Abstract: Seating in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprises a first base in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. First and second apertures are disposed on opposite ends of the first base. A modified first base having third and fourth apertures is located adjacent the first base. A first rod is disposed in the first and third apertures. A second rod is disposed in the second and fourth apertures. A seat module has an end support including a fifth aperture for accepting the first rod. An opening is disposed on the end support for accepting the second rod.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device of a vehicle sear rail for blocking foreign matter and a method for assembling the same. A side part inserted into a guide groove is formed at both ends of a front end member of a moving blade, and a discharge hole is formed in a housing of the moving blade module. The foreign matter flowing into the guide groove can be pushed out through the discharge hole, and thus, the deterioration in operating performance and in operating sensitivity due to the foreign matter entering the seat rail can be prevented.

Abstract: Personal computing device covers having stands are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a protective cover to at least partially cover a personal computing device. The cover includes a fixed panel to be thermally coupled to a chassis of the personal computing device to define a heatsink of the personal computing device, and a foldable panel to be rotatably coupled to the fixed panel via a hinge to support the personal computing device to stand at an angle from a surface.

Abstract: An aircraft-floor element comprising a first cladding element configure to be swung from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the first cladding element is arranged parallel to a main plane of the aircraft-floor element and on a side of the aircraft-floor element which is directed towards a passenger cabin. In the second position, the first cladding is arranged at an angle to the main plane of the aircraft-floor element, wherein it forms a cladding for a cargo space. An aircraft zone having an aircraft-floor element and an aircraft having such an aircraft zone are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a modular vehicle roof frame with at least two support members having at an upper end at least one coupling member through which the support member is axially assembled and releasably coupled to a plurality of top frame members such that each top frame member is releasably coupled to a plurality of support members. In an illustrative example, when the frame is assembled the support members may be substantially vertical and the top frame members may be substantially horizontal. When the frame is coupled to a vehicle the coupling members may, for example, be oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The frame may be assembled, for example, by alternately assembling top frame members and support members. Various embodiments may advantageously allow a disassembled frame to be stored within a small sized container suitable for various ground shipping services.

Abstract: A passive self-adjusting seat assembly for a lawn maintenance vehicle having a frame. The passive self-adjusting seat assembly includes a base, a guide assembly attached to the base, and a platform assembly that is selectively movable or slidable relative to the guide assembly in order to maintain an operator in an upright or substantially vertical orientation as the lawn maintenance vehicle traverses uneven or sloped ground. The seat assembly further including a locking assembly for selectively locking the sliding or movement of the platform assembly relative to the guide assembly.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a seat which is supported on a floor panel via a support member, a battery pack which is disposed behind the seat, and an air intake duct which has an air inlet and through which air taken in from the air inlet is supplied to the battery pack. The air inlet is disposed at a position overlapping the support member as viewed from above, and is located between the floor panel and the support member in an up-down direction.

Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle includes a frame, a transmission, an axle support, a driving shaft and a rear suspension assembly. The transmission is mounted on the frame. The driving shaft is coupled between the transmission and the axle support. The rear suspension assembly includes left and right rear suspension subassemblies symmetrically arranged at left and right sides of the frame. Each of the left and right rear suspension subassemblies includes an upper control min and a lower control arm, the upper control arm has a first end pivotally coupled to the frame and a second end pivotally coupled to the axle support, the lower control arm has a first end pivotally coupled to the frame and a second end pivotally coupled to the axle support, and a junction of the first end of the upper control arm and the frame is located behind the driving shaft.

Abstract: A seat attachment system for a mass transit vehicle including a rail, a fastener and a seat interface. The rail, which is adapted to be secured to a chassis of the mass transit vehicle, has a longitudinal T-slot adapted to receive the fastener. The rail has two non-parallel sets of corrugations on its external face. The seat interface, which is adapted to be mounted to a seat frame, is also provided with two non-parallel sets of corrugations whose angle matches that of the sets of corrugations on the rail. The sets of corrugations are adapted to cooperate and interlock in pairs so as to respectively locate the seat interface, and thereby a seat to which it is attached, vertically and horizontally upon the fastener being tightened.

