Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a high volume branding system for branding baked goods with a desired indicia. The system includes a branding conveyor for receiving the baked goods in the pans and conveying the pans downstream. The system also includes a branding station positioned above the branding conveyor. The branding station includes a shuttle that is provided with a branding press. The shuttle is configured to travel downstream with the branding conveyor in a first direction and upstream in a second direction. The shuttle is configured to align a branding press with at least one of the pans on the branding conveyor while the pan is moving downstream with the branding conveyor. The branding press includes a branding plate that is heated and lowered with the branding press onto the baked goods in the pan while the shuttle is moving downstream along with the pan and branding conveyor to brand indicia onto the baked goods.

Abstract: A paint package lid (14, 114) includes a base wall (54) having a lid base wall upper surface (56) and a lid base wall lower surface (58), a container coupling rim (60) disposed radially outwardly with respect to the base wall and having a rim upper surface (62), and a closure well (64, 164) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the base wall. The closure well includes a radially outer wall (82) extending downwardly with respect to the base wall, a lower wall (84) extending radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and establishing a lowermost surface (85) of the lid, and a neck (86, 186) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and extending upwardly from the lower wall and having a closure coupling (95). Also disclosed is a lid and closure assembly and a paint package (10, 110, 210) including the lid.

Abstract: The DripLip has a round shape that fits upon a paint can and retains drips and dribbles. The invention has an upper flange upon a main wall that descends to a lower flange perpendicular to the main wall. Upon a part of the lower flange, the invention has a receptacle with a lower portion and an upper portion upon it. The lower portion has a rectangular cross section. Then the upper portion of the receptacle has an inclined forward wall extending Outward from the receptacle and the rest of the invention. The upper portion opens into the plane of the lower flange. The upper portion and the lower portion both of the receptacle retain the liquid remaining from a typical pour from the paint can.

Abstract: A chalk reel includes a housing defining a chalk chamber and an opening from the chalk chamber; a spool positioned within the chalk chamber; and a line wound on the spool and extending through the opening, the line having a width of dimension X. The spool comprises an axial hub and a sidewall. The sidewall comprises a plurality of apertures extending through the sidewall from a first face distal from the axial hub to a second face proximal to the axial hub. Each of the plurality of apertures having a maximum width of dimension Y. The dimension Y is sized so that no loops of the line may fit through each of the plurality of apertures.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for a floating register wheel to provide cooling to brake system components of a vehicle. The floating register wheel includes a barrel for mounting a tire, an outboard face for fastening the barrel to a wheel hub of the vehicle, and vents in the outboard face to provide cooling to the brake system components. The outboard face includes a surface register for fastening the outboard face to the barrel and a floating register that includes the vents. Spokes join the surface register and the floating register to a hub for fastening the wheel to the vehicle. The floating register is outboard of the surface register to provide openings between the floating register and the surface register. The openings allow air to flow from the vents to openings between the spokes to extract heated air from the brake system components during operating the vehicle.

Abstract: An automobile wheel lifting device for the installation of wheels when automobile is on a hydraulic lift. A motorized scissor lift table holds the wheel in a stable vertical position while lifting. Vertically stable position is ensured by a stabilizing arm placed on the wheel by the mechanic with one hand only, before lifting begins. Rate of lifting is such that when the wheel mounting holes are aligned with the studs the lifting can be stopped, the wheel rotated and installed. Lifting device avoids contact with the automobile body by lifting as if the mechanic lifted by hand. Stabilizing arm does not obstruct the view of the mechanic during lifting.

Abstract: A rubber composition for tires, comprising a rubber component and a vegetable oil wherein the vegetable oil contains palmitic acid and oleic acid in a mass ratio ((palmitic acid)/(oleic acid)) of 0.65 or more and 1.2 or less. It is preferred that the vegetable oil is palm oil. It is more preferred that the vegetable oil has an iodine value of 50 or more and 75 or less. It is more preferred that the vegetable oil has an oleic acid content of 40% by mass or more and 53% by mass or less.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is for a motor vehicle. The pneumatic tire includes a first side that is an inner side of the pneumatic tire, and an opposite second side. A least a part of the pneumatic tire has rubber-based material that is configured to restrict gas permeability and that includes lignin that has been treated by hydrothermal carbonization. The rubber-based material or a coating of the rubber-based material forms at least a part of the first side of the pneumatic tire. A method is for manufacturing a pneumatic tire.

