to one another in such a way as to run around the tire axis, each of said tubes having a supply line (3) for compressed gas and a common supply connection (4). On each supply line (3), a connectable and releasable connection is formed between the tube (2) and the common supply connection (4). Preferably, the tubes (2) are releasably connected, by means of a connection device (5, 6) which is separate from the tire, so as to form a stack of tubes (2) which directly adjoin one another along their circumference by way of side regions. If one tube (2) is damaged, the other tubes (2) remain intact and expand together into the entire area between the rim (7) and the tire (8). By topping up the intact tubes with compressed gas, the desired tire pressure can be achieved without changing the wheel or the tire.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire of a radial type of construction with a profiled tread (1), sidewalls (3), bead regions (2) and an airtight inner layer (4), which forms the inner side (4a) facing the interior space of the pneumatic vehicle tire, ribs (6) being formed on the inner layer (4), having been imprinted in it by a heating bladder introduced into the interior of the tire during the vulcanizing of the pneumatic vehicle tire in a tire heating mold, and a sound absorber (5) being provided so as to extend in an annular manner on a circumferential region (4b) of the inner side (4a) opposite from the tread (1). Grooves (7) have been formed by the heating bladder at least in a partial region of the circumferential region (4b) of the inner layer (4a) on which the sound absorber (5) is provided.

Abstract: A cord (1) for use in an elastomer product, preferably in a pneumatic tire, comprising a reinforcement system (2) which is made of an electrically nonconductive material and which is sheathed by an electrically conductive layer (5). Located on the electrically conductive layer (5), covering same, there is a further, electrically insulating layer (6).

Abstract: Provided is an onboard storage device and an onboard storage system that can correctly store identification information of communication devices provided in the tires of the own vehicle even if tire rotation, tire replacement, or the like is performed. A monitoring device detects the existence or absence of a situation in which another vehicle is not present in the periphery of the vehicle. If the monitoring device detects the existence of a situation in which another vehicle is not present, the monitoring device transmits, to each of multiple detection devices that are respectively provided in the tires of the vehicle, a request signal that requests the sensor ID of the detection device. The monitoring device receives the sensor IDs that are transmitted by the detection devices in accordance with the request signals, and stores the received sensor IDs in a sensor ID table.

Abstract: A tire assembling device includes a main body, a holding portion, an abutting surface, a guiding portion, a pressing portion and a protrusion. The main body has a top surface. The holding portion is connected to one side of the main body. The abutting surface connected to another side of the main body is for abutting against a rim surface of the rim. The guiding portion located between the abutting surface and the top surface is extended inclinedly corresponding to a radial direction of the rim. The pressing portion extended from the guiding portion toward a reference direction is protruded from the abutting surface and connected to the top surface. The protrusion protruded from the pressing portion forms a hook portion with an upper edge of the pressing portion and the abutting surface. The hook portion is for hooking a first edge of the rim.

Abstract: A trailer hitch cover assembly, which includes an inflatable object capable of withstanding about 2000 pounds per square inch internal pressure, a first attachment plate disposed within the inflatable object, a second attachment plate disposed in physical contact with but external to the inflatable object, a housing comprising a plurality of threaded apertures extending therethrough and dimensioned to be received by a trailer hitch receiver, where a corresponding plurality of threaded members are attached to the first attachment plate, extend outwardly from the first attachment plate through a surface of the inflatable object, extend through the second attachment plate, and intermesh with the plurality of threaded apertures.

Abstract: A tracked, amphibious vehicle, comprising at least two, spaced, elongated pontoons disposed generally parallel to one another. A platfofin structure can be supported by and structurally connects the pontoons, the platform structure including a transom, a lowermost generally horizontally extending panel above a free clearance area under a bottom panel and between the pontoons through which terrain and debris can pass. A hydraulic drive system can propel the vehicle, said drive system including left and right hydraulic motors mounted on the pontoons. At least one series of longitudinally spaced bogie wheels for supporting said vehicle can be mounted along the bottom of the pontoons. A continuous, endless belt can encircle each pontoon and engages the bogie wheels. Ground-engaging cleats assembled on the outer surface of each belt and covering the pontoon bottom provide traction to the vehicle. Gearing interfaces the motor with the endless belts.

