Abstract: Disclosed are an unlocking apparatus, a swapping device comprising same, and an unlocking control method. The unlocking apparatus is used for unlocking or locking a battery box in a battery bracket on an electric vehicle, and comprises a drive mechanism, an unlocking component, and a transmission member. The drive mechanism drives the unlocking component to move by means of the transmission member, so that the unlocking component drives a locking mechanism on the battery bracket to move to unlock or lock the battery box; the unlocking component is axially rotatable relative to the transmission member to adapt to the angle deviation between the unlocking component and the standard unlocking position on the battery bracket. The swapping device comprises the unlocking apparatus. In this way, even if there is a circumferential deviation, the unlocking component is ensured to be accurately aligned and connected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery unlocking control method, a battery locking control method and an electric vehicle battery swapping control method. The battery locking control method comprises the following steps: moving the battery to the fixing base to enable the lock shafts to enter the lock slots; after the lock shafts enter the lock slots, detecting the locations of the lock shafts, and moving the battery until the lock shafts arrive at locking locations; and with the lock tongues falling, snapping the lock shafts into the lock slots. By providing various location detection components, the battery is accurately located and locked when being loaded into a fixing base, and then accurately located and unlocked when being removed from the fixing base, thereby achieving full-automatic control during swapping of the battery and improving the swapping speed and success rate of the battery.

Abstract: Provided is a control method which includes: obtaining battery information which is information regarding a battery; calculating a present residual value of the battery based on the battery information obtained; calculating a first residual value using a first model which has been trained, the first residual value being a residual value of the battery in a case where a user uses the battery with a tendency identical to a tendency of a plurality of other users; and issuing a token to the user according to an evaluation value calculated based on the present residual value and the first residual value calculated.

Abstract: A vehicle, system and method of operating a battery having a plurality of modules, each module having a plurality of strings. The vehicle includes the battery. A processor operates the plurality of modules in a first phase of a mode of operation, calculates a model-predicted path vector for the first phase based on a time for reducing a difference between states of charges of the plurality of strings, selects between the model-predicted path vector and a default path vector based on an operating parameter of the battery, and switches operation of the plurality of modules from the first phase to a second phase using the selected one of the model-predicted path vector and the default path vector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery management system for an electric vehicle comprising a high voltage battery, low voltage battery and a bidirectional converter. The bidirectional converter is configured to connect the high voltage battery to the low voltage battery and to generate a power flow between the high voltage battery and the low voltage battery. The bidirectional converter is further configured to monitor a first voltage associated with the high voltage battery and a second voltage associated with the low voltage battery, and to control a voltage ratio of the first voltage and the second voltage to remain in a predetermined range, by controlling the power flow between the high voltage battery and the low voltage battery.

Abstract: A battery pack comprising housing and battery arranged on said housing, wherein heat-exchanger-flow-channel is provided for regulating the temperature of the battery, and said heat-exchanger-flow-channel comprises heat-exchanger-inlet, heat-exchanger-outlet, and at least one flow section connecting said heat-exchanger-inlet and said heat-exchanger-outlet; said heat-exchanger-inlet and said heat-exchanger-outlet are located higher than said flow section; said flow section is connected to said heat-exchanger-inlet through feeding chamber, and when the horizontal cross-sectional area of said feeding chamber at a position connected to said heat-exchanger-inlet is defined as A and the cross-sectional area of said heat-exchanger-inlet is defined as B, 0.5A?B?1.

Abstract: An occupant or object sensing system in a vehicle includes electrical circuits for capacitive sensing and corresponding circuits shielding the sensing system from interference. A sensing circuit and a shielding circuit may be printed by screen printing with conductive ink on opposite sides of a non-conductive substrate. The substrate is a plastic film or other fabric that has an elastic memory structure that is resilient to stretching. The conductive inks used to print circuits onto the substrate have a similar resilience to stretching such that the substrate and the circuits thereon can be subject to deforming forces without breaking the printed circuits. The substrate may be covered with a carbon polymer layer to provide alternative conductive paths that enable fast recovery for conduction in the presence of any break in the printed conductive traces on the substrate.

