Abstract: The Invention is a wheeled military vehicle that may be stacked one on top of another for efficient transportation aboard an aircraft such as a helicopter. A tubular frame reinforces the fenders of the military vehicle, allowing a first vehicle to support the weight of a second vehicle and to withstand the load applied by rigging. A pintle hook is connected to the military vehicle by a hinge and has a deployed and a folded position. The hinged pintle hook allows a combination of the military vehicle and a trailer to be shortened selectably so that the combination will occupy a reduced space within the fuselage of an aircraft.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to providing a vibration dampening system for an overhead frame structure used with a vehicle. The system involves the provision of one or more dampening members and/or components between portions of one or more members forming the overhead frame structure. The dampening members or components are compressed when certain portions of the members are set in position. As a result, the vibration and contact normally encountered between the portions and/or interconnecting brackets is limited, and in turn, the stress normally experienced by the one or more fastener assemblies holding the portions and/or the interconnecting brackets due to such vibration is also limited.

Abstract: A reinforced frame having a roof member and a pillar includes a brace interconnected to the frame. The brace is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The deployed position is defined by the brace extending diagonally between the pillar and the roof member.

Abstract: A vehicle with a rollover-protection system is provided, including at least one rollover-protection device arranged in the area of a transverse wall of the vehicle for at least one vehicle seat, with a first module arranged attached to the body with guide devices for a second module that can be moved in it between a lowered rest position and an elevated support position; with a releasable holding device to hold the second module in its rest position; with a locking device, by means of which the second module can be supported automatically in a position deviating from its rest position against a force acting in the direction of the rest position; and with a drive system with a spring-force accumulator, by means of which the second module is held in its rest position and can be moved, when necessary, in the direction of its support position.

Abstract: A protector assembly for a roll cage on a vehicle. The protector assembly includes a roll cage having a pair of uprights, each of the uprights having a first end secured to the vehicle and a second end secured to a roof member. Each of the uprights also has an outer surface facing outward away from the vehicle. A removable insert is secured to the outer surface of each of the uprights and protects the uprights from coming in contact with another member and being worn down.

Abstract: A ride-on turf mowing machine rollover protection assembly consisting of a mower chassis having left: and right main rails and having a plurality of cross rails spanning between the left and right main rails; left and right upwardly opening quills; a first plurality of welds rigidly interconnecting the left main rail and the left upwardly opening quill; a second plurality of welds rigidly interconnecting the right main rail and the right upwardly opening quill; a roll bar having left and right legs, each leg having a lower end, the lower ends of the left and right legs being respectively closely fitted for nesting extension into the left and right upwardly opening quills; and a plurality of helically threaded bolt, nut, and double shear eye combinations removably mounting the lower ends of the left and right legs of the roll bar within the left and right upwardly opening quills.

Abstract: In a vehicular body structure, left and right front pillars are provided closer to the longitudinal centerline of a vehicle than left and right corner sections of a compartment of the vehicle. First corner window (26) provided adjacent to one of the left and right front pillars (13) which is more remote from a driver's seat (24) has a greater opening area than a second corner window (25) provided adjacent to the other of the left and right pillars (11) which is closer to the driver's seat.

Abstract: A utility vehicle is disclosed. The utility vehicle may include storage areas under the dash. The utility vehicle may include suspension systems for utility vehicles having shocks with both a fluidic stiffness adjustment and a mechanical stiffness adjustment. The utility vehicle may include an electrical power steering.

Abstract: A utility vehicle is disclosed. The utility vehicle may include storage areas under the dash. The utility vehicle may include suspension systems for utility vehicles having shocks with both a fluidic stiffness adjustment and a mechanical stiffness adjustment. The utility vehicle may include an electrical power steering.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a roll bar, and an actuator configured to selectively move the roll bar with respect to the vehicle body between a stowed position and a deployed position. The actuator includes an active material that is configured to change in size, shape, or modulus in response to an activation signal, thereby causing movement of the roll bar.

Abstract: A roll bar assembly is provided that includes a base member configured for mounting on a frame of a vehicle. The roll bar assembly also includes an upper member secured to the base member and an armrest member secured to the upper member. The armrest member includes first and second armrests spaced apart from one another and also includes a connecting portion extending between and interconnecting the first and second armrests. The connecting portion of the armrest member is spaced apart from the base member and the upper member and is configured for mounting on the frame of the vehicle.