Abstract: A low suspension arm strut coupling is provided for a suspension of an off-road vehicle. The suspension comprises a lower suspension arm that is hingedly coupled between a chassis of the off-road vehicle and a spindle assembly that is coupled with a front wheel. An upper suspension arm is hingedly coupled between the chassis and the spindle assembly. A strut is coupled between the lower suspension arm and the chassis. A lower pivot couples the strut to the lower suspension, and an upper pivot couples the strut to the chassis. The upper and lower pivots provide a lower center of gravity of the off-road vehicle and a relatively smaller shock angle. The lower suspension arm is reinforced to withstand forces due to movement of the front wheel and operation of the strut in response to travel over terrain.

Abstract: A suspension arm includes an arm portion and coupling portions, and the suspension arm is integrally made of a fiber reinforced plastics in entirety. The entire arm portion is made of a random fiber reinforced plastics. Each of the coupling portions is made of a continuous fiber reinforced plastics in which continuous fibers are oriented along a circumferential direction of an insertion hole over a region on a distal end side of the suspension arm, which continuously extends by at least a half circumference around a center axis of the insertion hole, the region including a position crossing a flat plane that is orthogonal to a straight line connecting center points of the insertion holes of elastic bushes and passes through the center point of the insertion hole.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a refrigeration trailer air distribution chute. The chute includes a first air director attachable to a ceiling of a refrigeration trailer spanning a refrigeration unit and a side wall of the trailer, and a second air director attachable to and extending along the ceiling proximate the side wall to the rear of the trailer. The first air director is attachable to the ceiling along two lines of attachment, causing the first air director to have a cross section of a first shape regardless of whether the chute is in an unexpanded or an expanded state. The second air director is attachable to the ceiling along one line of attachment, causing the second air director to have a cross section of a second shape when the chute is in the unexpanded state and a third shape when the chute is in the expanded state.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner, including: a first duct having a first ventilation opening that is disposed on a first side in a width direction of a seat provided in a vehicle; a second duct having a second ventilation opening that is disposed on a second side in the width direction of the seat, the second side being an opposite side of the first side; and a third duct having a third ventilation opening that is disposed in front of the seat.

Abstract: Blow molded components and systems and methods for forming the same are disclosed. The blow molded component may be an air duct, for example, a structural air duct. The structural air duct may include a hollow main body including a first layer of a first material and a second layer of a second material surrounding the first layer. At least one hollow protrusion may extend from the hollow main body and may include proximal and distal portions. The proximal portion may include the first layer surrounded by the second layer and the distal portion may include only one of the first and second layers. The duct may be formed by blow molding a multi-material parison. The first and second materials may have different tensile moduli, and during the molding process the material with the higher modulus may tear and allow the lower modulus material to fill the protrusion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can select a blower with the maximum efficiency within a range of a targeted air discharge volume for indoor circulation and select a blower with the maximum efficiency within a range of a targeted air discharge volume for outdoor discharge. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having a first air passageway and a second air passageway; an evaporator disposed on the first air passageway or the second air passageway; a condenser disposed on the first air passageway or the second air passageway; a first blower arranged on an indoor circulation passage; and a second blower arranged on an outdoor discharge passage.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle including a case body having a floor outlet, a roof outlet, an evaporator, and a heater core; a mode door adjusting an opening amount of each of the vents; and a temp door adjusting an opening amount of a cold-air passage and a hot-air passage, includes: an actuator lever connected to an actuator provided in the case body, and a main lever connected to the actuator lever to simultaneously control the mode door and the temp door.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air duct system for a battery of a vehicle and a controlling method for an air duct system for a battery of a vehicle capable of protecting a vehicle passenger from toxic gases and flames introduced into the vehicle due to a fire of a battery by blocking a ventilation hole for cooling the battery when the fire occurs in the battery.

Abstract: An air-conditioner may include an evaporator, a compressor configured to compress refrigerant supplied to the evaporator and a clutch configured to transmit power needed to operate the compressor to the compressor or to prevent power from being supplied to the compressor, wherein the clutch prevents power from being supplied to the compressor when an actual measurement temperature of the evaporator reaches a lower limit threshold temperature selected among the lower limit threshold temperature and an upper limit threshold temperature and the lower limit threshold temperature is changeable, and the upper limit threshold temperature is relatively higher than the lower limit threshold temperature and is changeable.

