Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a lower jacket assembly extending along a steering column axis. Also included is an upper jacket assembly at least partially received within the lower jacket assembly, the upper jacket assembly extendable along the steering column axis relative to the lower jacket assembly. Further included is a telescope actuator assembly configured to translate the upper jacket assembly relative to the lower jacket assembly. Yet further included is a telescope drive bracket of the telescope actuator assembly, the telescope drive bracket operatively coupled to the upper jacket assembly with a mechanical fastener disposed in a bracket slot located within the telescope drive bracket, the mechanical fastener moveable with the upper jacket assembly in a single axial direction along the steering column axis.

Abstract: A center take off rack and pinion steering system is disclosed having a rack housing which houses a rack gear having first and second ends extending through the housing. A pinion gear is coupled to the rack gear to input steering power to the rack gear. A rack yoke is coupled to, and extends between, the first and second ends of the rack gear. A yoke support is coupled to the rack housing and a yoke support slider is coupled to the rack yoke and is movable with the rack yoke relative to the yoke support. Tie rod end mounts are supported by the rack yoke, the tie rod end mounts positioned laterally intermediate the first and second ends of the rack gear.

Abstract: A steering system for a road vehicle; the steering system comprises: a steering wheel provided with an outer ring, which is mounted so as to rotate around a rotation axis and has no connection to steering wheels; a position sensor, which is designed to detect the angular position of the outer ring of the steering wheel around the rotation axis; and a mechanical limit stop device, which is coupled to the outer ring of the steering wheel and limits, in both directions, the maximum angular width of the rotation of the steering wheel around the rotation axis, so that the steering wheel can make, on the whole, a rotation around the rotation axis that is greater than 360°.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a steer-by-wire-based vehicle steering control apparatus, vehicle steering apparatus, and vehicle steering method. The steer-by-wire-based vehicle steering control apparatus may include: a vehicle state information acquisition unit configured to acquire information associated with a state of operating a steering rack module, which is connected to a wheel and is mechanically separated from a steering column module connected to a steering wheel; and a steering reaction force control unit configured to determine a state of collision or contact with an external object based on the information associated with the state of operating the steering rack module and to control an operation of a steering reaction force motor, which is included in the steering column module and provides a steering reaction force to the steering wheel, according to the determination result.

Abstract: A board of a controller of a load drive device includes: wiring layers provided on front and rear surfaces and inside thereof and ground layers provided inside thereof. Each wiring layer is divided into: a first region in which a drive circuit is provided; and a second region in which a control circuit is provided. A first ground layer including a first ground pattern for a circuit which is electrically connected to a wiring pattern of each wiring layer is divided into: a third region which overlaps with the first region in a thickness direction, and in which the first ground pattern for a power system electrically connected to the drive circuit is provided, and a fourth region which overlaps with the second region in the thickness direction, and in which the first ground pattern for a control system electrically connected to the control circuit is provided.

Abstract: The drive apparatus includes a motor, a plurality of substrates, a connector, and a connection terminal. The substrates are provided in one side of the motor in its axial direction. The connector is provided at an opposite side of the motor across the substrates in the axial direction. The connection terminal is connected to the substrates. The substrates are arranged such that a part of the substrates are overlapped when the substrates are projected in the axial direction. An overlapped region is defined as a region where the part of the substrates are overlapped. The connection terminal penetrates, in the overlapped region, at least a part of the substrates, the connection terminal being connected to the substrates in the overlapped region.

Abstract: A steering feel control apparatus of a motor driven power steering (MDPS) system may include: a filter configured to filter a motor current inputted to a motor, in order to remove a vibration component which generates vibration on a steering wheel; and a controller configured to control the filter to remove the vibration component of the motor current when the MDPS is driven.

Abstract: An electric power assisted steering system comprises a first part that in use determines the sign of a first signal indicative of the position of a part of the steering, and a second part that in use determines the sign of a second signal indicative of the velocity of a part of the steering. A processing unit that in use determines whether the steering wheel is moving away from a centre position or returning to the centre position from the determined signs of the two signals, and sets a value of a torque damping component using different tunes for when the steering wheel is moving away from the centre and when term and when the steering wheel is returning to the centre. The processing unit may blend the two tunes when it detects a change in the direction of steering corresponding to a return to centre following movement away from centre or movement away from centre following a return to centre.

