Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall portion which is provided in its radially outer part with first protrusions and circumferential ribs. The first protrusions are arranged in the tire circumferential direction at intervals. The circumferential ribs are disposed between and connect between the first protrusions. The first protrusions and the circumferential ribs protrude from the outer surface of the radially outer part, and the protruding amount of the circumferential ribs is less than the protruding amount of the first protrusions. The first protrusions each have side walls protruding from the outer surface and extending in the tire radial direction.

Abstract: A tire noise reduction device includes a sound absorbing member made of a porous material; and a band member disposed between the sound absorbing member and the tire inner surface and provided for attaching the sound absorbing member to a tire inner surface, the band member including chamfered portions on both surface sides at both ends in a width direction of the band member.

Abstract: A tire pressure detector disposed at a wheel, wherein the wheel includes a rim and a tire mounted around the rim, with a pressure space formed between the tire and the rim. The rim includes an air tap connected with the pressure space. The tire pressure detector includes a main body movably disposed in the pressure space and provided with a housing space, and a detection module disposed in the housing space. The detection module further includes a sensing unit for sensing the air pressure in the pressure space and producing a pressure signal. A central processing unit of the detection module receives the pressure signal and wirelessly transmits the pressure signal through the wireless transmission unit. Therefore, vibration and waving issue due to imbalance weight is avoided, thus balancing the wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for self-tracking of a data acquisition sensor equipping a wheel including a tire on a vehicle comprising a plurality of wheels (200) and being equipped with a system comprising an electronic unit (300) for a data acquisition sensor placed in each tire equipped with a radio-frequency transmitter for the purpose of the wireless transmission of said data to a central transmission and reception module (100) placed on the axle or frame of the vehicle, with the central transmission and reception module (100) receiving and decoding the information signals issued by the transmitters of each wheel, each electronic unit (300) being equipped to measure acceleration. The method is remarkable in that it consists of determining the front and rear of a tire by measuring the acceleration.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire seater configured to seat a tubeless tire on a rim has a manual internal slip (MIS) valve mounted on the end of a tank. A nozzle is mounted on one end of the MIS valve, and the other end extends partially into the air tank. The MIS valve has a slotted chamber with slotted chamber holes, and a slip cylinder that fits within the slotted chamber and has slip cylinder holes. A compression spring in the MIS valve exerts force on the slotted cylinder, pushing it forward to line up the cylinder holes with the slotted chamber holes and release the high pressure air from within the tank which goes through the MIS valve and out the nozzle.

Abstract: A trailer tow assist apparatus comprises a screw and nut drive with a housing, an actuation member coupled to a screw, a wheel assembly, a rigid member upstanding on said wheel assembly and a compressible and resilient member mounted within the housing in a contact with rigid member. A mounting member is provided for attaching the housing to the trailer frame or tow bar. The housing and the mounting member can be adapted with apertures for height adjustment purposes.

Abstract: A method for assisting a hitching operation between an agricultural utility vehicle and an implement to be attached thereto includes providing a vehicle side first laser unit and a vehicle side second laser unit, generating a first vertical light fan by the vehicle side first laser unit, and generating a second vertical light fan by the vehicle side second laser unit. The first and second vertical light fans are aligned with a hitching point or a reference point that characterizes the hitching point on the implement for carrying out the hitching operation.

Abstract: An axle carrier of a vehicle has a bearing part for an anti-roll bar. The bearing part has a bearing seat in the manner of a pipe clamp, is fastened releasably to the axle carrier, and is provided with a shaped-out formation which assumes a further function. The shaped-out formation is a lever arm which is oriented at least partially in the direction of the vehicle outer side and is designed so as to introduce a portion of the impact force into the axle carrier in the case of a vehicle impact with only a partial overlap. An additional supporting structure for reinforcement purposes for the case of an impact is provided on the bearing part, which supporting structure is fastened in a non-positive manner to a longitudinal carrier and to a crossmember of the axle carrier.

