Abstract: The disclosure relates to a unit or a method for determining a remaining utilization capacity of at least one energy supply source connected to at least one electrical consumer used on a road construction machine, or a road construction machine, having at least one unit for determining a remaining utilization capacity. The unit is adapted to indicate a remaining utilization capacity determined on the basis of a current charging state of the energy supply source as a remaining utilization duration, a remaining utilization range and/or a remaining utilization area for the at least one consumer.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a battery management system that actively limits the operational voltage of a cell to avoid a cell pressure surge in response to an indicator of battery cell degradation. An exemplary battery management system can include a memory, computer readable instructions, and one or more processors that perform operations that include: measuring a first cell pressure of a cell of the battery pack at a reference voltage and measuring a second cell pressure of the cell of the battery pack at the reference voltage. A moving average of cell pressure progression is determined from the first cell pressure and the second cell pressure. Responsive to the moving average of cell pressure progression exceeding a cell pressure progression threshold, the cell of the battery pack is identified as a degraded cell and an estimate of remaining cycles for the degraded cell is determined.

Abstract: A nonintegral cold plate is described for providing cooling of battery charging. The nonintegrated cold plate can receive and circulate coolant against a surface of a battery or of a vehicle. After charging the nonintegrated cold plate can be removed to save weight on the vehicle's payload.

Abstract: An anti-misuse system includes: a detection apparatus configured to detect whether a current usage mode of a seat body is a forward usage mode or a backward usage mode; and a reminding apparatus coupled to the detection apparatus, and configured to execute a reminding operation according to the current usage mode detected by the detection apparatus.

Abstract: A vehicle system, includes: a vehicle seat having a seat position that is changeable; a center console that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction; a display that is provided at an upper face of the center console; a memory; and a processor that is coupled to the memory, the processor is configured to: cause display, at the display, of an operation window that is configured to operate a vehicle electrical hardware; and change a display position of the operation window so as to follow a change in the seat position.

Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for calibrating a sensing arrangement within an interior compartment of the vehicle. One method involves initiating operation of an interior component of the vehicle, obtaining one or more signals from the sensing arrangement within the interior compartment of the vehicle, wherein a characteristic of the one or more signals is influenced by the operation of the interior component, determining a measured position of the interior component based at least in part on the characteristic of the one or more signals, obtaining a reference position associated with the interior component, and determining a calibration offset for a reference axis associated with the sensing arrangement based on a relationship between the measured position and the reference position, wherein subsequent operation of the vehicle is influenced by the calibration offset associated with the sensing arrangement.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly may comprise a base comprising a frame, a support comprising a spring element, a cushion and a pad. The cushion and pad may provide a deformable support surface. The support and/or spring element may be configured to move between retracted position and extended position. The support may be configured move between extended position and/or retracted position by movement of the spring element. The support may deflect to support an occupant. The support may be configured to increase seating surface area in movement from retracted position to extended position; the deformable support surface may be configured to provide a pressure distribution by variation of seating surface area. The pad may be supported by the spring element; the spring element may be wound to retract and unwound to extend. The cushion may provide a fulcrum for the support. The support may be configured to support a cushion assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle lower structure of an electrically-powered vehicle, the structure including: a drive battery pack installed at a vehicle lower side of a floor of the vehicle; and at least one seat rail configured engageably with a slide member provided at a vehicle seat, the seat rail being provided at the vehicle lower side of the floor, and at a wall portion in a vehicle width direction of the drive battery pack or at a position opposing the wall portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle seat slide (1) comprising an upper, movable male profile (2) and a lower female profile (3), comprising a base wall (30), and a position sensor (4) attached to the male profile (2) and housed at least partially in an internal space (EI) delimited between the male profile (2) and the female profile (3), which position sensor is configured to detect a movement between the male profile and the female profile when the slide slides, said position sensor (4) being configured to be inserted into the internal space (EI) through a mounting window (FE1) in the first side wall (23), and in a transverse insertion direction (Y) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide, said position sensor (4) comprises a sensor body (40), as well as a spring locking member (5) which is made of metal and hingedly connected to the sensor body (40).