Abstract: A vehicular behavior control apparatus in which a control unit that controls a driving device and a braking device is configured to calculate a target yaw moment and a target deceleration of the vehicle for ensuring stable behavior of the vehicle during non-braking turning, to calculate a first vehicle longitudinal force applied to a turning inner wheel to achieve the target yaw moment and a second vehicle longitudinal force necessary to achieve the target deceleration, to control, when the first vehicle longitudinal force is equal to or less than the second vehicle longitudinal force, the driving device so as to generate a driving force equal to a value obtained by subtracting the second vehicle longitudinal force from a driver-requested driving force and adding the first vehicle longitudinal force, and to apply the first vehicle longitudinal force to the turning inner wheel.

Abstract: A lateral acceleration limiting device may include a processor configured to calculate current lateral acceleration of a vehicle, predict forward lateral acceleration, and determine whether the prediction lateral acceleration and the current lateral acceleration are greater than a predetermine reference value, a controller communicatively connected to the processor and configured to determine whether to generate a warning or whether to adjust steering torque, depending on a result determined by the processor, and a steering torque adjusting device communicatively connected to the processor and configured to adjust the steering torque depending on control of the controller.

Abstract: An MDPS (Motor Driven Power Steering) system may include: a vehicle speed sensor configured to sense vehicle speed; a yaw rate sensor configured to sense a tilted state of the vehicle, and output a yaw rate value; a lateral acceleration sensor configured to sense lateral acceleration which acts in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and an MDPS controller configured to receive the vehicle speed, the yaw rate value and the lateral acceleration from the vehicle speed sensor, the yaw rate sensor and the lateral acceleration sensor, respectively, and calculate assist torque by estimating column torque.

Abstract: A steerable knuckle, and an axle and track drive assembly including the knuckle, is disclosed. A driveshaft rotatable about a rotational axis extends through the knuckle. The knuckle pivots about a steering axis generally perpendicular to the rotational axis. The driveshaft extends through an axle housing, and a hub is coupled to the driveshaft. The track drive includes a drive wheel, a drive frame, rollers, and a track. Rotation of the driveshaft about the rotational axis rotates the hub and drive wheel which rotates the track about the drive wheel and rollers. Rotation of the knuckle about the steering axis turns the track drive. The knuckle can include a hollow spindle, one or more undercarriage support arm(s) for connecting the track drive frame, steering stops, and king pin, steering cylinder, and tie rod connections.

Abstract: A steerable knuckle, and an axle and track drive assembly including the knuckle, is disclosed. A driveshaft rotatable about a rotational axis extends through the knuckle and is coupled to a hub. The knuckle pivots about a steering axis generally perpendicular to the rotational axis. The track drive includes a drive wheel, a drive frame, rollers, and a track. Rotation of the driveshaft about the rotational axis rotates the hub and drive wheel which rotates the track about the drive wheel and rollers. Rotation of the knuckle about the steering axis turns the track drive. The knuckle can include a hollow spindle, one or more undercarriage support arm(s) for connecting the track drive frame, steering stops, and king pin, steering cylinder, and tie rod connections. The knuckle can be a single integrated piece. The undercarriage support arm(s) can include track frame mounts that can be generally horizontal or vertical.

Abstract: A method for operating a transportation vehicle function based on a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of a steering wheel arrangement in a steering system including prespecifying an electromotive steering intervention to move the steering system by providing a steering intervention force or a steering intervention torque; ascertaining a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of the steering wheel arrangement depending on the response of the steering wheel arrangement based on the electromotive steering intervention; and operating the transportation vehicle function based on the ascertained natural frequency and/or the ascertained moment of inertia of the steering wheel arrangement.

Abstract: In one instance an adjustable tie rod assembly suitable for use with a heavy duty truck has the ability to be adjusted with respect to its length such that only one size of the device need be stocked by a store or service center and, yet, because of its adjustability, it will accommodate a tremendous number of vehicles. The adjustable tie rod assembly includes an adjustable tie rod assembly having a first hollow tie rod shaft member, a second hollow tie rod shaft member, and a tie rod connecting member. Other embodiments are included.

Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes a pair of front side members arranged at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction, each of the front side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, a gusset attached to a vehicle width direction outside surface of each of the front side members, protruding outwards in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side member, and having a vehicle width direction dimension decreasing toward a rear of a vehicle, and an MC cross member stretching between the front side members, in which the MC cross member and the front side member face each other in a state where the MC cross member and the front side member are apart from each other in the vehicle width direction at the same vehicle front-rear direction position as a rear end of the gusset.

Abstract: In order to increase road noise transmission loss, a double-wall panel includes a core material. The core material is enclosed between an outer wall and an inner wall facing each other, and has at least a predetermined thickness across the panel in all in-plane directions of the walls. The core material has a specific surface area of 20,000 (mm2/cm3) or more, where the specific surface area is defined as a surface area per unit volume.

Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent, and that bridges a gap between the pair of frame components. Each of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof, and a planar transparent component joining surface to which the transparent component is joined is included as part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the pair of frame components.

Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that faces each other across a gap in a width direction of a vehicle pillar, each of the pair of frame components having a closed cross-section and extending in a longitudinal direction of the pillar, and a butt weld portion is provided at a gap side and at a vehicle exterior side at at least one frame component; a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent and that is mounted at a vehicle exterior side of the pair of frame components; an interior garnish component that covers the pair of frame components from a vehicle cabin side; and a cover component that is disposed at the gap so as to be separated at a vehicle exterior side from the interior garnish component, and that covers the butt weld portion.

Abstract: A steel door ring for an automotive vehicle including a reinforcement to increase the strength of desired areas of the door ring is provided. The door ring can be manufactured with reduced cycle time and thus improved efficiency. The method includes hot stamping the reinforcement as part of the same blank used to form the remainder of the door ring. During the hot stamping step, the reinforcement portion used to form the reinforcement is located in a free space, for example in a door opening between pillars and rails. Unlike comparative processes, the reinforcement portion used to form the reinforcement is not welded to a pillar of the door ring prior hot stamping. After hot stamping, the reinforcement is trimmed from the door ring, and then attached in a desired location, for example by welding.

Abstract: A vehicle-body upper structure includes a roof panel constituting an outer plate of a vehicle-body upper part, a roof side reinforcement provided below, in a vehicle up-down direction, an outer region of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction, and a roof side rail provided in an outer end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the vehicle-body upper part so as to extend along a vehicle front-rear direction. The roof panel includes an outer joining portion in an outer end portion of the roof panel in a vehicle width direction. The roof side reinforcement includes a rail joining portion and a roof joining portion, and the roof joining portion is joined to a predetermined part of the roof panel. The roof side rail is joined to the outer joining portion of the roof panel and the rail joining portion of the roof side reinforcement.

Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes: a pair of front side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, the front side members being disposed at an interval in a vehicle width direction; an MC cross-member suspended between the front side members, the MC cross-member being provided with a front cross portion extending in the vehicle width direction and a rear cross portion provided behind the front cross portion and extending in the vehicle width direction; and motor mounts configured to connect a high-voltage component to the MC cross-member, the motor mounts being suspended between the front cross portion and the rear cross portion.

Abstract: An arrangement (10) in a wheel well (2) of a vehicle (1), comprising at least one passage (11) providing fluid communication between an engine compartment (3) and the wheel well to permit airflow there through, wherein the passage is non-straight in order to prevent ingress of water into the engine compartment. Also disclosed is a vehicle comprising such an arrangement.

Abstract: A motor vehicle fender has inner and outer sides joined to top and bottom covers to form a four sided, closed structure having a downward extending front portion, generally straight middle portion and a downwardly extending rear portion encircling the top portion of a wheel well of a motor vehicle. The top cover angles inward toward the vehicle and downward toward the ground so the top, outer edge of the fender protrudes to deflect vegetation from the top of the fender, and the outer side angles inward and downward so the top, outer edge protrudes to deflect vertically growing vegetation from parts of the outer side of the fender.

Abstract: A golf car includes a frame including main frames and cross members, an undercover that includes a front cover and a rear cover and is supported by the frame, and an engine room including an underside defined by the undercover. The front cover includes a rear end region provided with pawls. The rear cover includes a front end region provided with pawls. All of the pawls are engaged with the cross member. The front cover is fixed to the cross member and the main frames with fasteners, and the rear cover includes a rear end region fixed to the main frames with fasteners. The front cover and the rear cover include water drainage holes.