Abstract: A suspension device includes knuckles that rotatably retain rear wheels, an electric actuator that steers the rear wheels, paired tie rods that are connected to the electric actuator via a link mechanism and driven back and forth by the electric actuator, brackets that are rotated by the tie rods, and a lower arm attached to the brackets. Each bracket is rotatable between the knuckle and the lower arm.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive device includes a motor unit having a plurality of power line connecting portions (91, 91, 91), and a plurality of bendable power lines (93, 93, 93) whose one ends connect with the power line connecting portions and whose other ends extend to a vehicle body outside a casing and supplies electric power to the motor unit from the vehicle body, and which in-wheel motor drive device can be steered about a steering axis (K) intersecting with a spring sheet (79c) of a shock absorber. Furthermore, viewing from the steering axial direction, the plurality of power line connecting portions is disposed overlapping a spring sheet.

Abstract: A frame unit for utility vehicles includes outer and inner parts and a transverse region, wherein the transverse region extends substantially transversely to the outer part and/or the inner part, wherein the transverse region is integrally formed with the outer part or the inner part, the outer part and/or the inner part has a fastening region for being secured to a vehicle frame, the outer part has an outer bearing region and the inner part has an inner bearing region, an axle guide can be arranged between the outer and inner bearing regions and can be secured to the bearing regions such that the axle guide can pivot about a bearing axis, and wherein the transverse region secures the outer part and/or the inner part against pivoting about an orthogonal in relation to the bearing axis.

Abstract: An axle suspension for a vehicle includes a spring assembly with a leaf spring and a connecting arm, wherein the leaf spring supports a vehicle axle and, on an end side, is pivotably connected to a vehicle structure and pivotably connected to the connecting arm. In order to provide an optimized axle suspension with two-stage suspension, the spring assembly in a region of the connecting arm has a first stop element and the vehicle structure has a second stop element, which stop elements under normal load of the vehicle are spaced apart from one another and, when a limit load is exceeded, contact one another, whereby at least one stop element is elastically deformable.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a longitudinal leaf spring device for suspension of a body of a motor vehicle. and the longitudinal leaf spring device comprises a longitudinally formed leaf spring element and a coupling device that mechanically couples the leaf spring element to a motor vehicle axle. According to the disclosure, a holder device is provided that has a base holder element for fixed connection to a vehicle chassis and a suspension adjustment element that faces the leaf spring element and is fixedly connected to the base holder element. In this case, the leaf spring element is connected in a front region, fixedly to the base holder element, and the front region is provided to come into mechanical bearing with the suspension adjustment element in at least one operating state.

Abstract: Displacement sensors can include a photon source and a target surface disposed in spaced relation to the photon source. Displacement sensors can also include a photon receptor disposed along an associated gas spring end member in spaced relation to the target surface. A processor can be communicatively coupled with the photon source and the photon receptor. The photon source can be operable to direct photons toward the target surface. The photon receptor can be operable to generate a signal upon receiving photons reflected off the target surface from the photon source. The processor can operate to determine a distance having a relationship to a time of flight of photons reflected off of the target surface from the photon source and received at the photon receptor. A gas spring assembly including such a displacement sensor, and a suspension system including one or more of such gas spring assemblies are also included.

Abstract: A suspension system may include a lower arm configured to perform a vibrating movement by vibration of the vehicle, a reducer connected to the lower arm so that the vibrating movement of the lower arm is transmitted thereto, and a motor unit connected to the reducer, and configured to receive power from the reducer. The reducer may include an input shaft unit rotatably mounted to the housing and connected to the lower arm to be rotated by vibration of the lower arm, a gear unit configured to receive a rotating force from the input shaft unit, an output shaft unit configured to receive power from the gear unit, and a clutch unit selectively connecting the gear unit with the output shaft unit.

