Motor vehicles inventions 09/08

20080230284 - Offset drive system for utility vehicles: A wheel driven utility vehicle includes a frame and two small volume high speed alternating current electric motors arranged side by side for driving the vehicle. Alternatively high speed direct current, hydraulic or pneumatic direct current motors may be used with suitable controls. Each motor has an output shaft which... Agent: Woodling, Krost And Rust

20080230285 - Multimodal agile robots: Examples and implementations of various robotic mechanisms, apparatus, systems and techniques including multimodal robotic devices and systems... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080230286 - Motorized wheeled vehicle caddy: A motorized wheeled vehicle caddy for pushing or pulling one or more wheeled vehicles can be used to move and/or maneuver the vehicle(s) to different locations and positions. The vehicle caddy includes a hitch mechanism to attach the vehicle to the caddy, a suspension mechanism to align the caddy and... Agent: Boyd D. Cox

20080230287 - Hybrid system: A hybrid system includes an electrical motor generating motive power, a storing portion providing electrical power to the electrical motor, a fuel cell that provides electrical power to the electrical motor or the storing portion within a predetermined output range, an internal combustion engine absorbing loading of the fuel cell,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080230288 - Fuel cell electric vehicle: A fuel cell electric vehicle includes a driving motor, a fuel cell and first and second supply/discharge manifolds. The driving motor is disposed between a pair of wheels. The fuel cell is disposed above the driving motor and has a plurality of unit cells stacked in a vertical direction of... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080230289 - Lubrication system for right-angle drives used with utility vehicles: A bearing lubrication device in a right angle gear reducer includes a gear housing having an interior portion and a lubricating fluid reservoir therein. An oil slinger, rotating pinion shaft, pinion shaft housing, and bearings for supporting the pinion shaft within the pinion shaft housing work together to provide a... Agent: Woodling, Krost And Rust

20080230290 - Vehicle: The outputs of a fuel cell (11) and a battery (12) are raised in voltage by a voltage raising device (13), and electric power of these raised voltages is supplied to a motor (15). Therefore, a total output voltage of the fuel cell (11) and the battery (12), and thus,... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080230291 - Supporting structure in the front region of a motor vehicle: Supporting structure (1) in the front region of a motor vehicle, with a supporting frame (13) which can be covered on the rear side by a rear wall (12) which has a fan opening (11). It is proposed that a retaining frame (3) for holding cooling components, in particular heat... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080230292 - Self-propelled vehicle: By a self-propelled vehicle that are for example to be used for support or service works on airplanes, hereby also military airplanes, it is advantageous that a set of wheels can be lowered in at manner that makes the distance from the ground up to the bottom of the vehicle... Agent: James C. Wray

20080230293 - Rear wheel suspension for a motorcycle and swing arm attachment structure for a motorcycle: A rear wheel suspension for a motorcycle can sufficiently ensure the stroke of a rear cushion and can enhance traveling performance of a vehicle by lowering the gravity center of the vehicle. A swing arm includes an upper arm swingably connecting a body frame with the upper portion of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080230294 - Power train for a utility vehicle: A power train for a vehicle includes a gearbox with an input shaft and an output shaft and is configured such that the input shaft drives the output shaft at a single speed ratio in a first direction and a single speed ratio in a second direction. The output shaft... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080230295 - Idle-able power transfer unit: A vehicle driveline comprising a primary drive system including at least one primary drive wheel and an auxiliary drive system including at least one auxiliary drive wheel is disclosed. The vehicle driveline may further comprise a system for idling the auxiliary drive system. The system may include at least one... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080230296 - Front to rear torque vectoring axle with overspaced capability for vehicle dynamic control systems: A torque bias coupling (50) for proportionally transferring driving torque to a rear secondary axle (18) of a front wheel drive based all-wheel-drive vehicle platform includes a double-planetary gear set (54) organized about a common axis (X) and a magnetic particle brake (56). The magnetic particle brake (56) is operatively... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080230297 - Intelligent driving safety monitoring system and method integrating multiple direction information: An intelligent driving safety monitoring system capable of integrating multiple direction information is adapted to be installed in a vehicle. The system includes a first image capturing device, a second image capturing device, a data processing device, and an indicating device. The first image capturing device is used to capture... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080230298 - Method of applying oral compositions: A method of applying oral compositions to the temporary and permanent surfaces of the oral cavity comprising the step of obtaining a container and applicator combination formed as an assembly that comprises an internal region that contains an oral care composition and an externally projecting pair of spreadable wings, expelling... Agent: Smithkline Beecham Corporation Corporate Intellectual Property-us, Uw2220