Abstract: A tire includes a pair of bead cores, a carcass layer extending between the bead cores, and a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction. A tire outer diameter OD (mm) is in a range 200?OD?660. A total tire width SW (mm) is in a range 100?SW?400. The belt layer includes a pair of cross belts formed of a wide cross belt and a narrow cross belt. A distance Tce (mm) from a tread profile to an outer circumferential surface of the wide cross belt in a tire equatorial plane CL has a relationship 0.008?Tce/OD?0.130 with respect to the tire outer diameter OD (mm).

Abstract: A two-wheel vehicle tire has a tread portion. The tread portion includes a plurality of grooves. The grooves include crown grooves arranged on a tire equator, middle grooves, and shoulder grooves. Each of the crown grooves is bent in a V-shape so as to be convex to one side in a tire circumferential direction. Each of the grooves has the shortest distance from 5% to 30% of a tread development half width between another one of the grooves immediately adjacent to the each of the grooves.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: bead cores formed by winding bead wires in a ring shape and having a polygonal cross-section shape in a meridian cross-section; a carcass extended between bead portions on both sides in a width direction, the carcass being folded back to an outer side in the width direction of the bead portion, the carcass being formed by coating a carcass cord with a coating rubber; an inner organic fiber reinforced layer wound around the bead core and formed by coating an organic fiber cord with a coating rubber; and a rubber reinforcing layer between the inner organic fiber reinforced layer and the carcass to cover at least an apex on an innermost side of the bead core in the width direction. A shortest distance between the bead wire and the carcass cord is 3 mm or more.

Abstract: An inflation system can be configured for a rotary environment with a supply conduit passing through a rotary union to a hub. The hub can consist of a diaphragm contacting a force mechanism with the diaphragm separating the supply conduit from a lead conduit. The force mechanism may allow selective bi-directional fluid flow between the supply conduit and the lead conduit in response to fluid pressure that differs from a predetermined threshold pressure.

Abstract: A modular TPMS sensor with an externally replaceable battery is disclosed. The valve stem facilitates battery replacement with a valve stem core designed to removably secure a battery within the valve stem and a sensor configured with an electrical connection designed to connect the sensor to power from the battery. The valve stem has an interior cavity configured to retain the valve stem core. The battery may be at least partially retained within the valve stem. The removable sensor may be configured to connect to an end of the valve stem distal from the valve stem core. The electrical connection may comprise a spring-loaded terminal configured to connect or disconnect the sensor and battery as the battery is inserted or removed from the valve stem through a valve stem end proximal to the valve stem core, permitting battery replacement without removing or deflating a tire configured with the sensor.

Abstract: A tire pressure sensor information processing method includes: step 210, determining a tire position to be reset, the tire position to be reset being a tire position having corresponding tire pressure sensor identity information in a tire pressure monitoring system that needs to be cleared; step 220, generating false identity information for a tire pressure sensor of the tire position to be reset; step 230, after the tire pressure monitoring system enables a learning mode, sending the false identity information to the tire pressure monitoring system, so as to cause the tire pressure monitoring system to update identity information of the tire pressure sensor of the tire position to be reset to the false identity information; step 240, obtaining real identity information of a tire pressure sensor of a tire position to be matched; and step 250, sending the real identity information to the tire pressure monitoring system, so as to cause the tire pressure monitoring system to update identity information of the ti

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for detecting an abnormality in a tire for a light rail with rubber wheels. The detection device is installed inside the auxiliary rim, which is a rigid body mounted on an outer circumferential surface of a wheel, in a rubber tire body, and a protrusion part forming a detection unit of the detection device is configured to protrude into a space inside the rubber tire body. When the tire is punctured, the inner circumferential surface of the rubber tire body comes into close contact with the auxiliary rim, and the protrusion part is pushed into the auxiliary rim to touch the piezoelectric element of the detection unit and generate an electric signal, and thereby transmit a signal for indicating an abnormal condition of the tire to a controller.