Abstract: A sliding device for a vehicle seat is provided. The sliding device includes a pair of parallel slideways, each of which comprises a lower rail, an upper rail slidably mounted to the lower rail and a latch for allowing/preventing a movement of the upper rail relative to the lower rail. A releasing member is provided for driving the latches to a position in which the upper rails are free to move relative to the lower rails. Each latch has a rear portion which is bent into a “U”-like shape and comprises a lower leg carrying latching elements configured to cooperate with corresponding latching elements provided in the lower rail and an upper leg configured to engage the releasing member. The design of the latches improves the reliability of the sliding device.

Abstract: A cover device for covering the angle formed between the edge of a hinged door and a door frame includes first and second elongate bodies, each body having substantially parallel sides and divided by hinge lines parallel to the sides into a plurality of elongate panels. The first body is mountable at one end to the door, and the second body is mountable at one end to a frame relative to which the door hinges. The hingeable connection between the bodies is by at least one longitudinal channel and at least one longitudinal protrusion which locates within the channel to be removeably held within it but able to move longitudinally with respect to it, and thereby to act as a hinge whilst enabling the relative longitudinal movement between the elongate bodies.

Abstract: A frame structure (5) for a vehicle seat backrest (3), said frame structure (5) comprising a centre frame (18) and a side frame (14), said centre frame (18) and said side frame (14) extending in a longitudinal (x), transversal (y) and vertical (z) direction, respectively, said longitudinal (x), transversal (y) and vertical (z) directions being perpendicular to each other and corresponding to a longitudinal, transversal and vertical direction, respectively, of a vehicle. Said frame structure (5) further comprises a lower connection (7) which is adapted to interconnect said centre frame (18) and said side frame (14) and which is located at or adjacent to a lower end of said frame structure (5) in said vertical direction (z).

Abstract: A vehicle track assembly includes a conductive rail coupled to the track assembly. The conductive rail includes an electrically insulative substrate and one or more conductive strips attached to the substrate. The vehicle track assembly further includes a track-mounted component electrically coupled to the conductive rail. The track-mounted component includes a cantilevered biasing member and one or more electrical contacts. The cantilevered biasing member biases the one or more electrical contacts toward the one or more conductive strips to maintain an electrical connection between the one or more electrical contacts and the one or more conductive strips as the track-mounted component is moved along the conductive rail.

Abstract: A sleeping apparatus comprising a textile fiber shell, a plurality of adjustable straps coupled to the textile fiber shell and a plurality of anchors, wherein each anchor is coupled to one of the plurality of adjustable straps, wherein the anchors are configured to attach to one or more structures such that the textile fiber shell forms a flat sleeping surface.

Abstract: A seat raising mechanism and corresponding method allow raising a seat of a vehicle. The seat raising mechanism is configured to be inserted between a seat frame and a floor of a vehicle, and has a shape configured to match a shape of the seat frame, with an upper and lower surface having a substantially flat upper portion and an angled portion angled downward from the upper portion. A pin receiving hole is included in the upper surface of the seat raising mechanism to receive a pin of the seat frame and a threaded bolt attaches the seat raising mechanism to the floor.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a body having a roof that defines a volume and includes a top surface. The vehicle further includes a plurality of support members. The vehicle further includes a plurality of actuators each coupled to at least one of the plurality of support members. The vehicle further includes an input device configured to receive user input corresponding to a desired roof rack configuration. The vehicle further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the plurality of actuators and to the input device and configured to control the plurality of actuators to actuate at least one of the plurality of support members to be in a raised position in which it extends above the top surface of the roof or to be in a stored position in which it is located in the volume based on the desired roof rack configuration.