20080230299 - Windscreen wiper device: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper device (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, screwed to a chassis (12). Conventional windscreen wiper devices do not yield on an impact with a pedestrian and hence represent a significant injury risk for pedestrians. According to the invention, the risk of injury... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080230300 - Steering control apparatus and method: A vehicle steering control device is provided that suppresses changes in the steering force accompanying the shock transmitted from the road surface during the steering wheel return operation. The vehicle steering device is a steer-by-wire steering device where a steering wheel receiving the steering input which is transmitted electronically to... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080230301 - Steering system for motor vehicles: A steering system for a motor vehicle is disclosed, including a steering member which is connected to a pinion, the pinion being in engagement with a steering rack, which is connected to a master piston, slave pistons connected to the vehicle wheels, and volumes, which are arranged between slave pistons... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080230302 - Motor-driven power steering apparatus: The invention provides a motor-driven power steering apparatus provided with a fault diagnosing means diagnosing a fault of a board temperature detecting apparatus on the basis of an armature current Im detected by a motor current detecting means and a board temperature Tb of the control board detected by the... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20080223630 - Robotic vehicle: A robotic vehicle is disclosed, which is characterized by high mobility, adaptability, and the capability of being remotely controlled in hazardous environments. The robotic vehicle includes a chassis having front and rear ends and supported on right and left driven tracks. Right and left elongated flippers are disposed on corresponding... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080223631 - Working machine: A working machine adapted for at least two functions, which include moving an implement and/or steering the machine, the machine includes: at least two hydraulic circuits, one hydraulic circuit for each of said functions, wherein each hydraulic circuit includes at least one hydraulic pump for operating the associated implement or... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080223633 - Hybrid all-wheel drive train and vehicle: The disclosure relates to automotive technology, particularly relating to hybrid vehicles and their decoupled drive arrangements. A hybrid all-wheel drive vehicle is disclosed comprising a vehicle chassis, first propulsion means fixed to the chassis and second propulsion means. A first set of at least two wheels is driven by the... Agent: Richard J. Kim

20080223635 - Hybrid drive train and hybrid vehicle equipped with same: The invention concerns a hybrid drive train comprising a heat engine (2), at least one first electrical machine (31) and at least a second electrical machine (32) each including a stator and a rotor, a battery (BAT) connected to the first and second electrical machines (31, 32), and a controlling... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080223632 - Hybrid drivetrain with waste heat energy conversion into electricity: A thermal-to-electrical conversion system converts internal combustion engine exhaust heat into useful electrical energy in a hybrid vehicle system. The converted energy is sent to an energy-storage control system via a DC-DC converter. High power-density storage medium (e.g. ultracapacitors) is used in the designated “short-cycle” hybrid design to maximize transfer... Agent: Efficient Systems, LLC

20080223636 - Method and device for self-contained inertial: A novel method and device for self-contained inertial vehicular propulsion using the combined effort of linear and rotational inertial reluctance contained in flywheels. The flywheels are having parallel axial orientation, opposite rotation and opposite alternate cyclic linear reciprocal motion in the direction of vehicular travel. The cyclic reciprocal linear motion... Agent: Gottfried J. Gutsche

20080223634 - Vehicle drive system: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle drive system that is capable of appropriately continuing four-wheel drive according to driver's intention and road conditions. The vehicle drive system includes a motor 5 which drives rear wheels 15R and 15L, and a 4WDCU 6 for controlling the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080223637 - Safe, super-efficient, four-wheeled vehicle employing large diameter wheels with continuous-radius tires, with leaning option: A “super fuel efficient”, safe, low-cost and yet high performance 4-wheeled vehicle is configured with motorcycle wheels and tires having continuous radius tires and of outside diameter (20-26 inches). A special configuration of the invention permits a 4-wheeled vehicle to naturally camber while engaging a corner, or while maneuvering on... Agent: Efficient Systems, LLC

20080223638 - Driving wheel structure for motor vehicle: A driving wheel structure (100) for a motor vehicle employing an in-wheel motor arrangement includes first (105) and second (108) electric motors for generating drive torques to rotate a wheel (102), a first support member attached to the vehicle body for supporting the first motor on a vehicle body, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223639 - Snowmobile with externally mounted radiator: A snowmobile incorporating a radiator system externally of the engine compartment. The radiator may be disposed within the snowmobile airstream including placement to the rear of the snowmobile chassis. Various peripheral items such as a seat, a luggage rack, and a saddle mount may incorporate the radiator mounting within their... Agent: Vern Schooley Fulwider Patton LLP

20080223640 - Methods and devices for altering the transmission ratio of a drive system: The transmission ratio between a first motor and an output shaft is varied by changing the speed of a second motor. The first and second motors are coupled to the output shaft with a planetary gear set. The first and second motors may both add power to the drive system.... Agent: Hoekendijk & Lynch, LLP