Abstract: A ball head turnable trailer is provided, including a trailer body and a trailer assembly containing a connecting component and a trailer component. The trailer component includes a mounting base and multiple ball heads. A rotating adjustment assembly includes a pin sleeve, a fixed pin, and a reset spring. A rotating shaft is roundly set with multiple fixed holes, each of which is matched with the fixed pin. A pull portion is pulled outwards to drive the fixed pin to move out from the fixed hole to release position limiting between the mounting base and the rotating shaft. The trailer no longer needs remove the fixed pin, which prevents the fixed pin losing. Moreover, the trailer is simple and labor-saving to pull, which is convenient and efficient.

Abstract: A retractable tow reel assembly for an off-road vehicle, the assembly including a bracket having a pair of opposing uprights and mountable to an off-road vehicle, a reel adapted to be held by the bracket when mounted to the vehicle and effective for holding a tow rope, the reel including a shaft and a pair of opposing drum ends having a diameter greater than the diameter of the connecting shaft, and a tow rope having an eye end and a free end, where the eye end is threaded around the shaft, where the shaft has a first end and a second end, and where the first end of the shaft may be released from the first drum end and exposed to facilitate threading of the rope eye over the shaft without releasing the second end of the shaft from the second drum end.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body rear structure, which can reduce damage to the vehicle during a collision from the rear. The vehicle body rear structure includes a chassis rear, a hook reinforcement part fixed to a lower surface of the chassis rear; and a hook fixed on a back side of the chassis rear through the hook reinforcement part, in which the hook reinforcement part includes a plurality of part members independent from each other, the plurality of part members are connected in series and joined in a front-back direction of the vehicle to form a joint boundary part, and the joint boundary part is disposed with a weakened part on a side close to the chassis rear.

Abstract: A weight distribution hitch system has a head and a horn which are readily separable. The horn is attachable to the towing vehicle. Forward of the hitch ball, the head includes a downwardly projecting hook portion. The head defines a head hitch pin opening spaced from the hook portion, and the mating interaction between the hook portion and the rest recess allow the horn hitch pin opening to be aligned relative to the head hitch pin opening to allow insertion of a hitch pin to complete the hitching connection. Two snap-up brackets are attached to the trailer frame and used to lift the weight distribution spring bars each using a handle. The head with its hitch ball and weight distribution spring bars as well as the snap-up brackets can be left attached to the trailer frame even when not being towed.

Abstract: A system for measuring the tongue weight of a trailer attached to a hitching component of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a smart device comprising a sensor for determining the angle of the smart device with respect to horizontal and an app running on the smart device. The app is configured to take a signal from the sensor when the smart device is resting on a surface of the vehicle at a point in time when the trailer is not hitched to the vehicle and store a value “Angle Unhitched,” corresponding to the angle of the vehicle without the trailer hitched. The app is also configured to take a signal from the sensor when the smart device is resting on the surface of the vehicle at a point in time when the trailer is hitched to the vehicle and store a value “Angle Hitched,” corresponding to the angle of the vehicle without the trailer hitch attached.

Abstract: A vehicle may include a passenger compartment, one or more vehicle controls in the passenger compartment, a user interface in the passenger compartment, and a trailer hitch towards the rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle may include an accelerometer and a vehicle control unit (VCU). The accelerometer may output a signal in response to a change in pitch of the vehicle as a trailer is attached to the vehicle at the trailer hitch. The VCU may have a memory device and a processing device. The processing device may: determine the change in the pitch of the vehicle; determine a tongue weight of the trailer based on the change in the pitch; compare the tongue weight to a threshold tongue weight; and, in response to the tongue weight being greater than the threshold tongue weight, output a warning indicator via the vehicle's user interface.

Abstract: A breakaway mitigation system is provided for addressing breakaway between a tractor and a trailer unit of a truck. The breakaway mitigation system can include a spool assembly, a sensor, and a controller. The spool assembly has a spool body configured to deploy a length of a tether coupled with the spool body and configured to couple with an energy source supply conduit and to retract the length of the tether. The energy source supply conduit is configured to convey a source of energy for use by a motor or by a fuel cell. The sensor is configured to detect the length of the tether that has been deployed. The controller is configured to receive an input corresponding to the detected length and to implement a countermeasure when the detected amount exceeds a threshold value. Mitigation can be provided by a coupler that decouples under a load over a threshold.