Abstract: A utility vehicle 100 includes a vehicle body 1, seats 4R having seat bottoms 41 and seat backs 42 attached to the vehicle body 1, and an electric component box 65 having an access opening 67 positioned at the rear of the seat back 42. The seat 4R further has a detacher 43 that detachably attaches the seat back 42 to the vehicle body 1.

Abstract: The application provides a seat control method, a seat controller and a product, which are applicable to the technical field of automobiles. In the application, after driving of a seat motor is stabilized and during operation of the seat motor, for each of cycles, present driving current is compared with a temporary current value corresponding to a previous cycle to determine a difference, and current change trend of each of the cycles is determined. In a case where the current change trend of the present cycle is the same as the current change trend of the previous cycle, an increment of a current locking accumulative count value is increased. A locking flag for indicating stopping of the seat motor can be determined more quickly so as to realize an anti-pinch function, and thus an anti-pinch event can be detected quickly and accurately.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a base, an unlocking device, a release lever, a seat cushion, and a lifter. The unlocking device configured to selectively lock a translatable rail to a fixed rail, the release lever coupled to the base and configured to rotate about a first axis to actuate the unlocking device. The seat cushion coupled to the base and configured to pivot about a second axis between a use position and a non-use position. The lifter configured to rotate about a third axis between a first position, in which the seat cushion is in the non-use position, wherein as the lifter moves from the first position to the second position, the lifter bracket pivots the seat cushion between the use position and the non-use position and engages the release lever to actuate the unlocking device to unlock the translatable rail from the fixed rail.

Abstract: A seat rail system for a vehicle includes an upper rail and a stationary lower rail attached to a floor structure. The upper rail is attached to a vehicle seat and is movable relative to the lower rail. The upper rail comprises first and second side sections with a cavity between the side sections. The lower rail includes first and second lateral side elements respectively connected to the first and second side sections. An elongated load member is attached to the lower rail, where an upper part of which extends into the cavity. A lower part of the load member is connected to the floor structure. The first lateral side element blocks lateral movement of the first side section and the second lateral side element blocks lateral movement of the second side section upon deformation of the upper rail in a vehicle impact event.

Abstract: A seat assembly including a base, a seat cushion, a backrest, a cam follower, and a cam. The seat cushion pivotally coupled to the base and the backrest pivotally coupled to the seat cushion. The cam follower coupled to the seat cushion and the cam rotationally coupled to the base and configured to engage the cam follower. The cam configured to engage the cam follower and configured to rotate between a first position, in which the seat cushion is in a use position, and a second position, in which the seat cushion is in a non-use position. As the cam rotates between the first position and the second position, a front portion of the seat cushion may tilt towards the base and a rear portion of the seat cushion may be tilted away from the base.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly convertible between a use position and a non-use position. The vehicle seat assembly includes a seat with a seat cushion support, a seatback, a base that connects to a vehicle, a front pivot linkage supported by the base by a first joint and pivotally connected to the seat cushion support by a second joint, and a rear foot pivotally supported by the base by a third joint. A pivoting movement of the rear foot about the third joint is lockable. The rear foot is connected to the seatback by a fourth joint. The vehicle seat also includes a fifth joint that connects the seatback to the seat cushion support, wherein the fourth joint is a latch and the fifth joint provides a free pivot, and wherein the fourth joint is latched when the seat moves from the use position to a boarding non-use position.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an accessory and an infant seat having the accessory. The accessory includes a main body, an engaging portion, and an operating member. The engaging portion is slidably disposed on the main body. The engaging portion has a locking position for engaging with an infant seat and a releasing position for disengaging from the infant seat. The operating member is slidably disposed on the main body and abuts against the engaging portion. The operating member is operated to slide the engaging portion from the locking position to the releasing position. The accessory is convenient to operate and has a simple structure and a low manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A child safety seat includes a backrest portion, a headrest slidably connected with the backrest portion, a side support connected with the backrest portion and protruding forward from the backrest portion one side thereof, the side support being configured to be slidable transversally relative to the backrest portion, and a linking mechanism adapted to movably link the side support to the headrest so that the headrest and the side support are movable concurrently relative to the backrest portion for adjustment. The linking mechanism includes a rod portion slidably carried with one of the headrest and the side support, and a ramped slot provided on the other one of the headrest and the side support, the rod portion being slidably connected with the ramped slot and movable relative to the one of the headrest and the side support.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. A cushion is included in each of the seat bottom and seat back. A stream of air is provided to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a ventilated vehicle seat for a passenger seated on the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A device for attaching a tube onto a holder includes the tube, the holder, a through screw and a nut, the holder receiving the tube in a cylindrical housing transversely pierced by a port, the tube having two piercings facing each other, the screw passing through the port and the two piercings and securing the tube and the holder, wherein the cylindrical housing of the holder has a longitudinal slot facing the port, the slot having two inner edges disposed on the side of the housing and two outer edges disposed on the side opposite the housing, the nut including at least one inclined face, each outer edge having a bell crank cooperating with the inclined face of the nut.