Abstract: A carrier module (TM) for a headrest (2) includes at least one carrier element (4), having at least one receiving space (4.2) and/or receiving structure (4.1) for receiving the headrest. At least one covering (AD) surrounds the receiving space (4.2) and/or surrounds the receiving structure (4.1) at least in certain portions. A seat (SZ) includes a backrest (1), a seat back structure (1.1) and the carrier module (TM) for a headrest (2).

Abstract: A body floor of a vehicle includes seat rails having seats mounted to the seat rails, a center floor including center side members provided on opposite sides of a tunnel member and a center cross-member connecting the center side members to the tunnel member, a rear floor having a rear side member connected to the center side members, a side reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the center side members and the rear side member, and a center reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the tunnel member, where rigidity of peripheral parts of the center floor, the rear floor, and the tunnel member is ensured by the side reinforcement member and the center reinforcement member, and the center floor and the rear floor provide an installation structure for the seat rails.

Abstract: The dental chair attachment for supporting wheelchairs attaches to the back of a dental chair and reclines a wheelchair when the dental chair is reclined. The wheels of the wheelchair are rolled onto wheel ramps on opposing sides of a back support. Two upper clamps attach the dental chair attachment to the top of the dental chair, and two lower clamps attach the wheelchair to the dental chair attachment. When reclining the dental chair, wheels on the bottom of the back support allow the dental chair attachment to recline simultaneously with the chair by rolling in a direction opposite the dental chair.

Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat coupled to a seatback. The seat includes a cushion divided into a first part and a second part. The first part and the second part are arranged to form a platform in an opened state. A liner is stored between the first part and the second part in the unopened state. The liner covers the platform in the opened state.

Abstract: An improved system to raise and lower a seat by a simplified substantially parallelogram or non-parallelogram motion. By replacing two of the links of a parallelogram seat lift system with an arc, or a straight link as a mechanically defined path for a pivot to follow, space and material can be saved to fit an adjustable seat on an ATV or any type of support system. The system can be useful on many varieties of vehicles and other adjustable supports.

Abstract: Vehicle seat with seat cushion and seat back includes a seat frame, which comprises: first and second frames disposed at a distance away from each other in a predetermined direction; third frame connecting end portions of the first and second frames; fourth frame connecting another end portions of the first and second frames; and a connecting frame disposed at distances away from the first frame and second frame and connecting the third frame and fourth frame. The seat frame comprises: first pipe member having a U-shaped configuration and configured to form the first frame, the connecting frame, and part of the third frame by which the first frame and the connecting frame are connected; and second pipe member having a U-shaped configuration and configured to form the second frame, a remaining part of the third frame and the fourth frame, and connected to the first pipe member.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a panel frame including a fixed area which is one area of the panel frame partitioned by a line segment connecting a first fixed point and a second fixed point and includes a third fixed point at which the panel frame is fixed to a vehicle main body at a position different from positions of the first and second fixed point, an overhang area which is another area of the panel frame partitioned by the line segment; and a bead including a first and second bead pieces which respectively extend across the overhang area and the fixed area, and one of the first and second bead pieces has an extended portion which extends into an orthogonal area which is an area orthogonal to a portion of the line segment running between the first and second bead pieces.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a panel frame including a fixed area, an overhang area, and a bead including a first bead piece extending across the overhang area and the fixed area from a position in a height direction closer to a first fixed point than a second fixed point toward the second fixed point, a second bead piece extending across the overhang area and the fixed area from a position in the height direction closer to the second fixed point than the first fixed point toward the first fixed point, and a third bead piece formed across the overhang area and the fixed area in a state of being provided between the first bead piece and the second bead piece and spaced apart from both the first bead piece and the second bead piece with a general surface provided therebetween.