Abstract: Lamp hitch mounts are provided for detachably coupling to hitch receivers. One example lamp hitch mount includes a body and a lamp. The body is configured to at least partially insert into a hitch receiver. The body includes multiple sides defining an opening. At least one side of the multiple sides includes a wall and a protrusion extending from the wall. The protrusion includes at least one interface tab configured to insert into an opening of the hitch receiver when the body is inserted into the hitch receiver. The lamp is coupled to the body and at least partially positioned in the opening of the body.

Abstract: A support bracket includes a central web having a first end and a second end, a mounting flange connected to the first end of the central web, and a support arm that projects upwardly from the second end of the central web. The mounting flange is configured to secure the support bracket to an extendable shaft of a jack such that the central web projects outward from the extendable shaft. The support arm extends in spaced relation from the extendable shaft of the jack to which the support bracket is secured.

Abstract: A spring link includes a link body which includes two side wall profiles which are parallel to one another at a distance and which are connected by a spring seat plate extending transversely from one side wall profile to the other side wall profile. Each side wall profile includes a side web having an outwardly directed upper collar section which extends in the longitudinal direction of the side web. The spring seat plate rests with a lateral longitudinal edge section on an upper collar section and is joined to the upper collar section. The side wall profiles of the link body are mirror-symmetrical to one another. The lower side of the link body opposite to the spring seat plate is open.

Abstract: A device measures forces in a sprung chassis of a single-axle or multi-axle vehicle, in the force transmission path between the superstructure and the axle. Spring elements arranged between the axle and the superstructure are each connected to the axle and/or to the superstructure via a load-bearing element. The load-bearing element is made of an elastically deformable plastic or of an elastomeric material, and incorporated within the load-bearing element there are electrically conductive elements that are mutually spaced apart and insulated from one another, and that are variable absolutely and/or relative to one another in their position or geometry by a deformation of the load-bearing element effected under load, and thereby generate a detectable electrical quantity that is proportional to the elastic deformation of the load-bearing element.

Abstract: Driven lift axles and associated systems and components are provided for use on heavy duty trucks, trailers, and/or other vehicles. Driven lift axle systems may include one or more motors mounted to the lift axle to provide torque to drive one or more wheels of the lift axle. Various mounting configurations of such motors are possible, such as arranging a motor on the axle to provide torque at a conventional driveshaft input by interfacing with a differential drive gear, positioning a motor at each of the wheel ends of the axle to provide torque directly to the wheels, etc. Each wheel can be driven by a separate motor, allowing for independent control of the torque applied to each wheel. Lift axles described herein can be suitable for use with various motors capable of applying torque to the axle and/or wheels, such as electric motors, hydraulic motors, internal combustion engines, etc.

Abstract: Currently, some work vehicles and/or off-road vehicles come from the manufacturer lacking tow hooks—or even a strong point on the rear bumper assembly and/or the chassis to install a tow hook. A non-limiting example of this sort of vehicle is the Toyota Tundra. It is highly desirable for such a vehicle to be able to be towed by another vehicle and/or have connection points for recovery from stuck in a natural hazard like mud or water. A novel and improved sway bar bushing bracket with a tow hook design is disclosed. In particular, the manufacturer-installed sway bar bushing bracket may be replaced with a reinforced sway bar bushing bracket with an integrated tow hook that may serve as a more robust sway bar bushing bracket, as well as providing a strong connection point with a tow hook.

Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle having a drivetrain flow path coupling one or more motors and one or more inverters to an aerodynamic heat exchanger comprising one or more body panels disposed along an outer surface of the vehicle, the aerodynamic heat exchanger having one or more fluidic chambers or micro-channels. The drive flow path is decoupled from the vehicle's chiller and/or refrigeration cycle under all operating conditions. The drivetrain may be further characterized by the one or more motors being disposed proximate one or more wheels of the vehicle, such as within the wheel skirt or cowling, to capitalize on passive or free cooling via ambient airflow about the wheel. The thermal management system may further include a refrigeration cycle wherein the cabin and the battery pack are provided cooling in a parallel configuration or in a serial configuration.

Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle, the thermal management system comprising: a battery circuit having a first coolant pump for a coolant, a battery, and a chiller; a drive circuit having a second coolant pump for the coolant, an electric motor, power electronics for controlling the electric motor, and a heat sink for dissipating heat to open surroundings; and a refrigerant circuit for a refrigerant for controlling the temperature of an interior of the electric vehicle having a compressor, in each case for heat exchange with the interior, an interior condenser, and an interior evaporator, a condenser, at least one throttle, and the chiller for heat exchange with the battery circuit. The thermal management system is designed such that the chiller, in relation to the battery circuit, can be operated both in a cooling mode for cooling the battery and in a heating mode for heating the battery.

Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system includes a vehicle heat pump system, a battery system coolant loop, a drive train coolant loop, and control electronics. The vehicle heat pump system includes a compressor, a cabin condenser, a cabin evaporator, a cabin blower, and a chiller. The battery system coolant loop is in thermal communication with a battery system and with the chiller and selectively in thermal communication with the drive train coolant loop. The control electronics control the components of the vehicle thermal management system to heat the cabin, cool the cabin, heat the battery system, cool the battery system, and cool the drive train. The control electronics may control the compressor to operate in an efficient mode or a lossy mode in which the compressor generates heat. The control electronics may also control the components of the vehicle thermal management system to precondition the battery.

Abstract: A thermal conditioning system for a vehicle seat or other surface includes a thermoelectric Peltier device (TED) with a main side and a waste side. A flap adjusts a proportion of an airflow over the main and waste side airflow paths based on one or more operational parameters of the system. The operational parameters can include a power provided to the TED, the flow rate of the airflow, a thermal efficiency between the TED and the airflow, and/or a setpoint temperature of the airflow.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a thermal management system for a battery-powered electric vehicle, which system comprises a primary circuit and a secondary circuit, which has at least a first partial circuit having a cooling device, at least a second partial circuit having a heating device, at least a third partial circuit supplying a battery and at least a fourth partial circuit supplying components of the power electronics and passing through a heat exchanger, and the thermal management system further comprises a controller, wherein the primary circuit has at least one indirect evaporator and at least one indirect condenser, a number of pumps are arranged in the system for driving a fluid flow in the partial circuits, and a maximum number of five control valves is controlled in the system for controlling the fluid flow.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for thermally preconditioning a vehicle may include tracking a position of a user and determining a trajectory of the user based upon the user's position, classifying the user's trajectory as a vehicle approach, validating the vehicle approach, and thermally preconditioning the vehicle when the vehicle approach is validated.

Abstract: A system for regulating an environment within an operator cabin of a machine via a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first sensor that generates a first signal of an amount of air pressure within the operator cabin, a second sensor that generates a second signal of an amount of carbon dioxide within the operator cabin, an air filtration element to direct pre-cleaned air into the operator cabin, an inlet valve disposed between the air filtration element and the HVAC system for controlling a flowrate of the pre-cleaned air to the HVAC system, and a controller. The controller actuates dynamic auto-control of the inlet valve to direct an optimally varying flowrate of the pre-cleaned air from the air filtration element to the HVAC system via the inlet valve to maximize a service life of the air filtration element.

Abstract: A control method for a heat pump system of a multi-temperature zone air conditioning box, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring, possibly by the vehicle-mounted terminal, a temperature regulation mode and a target temperature for a vehicle, and a temperature adjustment demand and an outlet air temperature of each temperature zone of the vehicle; and adjusting, possibly by the vehicle-mounted terminal an opening value of an air mixing damper in each temperature zone according to the temperature regulation mode, the target temperature, and the temperature adjustment demand and the outlet air temperature of each temperature zone, so that the outlet air temperature of each temperature zone reaches the target temperature. The precise control of the heating/refrigeration demand of an occupant compartment is improved according to the method.

Abstract: A microclimate system for a vehicle occupant includes multiple microclimate thermal effectors. Each of the microclimate communication with the microclimate thermal effectors and includes a plurality of first transfer functions. Each of the first transfer functions models a corresponding microclimate thermal effector in the plurality of microclimate thermal effectors. A system transfer function models the microclimate system. Each of the first transfer functions is nested within the system transfer function.