Abstract: An internally illuminated roll bar has a W-shaped frame with “U” shaped cross-section with opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an open top, first and second outer legs, first and second inner legs, a lateral connecting member connecting the inner legs at the lower ends, one or more lenses for covering one or more portions of the rear side of the frame and discrete light sources mounted between the frame and the lenses wherein the some of the discrete light sources may be powered independently of others of the discrete light sources.

Abstract: An ATV safety roll bar system including a safety belt, a seat back, and a collapsible emergency shelter adapted to secure to the roll bar and ATV. The roll bar may prevent injury or death in cases of ATV rollover accidents or crashes by absorbing the brunt of the force from the rolling or falling ATV. The seat back may include a rope or strap laced between metal bars having a series of holes, the metal bars being integrated onto the roll bar. The safety belt may be attached to the roll bar at various points and may be configurable to meet the preference of the ATV operator. The system may include a seat belt retractor to secure the operator on the ATV. The system may include rollover stop bars that extend in response to near rollover conditions. The system may include a tilt sensor and alarm warning system.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a roll-over protective structure mounted to the frame. The roll-over protective structure includes a plurality of upright support posts supporting a roof. Each support post includes a lower post section and an upper post section detachably coupled together in an end-to-end arrangement.

Abstract: A support structure comprises a first portion for sliding attachment to a seat having a front, a back, and two sides, and a second portion connected to the first portion at a substantially right angle. The first portion has a hollow cross-sectional shape with an asymmetrical material distribution through the plane of the cross section, the material distribution placing more of the material comprising the first portion toward the sides of the vehicle seat. The support structure is adapted for attachment to the seat and is adapted to be activated to extend in a substantially vertical direction upwardly from the seat. The first portion has an arc shape along its length so that when the support structure is activated the second portion is supported by the first portion at a desirable angle for bracing against an impact force direction that is typical of vehicle rollover.

Abstract: A four wheeled utility vehicle includes a pair of right and left rear wheels, a cabin arranged between the front wheels and the rear wheels, the cabin being defined with a cabin frame and accommodating an operational unit for the vehicle and seats for a passenger of the vehicle, a front fender for covering the front wheel and a front portion of the cabin frame, a protective frame disposed from a front portion of the cabin to a rear portion of the cabin through an upper portion of the cabin, and a front fixing member fixed rigidly to the front portion of the cabin frame so as to extend upward and project from the front fender through a through hole formed in the front fender, wherein a fore lower end of the protective frame is detachably and attachably fixed to the front fixing member at an upper end portion of the front fixing member.

Abstract: A folding roll-over protective structure has hinges that may be attached weld-free to the folding legs of the structure. Selectively removable locking pins may be used to lock the structure in its fully upright use position or a collapsed folded position. Strategically located cushions within the hinges take up slack in the system to minimize rattling when the structure is locked in its use position.

Abstract: A flexural mount device for securing a mountable structure to a base structure, comprising a main body portion of first thickness, with front and back surfaces, an intermediate portion with front and back surfaces, wherein the intermediate portion back surface is substantially coplanar with and extends from the back surface of the main body portion, and an end portion with front and back surfaces, the end portion back surface being substantially coplanar with and extending from the back surface of the intermediate portion, the intermediate and end portions having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, the intermediate portion being sufficiently flexible so that the end portion can be folded back toward the main body portion so that the intermediate portion has an arcuate profile for corresponding circumferential contact with the base structure, the intermediate and end portions including an elongate channel opening therein and the main body portion being adapted for fastening of the mountable st

Abstract: A system for deploying a barrier deterring approach by pedestrians to the exhaust outlet from a vehicle operates in response to exhaust temperature and stopping of the vehicle.

Abstract: An active bolster for a vehicle is provided, wherein the bolster includes a hollow main body that is inflatable and is self-supporting in both an inflated and in an uninflated position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle with a roof configuration which can be displaced between a closed position and open position and has a roof skin. At least one rollover protection element which, in a retracted inoperative position, is concealed under a covering, is moveable, by displacing the covering, into an extended protective position and has a manipulation element for the roof skin in order to be able to penetrate the roof skin to reach the protective position. In order to be able to reliably extend the rollover protection element, it is provided that, on its lower side facing the rollover protection element, the covering has a contact structure which prevents the manipulation element from making contact with the covering.