20080223641 - Method and apparatus for remotely disabling vehicles: Method and apparatus for remotely disabling a vehicle using modulated microwave energy. The modulation characteristics are preferably tailored for different types of vehicles. This approach enables the use of a low power radiation source, which minimizes injury to people and property and which enables the use of portable devices, such... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20080223642 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle that reliably supports a load imposed on a seat while increasing charging efficiency. An intake pipe is provided in a center area in a width direction and extends rearward across and beyond an upper cross member. Left and right seat rails are provided on opposite sides of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080223643 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle that discharges air that has passed through a radiator such that the air does not directly impinge on a rider, thereby resolving discomfort. An air guide passage guides air that has passed through the radiator so that the air passes through a gap between a front side cover... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080223644 - Vehicle in particular a motorcycle and engine/gearbox unit for a vehicle: A vehicle, in particular a motorcycle, having an engine with a crankshaft extending transversely to a travel or longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a transmission, and a clutch, which may assume an open state and a closed state. The clutch, which allows a torque transmission from the crankshaft to the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080223645 - Automobile anti-theft and start control device to encourage wearing of seatbelts: A seat belt switching device for preventing the running of a vehicle optionally having a remote starting ability, key operated ignition switch, neutral safety switch, seat belt switch, solenoid and starter, having a wiring of the seat belt switch such that the solenoid is not actuated unless and until the... Agent: Mitchell A. Stein, Esq. Stein Law, P.C.

20080223646 - Vehicle power inhibiter: A method and system for inhibiting power of a vehicle given to a third party. The system includes a mode-indicating, an authenticator coupled to the mode-indicating device, and a power inhibiting device coupled to the mode-indicating device and adapted to selectively inhibit the power of the vehicle. Here, the mode-indicating... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080223648 - Body frame of motorcycle, assembling method of mounting engine on body frame, and motorcycle having body frame: A body frame of a motorcycle in which strength and rigidity against external forces are secured while increased cost is suppressed. A mainframe has an upper bearing and a pipe main body of a head pipe and is extended rearward. A down tube includes a first tube having a lower... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080223647 - Vehicle: A motorcycle has an engine, a main frame passing above the engine and extending rearward, and a down tube passing below the engine and extending rearward. An upper part of the engine is overlapped with the main frame without projecting above the main frame, and a lower part of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080223649 - Vehicle for transporting a wheelchair: The vehicle has a frame (3) on which a drive mechanism for moving the vehicle is arranged. A platform (4) for the wheelchair (2) is mounted on the frame (3) and can be lowered in order to load the wheelchair (2) onto the vehicle and can be lifted together with... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080223650 - Controller for controlling a drive mechanism of a powered industrial truck: A controller controlling the drive mechanism of a powered industrial truck has two Hall effect sensors, which are located at a lateral distance from one another, and a source of lines of magnetic flux, which can be displaced relative to the Hall effect sensors when the controller is actuated, so... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080223651 - Power train for a utility vehicle: A power train for a vehicle includes a gearbox with an input shaft and an output shaft and is configured such that the input shaft drives the output shaft at a single speed ratio in a first direction and a single speed ratio in a second direction. The output shaft... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080217077 - Vehicle recovery and traction ladder: A lightweight vehicle ladder for the recovery and traction of vehicles includes a central recessed portion (48) bordered by longitudinal strengthening ribs (56) and ramps (55) at either end. A plurality of traction members (52), each of which terminates in an upper tire engagement member (54) are disposed within the... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20080217078 - Lithium-ion secondary battery: A lithium-ion secondary battery which includes a battery element and an exterior package covering the battery element. The battery element includes a separator, and an electrode-stacked body having a first electrode and a second electrode disposed respectively on both surfaces of the separator in a stacking direction. The exterior package... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080217079 - Auxillary drive system for motor vehicles having axle assembly and electric drive unit: A vehicle with an axle assembly, which has a housing, a differential, an input shaft, a pair of shafts and a pair of wheel hubs, and an auxiliary drive unit that includes an electric motor and an overrunning clutch. The differential and the input shaft are disposed in the housing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080217080 - Noise-comfort function for cooling systems with proportional variable speed fans: A method for operating a cooling system for a fuel cell stack in a vehicle is provided. The method includes the steps of: determining a fan request for a variable speed fan disposed in the cooling system; employing a noise-comfort function to select a fan comfort request; and adjusting a... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20080217081 - All-terrain vehicle: An all-terrain vehicle comprising a rear platform between the rear wheels providing standing room and access to the straddle seat of the all-terrain vehicle. The all-terrain vehicle may also featuring a rear passageway and a side passageway for the rider of the all-terrain vehicle to access to the straddle seat.... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20080217082 - Skirt for air cushion vehicle: Skirts for air cushion vehicles that are formed from material that is tensively strengthened in at least one direction, and preferably two different directions, so as to resolve and reduce the axial and radial stresses in the skirt. The material may be strengthened by incorporation of reinforcing cords arranged to... Agent: Mcgarry Bair Pc