Abstract: A seat component assembly includes a structural body comprised of a natural fiber polypropylene material and an additional seat component attached to the structural body to provide a seat back or a seat cushion. A method of forming a seat component assembly includes forming a structural body comprised of a natural fiber polypropylene material and attaching an additional seat component to the structural body to provide a seat back or a seat cushion.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising at least one seating device, in particular a driver's seat, a control device for controlling at least one function of the motor vehicle and an operating device having at least one operator control device for operating the control device on the part of the user, wherein the at least one operator control device is supported on a bearing or mounting device which is designed to change the position of the operator control device as a function of a seat position.

Abstract: A foot mat arrangement with a floor unit and a foot mat can be fastened to the floor unit. The foot mat can be fastened to the floor unit by means of a hook-and-loop connection. The hook-and-loop connection has a first hook-and-loop element, which is fastened to the floor unit by material bonding, in particular, by a welded connection. The first hook-and-loop element can have a loop pile fabric. The first hook-and-loop element is preferably fastened to an attachment. The attachment and/or a carpet can be fastened to a floor element of the floor unit, in particular, by a material bond. A vehicle may have such a foot mat arrangement and a method for producing the floor unit of such a foot mat arrangement is disclosed.

Abstract: An interior automobile accessory, including a removable guard removably connected to a seat of an automobile to prevent items from falling off the seat, a plurality of cylinder prongs angularly disposed away from the removable guard with respect to a direction, an anchored base removably connected to the seat to receive the plurality of cylinder prongs therein, and a plurality of straps removably connected to the anchored base and extending from the anchored base a crevice between a seat base and a back rest to fasten the anchored base to the seat.

Abstract: A lift apparatus having a support assembly that supports a slide panel assembly and an actuator that selectively adjusts the height or vertical position of the support assembly to thereby adjust the vertical position of the slide panel assembly. The support assembly is movably coupled to a bed of a vehicle (e.g., a truck). Vehicles including the lift apparatus and a slide assembly are also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable cooking oil distribution device for filling remote fryers with fresh cooking oil. In other embodiments the device can also collect used cooking oil from the fryer. In one embodiment, a portable device includes a fresh tank, a three-way valve connected by piping to the fresh oil tank, a pump connected by piping to the three-way valve, and a nozzle connected by piping to the pump, the nozzle having an outlet tube connected to the piping between the pump and the nozzle. The device may also include a used oil tank, a second three-way valve connected by piping to the used oil tank, a second pump connected by piping to the three-way valve, and piping connecting the second pump to the nozzle, where the nozzle includes a inlet tube connected to the piping between the pump and the nozzle.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted camp kitchen accessory system comprises a central frame with an internal drawer. The drawer has a front end and two sides and drawer is mounted on a sliding mechanism. The drawer has at least one mounting fixture at the front end and at least one mounting fixture on each of the sides that are accessible when the drawer is in the open position. Each mounting fixture receives accessories having coupling fixtures that are compatible with the mounting fixtures.