Abstract: A cover (9) of a folding-top compartment in a cabriolet vehicle can be pivoted by way of links (10, 10) between a position in which the cover (9) covers the folding-top compartment and a position in which the cover (9) does not cover the folding-top compartment. The cover (9) has, at a distance from its pivoting connection, at least one first guide element (15), and on the body, there is provided at least one second guide element (18). During the transfer of the cover (9) into its closed position, the two guide elements (15, 18) interact, and guide the cover (9), as far as the closed position.

Abstract: The present document describes a vehicle for transporting an individual in a pedestrian environment, the vehicle comprising: a main frame comprising a rear end and a front end, the main frame defining a longitudinal axis corresponding to a direction of straight forward movement of the vehicle; a motor mounted on the main frame and a drive unit operatively connected to the motor for propelling the main frame; a seat assembly mounted on the main frame, the seat assembly comprising at least two seats having an alignment direction corresponding to a direction the individual faces when seated in one of the at least two seats, the alignment direction making an angle between 45 degrees and 90 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis defined by the main frame; and a driving area at a rear end of the main frame for driving and operating the main frame.

Abstract: A closed-form seatbelt retractor assembly includes a package tray having sidewalls that define an interior cavity. An aperture is disposed through at least one of the sidewalls. A bracket is connected to the package tray proximate the aperture to cover at least a portion of the aperture. A seatbelt retractor is secured to an interior surface of the bracket and disposed substantially entirely within the interior cavity.

Abstract: A base material for a seatback side includes a body portion including a protruding portion. The protruding portion has a plate piece surface of a distal end extending from the body portion outwardly relative to an outer portion provided on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The plate piece surface is placed side by side with a flange surface of a flange portion projecting in a peripheral portion of the body. The distal end is sandwiched by a weather strip together with the flange portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a backrest (3) for a rear seat or a rear bench (1) of a motor vehicle, in particular a backrest (3) produced in accordance with a method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the backrest (3) has upholstery (4) and a back plate (5, 5B) which is arranged behind the upholstery (4) and extends essentially over the entire backrest (3), wherein at least two thirds of the back plate (5, 5B) are composed of a rolled metal sheet.

Abstract: A seat assembly is provided with a seat bottom adapted to mount to a vehicle. The seat assembly further includes a first seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom defining a recline angle relative to the seat bottom, and a second seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom proximate to the first seat back defining a recline angle relative to the seat bottom. A pin is pivotally connected to the second seat back, is sized to be received within a latch mechanism on the first seat back, and is operably connected to the second seat back to pivot to a stowed position when the first seat back is pivoted to a recline angle that is less than the second seat back recline angle.

Abstract: A base has a second bracket extending toward a back panel. A controller main body is arranged between the base and the back panel, and fixed to the second bracket. In a plan view, at least a part of the controller main body is arranged between the base and the floor portion so as to overlap with the base, and a bolt fixing the controller main body to the second bracket is arranged between a rear end of the base and the back panel.

Abstract: A backrest system for use in an automobile storage space includes a back rest member with a front surface, a back surface and a channel coupled to the back surface. The channel extends along a longitudinal axis of the backrest member and includes a first open end and a second open end opposite from the first open end. A first extension member is positionable in the channel and is movable within the channel with respect to the first open end. A second extension member is positionable in the channel and is movable with respect to the second open end. A first coupling member and a second coupling member are positionable on opposite sides of an automobile storage space so as to provide a coupling location for the first extension and the second extension to secure the backrest system in an automobile storage space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking and inclination-adjustment assembly for locking and adjusting the inclination of a part, especially a pivotable backrest (R, R1, R2) of a vehicle, comprising a lock striker (30) arranged on the car body and a lock (S) arranged on the part, said lock (S) being joined to the lock striker (30) when in a locked position (I, II) and being detachable from the lock striker (30) when in an unlocked position (III). It is provided that the lock (S) arranged on the part has rotary catches (10, 20) with corresponding locking pawls (15, 25), whereby the part can be moved and locked in several reversible latching positions (I, II) on the lock striker (30) that engages with the lock (S), and the part can be moved into the unlocked position (III) separately from the lock striker (30).