Abstract: A concurrent leveling system includes a pressurized air source. A manifold block, having a body defining an air feed inlet, is disposed between air springs and the pressurized air source. The body includes front and rear suspension valves. Each of the suspension valves defines a suspension valve orifice having a first predetermined diameter. The body includes at least one restrictor valve parallel to and in fluid communication with the front suspension valves. The at least one restrictor valve includes a first check valve and a first blocker valve orifice defining a first orifice diameter. The first check valve and the first blocker valve orifice are disposed parallel to one another and in series with the front suspension valves and in fluid communication with the air feed inlet and the front suspension valves for reducing fluid back flow to allow the vehicle to be lowered in nominal loading conditions.

Abstract: The present invention is a system for adjusting the height of vehicles. The vehicle is supported by a hollow cylinder and a piston having an undersized piston skirt is mounted on the suspension system's coil spring, and sealingly slidable within the cylinder bore. When a fluid is introduced into the expandable pressure space between the piston and the cylinder top, the piston and cylinder are forced apart, raising the vehicle. The undersized piston skirt can extend beyond the end of the cylinder, allowing the piston a greater travel length within the cylinder bore. The invention may be operated manually by a vehicle driver through push buttons, which can be the vehicle's existing cruise control buttons. Alternatively, the system can be automated using a control unit to automatically adjust ground clearance to avoid collision with obstacles in the vehicle's path.

Abstract: A tubular type torsion beam is provided. The tubular type torsion beam is manufactured by bending and welding and coupling a plate material. The plate material has a plurality of protrusions disposed on a plurality of side surfaces in a width direction of the vehicle. The torsion beam is manufactured by molding the plate material in a pipe shape by bending the plate material in the width direction and molding the plate material to dispose the plurality of protrusions to contact each other to form a gap between the plurality of side surfaces of the plate material and then welding and coupling the plurality of side surfaces of the plate material.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes a first refrigerant passage from a radiator to an outside heat exchanger, and a second refrigerant passage from the outside heat exchanger to a compressor via a first evaporator. A first expansion valve is disposed in the first refrigerant passage upstream of the outside heat exchanger. A second expansion valve is disposed in the second refrigerant upstream of the first evaporator. The refrigeration cycle device includes a third refrigerant passage that guides the refrigerant flowing between the radiator and the first expansion valve to bypass the first expansion valve and the outside heat exchanger to flow to the second refrigerant passage on the refrigerant flow downstream side of the first evaporator. A third expansion valve is disposed in the third refrigerant passage. A second evaporator is disposed in the third refrigerant passage on the refrigerant flow downstream side of the third expansion valve.

Abstract: A cab of an agricultural vehicle has having a seat for an operator and a console unit arranged forward of the seat for housing an instrument display. The cab is fitted with an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger unit located within the console unit and a blower located on the floor of the cab beneath or adjacent the seat and serving to blow air by way of a floor-level duct to the heat exchanger unit.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system and method of climate control for a fuel cell vehicle are provided herein. The system and method include a vacuum enclosure having an adsorber and an evaporator/condenser assembly. A conduit and valve system operates the air-conditioning system in two modes of operation to provide uninterrupted cooling to a passenger cabin, among other things. In one mode of operation, the adsorber is regenerated using waste heat from a fuel cell stack.

Abstract: A method of controlling an air conditioning system for a vehicle enables a user to recognize whether economical heating is available, while a vehicle travels. The method includes: (A) when starting of the vehicle is in an on state, confirming a heating condition and a waste heat source state while the vehicle travels, and predicting power consumption of an electric heater; and (B) comparing a power consumption reference value of the electric heater with a power consumption prediction value of the electric heater, displaying that economical heating is available or unavailable on the display unit, determining whether to turn off the starting of the vehicle, and terminating a control.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop, and a controller. The first cooling loop includes a compressor and a chiller. The second cooling loop includes a valve and an evaporator. The second cooling loop extends from an input side to an output side of the chiller on the first loop. The controller is programmed to, responsive to operation of the chiller but not the evaporator, close and intermittently pulse open the valve each time a discharge pressure of the compressor exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. In response to an ambient temperature being greater than a threshold temperature, the controller is adapted to operate the blower motor at a voltage that does not depend on whether in the charge sustain or charge deplete modes.