Abstract: An RV is provided having a multi-use bunk bed room which re-purposes lateral bed platform panels into table/desk, workbench, sleeping bed, or vertical storage modes, and establishes a multi-use interior door, movable between room closure, storable item shield, and “cushion closet” modes, with strategic alignment between an exterior baggage door and the interior room door to accommodate oversized storable items.

Abstract: A tie down hook magnetic reinforcement device for stabilizing a tie down hook includes a holster sheathing a magnet. The holster has a first end and a second end. The first end of the holster holds the magnet. The magnet is attaches to a vehicle truck by a magnetic attraction. The second end of the holster has an aperture. A hook is secured to the aperture of the holster. The hook has a first flange and a second flange. The first flange of the hook is nested within the aperture of the holster. The second flange of the hook is fastens to a tie down hook for a tie down strap used in a bed of the vehicle truck.

Abstract: An improved ratchet binder with a folding handle with two connecting ends and includes an enclosed ratchet gear. The direction of rotation of the enclosed ratchet gear is determined by a knob located on the ratchet gear. The knob includes a handle for improved leverage on the knob. The knob may be lifted and rotated 180 degrees to change the direction of rotation from binding a load (decreasing the distance between the connecting ends) or releasing a load (increasing the distance between the connecting ends). A raised knob also allows free motion of the gear for quick release. The knob is connected to a two-sided pawl that engages with the gear. The pawl includes a pawl spring to provide tension on the knob and to ensure engagement of the pawl with the ratchet gear.

Abstract: A reel device for a ratchet strap system is described. The reel device includes a base that removably receives a first strap of the ratchet strap system. The reel device further includes a receiver that removably receives a second strap of the ratchet strap system. The reel device also includes a reel mechanism operatively connected to the receiver. When the reel mechanism rotates a first angular distance, the receiver rotates a second angular distance proportional to the first angular distance in a same direction as the first angular distance. When the receiver is rotating while receiving the second strap of the ratchet strap system, the second strap wraps around the receiver.

Abstract: A light assembly includes a power source and three series of lighting units dedicated to respective lighting functions. The light assembly includes a first driver and a second driver, connected in parallel to the power source. The first driver is arranged for applying a first power output to the first and third series of lighting units connected in series, based on a source power generated by the power source and the second driver is arranged for applying a second power output to the second series of lighting units, based on the source power.

Abstract: An assembly for a motor vehicle includes a frame which defines an opening and a closing element and which can be moved between a first position in which the closing element at least partially closes the opening; and a second position in which the opening is open. The assembly further includes a lighting device configured to project a light beam onto the closing element when the latter is positioned in the second position and/or onto the closing element when the latter is moving between the first position and the second position, at least a portion of the projected light beam being reflected by the closing element out of the assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle-light marking tool includes: an attachment part that is attached to a vehicle-constituting member; a first marking unit provided on a side of the attachment part opposite from an attachment side, the first marking unit containing a reflective material; and a second marking unit provided adjacent to the first marking unit and containing a light-emitting material.

Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to a trailer tester. The trailer tester may include a tester plug configured to couple to a complementary trailer plug, a battery receiver configured to removably couple to, i.e., receive, a rechargeable battery pack, and a main body. The main body may include a plurality of switches. Each switch may include a positive terminal configured to be connected through the battery receiver to a positive voltage terminal of the rechargeable battery pack, a negative terminal configured to connect through the battery receiver to a negative voltage terminal of the rechargeable battery pack, and an output terminal configured to be connected to a signal light of the trailer through the tester plug.

Abstract: A safety zone system that includes a vehicle and at least one safety cantilevered arm that is operably engaged with the vehicle. The vehicle include a front end, a rear end opposite to the front end, a longitudinal direction that extends from the rear end to the front end, and one or more pairs of wheel assemblies engaged at least at the rear end. The at least one safety cantilevered arm is also moveable between a stored position and an operating position and is a single unit. The movement of the at least one safety cantilevered arm is also performed entirely along an arm axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In the operating position, the at least one safety cantilevered arm is positioned at the bottom end of the vehicle and positioned above the one or more pairs of wheel assemblies of the vehicle.