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a vehicle seatback stabilization device includes a seatback stabilization portion to be connected to a seatback, and a vehicle body connection portion including an aperture to receive a connector of a vehicle body load-bearing structure. The seatback stabilization portion may include first and second stabilization panels positioned with an angle relative to each other. The vehicle body connection portion may extend away from the second stabilization panel such that the second stabilization panel is positioned between the first stabilization panel and the vehicle body connection portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device for fastening an electronic device in a motor vehicle, wherein the retaining device comprises a receiving device (30) for receiving the electronic device and a retainer with a shaft (4) for inserting a part of the receiving device (30), wherein the retainer comprises a flap (6) closing the shaft (4), a first interactive element (28) and at least one locking bar element (10), which is able to be moved into at least one closed position in which it prevents a movement of the flap (6) and is able to be moved into an open position in which it does not prevent a movement of the flap (6), wherein the receiving device (30) has a second interactive element (32), wherein the first interactive element (28) and/or the second interactive element (32) has a permanent magnet and wherein the at least one locking bar element (10) is able to be moved from the closed position into the open position, by the first interactive element (28) and the second interactive element (32) being

Abstract: A motor vehicle chassis includes two lateral floor supports and a seat-cushion support part positioned between two lateral raisers fixed on top of the lateral floor supports and assembled with the lateral floor supports. The chassis further includes two seat-cushion support reinforcements each assembled with a lateral floor support and with a lateral raiser, each seat-cushion support reinforcement including: a substantially horizontal plate extending the seat-cushion support part laterally, assembled with the lateral raiser along a substantially vertical mating edge of the plate, and a single support leg extending downwards from the plate, assembled with the lateral floor support, and the assembly end of which is positioned vertically below the plate, some distance from a projection onto the horizontal of the mating edge.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a mine personnel carrier includes an integrated information display and one or more processing units. The processing units may access life support data from devices associated with a life support subsystem of a mine personnel carrier. The life support subsystem provides breathable air to passengers of the mine personnel carrier, and the life support data indicates a remaining level of air available via at least a portion of the life support subsystem. The processing units access guidance data from guidance devices associated with a guidance subsystem of the mine personnel carrier. Each guidance device can detect entities within a detection range of the guidance device. The processing units initiate display in the integrated information display of at least a portion of the life support data and the guidance data. The integrated information display comprises a unified electronic display of the mine personnel carrier.

Abstract: In a vehicle rear seat, slits are respectively formed in side wall portions of retainers provided on a vehicle body side and are respectively open at upper end sides of the side wall portions. Hinge pins respectively provided at lower end sides on side portions of a rear seat back are inserted in the corresponding slits to thereby couple the rear seat back to the vehicle body side via the retainers. Furthermore, in the vehicle rear seat, distal end sides of the hinge pins, that is, portions that protrude outward of the rear seat back, are respectively covered with covers attached to the corresponding retainers.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a load sensor for measuring a load applied from an occupant and a seat cushion frame, wherein the seat cushion frame comprises right and left side frames extending in a front-and-rear direction, the load sensor is attached to the seat cushion frame, and a concave portion is formed in at least one of the right and left side frames at a position opposite to the load sensor.

Abstract: A side panel assembly for a bus including a frame and a seat rail, may include a lower panel integrally having a lower panel part which forms a lower side of a side surface of the bus, a frame part which extends from an upper side of the lower panel part, an inner side of the frame part being formed in a shape of a hollow pipe, and a seat rail part which formed in a groove shape in a longitudinal direction of the bus at an inner side of the bus in the frame part and integrally engaging a seat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle seat assembly securable to a floor pan. In at least one embodiment, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a seat bottom supportable on the floor pan and a trim cover securable over the seat bottom and to the floor pan.