Abstract: A method of controlling an air conditioning system for a vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting a cooling mode while the vehicle is being driven and comparing a vent discharge temperature of air with a cooling target temperature set by a user. When the vent discharge temperature is greater than the cooling target temperature the compressor RPM is determined and air is introduced into the vehicle without passing through the interior heat exchanger and the electric heater. When the vent discharge temperature is less than the cooling target temperature, the compressor RPM is determined and a door in the system is opened to guide the air through the interior heat exchanger to heat the air is heated and then the vent discharge temperature is compared with the cooling target temperature again, and the electric heater is operated.

Abstract: Provided is a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) unit for a vehicle heater. The PTC unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a heat generation part which includes PTC elements; and a heat radiation part which is provided on at least one surface of the heat generation part and includes a heat radiation base material and a heat radiation film provided on at least a portion of an outer surface of the heat radiation base material to improve heat radiation performance. According to the present invention, improved heat radiation performance may be exhibited, and concurrently, heat radiation performance due to excellent durability may be exhibited for a long period of time without a structural change for increasing a specific surface area of a heat radiation part while reducing an air ventilation property, so as to improve heat radiation performance.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a first branch portion, a radiator, a second branch portion, a first decompressor, a first evaporator, a second decompressor, a second evaporator, and an ejector. The first branch portion divides a flow of a refrigerant discharged from the compressor into one flow and an other flow. The radiator radiates heat of the refrigerant of the one flow. The second branch portion divides a flow of the refrigerant from the radiator into one flow and an other flow. The first decompressor decompresses the refrigerant of the one flow divided in the second branch portion. The second decompressor decompresses the refrigerant of the other flow divided in the second branch portion. A nozzle of the ejector decompresses and injects the refrigerant of the other flow divided in the first branch portion. The refrigerant suction port draws the refrigerant from the second evaporator.

Abstract: An air-conditioning case of a vehicular air-conditioning unit has a cooler accommodation portion defining a cooler accommodation space in which a cooler is accommodated, and a downstream portion defining a downstream space. The cooler accommodation portion includes an accommodation bottom portion defining a bottom portion space. The accommodation bottom portion includes a drainage hole through which condensed water is drained, and the drainage hole is located closer to one end of the accommodation bottom portion than to another end in a longitudinal direction of a lower end of the cooler. A bottom surface of the accommodation bottom portion is inclined with respect to a horizontal line. The air-conditioning case includes a bottom portion rib. The bottom portion rib includes a communication slit. The communication slit is located closer to the one end than to the other end in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An air vent for a transport vehicle includes a lamella for directing a first flow of air. The air vent has a flow channel and an actuator. The actuator is designed to modify, in accordance with a control signal, a position of the lamella. The actuator is arranged in the flow channel in such a manner that it is designed to be almost totally surrounded by the first air flow.

Abstract: A system for providing oxygen in a vehicle passenger cabin, the system comprising a gaseous oxygen source, a duct for connection to at least one vent for passage of oxygen to the passenger cabin, the duct being coupled to the oxygen source for passage of oxygen from the oxygen source to the vent, a regulator for regulating passage of oxygen from the oxygen source, a controller coupled to the regulator for controlling the regulator, and an oxygen sensor within the passenger cabin for sensing the amount of oxygen in the passenger cabin.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an air conditioning case in which an cooling air cooled by a cooling device and a heating air heated by a heating device flow into a temperature adjustment space. In the air conditioning case, a humidity adjustment passage guides a part of the heating air to an adsorbent as an air desorbing moisture from the adsorbent, and guides a part of the cooling air to the adsorbent as an air having moisture to be adsorbed by the adsorbent. The temperature adjustment space and the humidity adjustment passage are provided downstream of the cooling device and the heating device. An air passage extending from the humidity adjustment passage to a humidification duct is provided with a mixing inhibitor that inhibits mixing of the heating air and the cooling air and mixing of a dehumidifying air and a humidifying air.