Abstract: A health indicator system for a sensor pod includes one or more sensors associated with the sensor pod, a sensor pod housing, an internal sensor status monitoring system configured to determine a status of at least one sensor of the one or more sensors, and a plurality of visual indicators located on at least one exterior surface of the sensor pod housing, the plurality of visual indicators configured to display a predetermined configuration based on the determined status of each of the one or more sensors. The plurality of visual indicators are located on the sensor pod housing at a level such that when an external operator standing on a ground surface approaches the vehicle, the plurality of visual indicators is within the external operator's field of view.

Abstract: By a vehicle control notification device or a vehicle control notification method, an automated driving-related state of a vehicle is identified, a vehicle exterior notification device is controlled for performing vehicle exterior notification that is notification of information related to the automated driving toward an outside of the vehicle, and a type of the vehicle exterior notification is changed according to the identified automated driving-related state.

Abstract: By a vehicle notification control device or a vehicle notification control method, an automated driving-related state is identified, and a vehicle exterior display is controlled. The vehicle exterior display performs, by display, vehicle exterior notification that is notification of information related to the automated driving toward an outside of a vehicle. The display of the automated driving vehicle exterior notification is changed to cause the display to become difficult to be seen, or the automated driving vehicle exterior notification is performed during the automated driving and a brightness of the caused vehicle exterior notification is lower than a brightness at a lighting time of the specific indicator lamp.

Abstract: By a vehicle notification control device or a vehicle notification control method, an automated driving-related state is identified, a vehicle exterior notification device is controlled for performing vehicle exterior notification that is notification of information related to the automated driving toward an outside of the vehicle; and an execution timing of the vehicle exterior notification is changed according to the identified automated driving-related state.

Abstract: In a system comprising construction machine, transport vehicle with loading space and image recording device, wherein the image recording device is arranged at the construction machine and aligned, as a minimum, also towards the loading space of the transport vehicle, it is specified for the following features to be achieved: that a reception and display device is arranged at or in the transport vehicle, wherein the data recorded by the image recording device are transmitted to the reception and display device via a transmission device arranged at the construction machine.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head adjustable about a mounting base configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle. A driver monitoring camera is accommodated by the mirror head and moves in tandem with the mirror head when the mirror head is adjusted relative to the mounting base to adjust a driver's rearward view. At least one near infrared light emitter is accommodated by the mirror head and is operable to emit near infrared light toward a head region of the driver of the vehicle. Image data captured by the driver monitoring camera is processed to determine driver attentiveness and/or driver drowsiness. The vehicular vision system may adjust processing of the captured image data to accommodate adjustment of the mirror head when the driver adjusts the mirror head to adjust his or her rearward view.

Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustable about a mounting base configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element. The mounting base is configured to attach at the interior portion of the vehicle via a threaded fastener. The threaded fastener includes a head end and a threaded end that threadedly engages the interior portion of the vehicle. A compressible component is disposed between the head end of the threaded fastener and the mounting base. With the mounting base attached at the interior portion of the vehicle, and responsive to movement of the mounting base relative to the threaded fastener and the interior portion of the vehicle, the compressible component at least partially compresses to accommodate movement of the mounting base.

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror system includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly configured for attachment at a vehicle and an electrically-operable actuator. An exterior mirror head is movable relative to an exterior portion of the vehicle via operation of the actuator. The exterior mirror head accommodates an exterior mirror reflective element attached at an attachment plate. A heater pad is disposed between the exterior mirror reflective element and the attachment plate. An outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element is exposed to and is viewable by a driver of the vehicle and is contactable. The attachment plate includes wall structure that spans a perimeter circumferential edge of the exterior mirror reflective element. No part of the exterior mirror head encroaches onto the outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element. No part of the exterior mirror head overlaps the outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a video display screen disposed behind a transflective mirror reflector of an electrochromic mirror reflective element of an interior rearview mirror assembly. Image data captured by a rearward-viewing camera is provided to the mirror assembly as digital signals carried by a coaxial cable. Electronic circuitry of the mirror assembly includes (i) auto dimming circuitry and (ii) video processing circuitry. The video display screen (i) displays at a left display region video images derived from captured image data to display a scene occurring in a left side lane, (ii) displays at a right display region video images derived from captured image data to display a scene occurring in a right side lane and (iii) displays at a middle display region video images derived from captured image data to display a scene occurring rearward of the vehicle in the lane the equipped vehicle is travelling in.