Abstract: The invention provides an integrated heat pump air conditioning and heat management system with a five way valve and a control method thereof, including a refrigerant circulation system, a coolant circulation system, a first heat management system and a second heat management system; The refrigerant circulation system is connected with the coolant circulation system to transfer the heating and cooling capacity of the refrigerant to the coolant circulation system; The first thermal management system is connected with the coolant circulation system to cool or heat the battery pack; The second thermal management system is connected with the coolant circulation system to cool the motor; The second thermal management system also emits waste heat from the coolant circulation system and the first thermal management system into the air. The system and its control method of the invention combine a variety of heat management functions, and the control method is scientific.

Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system including a heating heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air within an air-conditioning case to heat the air, and a cooling heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air to cool the air; a refrigerant line circulating through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and a chiller; a first coolant line that passes through the heating heat exchanger and exchanges heat with the condenser of the refrigerant line; a second coolant line that passes through the cooling heat exchanger and exchanges heat with the chiller of the refrigerant line; a radiator that exchanges heat between the coolant and outside air; a third coolant line that passes through the radiator and exchanges heat with a battery of a vehicle; and a mixing tank provided to mix the coolant of the first coolant line, the second coolant line, and the third coolant line.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one first electrical device and a conditioning apparatus to cool the first electrical device, the conditioning apparatus comprising a refrigerant fluid circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant fluid along a path so as to realize a refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant fluid circuit comprising along the path a compressor, a condenser to condense the refrigerant fluid compressed by the compressor, and an expansion valve device, wherein the first electrical device is arranged in direct thermal contact with the refrigerant fluid circuit at a first heat exchange zone of the refrigerant fluid circuit downstream the expansion valve device, the refrigerant fluid circuit having a first evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant fluid passed through the expansion valve device by heat exchange with the first electrical device at the first heat exchange zone.

Abstract: A refrigeration system is disclosed that includes a heat sink and a refrigeration assembly. The refrigeration assembly includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant to form a compressed refrigerant and a condenser installed downstream of the compressor and configured to extract a portion of heat from the received compressed refrigerant to form a condensed refrigerant. The refrigeration assembly also includes a diverting valve installed downstream of the condenser and upstream of the heat sink and to divert a portion of the condensed refrigerant to the heat sink to extract heat therefrom. In addition, the refrigeration assembly includes an expansion valve installed downstream of the diverting valve to reduce the pressure of a portion of the condensed refrigerant. The refrigeration assembly also includes an evaporator installed downstream of the expansion valve and configured to transfer heat to the cooled refrigerant.

Abstract: Perforated vehicle screen including, e.g., windshield, rear window, side window, vent window, quarter pane, and/or roof panel. The perforation may comprise any pattern, such as, e.g., cross-hatch, linear, diagonal, circular hole, square hole, polygonal hole, rounded long hole, and/or angular long hole. The vehicle may be autonomous and does not require an operator. In some cases, the vehicle is not autonomous and requires an operator. The perforated screen may be in addition to, or in substitute of, standard glass. The perforated screen may be transparent, semi-transparent, or non-transparent. The perforated screen may be made from plastic, metal, and/or glass, and may be flexible or rigid. For example, the perforated screen may provide structure support to the vehicle. Each of the perforated vehicle screens may be formed in any shape and size to match a vehicle's specific dimensions based on make and model. In addition, a perforated vehicle screen may be convex, concave, or planar.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electric spiraling piston and systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods utilizing same. An electric spiraling piston includes a drum around which the piston spirals as it is being retracted. A spinning axis of the drum is functionally connected to the drive shaft of a motor, such that motor torque is relayed to the axis. The axis, when spinning with the drum in a first direction, causes the piston to un-spiral and extend out of a housing—while rounding its cross section—to assume a straight, rigid position/orientation. The Axis, when spinning with the drum in a second direction, causes the piston to be retracted back into the housing—while flattening its cross section—to assume a spiral orientation within the housing.