Abstract: A tarp deploying apparatus includes radial arm with a proximal radial arm and a distal arm. The distal arm is formed from a flexible material such as a double-walled hydraulic hose. The distal arm attaches to a tarp roller to deploy the tarp over a storage area on a trailer with at least one rear door. The radial arm is mounted on a mounting bracket secured to one of the doors. A releasable connector between the arms permits the distal arm to be separated from the proximal arm so that the rear doors on the trailer can be opened and closed without interference from the radial arm.

Abstract: A roller tarp system for covering a truck bed includes a first pivot arm assembly pivotally coupled to one side of the truck bed and a second pivot arm assembly pivotally coupled to an opposite side of the truck bed. A generally hollow and cylindrical tarp spool extends along a longitudinal axis between opposite first and second ends. The tarp spool is rotatably coupled between the first and second pivot arm assemblies for rotatably supporting a flexible tarp cover. A drive assembly is housed within the tarp spool adjacent one of the first and second ends. The drive assembly is operatively coupled between one of the first and second pivot arm assemblies and the tarp spool for selectively rotating the tarp spool and actuating the tarp system between an open position uncovering the truck bed and a closed position covering the truck bed.

Abstract: A sunshade is configured to extend over a portion of an operator area of the vehicle and includes a frame configured to be removably coupled to mounts for side view mirrors of the vehicle and a body coupled to the frame. At least a portion of the body is configured to move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic mount having a unidirectional damping membrane. A hole is formed in a membrane and a one-way closure having upper and lower portions, which are different from each other, is inserted into the hole to control a flow of a fluid. The one-way closure means includes: a body which intermittently closes a lower side of the hole formed at a center of the membrane; a column portion which is vertically formed at a center of the body; and a moving closure which is formed at an upper portion of the column portion and closes an upper side of the hole.

Abstract: It becomes possible to prevent deterioration of an electric storage device due to overdischarge of the electric storage device and engine stalling due to insufficient assist or disabled assist when a charge amount of the electric storage device falls, ensure that work is continuously conducted, suppress an operator from feeling discomfort in operation, and ensure favorable operability. A pump target output power computing section (21) computes present pump demanded power on the basis of work related information, limits the present pump demanded power in response to a degree of reduction of a state of charge of an electric storage device (12a) when the state of charge is lower than a preset threshold, and computes the limited present pump demanded power as present pump target output power.

Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure that includes connecting members that each have a front side connecting portion that is disposed at a vehicle longitudinal direction front side and at which a first joined portion that is joined to a radiator support and a second joined portion that is joined to a lover member are formed, a rear side connecting portion that is disposed at a vehicle longitudinal direction rear side and at which the first joined portion and the second joined portion are formed, and an outer side cut-out portion that is cut out from a vehicle transverse direction outer side and that is formed at a position that, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, is between the second joined portions of both a front side connecting portion and a rear side connecting portion.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a rear region, a covering, a drive system arranged in the rear region, and an air-directing component arranged above the drive system. The air-directing component is configured to direct an air flow along a first side of the air-directing component. The drive system is arranged below the covering. At least one recess is arranged on a second side of the air-directing component, the at least one recess being configured to provide an air flow under the covering in the direction of the drive system.

Abstract: A fuel tank made of resin includes: a fuel tank main body enclosed by a bottom wall, side walls, and a top wall, and configured to internally store fuel, the fuel tank main body including a pair of storage portions and a joining portion, the joining portion enables the pair of storage portions to mutually communicate with each other, and a distance from the bottom wall to the top wall of the joining portion is shorter than in the storage portions; and plural stand-offs formed at the joining portion by bonding together a portion of the top wall and a portion of the bottom wall.

Abstract: A tank connection apparatus connects a tank filler pipe with a fuel tank in a fuel filling line of a vehicle, and it includes: a coupling body containing the mechanism components on its own body and providing connection between a corrugated connection pipe and the tank connector female housing, a corrugated connection pipe mounted between the tank filler pipe and the coupling body, and preventing cracking and/or breaking by extending in situations like accidents, a tank connector female housing mounted to the fuel tank inlet, a locking spring found on the coupling body and fixing the coupling body in the tank connector female housing when the coupling body is attached to the tank connector female housing. The tank connection apparatus also has a safety lock attached to the coupling body and fixing the locking spring with regard to the axis of rotation, and thus preventing it from coming loose.