Abstract: A pickup truck box assembly including a header, a truck bed, an upper header rail, and a toolbox is provided. The truck bed has a forward end supporting the header, a rear end having a tailgate pivotally mounted thereto, and a pair of wheel wells disposed on opposing sides of the truck bed. The upper header rail may be secured at an upper portion of the header. The toolbox may include an extruded body defining a channel extending laterally a width of the truck bed. A lower surface of the body may be spaced from the truck bed a distance greater than a height of the wheel wells. First and second body side panels may be mounted to the truck bed and arranged with the toolbox to define sidewalls of the toolbox. The upper header rail and the toolbox may be formed by extrusion as a single component.

Abstract: A cap assembly for removably installing one or more accessories to a truck bed sidewall that may include a cap and an adaptor assembly. The adaptor assembly may include an accessory channel that may include a base wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls, and a top wall comprising retaining flanges that define a slot. The one or more accessory fasteners may comprise a fastening portion and a head portion. The accessory channel may be coupled to the cap, and the head portion of the accessory fastener may be slidably positioned within the accessory channel while the fastening portion may project through the slot for connection to the one or more accessories.

Abstract: A body frame of a vehicle is provided. The body frame having: a rear wall extending between a pair of pillars of the body frame; a reinforcement beam that is spaced from the rear wall to define a gap and wherein the reinforcement beam extends between the pair of pillars of the body frame; a rear window opening partially defined by the rear wall and the reinforcement beam; and wherein the body frame is configured for use with either a fixed window or a moving window, wherein the fixed window when secured to the body frame is fixedly secured to the reinforcement beam and the rear wall and the fixed window has an overmolding located about a periphery of the fixed window and a bottom portion of the overmolding traverses the gap and wherein the moving window when secured to the body frame moves in the gap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air deflector configuration that can be fabricated into the construction of a new truck or trailer container or secured to the rear face of a flat rear box-like end of trucks and trailers as an attachment, with the aim of reducing aerodynamic resistance and correspondingly the fuel consumption of land vehicles used for the transportation of such containers.

Abstract: A spare tire mount for the rear of a motor vehicle has a first outer support frame with a second, inner support frame nested inside and releasably connected to the first frame. Both frames extend laterally across the back of the vehicle and extend upward at an angle. Both frames rotate about a vertical joint at the rear bumper so the frames rotate toward and away from the vehicle. The second frame holds the spare tire and rotates about a horizontal axis. A wire rope winds around a reel on the first frame with the rope connected to the second frame to raise and lower the second frame and tire as they rotate about the first horizontal axis—toward and away from the first frame and ground. The reel is rotated by a worm screw and worm wheel.

Abstract: Attachment assembly for use with a work machine. The attachment assembly includes an attachment adapter and an attachment frame. The attachment adapter is coupled to the work machine and fixed relative thereto. The attachment frame includes a member that defines an attachment point. The attachment point engages, into an engaged mode, with the attachment adapter when a front suspension system of the work machine is raised to a raised position. The attachment point disengages, into a disengaged mode, from the attachment adapter when the front suspension system is lowered to a lowered position. The attachment adapter travels with the work machine when in the engaged mode and also in the disengaged mode. The attachment frame travels with the work machine only when in the engaged mode.

Abstract: A vehicle for variably sized transportation may include a vehicle basis and exterior elements coupled to the vehicle basis. At least some exterior elements may be collapsible or movably coupled to the vehicle basis at a first set of positions or a first set of extended or collapsed states to form a first operational configuration, or at a second set of positions or a second set of extended or collapsed states to form a second operational configuration. The first or second operational configuration may provide for a first or second shadow and a first or second passenger or cargo space for the vehicle. The first and second shadows and the first and second passenger or cargo spaces may differ in at least their longitudinal dimensions or in latitudinal dimensions. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.

Abstract: A production plant and a production method for processing workpieces, in particular vehicle body components, wherein the production plant includes a preparation region and a production region for the workpieces and a conveying device for transporting the workpieces from the preparation region to the production region. The preparation region includes a loading region for loading the conveying device with workpieces. The transported workpieces are inspected in an inspection station which is arranged between the preparation region—in particular, the loading region—and the production region.