Abstract: An embodiment driving apparatus for a swing door includes a drive shaft that is linearly movable, a drive casing rotatably disposed around the drive shaft, and a conversion mechanism configured to convert a linear movement of the drive shaft into a rotational movement of the drive casing, wherein the conversion mechanism includes a first spiral groove provided in an exterior surface of the drive shaft, a second spiral groove provided in an interior surface of the drive casing, and a plurality of balls interposed between the first spiral groove and the second spiral groove.

Abstract: The invention discloses a built-in roll cover, includes a layer of leather and a support frame, the layer of leather is connected with the support frame, the support frame includes a large front bar assembly, a side rail assembly and a rear bar assembly, the large front bar assembly is connected to the rear bar assembly through a side rail assembly, the side rail assembly is connected to the side rail of the car through a clamp assembly, the large front bar assembly includes a large front bar and a large front bar plug strip, the large front bar is provided with a large front bar groove, the large front bar plug strip is connected with the layer of leather, the large front bar plug strip is stuck in the large front bar groove, the rear bar assembly is connected to the side rail assembly through the rear bar fixing assembly, the rear bar fixing assembly includes a rear bar joint and a rear bar fixing base, the rear bar fixing base is connected with the side rail assembly, the rear bar joint is engaged with the

Abstract: The invention discloses an external roll cover for a pickup truck, including a layer of leather and a supporting frame, the layer of leather is connected to the cargo hopper through a supporting frame, the supporting frame includes a front rail assembly, a rear rail assembly and a side rail assembly, the front rail assembly is connected to the rear rail assembly through a side rail assembly, the front rail assembly includes a front rail, a front rail joint and a front rail rubber strip, the front rail is connected with the side rail assembly through a front rail joint, the front rail is connected with a front rail rubber strip, the front rail joints are connected at both ends of the front rail, the front rail rubber strip is stick on the bottom of the front rail. The front rail strip is very long, which can play a good waterproof effect.

Abstract: The invention relates to a panel joining arrangement for a vehicle canopy. The vehicle canopy includes at least one three panel join where a side panel, roof panel and end panel of the vehicle canopy meet. The panel joining arrangement comprises first and second lip portions formed in the side panel of the vehicle canopy and a third lip portion formed in the roof panel. The first and second lip portions are longitudinally offset and transversely overlapping in relation to a length of the side panel. The third lip portion is configured to mate with the second lip portion at the three panel join of the vehicle canopy such that the third lip portion is located adjacent to and substantially flush with the first lip portion.

Abstract: A pickup truck add-on assembly is provided, which includes: a base configured to be and fixedly mounted to a pickup truck bed, an upper cover, and at least one driving assembly, wherein the driving assembly comprises a driving mechanism and a support arm, the support arm being respectively hinged to the upper cover and the base, the driving mechanism being hinged to the support arm and configured to drive the support arm to rotate, so that a hinge joint between the support arm and the upper cover in an initial hinge position: i. moves from the hinge position relative to the base in a height direction; and ii. moves laterally, in a direction transverse to the height direction, from the hinge position. In addition, a pickup truck is provided having a pickup truck add-on assembly mounted thereon as described above.

Abstract: A truck that includes a bed section located rear of a cab section where the bed section is bounded on each side by opposing first and second upward-extending side walls, respectively. The truck includes a tonneau cover which has a first panel section pivotable with respect to the opposing first and second upward-extending side walls. A latching assembly is attached to the first panel section that selectively secures and releases the first panel section with respect to the first and second upward-extending side walls of the truck. The latching assembly includes at least one adjustable pinch latch assembly. The pinch latch assembly includes a latch handle portion and a latch base located on the first panel section adjacent the latch handle portion.

Abstract: A vehicle cover, the vehicle cover comprises a top cover, a front cover, a rear cover, side covers disposed on two sides of the top cover, and a plurality of brace rods. Tops of inner walls of the side covers comprise plug pockets in which ends of the plurality of brace rods are disposed, ends of the plug pockets away from the top cover are open, the inner walls of the side covers comprise sleeving tubes, the plurality of brace rods are disposed in the plug pockets after passing through the sleeving tubes, tow strips are disposed on the plug pockets, and the inner walls of the side covers comprise flexible pull rings used for pulling the vehicle cover by external objects.