Abstract: A cargo cover assembly selectively covers a cargo compartment formed behind the rear seat and between spaced interior sidewalls vehicle. The cover assembly includes a housing pivotally connected to a rear seat and movable between storage and deployed positions. A cover, and preferably first and second cover portions, extend(s) in a lateral direction from the housing toward at least one of the interior sidewalls of the vehicle to a deployed position(s). Retaining members are formed in the sidewalls for securing the cover portions in the deployed positions. First and second rails may also be pivotally secured to the housing to receive perimeter portions of the respective cover portions and thereby add additional support and improving the aesthetics of the cover assembly.

Abstract: In a vehicle rear seat, slits are respectively formed in side wall portions of retainers provided on a vehicle body side and are respectively open at upper end sides of the side wall portions. Hinge pins respectively provided at lower end sides on side portions of a rear seat back are inserted in the corresponding slits to thereby couple the rear seat back to the vehicle body side via the retainers. Furthermore, in the vehicle rear seat, distal end sides of the hinge pins, that is, portions that protrude outward of the rear seat back, are respectively covered with covers attached to the corresponding retainers.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a protective surface to support the vehicle passenger and a variable-shape aircushion. The contour of the supporting surface can be varied by changing the shape of the aircushion. A drivable device is also provided with which the aircushion can be compressed at least partially from outside in such a way as to vary the shape of the aircushion, and hence vary the contour of the supporting surface. A motor vehicle is also provided with such a vehicle seat.

Abstract: An automotive seat-back assembly is provided, having a seat-back panel, a plurality of floor-mount brackets for attaching the seat-back panel to an automotive floor, and an anchorage bar operably located on the seat-back panel. Provided on the anchorage bar is at least one anchorage fixture for engaging with a mating anchorage device provided on an object to be secured.

Abstract: A headrest assembly for a motor vehicle has an upright column secured to the vehicle supporting an arm movable between first and second positions with an actuator. An attachment connected to the arm supports a head restraint pad located behind the head of a person seated in a wheelchair in the vehicle operator's position or front vehicle passenger's position.

Abstract: A body structure of a motor vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a floor panel, that has an inner side directed toward the motor vehicle interior and an outer side directed toward the motor vehicle exterior, and also includes, but is not limited to a seat mounting for securing a motor vehicle seat. To reduce driving noise and air resistance, it is provided that on the outer side thereof, the floor panel is free from corrugations or stiffening structures running predominantly in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is also provided having a corresponding body structure and a method is provided for the manufacture thereof.

Abstract: In a utility vehicle according to the present invention in which a rear seat in a riding space is freely stowed and a cargo bed is expandable forward, a screen is pivotably supported on a cross member of a ROPS surrounding the riding space, and a pivot position of the screen is changeable between a first position of substantially upright standing at a position in the vicinity of a front end of the cargo bed in a non-expanded state, and a second position of inclining so as to extend from pivot point portions toward the front lower side.

Abstract: A vehicle having an adjustable seating assembly and related method. One member of the seating assembly may be adjusted to provide a backrest to a straddle type seat of the vehicle. As such, when a carrier bed having an accessory platform is located rearward of the straddle type seat, the one member may optionally be used to provide a wall portion of the carrier bed. The one member may also be adjusted to provide an extension to the straddle type seat. When an accessory platform is located rearward of the straddle type seat, an additional member of the seating assembly may be adjusted to provide a backrest to one or more of the straddle type seat or an extended straddle type seat. The additional member may also be adjusted to form a segment of the accessory platform.

Abstract: An all terrain vehicle is disclosed having a frame and ground engaging members supporting the frame. A driver's seat is supported by the frame, and extends along a first longitudinal axis. A passenger's seat is supported by the frame and extends along a second longitudinal axis, where the first and second longitudinal axes are laterally spaced apart. The passenger seat may also be movable to a second location to allow for the vehicle to support a gurney, which extends in a front to back orientation.