Abstract: The invention relates to a roll-bar system for vehicles comprising a roof, which can be retracted and raised in a motor-driven manner by a roof-displacement mechanism. The system consists of a roll-bar body that is associated with each seat and does not comprise a sensor-controlled crash drive. The body can be forcibly displaced autonomously, in conjunction with the roof-displacement mechanism, between a first rigid position, when the roof is closed, and a second raised, rigid position, when the roof is open. The aim of the invention is to raise the rigid roll-bar system into the respective rigid positions in a kinematically simple, forcibly guided manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular unit for a convertible vehicle, comprising a transverse stiffening structure that separates an occupant space from a rear stowage space and a rollover protection system with a first module, attached to the body, with guide devices for a second module, movable between a lowered rest position and an elevated support position, with at least one rollover element, in which a releasable holding device for holding the second module in its rest position, a locking device, by means of which the second module can be automatically supported in a position deviating from its rest position against a force acting in the direction of the rest position, and a drive system, by means of which the second module can be biased in its rest position and moved, as required, in the direction of its support position, are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a releasable holding mechanism which may be used to hold and release a roll bar in a roll over protection system. The roll bar is often made part of the seat structure of vehicle, or a part of the chassis of the vehicle. The releasable holding mechanism will be fastened rigidly or slightly loose to the roll bar frame, seat frame or the chassis of the vehicle. Between the roll bar and the releasable holding mechanism there will be a connection element that is rigidly or slightly loosely fastened to the roll bar. The arrangement of fastening the connection element rigidly or slightly loosely depends on the tolerances for positioning the actuator towards the roll bar. The connection element is locked or released by the releasable holding mechanism. The releasable holding mechanism is locked/-engaged when the roll bar is pushed downwards whereby the connection element is forced into the releasable holding mechanism.

Abstract: An occupant safety device for a motor vehicle having a roof. The safety occupant device comprises a support structure slidably mounted within the vehicle that, upon actuation, extends vertically upwardly within the vehicle to cooperate with the vehicle's roof to increase the amount of weight that the roof can support. The support structure includes an overhanging top portion having a length and a direction of overhang that, upon actuation of the support structure, provide early roof engagement in the event of roof crush.

Abstract: A reinforcement for a vehicle having a pillared roof includes a support structure and an activation mechanism to contact the support structure, driving the support structure to an extended position substantially upwardly. The extended support structure is capable of strengthening the pillared roof by contacting the roof to prevent an amount of deformation of the roof during a crash condition causing roof deformation.

Abstract: A single-part or multi-part stiffening device for increasing the torsional stiffness of a motor vehicle embodied as a cabriolet, has at least one stiffening element which is connected at one side to a rear side of a rollover protection device and at the other side to a base of a covering shelf of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A rollover protection device is disposed behind the vehicle seats of a motor vehicle, in particular a convertible with a convertible top, and has at least one rollover protection cassette containing a rollbar. It is important here that the at least one rollover protection cassette or a housing of the same is a supporting component of a stiffening support which is of multi-part construction and extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: An adjustable anti-roll bar for a vehicle having a suspension that is moveable with respect to the vehicle chassis is disclosed, the adjustable anti-roll bar including a flexible member having a flexible member first side, a flexible member second side, a flexible member proximal end adapted to be coupled to said suspension and a flexible member distal end; a frame operably positioned on said flexible member first side; a sliding member operably positioned on said flexible member second side, said sliding member having a sliding member proximal end and a sliding member distal end, said sliding member proximal end defining a first fulcrum about which said flexible member will bend when said suspension applies force in a first direction to said flexible member proximal end; and an actuating member operably coupled to said sliding member, said actuating member operable to cause said sliding member to move with respect to said flexible member, whereby a position of said first fulcrum with respect to said flexible

Abstract: The present invention relates to a roll-over protection device for a motor vehicle, particularly for a convertible, comprising a roll bar (2). This roll bar is provided with an at least nearly U-shaped design having a transverse yoke (3) and lateral limbs (4A, 4B) while leaving a loading opening (11) unobstructed, and extending such that it essentially spans the width of the vehicle. The lateral limbs (4A, 4B) can be displaced along fixed guiding devices (6, 7) in order to transfer the roll bar (2) out of a lowered non-operational position and into a raised supporting position. To this end, a central retaining and activating device (12) for the roll bar (2), said device being controlled by an actuator (18), is provided and/or a device (17) that synchronizes the displacement of the limbs (4A, 4B) of the roll bar (2) along the guiding devices (6, 7) is provided.

Abstract: As an alternative to a known partition between a passenger compartment and a luggage compartment of a passenger vehicle that is open at the top, a preassembly unit including a transverse member extending over the width of the vehicle and insertable into side receptacles fixedly mounted on the body is proposed. The transverse member is additionally supported via struts on the automotive body. The struts run obliquely downward and outward at an angle of approximately 45° to the transverse member, resulting in a large clearance below the transverse member that can be utilized for loading between the passenger compartment and the luggage compartment.