Abstract: A vehicle seat rail sealing system includes a cover structure connected to an upper side of an elongated seat rail having an extension in a longitudinal direction. The cover structure has first cover elements connected to each other in the longitudinal direction and second cover elements connected to each other in the longitudinal direction. The first and second cover elements are pairwise arranged on opposite lateral sides of the seat rail. The first cover elements, at an outer lateral side, pivot around a first axis in the longitudinal direction, and the second cover elements, at an outer lateral side, pivot around a second axis extending in the longitudinal direction. An inner lateral side of the first cover elements are releasably connectable to an inner lateral side of the corresponding second cover elements above the seat rail.

Abstract: A vehicle seat (10) comprising: a seat base (12) coupled to a seat back (14) at a hinge (16), the seat back (14) being configured to pivot about the hinge (16) relative to the seat base (12) between a deployed position and a stowed position; wherein, in the stowed position, the seat back (14) forms at least a part of a load bearing floor (30) of a vehicle loadspace (32); wherein the seat back (14) comprises: a frame (18) having an aperture (20) for access through the seat back (14) between a rear (22) of the seat back (14) and a front (24) of the seat back (14); and a removable load bearing aperture cover (26) for covering the aperture (20).

Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat that includes a displaceable seat cushion to provide space for a child seat. The seat belt assembly may include a seat back and a seat cushion displaceable (e.g., movable) with respect to the seat back. The seat further includes a platform that, when exposed by displacing the seat cushion, provides a space for the child seat. The platform includes a pocket that holds an additional seat belt receptacle, thereby allowing a standalone seat belt to pass through the child seat and connect to a pair of seat belt receptacles of the seat. The displaceable seat cushion increases the clearance between the child seat and a door frame, thus facilitating movement a child into and out of the vehicle.

Abstract: A connector usable to fix a child seat to a vehicle is provided. The connector includes a bottom element configured to receive bottom element support members connectable to the vehicle, a top element positioned above the bottom element and configured to receive top element support members configured to receive the child seat, and a locking arrangement positioned between the bottom element and the top element, wherein the locking arrangement is configured to lock the top element to the bottom element and comprises a locking element configured to release and subsequently lock the top element such that the top element can rotate to an alternate orientation.

Abstract: A child safety seat stabilizing device enabling a child safety seat (CSS) to be installed in a cargo area of a vehicle includes a shell, which is rigid. Opposed sides of the shell are substantially triangular. A rear facet of the shell has a first angle that is complementary to a second angle defined by a rear surface of a passenger seat and a cargo bed of the vehicle. A front facet of the shell has a third angle that is complementary to a fourth angle defined by bottom and rear faces of the CSS. The shell is positionable between the passenger seat and the CSS to stabilize the CSS so that it can be securely fastened, using one or more straps, to anchors that are integral to the vehicle. The child safety device enables use of the CSS to transport a child in the cargo area.

Abstract: A child automobile safety seat includes a seat body having a sitting space, and a restraint system. The seat body includes a seat and a backrest. The restraint system includes restraint pieces and a protective piece. Two sets of restraint pieces are respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the backrest. The protective piece is movably arranged at the front part of the seat, and is provided with a protective surface which faces the sitting space. When the restraint system is in a restraint state, the two sets of restraint pieces are respectively matched with and connected to the protective piece. When the restraint system is in an open state, the two sets of restraint pieces are respectively separated from the protective piece.

Abstract: A child restraint system is provided. The child restraint system may be used to secure a child within a vehicle. The child restraint system includes a headrest including a rear portion and one or more sidewalls. Each of the one or more sidewalls includes a first region and a second region. The first region is provided between the second region and the rear portion of the headrest. The first region includes material that protrudes from the sidewall at a greater distance than the material that is included in the second region. Additionally, a slope in the material is provided downwards from the first region into the second region. In this manner, the head of the child travels across the first region and downwards into the second region during a side crash event, which results in energy dissipation occurring over a greater distance.

Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion having a front surface and at least one sidewall arranged at a side of the front surface, and an opening is formed in the sidewall. The buffering part is arranged at the sidewall, the buffering part being rotatable relative to the sidewall between a first position and a second position, wherein the buffering part is positioned at the sidewall such that during a sideways collision the buffering part urges the sidewall to bend inwardly.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly is movable between a use position, a stadium position, a recline/slouch position, and a stow to floor position. The seat assembly includes a seat cushion, a seat back that is pivotally coupled to the seat cushion, a fore/aft adjuster that includes a lower channel that is fixed to the floor of the vehicle and an upper channel that is slidably coupled to the lower channel, a pivot support bracket that is fixedly coupled to the upper channel, a stow to floor bracket that has a lower end pivotally coupled to the pivot support bracket by a stow pivot and an upper end that is pivotally coupled to the seat cushion by a stadium pivot; and wherein the seat cushion selectively engages with the pivot support bracket. The stow pivot defines a stow pivot axis that is spaced vertically below the upper channel of the fore/aft adjuster. The seat cushion and the seat back fold and articulate to the stow to floor position by rotating about the stow pivot axis and stadium pivot axis.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat frame supporting a base cushion and an extendable cushion that moves relative to the base cushion. Textile material encloses the cushion assembly and includes a bridging segment that spans a space between the base cushion and the extendable cushion. A tensioner includes a roller that receives the segment of textile material wrapped around the roller. The roller rotates on a shaft relative to the seat frame about an axis of rotation. A return spring is connected to the roller and the shaft to exert a tensioning force on the segment of textile material. The return spring biases the segment of textile material to be rolled around the roller when retracting. The return spring resists extending and holds the segment of textile material in tension when the segment of textile material is extended.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material. The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.

Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a vehicle seat that enables an airbag module to be fastened to an outer frame of a seatback frame, while enabling the outer shape of a seatback to be formed as intended. [Solution] A vehicle seat 1 comprises an outer frame (seatback frame outer portion 19) forming a framework of a seatback 5, a frame bracket 34 coupled to a left or right side part of the outer frame, a module bracket 36 fastened to the frame bracket for supporting an airbag module, a shape former 80 coupled to the side part of the outer frame to form an outer shape of the seatback, wherein gap spaces are formed between the outer frame and the shape former, and the frame bracket and the module bracket are fastened to each other at fastening points frontward of the gap spaces.

Abstract: In a cushion frame, a bracket body, to which a hinge is fixed, is welded and fixed to a bridge frame, which couples a front frame and an intermediate frame to each other, and to a second frame. This results in a configuration in which the front frame, the intermediate frame, the bridge frame, and the second frame form a frame-shaped structure and in which the bracket body is fixed to at least the bridge frame and the second frame.

Abstract: A vehicle centre console table system includes: a table; and a slider arrangement configured to enable horizontal sliding of the table from a first position to a second position horizontally offset from the first position; wherein the slider arrangement is configured to prevent horizontal rotation of the table when the table is not in the second position and configured to permit horizontal rotation of the table when the table is in the second position.

Abstract: A shelter structure having improved aerodynamics is provided. The shelter structure comprises a body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is a cabover portion that extends from the first portion over and above the vehicle propulsion system and cockpit. The cabover portion may comprise at least a contact surface and two opposing lateral sides. At least one airfoil may be strategically positioned proximate the abutment of the contact surface and one of the lateral sides and pulls air away from the contact surface and redirects such air along the respective lateral sides in a non-turbulent manner, such that at least one airfoil reduces a high air pressure zone that may form on the contact surface proximate the respective lateral side during forward travel of the associated vehicle at sufficient speed, which thereby reduces the aerodynamic drag.

Abstract: An accessory mount for a vehicle includes a support configured to interface with an inner surface of a gate of a vehicle. The support is further configured to support an accessory. A mounting structure is mounted to the support and configured to mount to at least one of the accessory or a crossbar to which the accessory is mounted.

