Abstract: A new extendable vehicle bumper for warning a driver of a vehicle that their vehicle is coming close to contact with an object such as a wall or another vehicle. The inventive device includes an elongate contact bumper with a plurality of telescopic fluidic piston-cylinder actuators coupled to one side of the contact bumper. Each of the telescopic fluidic piston-cylinder actuators has a mounting portion for attachment to the bumper area of a vehicle. A remote controller is electrically connected to the telescopic fluidic piston-cylinder actuator. The remote controller has an actuator and a warning indicator. The actuator of the remote controller permits selective extending and retracting of the telescopic fluidic piston-cylinder actuators. The warning indicator warns a user when the telescopic fluidic piston-cylinder actuators are pushed from the extended position towards the retracted position by the contact bumper.

Abstract: A school bus is equipped with a crossing arm mechanism that is mounted on the front bumper at the passenger side. The mechanism includes a crossing arm assembly that is pivoted between a retracted (stored) position adjacent the front bumper and an extended (operative) position where the crossing arm assembly extends outwardly of the bus bumper in a perpendicular fashion to control pedestrian traffic. The crossing arm assembly includes a plastic bracket that is pivotally attached to an actuating mechanism and a cantilever beam that is attached to the bracket at one end. The bracket has two vertically spaced pivot arms and a beam mounting portion that supports the cantilever beam. The cantilever beam is a plastic extrusion that comprises upper and lower tubular sections that are interconnected by a web portion. The extrusion is modified at one end for attachment to the bracket.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a rigid vehicle body structure with a compartment for passengers and payload. The vehicle body structure has a front, a back, and sides. An exterior skin is connected to the vehicle body structure and includes a plurality of aerial exterior skin portions. At least one impact protection unit is connected to the vehicle body structure and one of the aerial exterior skin portions for moving the one exterior skin portion from a retracted position at the vehicle body structure into an extended position in which a base surface area defined by the outer contour of the motor vehicle is enlarged. The impact protection unit upon impact reduces a deceleration of the compartment due to a movement of the impact protection unit toward the vehicle body structure.

Abstract: The bumper mountable camper stand includes a pair of base members each having first and second feet extending longitudinally opposite, and having a pillar extending perpendicularly therefrom, a lateral cross member and having a pair of tubes extending perpendicularly therefrom, first mounting apparatus for releasable mounting the first feet in sliding engagement to a mounting member on a frame of a vehicle, second mounting apparatus for releasable mounting the tubes in sliding engagement to the second feet, and third mounting apparatus for releasable mounting the tubes in sliding engagement to the pillars.

Abstract: A movable bumper used on a load carrying vehicle such as an eighteen wheeler truck-trailer. The three bumpers sections are connected together with the upper section having a one-way hinged connection and biasing springs with pulley/cable connectors. When the bumper's lower section is struck by an obstruction with sufficient impact, that section and a connected vertical support section pivot upwardly and outwardly out of the way on the hinged connection against the biasing action of the upper section's springs and connected pulleys/cables. After the obstruction is removed, the bumpers two lower sections return to their normally vertical disposed positions. Support struts with internal springs may be used as additional bumper support and protection between the bumper and the vehicle's or trailer's undercarriage.

Abstract: Children entering or departing a school bus are prevented from entering a generally rectangular zone in front of the bus by a pair of forwardly extending and laterally spaced arms and by a flexible cable extending laterally between the free end portions of the arms. The arms are adapted to be folded inwardly into stored positions against the front bumper of the bus and, as an incident thereto, the cable is automatically retracted into the arms. If a child hits an arm or the cable, or if the arms strike an obstruction, outer sections of the arm deflect and cause an audible or visual alarm signal to be produced.

Abstract: A bumper system including an extendable bumper resiliently disposed in the direction of impact. The system is compact and, even at elevated impact speeds, protects the automotive vehicle against damage. The bumper is extended by an adequate amount before or during the situation of danger. A progressive damping characteristic and a suitable drive to quickly extend and to safely return the bumper are provided.

Abstract: A crash damper for vehicles comprises two securing elements, by way of which it can be secured to the bumper on the one hand and to the body of the vehicle on the other hand. In order to be able to compensate manufacturing tolerances of the body of the vehicle, an adjustment device is provided for adjusting the distance between the securing elements.

Abstract: Intermodal transport of the removably attached combination of an underlying drayable chassis with an immediately overlying cargo-carrying container having a forward-end and a rearward-end. In conventional fashion, the container adjacent its forward-end is removably attached to a frontal portion of the drayable chassis. Departing from the prior art, the cargo-carrying container, at a prescribed rearward-length separation from its rearward-end, is removably attached to a single set of transversely aligned plural chassis rear-lock stations. Thus, the container rearward-length extends unconventionally cantileverly rearwardly from and might overlie the container's rearmost attachment station to the underlying drayable chassis.

Abstract: An automatic brake actuation system for use on a vehicle having an existing braking system is disclosed as including an elongate detector mounted to the vehicle and being controllably extendable from the vehicle to contact objects being approached by the vehicle when at predetermined distances therefrom. A compression sensor is included to sense contact between the elongate detector and an object. Provision is also made to sense vehicle speed, vehicle-object closing speed, and detector position and to extend and retract the detector and actuate the vehicle braking system in response thereto.

Abstract: A bumper mounting structure in which a vertical parting line is defined between a bumper and a part of a vehicle body such as a fender. In order to control the width of the parting line, the mounting structure comprises a first member attached to the bumper, a second member attached to the fender and coupled to the first member for sliding engagement therebetween so as to permit a relative motion along the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle body, and a screw member threaded to one of the members and abuts the other member for adjusting the relative distance therebetween. By turning this screw member, the width of the vertical parting line can be adjusted to an optimum value and a favorable unified appearance is produced between the bumper and the fender.

Abstract: Adjustment means are provided to properly position a vehicle bumper assembly. The vehicle bumper assembly includes bumper structure and energy absorbing devices which mount it to vehicle structure. The adjustment means comprise threaded structure permitting rotative motion to move the energy absorbing devices in an axial direction. The threaded structure is adapted to move the bumper assembly a predetermined measured amount measured by opening means which provide for detachable fastening of the assembly in place.

Abstract: A coupling multi-driving system for producing rotational energy comprises an internal combustion engine, an output shaft and a unitary rotary drive mechanism. The rotary drive mechanism includes stator excitation windings and an armature. An electronic controller controls the rotary drive mechanism 4.

Abstract: A vehicle body protection device having a first pair of arms telescopically disposed within a sleeve and adapted to extend outwardly from the side of a vehicle on the rear portion of the vehicle and a second set of arms telescopically disposed within a sleeve positioned on the forward portion of the vehicle. A flexible band stored in a storage case and retracted therein by a spring is positioned over a roller on each of the first pair of arms and is adapted to be pulled to the second pair of arms and secured in a predetermined length between the arms such that a door from an adjacent vehicle will be slowed and deflected prior to engaging finish of the vehicle. A second embodiment would energize an alarm while deflecting the door if so desired.