Abstract: The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing an arrangement for an automobile body and chassis which has optimal weight distribution. The arrangement features a passenger compartment arranged beside the engine compartment, allowing for storage compartment in both the front and rear portions of the vehicle structure. An upward opening hood is positioned over the engine compartment. The hood is configured to roll into a central void between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment thereby allowing totally unrestricted access to the engine. In order to streamline the engine compartment and maximize the lateral displacement of the passenger compartment, the engine is either of the in-line or slant configuration. The seats contained in the passenger compartment are arranged from the front to the rear of the vehicle, with the driver's seat placed in front of the passenger's seat.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a front vehicle body construction which can facilitate the attachment of a reinforcing plate to a dash panel for an automobile, and can improve the shock absorbing performance and NVH performance without the increase in the number of parts and the manpower for assembling. This object can be achieved by the means described below.

Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) includes various storage compartments so that the weight loaded onto the vehicle may be evenly distributed between the front and rear suspension of the ATV. The ATV is capable of hauling a variety of loads over various terrains. The ATV contains a rear storage compartment, at least two side storage compartments, a front storage compartment, and a front rack to enable the rider to carry or attach a wide variety of loads onto the ATV without causing the vehicle to overturn or flip up due to the additional weight. Additionally, the ATV may also include a tree guard positioned on each side of the ATV to protect the rear storage and side compartments and to prevent cargo on the rear storage compartment from being dislodged by trees that might protrude into the rider's path.

Abstract: The object of the present teachings is to provide an improved battery-operated towing tractor. A representative towing tractor is operated by means of battery and the battery may be installed to and removed from the battery storage chamber of the towing tractor by using an opening disposed at the side surface of the battery storage chamber. Because the battery is installed and removed through the side surface of the battery storage chamber, the tractor surface can be effectively used.

Abstract: A bearing system for a first vehicle part, e.g., a driver's cab of a truck, on a second vehicle part, e.g., a vehicle frame, the first vehicle part being movable from a first position relative to the second vehicle part into a second position, includes a shaft about which the first vehicle part is rotatable from the first position relative to the second vehicle part into the second position, a first flexible bearing element disposed in a first shaft section of the shaft and a second flexible bearing element disposed in a second shaft section of the shaft. The first vehicle part is supported on the shaft in the first shaft section via a first supporting element and in the second shaft section via the flexible second bearing element. The shaft is supported in its first shaft section on the second vehicle part via the first flexible bearing element and in its second shaft section via a second supporting element.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase the degree of freedom in laying out vehicle parts by decreasing a space in which a brake pipe is laid out. A control unit of a foot parking brake in accordance with the present invention is installed to an attachment bracket fixed to a dash panel, a connection joint is provided in a space between the dash panel and the foot parking brake, and the connection joint is installed to the dash panel. A cabin-side connector of the connection joint is disposed so as to face to the direction in which the dash panel extends. An outside connector of the connection joint is disposed so that one end of an outside brake pipe is disposed so as to be substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the surface of the dash panel extends.

Abstract: An ABS actuator bracket 5 is formed by a bracket base 20 on which an ABS actuator 2 is mounted and vehicle body attachment elements 21a to 21c which is attached to a vehicle body panel 4. A space portion 32 having a distance L corresponding to the dimension of a vehicle part such as a harness (main harness 33) is provided between the vehicle body panel 4 and the ABS actuator bracket 5 in a state in which the ABS actuator bracket 5 is attached to the vehicle body panel 4, so that the vehicle part is arranged so as to pass through the space portion 32.

Abstract: The invention relates to a conversion system and method of converting a vehicle into a police car or similar emergency vehicle in a manner which is easily installed and removed and designed so that it causes no damage to the vehicle, thereby improving the resale value of the vehicle upon termination of the lease or retirement of the vehicle from service.

Abstract: When a conventional swivel working vehicle is constructed such that a real part of a swivel body is not extended beyond a traveling device in order to improve an operability at a small site, a balance weight must he significantly increased in weight so as to prevent falling and tumbling of a machine body. In the invention, left and right core metal projections of a crawler are laterally offset from a center line of the crawler and right and left lugs are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the crawler. The lugs are formed to assume the same shape on the right and left sides or laterally symmetrical shapes or occupy the same area on the right and left sides, and to be symmetrically shaped about a center of rotation of the swivel body between the left and right crawlers of the machine body.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to a component car system and method for making the same and more particularly to a novel system of car components adapted to enable persons to build a new car having the appearance of a classic or antique car such as a “Tucker”.

Abstract: An automobile having a chassis and an outer cladding in the form of an airfoil with the top roof wall forming the pressure surface and the bottom wall the forming the suction surface with the front of the automobile acting as a leading edge and in the rear, the trailing edge.

Abstract: A method and system for floating an upper vehicle part from a lower vehicle frame includes a primary floating device, coupled to either the upper vehicle part or the lower vehicle frame, floats the upper vehicle part freely separate from the lower vehicle frame. A plurality of sensors sense appropriate road inputs. An electronic control unit, coupled to the primary floating device and the plurality of sensors, receives the road inputs and generates control signals for controlling the primary floating device in order to minimize movement of the upper vehicle part with respect to the lower vehicle frame.

Abstract: A motorized golf car includes a sing-sheet thermoplastic sunroof having a plurality of hollow stiffener channels formed therein to stiffen the canopy. A first, hollow stiffener channel is formed at the perimeter of the canopy edges, along the front and side perimeters. A plurality of second stiffener channels are formed in the sheet in-board of the first stiffener channel. A first drain gutter, sloped back-to-front, is provided in the canopy, and a second drain gutter, sloped front-to-back, is provided in the canopy to drain water from the top surface of the canopy.

Abstract: A revolving construction machine includes a lower track structure, an upper revolving structure mounted on the lower track structure and a working device mounted to the front of the upper revolving structure. A floor panel portion is provided on the upper revolving structure. A walk-through passageway is defined by a left-hand floor panel portion, a left side portion of a cabin cover and a left-hand cover of an engine cover for allowing a person to walk through the construction machine in the front and rear directions by passing the left side of an operator's seat, the cabin cover and the engine cover.

Abstract: A mounting and stabilizing arrangement for an engine with first and second end portions is disclosed. The mounting and stabilizing arrangement is adapted for use in a work machine with a frame assembly which includes a pair of side rails. A crossmember is connected between the pair of side rails. A bumper assembly is connected to the frame assembly at one end portion of the work machine. A pair of spaced mounts are connected to the crossmember. Each of the pair of mounts are positioned in a spaced relationship from a respective side rail. A single stabilizer is connected on the bumper assembly so that the first end portion of the engine is connected on the stabilizer and the second end portion of the engine is mounted on the pair of mounts to align the engine parallel with the pair of side rails of the frame assembly.