Abstract: The hook helper device includes a securing body, with a securing loop extending outwardly from a first end of the securing body. At least one magnet is located within the securing body to contact a ferromagnetic surface and hold the hook helper device in place, along with the connected hook. Connecting the hook helper device to a hook is a matter of passing the securing loop through a closed loop on the hook until at least a length of the securing loop longer than a circumference of a securing body extends through the closed loop, then moving the second end of the securing body and the securing body itself through the securing loop until the securing loop extends around the hook. The hook helper device can be left in place during other operations or removed.

Abstract: A light distribution controlling device generates a processed image by adding a pixel line of a luminance value higher than a predetermined threshold to an end, in a width direction of a vehicle, of an image that is based on a first imaging device; extracts, from the processed image, a processing region that includes a front vehicle; generates an extracted image by subjecting the processing region to an extracting process of extracting a high-luminance pixel with use of the threshold; and sets a shaded portion to overlap the front vehicle based on a pair of high-luminance pixels included in the extracted image and determines a light distribution pattern that includes the shaded portion.

Abstract: A headlamp auto leveling system for a mobile (i.e., vehicle) includes a headlamp, the system including: a leveling module controlling an inclination of the headlamp; a sensor unit including at least one of a light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a radar, and a camera providing information on a surrounding environment of the mobile; and a control unit calculating a three-dimensional (3D) inclination of the mobile with respect to a ground based on detection data received from the sensor unit, and controlling the leveling module based on the 3D inclination of the mobile, wherein the control unit calculates plane data for a predetermined surrounding region of the mobile from the detection data received from the sensor unit, and calculates the 3D inclination of the mobile by comparing predetermined reference plane data with the calculated plane data.

Abstract: A vehicle rear tail lamp structure includes a rear door and a rear lamp housing. The rear door has an upper outer panel portion and a lower outer panel portion, with a rear lamp recess defined between a lower edge of the upper outer panel portion and an upper edge of the lower outer panel portion. The rear lamp housing has a main body with an upper edge, a lower edge and at least one rearwardly projecting protrusion. The upper edge is located along the lower edge of the upper outer panel portion. The lower edge is located along the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion. The protrusion extends below the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion below the rear lamp recess overlaying a portion of the lower outer panel portion below the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion.

Abstract: A method can include detecting an amount of a force applied to a brake of a vehicle. The method can also include, after detecting the force applied to the brake of the vehicle, illuminating one or more light emitting devices of the vehicle in a manner indicative of the amount of the force detected to have been applied to the brake of the vehicle. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A lighting system including an exoskeleton, a plurality of light modules coupled to the exoskeleton, a first corner light module, configured to couple to the exoskeleton, and a second corner light module configured to couple to the exoskeleton, wherein when the first corner light module and the second corner light module are coupled to the exoskeleton, an opening is formed. Further, a light system including a light bar comprising at least one light module, wherein the lighting system is configured to emit a flash pattern with two or more lighting elements on each of the at least one light module, and operate a command mode, wherein the command mode comprises emitting steady green light from the at least one light module.

Abstract: A radar-compatible external display device for a vehicle includes a display element for producing a light display external to the vehicle. The display element is disposed in the beam path of a radar system of the vehicle. Each pixel of the display element includes a transparent diffuser assembly and an electrically controllable light source or a deflecting element. Linear dimensions of the display light sources/deflecting elements are several times smaller than a predefined radar wavelength used in the radar system, while distances between adjacent light sources/deflecting elements are greater than said radar wavelength. As a result, radar radiation of the radar system of the vehicle propagates through the display element undisturbed.

Abstract: A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire occupant information regarding an occupant; acquire operation information regarding an operation of a vehicle by a driver of the vehicle; determine progress of preparation by a passenger for departure of the vehicle; determine intention to cause the vehicle to depart by the driver; determine a plurality of levels for warning the driver of severity of an unexpected situation that the vehicle or the occupant is likely to fall into when the vehicle departs, the plurality of levels being set by a combination of the progress of preparation by the passenger and the intention to cause the vehicle to depart by the driver; generate warning display information for causing a display device to perform a plurality of displays with different types corresponding to the plurality of levels for the driver; and cause the display device to display.