Abstract: An evaporator unit for a rooftop air-conditioning system of a vehicle may include a housing having two evaporators. Each evaporator may include a plurality of evaporation pipes running parallel to one another and parallel to a Z axis of the evaporators, a distributor and collector box running parallel to an X axis of the evaporator, and a diverting box running parallel to the X axis of the evaporator. The distributor and collector box may include an inlet connector for liquid refrigerant and an outlet connector for gaseous refrigerant that may be disposed adjacent to one another on a same face side of the distributor and collector box and in a Y axis of the evaporator. The two evaporators may be disposed on both sides of an intake chamber of the evaporator unit and may lay opposite one another in a transverse axis of the evaporator unit. The evaporators may be structurally identical.

Abstract: A vehicle and a window assembly include a window movable between a closed and open position. The assembly includes an arm movable between a first and second position. The window is disposed in the closed position when the arm is in the first position and the window disposed in the open position when the arm is in the second position. The arm includes an extension fixed thereto such that the arm and the extension both move concurrently about a first pivot point. The assembly includes a connector coupled to the extension at a second pivot point. The arm is coupled to the window through the connector. The first and second pivot points are spaced from each other. The connector is coupled to the window such that movement of the arm moves the connector about the second pivot point which causes the window to move between the closed and open positions.

Abstract: A system and method of vehicle window tinting comprising the steps of: implementing photochromic technology into at least one window of a vehicle; integrating a first degree of shading associated with the at least one window, where the first degree of shading is active when the window lacks sun exposure; adjusting the photochromic technology to create a second degree of shading on the at least one window upon exposure to sun poisoning UV rays, where the second degree of exposure is darker than the first degree of shading. In one particular embodiment, the step of implementing photochromic technology includes implementing the photochromic technology within a front windshield of the vehicle, a rear windshield of the vehicle and/or side windshields of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an opening part of a motor vehicle comprising a reinforcing element extending at least partially along a main plane, intended to reinforce fasteners and the environment of a lock of the opening part, and an envelope made from plastic, comprising an inner part overmolded at least partially on an inner face of the reinforcing element. The reinforcing element comprises at least one orifice, and the envelope comprises at least one external part including a segment passing through said orifice and a covering part locally covering one edge of the orifice on an outer face of the reinforcing element.

Abstract: A guide is presented intended for use in a sunshade assembly of the type comprising a flexible sunscreen having opposed longitudinal edges and two opposed longitudinal guides each comprising at least two spaced guide legs for defining there between a guide channel for receiving therein and guiding corresponding ones of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen. The guides and longitudinal edges are provided with cooperating guide locking members and edge locking members for preventing the longitudinal edges of the sunscreen from moving out of the guide channels. The guide locking members are defined on separate parts engaging the guides.

Abstract: A sunshade device includes: a roll shade having a shade; a rod provided in a front end portion of the shade; two guide rails each configured to guide the shade; two first sliding members each having a slider attached to a corresponding one of opposite ends of the rod and guided by a corresponding one of the guide rails; and two second sliding members each having a shade support portion configured to support a shade corner portion and guided by a corresponding one of the guide rails, wherein the slider and the shade support portion are arranged in a direction crossing an advancing and retreating direction of the shade, and at least a portion of the slider and at least a portion of the shade support portion are disposed on a lateral side of the rod in a lateral direction along the rod.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique of narrowing a trim strip and improving ease of assembly. A boundary portion between upper and outer plate portions in the cross-section of a core is curved to have a large curvature. An outer portion of a glass run body is provided with an upper elastic protrusion engaging with an upper engagement portion of the trim strip. A gap is formed between an upper part of the outer portion of the glass run body and an upper portion of the trim strip. The gap allows the trim strip to move excessively toward the inside of a cabin.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a truck bed, tailgate, and cover. The tailgate is rotatably secured to the bed. The tailgate has internal and external panels secured to each other via a sidewall extending therebetween. The external panel defines an outer periphery. The sidewall and internal panel collectively form a first radius extending adjacent and internal to a corner of the periphery. The cover is secured to the tailgate and over the first radius.

Abstract: A cover for a vehicle or an object, which automatically unfolds and extends outwardly to substantially cover the object and folds back into a storage position. The cover sheet is hinged to the vehicle surface or to rotatable frames disposed over the roof of the vehicle. The frames are engaged to each other by gearing or endless crossing chain drive system to enable simultaneous turning of other frames when force is applied to one of the frames. To cover and uncover the object from one position, manipulation of the cover is achieved by activating an automation mechanism or by turning the handles clock wise and counter clock wise; thus providing complete or partial protection for the vehicle against the element. The cover sheet hinging is provided to hinge two cover sheets to each other. Such hinging, which can also serve to extend the sizes of the cover sheets, enables the sheets to fold into compact storage size.