Abstract: A rollover protection system is provided for motor vehicles having at least one actively deployable rollover body (2), which in the normal operating state is kept in a rest position and which is deployable into a support position by a pyrotechnic actuator (6). In order to provide a rollover protection system, in which the pyrotechnic actuator (6) has a space saving, highly efficient, and economical arrangement, the protection system provides, among other things, that the rollover body (2) is deployable by the actuator (6) according to the principle of a rocket propulsion system.

Abstract: A structural reinforcement system is provided for an automotive vehicle. In another aspect of the present invention, an upper structural beam is employed which extends in a cross-vehicle direction adjacent to a vehicle belt-line. A further aspect of the present invention employs an upper structural beam with a recessed central portion. Yet another aspect of the present invention uses a structural reinforcement system in a convertible roof vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat, in particular functioning as a rear vehicle seat having a seat element provided at the free end of the backrest, and a vehicle with such a seat are specified in which the seat element is pivotably linked to a backrest structure of the vehicle seat and the seat element acts at the same time as a headrest and as protection against rollover.

Abstract: A frame assembly is described including a tunnel, an engine cradle disposed forward of the tunnel and connected thereto, and a sub-frame disposed forward of the engine cradle and connected thereto. A forward support assembly extends upwardly from the subframe. An upper column extends upwardly from the engine cradle to connect with the forward support assembly. A rear brace assembly extends upwardly from the tunnel to connect with the forward support assembly and the upper column. In one embodiment, the frame assembly further includes an engine disposed in the engine cradle. An endless track is operatively connected to the engine and disposed beneath the tunnel for propulsion. A pair of skis is operatively connected to a steering device for steering. In another embodiment, the frame assembly further includes an engine disposed in the engine cradle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a swivelable roll bar, in particular for construction vehicles, with two vertical carriers, each of which has a pair of spars, whereby in each, one spar is connected swivelably through a link joint with the another spar, and the link joint comprises a lock and a stop. The stop consists of a joint stiffener, which is built as an extension of one spar and partially grips about the end of the other. In addition to that, the lock has a continuously adjustable final control element, with which the joint stiffener can be braced against the other spar. With the grip about the other spar, the flexural strength of the link joint of the swivelable roll bar is increased. Further, the bracing of the joint stiffener against the other spar eliminates the play in the link joint. The joint stiffener is preferably built as a U-shaped tubular segment that is attached to the latter as an extension of the spar.

Abstract: A military motor vehicle for transporting personnel, comprising a chassis on which are successively disposed a driver's cabin and an upwardly open transport structure that can be covered by a tarpaulin and has seats and/or benches. A roll protection device is disposed on the upper side of the transport structure and comprises two roll bars, each of which is disposed over a side wall of the transport structure and extends in the longitudinal direction and over the entire length thereof. Each end of each roll bar is releasably attached to the transport structure. The roll bars are interconnected by reinforcing elements that extend transverse to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In a motor vehicle and or a subassembly of a motor vehicle, e.g., a convertible or a roadster, with an opening roof, e.g., a soft top or a hardtop, which includes roof parts or roof elements which are mounted on a main bearing device so as to be able to pivot from a closed position into an open position, the main bearing device is fastened to a supporting structure of the motor vehicle, and with a roll bar which is fitted to the motor vehicle so as to be able to pivot from a storage position into a protective position. To reduce manufacturing costs, the main bearing device has an additional, secondary bearing device on which the roll bar is pivotally mounted.

Abstract: Vehicle rollover protection system with a roll bar, whose top piece is rounded in a U-shape. Such top pieces are typically tubular and are made from pipe bending parts. In order to achieve a three-dimensional contour of the top piece with irregular cross section of its profile, the invention calls for at least the tubular top piece consisting of at least two axially divided partially tubular shells of sheet metal, joined to each other and having different geometrical shapes according to a nominal contour.

Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body, a hood provided on the vehicle body and operable to open and close, an operator's seat provided on the hood, a plurality of pillars erected on the vehicle body for supporting a headguard that covers above the operator's seat and an armrest provided at a side of the operator's seat such that the armrest is pivotable relative to the operator's seat or the hood on a pivotal axis in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The pivotal axis has a first end adjacent to the operator's seat and a second end distant from the operator's seat. The pivotal axis is set such that the first end is located forward of the second end and/or such that the first end is located lower than the second end.

Abstract: A roll over protection device for compact tractors has a tubular steel hoop 14 carried by a channel section coupling 20 and the coupling is bolted to a bracket 12 with holes 34 and slots 36 which enable it to be bolted to the transmission housing of the tractor. The hoop 14 and coupling 20 are the same whatever the make of tractor, but the bracket is intended to fit different models.