Abstract: A processing method, which is executed by a processor to perform a processing related to driving of a host moving object with a driving system, includes: determining driving recovery of the host moving object, which is a recovery from an emergency operation of the host moving object to a driving operation of the host moving object, when the emergency operation is performed by the driving system, and notifying an outside of the host moving object about the driving recovery of the host moving object. The method further includes determining whether the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by a takeover by an operator of the host moving object or a transition of the driving system from the emergency operation.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a display device that includes plural light-emitting bodies at a vehicle cabin inner side; and an interior material that has plural through holes penetrating in a thickness direction formed therein, and that is disposed at a vehicle cabin inner side of the display device so as to cover the display device.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes at least one rear view device, a sensor, and at least one processor. The sensor is for capturing data relating to a vantage point of an occupant within a vehicle. The processor is configured to (i) determine, from the captured data, a vantage point characteristic and (ii) based on a classification of the determined characteristic, generate a signal for adjusting a field of view of the at least one rear view device.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head adjustable about a mounting base. 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 that does not pass through a transflective mirror reflector of an electrochromic mirror reflective element of the mirror assembly. 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. The driver monitoring camera does not view through the transflective mirror reflector of the electrochromic mirror reflective element. The system adjusts processing of captured image data to accommodate adjustment of the mirror head when the driver adjusts the mirror head to adjust the driver's rearward view.

Abstract: There is provided a door mirror mounting system (400) for a vehicle door structure (200) and a method (500) of installing a mirror mounting system (400) on a vehicle door structure (200). The door mirror mounting system (400) comprises a reinforcing structure (410) for a window frame portion (210) of the vehicle door structure (200). The reinforcing structure (410) is configured to provide a mounting point for a base (310) of a door mirror (300). The door mirror mounting system (400) comprises an exterior trim panel (420) configured to cover the reinforcing structure (410) and the base (310) of the door mirror (300) when mounted.

Abstract: A device for generating a front image for heavy equipment is presented, which is configured to generate a combined front image including an object in an area obstructed by a visual field obstructing component by combining an image of a preset area in a front image of a second view to a front image of a first view. The presented device for generating a front image for heavy equipment generates a first front image and a second front image by photographing the front from the upper portion and lower portion of the heavy equipment, and generates a combined front image by combining a part of the second front image to a partial area of the first front image, so that the areas thereof located at a set distance forward from the front end of the visual field obstructing component coincide with each other.

Abstract: In order to make it possible to correct an object position so as to reduce a deviation in position of a detected object, a video display system (100) includes: a detection section (11) for detecting an object from a first video; a time interval estimation section (12) for estimating a time interval from when the first video is taken to when the object which has been detected by the detection section (11) is superimposed on a second video; and a first position correction section (13) for correcting a position of the object in the second video based on a moving speed of an imaging apparatus that takes the second video and the time interval which has been estimated by the time interval estimation section (12).

Abstract: A vehicle comprising: a meter display device that displays a meter video image at a front side of a vehicle cabin and at a vehicle front side of a driver's seat; and a camera display device that displays a camera video image capturing a peripheral field of view of the vehicle, at a position peripheral to the meter video image as viewed from the driver's seat and at a position that is offset toward a vehicle front side or a vehicle rear side with respect to the meter video image.

Abstract: A method of operating an immersive display includes obtaining first images of environment in a first region in front of the immersive display, obtaining second images of environment in a second region outside the first region, which second region is not in front of the immersive display, displaying the first images of the environment on a first area of at least one display of the immersive display to provide a field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display, and displaying the second images of the environment in the second region on a second area of the at least one display to provide images outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display. The first area is delineated from the second area.

Abstract: A vehicle step apparatus comprises a first extending and retracting device comprising a first mounting bracket, a first step bracket, and a first arm assembly configured to drive the first step bracket to move between a first extended position and a first retracted position; a second extending and retracting device comprising a second mounting bracket, a second step bracket, and a second arm assembly configured to drive the second step bracket to move between a second extended position and a second retracted position; a step mounted on the first and second step bracket; a first permanent magnet direct current motor mounted on the first mounting bracket and coupled with the first arm assembly to drive the first arm assembly; and a second permanent magnet direct current motor mounted on the second mounting bracket and coupled with the second arm assembly to drive the second arm assembly.