Abstract: A skate truck assembly that engages a lower rear suspension arm during assembly may include a base comprising a track that extends linearly in a translation direction and an articulating truck assembly slidably coupled to the track, the articulating truck assembly being moveable along the track in the translation direction. The articulating truck assembly may include a track receiving carriage that slidingly receives the track and a suspension arm engagement structure having an elongated, longitudinal axis. The suspension arm engagement structure may be operatively connected to the track receiving carriage. The suspension arm engagement structure may rotate relative to the track receiving carriage along a first axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the suspension arm engagement structure.

Abstract: A lock for securing a bicycle to a dock. The lock consumes little power in operation, with transitions between states in which a bicycle is locked to a dock and released from the dock being driven predominately by force applied to the bicycle by a user. Force applied to the bicycle may drive a latch within the lock to move between a latched and unlatched position. A locking member may be driven in one direction by an actuator and retained by an arm that blocks movement of the locking member. The locking member may be driven in the other direction by spring force, when the locking member is released by movement of the arm, which is coupled to the latch and therefore driven by a user applying force to a bicycle. As a result, a small battery may supply power to the actuator and to communication and control circuity.

Abstract: A locking device for pedal vehicles includes: a first bushing; a first bearing mounted in a first housing of the first bushing; a second bushing; a second bearing mounted in a second housing of the second bushing; and a cylindrical body. A shaft is rotatably mounted in the first and second bushing and in the cylindrical body through the first and the second bearing. A lock is operatively connected to the pin to move the pin radially between a radially retracted position, with the pin lying outside of the radial seat, and a radially extracted position, with the pin lying at least partially in the radial seat and preventing rotation of the shaft with respect to the cylindrical body and a sleeve. The shaft integrates a latching mechanism for a safety jack being constrained or constrainable to a safety chain which enables tethering the vehicle, for example, to a pole.

Abstract: The invention relates to an autonomous device for alert in case of motion of a vehicle, comprising: an electrical energy recovery facility (11) adapted to recover electrical energy generated by rotation of a wheel (2) of the vehicle, a temporary accumulation module (12) adapted to store at least part of said electrical energy, a telecommunication module (13) adapted to be supplied by the temporary accumulation module, and configured to emit, in response to its being supplied with electrical energy by the temporary accumulation module (12), a communication destined for a network (3) for dispatching an alert message destined for a terminal (4).

Abstract: A method for guiding a cyclist on a bicycle equipped with a bicycle handlebar. The method includes: on each side of a central zone in which the bicycle handlebar is attached to the bicycle handlebar stem, separately illuminating a proximal light-emitting zone located next to the central attachment zone or a distal light-emitting zone depending on the route to be followed.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a helmet has a container with a hollow interior, a lid and a base. The lid is detachable from the base. The base has a body and a removable bottom panel. The body of the base has a shoulder and the removable bottom panel has a lip that rests on the shoulder of the body of the base. A magnet is provided for attaching the container to a ferromagnetic surface and a cleaning device is positioned within the container.

Abstract: In a resin-made fuel tank of a motorcycle as a saddle riding vehicle where a tank wall is formed of: a resin-made tank body; and a barrier layer formed on an inner surface of the tank body at the time of forming the tank body by injection molding, the barrier layer provided for suppressing permeation of fuel, wherein a semi-cylindrical recessed portion indented toward the inward of the tank is integrally formed with the tank wall, and an activated carbon storing portion of a canister is formed by covering a space which includes the semi-cylindrical recessed portion with a lid member.

Abstract: A saddlebag speaker assembly for housing a speaker within a saddlebag and a method of forming a saddlebag speaker assembly are provided. The assembly includes a saddlebag lid opening cover configured to cover the saddlebag lid opening and couple to the saddlebag lid and the speaker.