Abstract: A rollover protection device includes a cassette housing which guides an extendable rollover bar. The cassette housing includes guidances for the rollover bar. The rollover bar is a single shell or multi-shell form part made of fibre reinforced plastic and has shell edge regions which at least partially extend parallel to the extension direction. The cassette housing is a hollow profile made from high strength material and is closed around the rollover bar and the guidance. The guidance is a plastic form part engaging at a shell edge region, is secured within the hollow profile and protrudes from the hollow profile at least downwards.

Abstract: A machine having a ground engaging element includes a first rigid metallic structure, a second metallic structure that is flexible with respect to the first rigid metallic structure, and a diffuser plate having a stress carrying region located between a first end and a second end. The first end has a rigid attachment to the first metallic structure, and the second end has a rigid attachment to the second metallic structure. The stress carrying region is flexible with respect to the attachments. A stress produced from a flexing of the second metallic structure relative to the first metallic structure is concentrated within the stress carrying region of the diffuser plate instead of at a weld location.

Abstract: A roll cage assembly, for use on a vehicle, includes one or more structural components. At least one roll cage displacement assembly is coupled to the one or more structural components and the vehicle. The at least one roll cage displacement assembly is configured to allow for displacement of the one or more structural components with respect to the vehicle.

Abstract: An operator protective structure for a construction machine is designed to prevent a heavy object or a cabin of the construction machine deformed during the overturning or a drop collision from injuring a body of the operator. An operator protective structure includes a front supporting frame provided with a pair of front supporting rods vertically installed on one end of the upper frame, a rear supporting frame provided with a plurality of rear supporting rods vertically installed on the other end of the upper frame to encompass the cabin, and a top supporting frame defined by a pair of top supporting rods extended from an upper end of the front supporting frame to an upper end of the rear supporting frame and provided with a plurality of auxiliary beams between the top supporting rods.

Abstract: A roll-over protective system for motor vehicles, with roll-over bars arranged at the vehicle's seats, each one being accommodated in a support fixed to the vehicle, and in the normal condition being held by a holding device in a lower, descended position of rest, and able to be brought into a raised, supporting position by releasing of the holding device under sensor control, wherein each roll-over bar has two legs, each of them pivoted at a spacing in the transverse axis of the vehicle with one end in bearings in the support fixed to the vehicle and able to fold down toward each other with their free end, and being interlocked in the raised condition. In order to hinder a digging in of the roll-over bar in soft ground, at least one of the two legs of the bar has a flattening in the region of the free end.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rollover protection system for motor vehicles with at least one rollover body that in a normal state can be held by means of a holding mechanism in a lower, stored resting position and can be brought in a sensor-controlled manner into a deployed, locked protective position, with release of the holding mechanism. In such rollover protection systems, in order to minimize in a simple manner the mechanical stress on the bearing points of the rollover body or of the locking mechanism in the protective position arising in a rollover, the invention provides that at least one deformation element is integrated into rollover body, formed from at least two elastic and/or plastic deformation-defined, energy-reducing partial elements of the rollover body that can be slid into one another. The rollover body has two bar arms, at least one of which has at least two arm elements that can be slid into one another as partial elements of the rollover body for the deformation element.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a roof which can be adjusted between an opened and a closed position, and which has a roof skin. A rollover protection element can be moved out from an inoperative position into a protection position. For improved rollover protection, when the roof is in the closed position, the rollover protection element projects over the roof skin in the protection position.

Abstract: The invention is based on a known rollover protection system for motor vehicles with a rollover body that is held guided in a holder affixed to the vehicle, a drive under spring tension for sensor-controlled deployment of the rollover body from a resting position to a protective position, and a locking device for the rollover body when deployed in the protective position. In order to create a very simple, low-cost and yet highly effective locking device, i.e. a block against retraction of the roll bar after a deployment due to an accident, the invention provides a detent pawl arrangement articulated in a pivoting manner and affixed to the vehicle and under spring tension in the locking direction by a retaining spring, with two extensions extending at least across the width of the rollover body, that in the protective position of the rollover body can be pivoted into direct active contact with corresponding supports on the rollover body.

Abstract: A rear support pillar is configured by combining plural plate members extending in the longitudinal direction of the support pillar to define a closed section. An end face of one of plate members adjacent to each other in the closed section is abutted against an inner surface of the other plate member and in this state the abutted portion of the plate members is fillet-welded throughout the overall length of each plate member.