Abstract: A plurality of vehicular electrochromic mirror reflective elements includes first and second vehicular electrochromic mirror reflective elements, each having a respective planar rear glass shaped substrate and a respective planar front glass substrate. The planar front glass shaped substrates are cut out from a planar glass sheet. Each planar rear glass shaped substrate is joined with a respective planar front glass substrate portion of the planar glass sheet via a respective perimeter seal. With the planar rear glass shaped substrate joined with the planar front glass shaped substrate, the circumferential perimeter cut edge of the planar front glass shaped substrate and the circumferential perimeter cut edge of the planar rear glass shaped substrate are processed to provide a circumferential rounded perimeter edge of the respective vehicular electrochromic mirror reflective element having a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm.

Abstract: An internal multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a rearview element comprising at least one of a reflective element, a camera, or a display element; a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and configured to be moveable relative to the vehicle; a bezel configured to be affixed to an opening defined by the housing and configured to surround the rearview element; and a foot configured to be fixed to the vehicle and relative to which the housing and bezel is moveable. The bezel is coated and a coating of the bezel is at least one of a decorative coating, an advanced surface technology, or a spectrally controlling system, and the rearview element is coupled to at least one of the bezel or the housing.

Abstract: A camera mirror system for a vehicle includes, among other things, first and second exterior cameras that are configured to provide capture images outside of the vehicle that correspond to legally prescribed views. The system further includes first and second displays within a vehicle cabin that are configured to depict the captured images respectively from the first and second exterior cameras. The system further includes first and second interior cameras that are configured to capture driver images within the vehicle cabin. The first and second interior cameras respectively have first and second interior fields of view that overlap one another in a vehicle driver region within the vehicle cabin, the first display is in the second interior field of view, and the second display is in the first interior field of view. The system further includes a controller that is in communication with the first and second displays and the first and second interior cameras.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle camera, camera system including the same, video processing method, and a computer software product, and in aspects may be particularly relevant to vehicular camera systems for monitoring the interior and exterior of the vehicle. In an aspect, a vehicle camera includes an imager and an ultra-wide-angle lens assembly for focusing onto the imager an ultra-wide-angle image having a field of view. The camera is configured to be mounted within a vehicle such that the field of view includes an interior portion representing part of the interior of the vehicle and exterior portion representing part of the exterior of the vehicle.

Abstract: All designs have features that prevent the running boards from over deploying and stowing. This ensures the mechanism does not exceed the design range of motion and prevents any excess forces on the system or vehicle. All designs use kinematic locks to prevent back driving in stowed and deployed positions, which allows more efficient gearboxes to be used.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat assembly includes a seat portion and a back portion connected to the seat portion. The back portion has an opening sized to receive a backpack that extends through both a front-facing surface and a rear-facing surface. A backpack is located in the opening in a stowed configuration. The backpack is accessible at the front-facing surface and the rear-facing surface and is removable from the opening.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted transportation lift for transporting wheelless or trackless, powered, construction equipment and a method of using same; wherein the transportation lift comprises a cradle comprising a horizontally oriented plate, the plate removably secures to and supports a base of the powered walk-behind equipment; a lifting device that supports a motorized screw jack, the lifting device further being attached to an automotive vehicle; wherein the motorized linear screw actuator moves the cradle between a loading position proximate to the ground and a carrying position distal from the ground.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted camping unit having a unit housing for providing amenities for use in camping activities. A vehicle mounting arrangement extends from the unit housing. The mounting arrangement has a tow hitch that is configured for operatively coupling the camping unit to a vehicle. The camping unit has first and second retractable support legs mounted on the unit housing that are configured to support the unit housing on a support surface. The first and second retractable support legs are laterally spaced from each other on the unit housing and defining a transverse leg axis therebetween. The camping unit further includes a jockey wheel on the vehicle mounting arrangement that is configured to support the camping unit on the support surface.