Abstract: A driveline assembly for an electric vehicle for driving a pair of wheels. The driveline assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft. A differential is coupled with the output shaft and is configured to receive torque from the output shaft. A pair of primary shafts are each coupled with the differential and configured to receive torque from the differential. A pair of end reducers are each configured to receive torque from one of the primary shafts and provide a gear reduction and torque multiplying effect at a wheel output. A controller is connected to the electric motor and is configured to superimpose a torque fluctuation at the output shaft to counteract vibrations in the driveline assembly.

Abstract: A drive module for driving a pair of vehicle wheels. The drive module can be driven by an electric motor and includes two reductions between the electric motor and the vehicle wheels. At least one of the reductions is provided by a chain and a pair of sprockets.

Abstract: This tool is not found in the industry commercially as of this date. The simplicity of the telescopic design results in a user friendly, simple solution to an otherwise complicated problem.

Abstract: An axle assembly having a gear reduction unit and an interaxle differential unit. The gear reduction unit may be operatively connected to an input shaft and may selectively provide gear reduction to a differential assembly and the interaxle differential unit. The interaxle differential unit may operatively connect the gear reduction unit to the output shaft.

Abstract: A work vehicle including a floor (108), a forward pedal arm (41), a reverse pedal arm (51), a forward rotation shaft (42), and a reverse rotation shaft (52). The floor has a first insertion hole (108a) and a second insertion hole (108b). The forward pedal arm is placed in the first insertion hole and provided with a forward pedal (15). The reverse pedal arm is placed in the second insertion hole and provided with a reverse pedal (16). The forward rotation shaft serves as a rotation shaft of the forward pedal arm, and is oriented so that an outer end thereof is directed toward the rear of a vehicle body of the work vehicle. The reverse rotation shaft serves as a rotation shaft of the reverse pedal arm, and is oriented so that an outer end thereof is directed toward the rear of the vehicle body.

Abstract: An exemplary method to disengage a brake transmission shift interlock feature of a vehicle includes the steps of receiving vehicle characteristic data from at least one vehicle sensor, determining a current road grade, determining a vehicle brake pressure target, receiving vehicle brake pressure data from at least one vehicle sensor, and generating a control signal to disengage the brake transmission shift interlock feature if the vehicle brake pressure reaches the vehicle brake pressure target.

Abstract: An autonomous driving display system includes: an autonomous driving control device to carry out autonomous driving; an autonomous driving display device display state of which is recognizable from outside a vehicle; and an in-vehicle device to make the autonomous driving control device carry out autonomous driving of the vehicle upon receiving an autonomous driving instruction signal instructing autonomous driving, monitor start of the autonomous driving of the vehicle by the autonomous driving control device, and control a display state of the autonomous driving display device to be in a display state different from a display state before the autonomous driving is started when the autonomous driving of the vehicle is started by the autonomous driving control device.

Abstract: A multipurpose dashboard for use in a vehicle includes an instrument panel disposed within the vehicle. The multipurpose dashboard also includes driving controls mounted to the instrument panel. The driving controls are configurable into a driving position for a user driving mode and configurable into a non-driving position for a non-driving mode. The non-driving position is disposed away from the driving position. The multipurpose dashboard also includes a workstation mounted to the instrument panel. The workstation is configurable into an accessible position during the non-driving mode and configurable into a stowed position during the user driving mode.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to open traction battery contactors based on a potential between high-voltage cables and a chassis continuously exceeding an amplitude threshold for at least a predefined duration of time. The controller is further configured to selectively open the contactors based on data derived from the potential for periods that are each defined by the potential exceeding and then falling below the amplitude threshold without exceeding the predefined duration of time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for calculating or estimating the speed of a railway vehicle.