Abstract: Apparatuses and systems of storage for incorporation into a tailgate of a vehicle and related methods are provided herein. A storage cabinet for securing in a tailgate of a vehicle can include a cabinet body having a compartment structure having one or more compartment cavities that open on a face side of the compartment structure within the compartment structure and an exterior cabinet wall structure securable to the compartment structure and configured to form at least a front face of the cabinet body. The compartment structure of the cabinet body can be configured to reside within an opening of the tailgate of the vehicle. The storage cabinet can include a cabinet door configured to attach the cabinet wall structure to close the one or more compartment cavities in the compartment structure.

Abstract: A two-way openable console includes side lid portions located on left and right sides of the console, a center lid portion located between the side lid portions to be open about one end portion in a longitudinal direction, a button unit located on each of front and rear end portions of the center lid portion, a rotation unit rotated about a center shaft in response to an input of the button unit, hinge units located on first and second end portions of the center lid portion and configured so that the rotation unit is rotated in response to an input of the button unit and thereby center shafts protruding to the side lid portions are selectively retracted into the center lid portion, and a catch unit located adjacent to each of the hinge units and integrally retracted in response to driving of each of the center shafts.

Abstract: A universal use car seat gap filler, including a main structure, an adjustable base, an adjustable partition baffle, a layered cover plate, and an adjustable function expansion rack; the adjustable base has plurality long strip holes passed through by one entire elastic band forming plurality divided rooms to be filled with small EVA paddings; the main structure has connection port to connect function expansion rack which is mounted with foldable cup holder. The layered cover plate divides the left chamber of main structure into two layers; the adjustable partition baffle divides the right chamber of main structure into different size storing rooms.

Abstract: A component for a system for containing/interchange of data on an article for a compartment in an interior of a vehicle is disclosed. The component for a vehicle interior may comprise a housing comprising a compartment for an article such as a key card or key fob; the component may retain a key card; the component may be shipped with the key fob and/or key card and installed into the vehicle interior as a unit. The component may comprise a feature to retain the key card; the retention feature may provide a gap through which the key card may slide for installation to the housing. The key card may cover the compartment; the component may provide a label/data interface for interaction and/or connection (e.g. with a code scanner, mobile device camera, etc.). The component may be installed, press-fit and/or a snap-fit in a subassembly (e.g. a cup holder, floor/center console, door, cockpit, or an instrument panel). The subassembly may comprise a module for the key fob and/or key card.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a hook body manufactured for hanging a coat, hanger, or the like is formed to move along a rail, a position of the hook body is adjusted to a position at which it is convenient to use the hook body when the coat, hanger, or the like is hung thereon, and thus an assist handle can be conveniently used without wrinkling or folding the coat or clothes. In particular, according to the present invention, a rail which guides a hook body is formed on at least one edge of both edges of a headliner to be long in a longitudinal direction, and thus a position of the hook body can be conveniently adjusted and the vehicle rail coat hook can be safely used without coming in contact with a passenger or other parts when a coat, hanger, or the like is hung on the hook body.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a convertible carrier rack and platform including a platform, a front rail including a pair of front rail segments, and a back rail including a pair of back rail segments, wherein the front and back rail segments are each removable and/or rotatable between a wall position along the front and back faces of the platform and a leg position for operation in a table-type mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a load carrier system for a vehicle comprising a base (12) and a load carrier (10). The load carrier (10) is configured for mounting to the rear of the vehicle. The load carrier (10) is configured to improve aerodynamics of the vehicle with the mounted load carrier as compared to the vehicle without the mounted load carrier, in particular by reducing an aerodynamic drag. The system may be configured for attachment of the load carrier (10) to the base (12) with an interlocking engagement of an attachment element (66). The invention further relates to a load carrier (10) and a method for attaching a load carrier (10) to a baser (12).