Abstract: Braking and centering mechanisms for foot-deck-based vehicles are described. At least one of the at least one rear wheel of the foot-deck-based vehicle is a braking wheel that is pivotally connected to the foot-deck for swivel movement about a rear swivel axis through a range of angular positions. The braking mechanism comprises a brake member coupled to the rear end of the foot-deck. The brake member is configured to move between a braking position in which the brake member is depressed towards the braking wheel and drives a brake surface to a frictionally engaging position at which the brake surface frictionally engages the braking wheel to reduce a speed of the foot-deck-based vehicle regardless of the angular position of the braking wheel within the range, and a non-braking position in which the brake member permits movement of the brake surface away from the braking wheel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel portable electric vehicle, which comprises two front-rear folding mechanisms, a left-right folding mechanism, and an operating mechanism, wherein the two front-rear folding mechanisms for supporting a driver are arranged respectively on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the electric vehicle, the rear ends of the front-rear folding mechanisms are both provided with driving wheel mechanisms, and the front ends of the front-rear folding mechanisms are both provided with rotating wheel mechanisms; two ends of the left-right folding mechanism for driving the two front-rear folding mechanisms to get close to each other are connected respectively to the two front-rear folding mechanisms; and the operating mechanism for controlling the running of the electric vehicle is mounted on the left-right folding mechanism.

Abstract: A motorized and controllable wheel system for a non-motorized stander is disclosed. Micro-controllers are programmed to be capable of acquiring and processing multiple inputs from the user and therapist and controlling the motors. Additional sensors are implemented in order to enhance safety and provide some device autonomy with the goal of providing a device that improves the mobility, autonomy, and educational experience of children.

Abstract: A front fork for a motorcycle includes a bottom portion configured to engage an axle of a front wheel, the bottom portion having a center line at an angle relative to vertical. An angled middle portion extends from a top of the bottom portion at an angle relative to vertical that is larger than the bottom portion center line angle relative to vertical. A steering head attachment extends from a top of the angled middle portion.

Abstract: A motorcycle has a front part and a rear part, the front part including handlebars and a handlebar stem with which there is associated an electronic damper controlled by a control unit controlling the action of the damper on the handlebars, provision being made for a device detecting the angle of rotation of the handlebars and the velocity of rotation of the handlebar stem within a handlebar head of the frame. The control unit includes a first block which receives data on the velocity of rotation of the handlebar stem and which on the basis of such velocity determines the presence of oscillating or weave movement of the motorcycle or a wobble movement of the handlebars, the first block of the control unit being connected to a second block and a third block of such unit which alternatively generate a control signal intended to damp the handlebar stem on the basis of the determination made by the first block so that any weave and/or wobble movement is cancelled out.

Abstract: A traveling vehicle provided with a starting device for starting a power generation part, the traveling vehicle being capable of restart the power generation part quickly. In a traveling vehicle including a power generation part mounted on a vehicle body, a starting device for starting the power generation part, and an operation part of the starting device, the operation part includes a handlebar side operation switch provided on a handlebar to permit a rider to steer the vehicle, and an auxiliary start switch provided on the vehicle body side, and the auxiliary start switch is disposed at an inner position of the vehicle body.

Abstract: An independent suspension self-balancing electric vehicle comprising a main frame, two wheel assemblies, suspension assemblies, a shock absorber device and a power control module, therein two wheel assemblies are respectively defined on both sides of the main frame, the wheel assemblies are connected to the main frame by the suspension assemblies, the shock absorber device is respectively connected to the main frame and the suspension assemblies, and the power control module is configured to drive wheels to rotate and control the independent suspension self-balancing electric vehicle to steer; the number of the suspension assemblies are two, each of the wheel assemblies are connected to the main frame by one suspension assembly, and the each of the wheel assemblies individually jumps while the independent suspension self-balancing electric vehicle is driven on an undulating road surface and a stair step to obtain well passivity and shock absorbing performance.

Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber includes a control valve. The control valve includes a valve seat formed with a closing face, a valve body configured to come into contact with the closing face, and a valve shaft configured to transmit an operation force applied from a driving unit to the valve body. The control valve is defined with an upstream side flow channel extending from an inlet coupled to the upper end opening, via a space in which the valve body moves, to the closing face, and a downstream side flow channel extending from the closing face to an outlet. The control valve is disposed above the cylinder so that a central axis of the valve shaft is inclined relative to a central axis of the vehicle body side tube and the wheel side tube.

Abstract: A control device is provided for controlling for a brake system of a human-powered vehicle that includes a rotary body and a brake device that brakes the rotary body. The control device of the brake system includes an acquisition portion acquiring information related to at least one of the rotary body and the brake device to appropriately brake the rotary body with the brake device.