20080217083 - Vehicle stop/start system with regenerative braking: A vehicle engine stop/start system with regenerative braking comprising a main engine for powering a vehicle having an accessory belt drive system, a motor/generator engaged with the accessory belt drive system, an operator activated switch for selecting an operating mode, in a first operating mode an electric energy storage portion... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20080217084 - Motorized walking shoes: The present invention aims to provide incremental automotive transportation to a person wearing a pair of identical motorized shoes. Each shoe houses in its sole an assembly of electrically powered set of wheels clasped over longitudinally by a conveyor from heel to toe. The assembly, skewed at an adjustable angle... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080217085 - Three-wheeled rear-steering scooter: A three wheeled scooter comprises a chassis having forward and aft ends with a front wheel non-pivotally mounted to the forward end and a pair of rear wheels coaxially mounted to the aft end. The chassis defines a longitudinal axis and includes a support assembly and a handle assembly extending... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080217086 - Fire fighting equipment in forest areas: The present invention refers to the technical sector of fire fighting equipments, where the mentioned equipment is constituted by a chassis (1) formed by a metallic structure, where in its rear portion a motorized wheel (2) is installed provided with a plurality of flaps (3) along its perimeter, whose movement... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080217087 - Fuel cell motorcycle: A layout for an exhaust pipe which also serves as a drainage pipe which prevents splashing of water generated in a fuel cell toward a passenger or splashing toward a tire. Humid excessive gas supplied from a fuel cell is diluted in a dilution box by off-gas discharged from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080217088 - Adjustable ergonomic vehicles: An all-terrain vehicle that permits adjustment of rider supports to ergonomically accommodate both a single rider and multiple riders.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080217089 - Fuel supply system component protective construction: A fuel supply system component protective construction includes a high-pressure fuel pump (21), a protector (41), and a pin member (51). The high-pressure fuel pump (21) includes a block (31) and a union (23). The block (31) is endowed with a relatively high rigidity with respect to the union (23).... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080217090 - Motorcycle safety designs: The motorcycle began in the early 1900's as a small motor fabricated to a bicycle. Speeds generated by these early motorcycles were under 20 mph and safety was of little concern. Over the next 100 years, horsepower increased, brakes and suspensions were added. The modern motorcycle has a serious design... Agent: Brian Bodkin

20080217091 - Speed control for small loader: A speed limit assembly for a vehicle includes a cam member having varying thickness, a frictional member, and a handle. The frictional member maintains sufficient frictional forces to resist movement of the cam member during ordinary operation of the vehicle. The handle may be manipulated by an operator of the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080217092 - Vehicle control systems and methods: Systems and methods for controlling the speed and direction of vehicles such as tractors.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p.

20080217093 - Adjustable track tractor for zero compaction farming: An adjustable track tractor formed by a control and slave drive unit connected together at their front and rear ends with respective front and rear cross beams pivoted at each end thereto. Each drive unit is converted from a conventional tractor to have only a single front and rear wheel.... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20080217094 - Bearing for a rack and pinion steering apparatus: A rack and pinion steering system includes a pinion having an upper shaft section, a gear section, and a lower shaft section, wherein the gear section is located between the upper shaft section and the lower shaft section. A rack is included that has a gear section for coupling with... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings Llc C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, Llc

20080217095 - Limiting device for limiting relay welding and motor driving apparatus: In a state where an abnormality of a boosting circuit is detected by monitoring a boosted voltage outputted from the boosting circuit, motor relays are turned to an off state when the boosted voltage outputted from the boosting circuit becomes less than a predetermined threshold value due to an action,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080217096 - Electric power steering apparatus: An ECU determines whether the orientation of the vehicle is deflecting at the time of braking. In addition, in a case where it is determined that the orientation of the vehicle is deflecting, the ECU controls operation of an EPS actuator in order to reduce the assist force provided to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080217097 - Electric-powered power steering apparatus: An assist apparatus for electric-powered power steering apparatus is provided to have a torque sensor, steering shaft, preload pad 70, a torsion coil spring 30, and an electric motor 31. With the preload pad 70 and torsion coil spring 30, an elastic force is applied to the worm shaft 29... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080217099 - Electric power steering apparatus, control method thereof and program for electric power steering apparatus: It is an object to provide an electric power steering apparatus capable of preventing torque steer or deflection during braking, a control method thereof and a program for the electric power steering apparatus. An electric power steering apparatus controlling a steering assist motor 20 based on a steering assist command... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080217098 - Motor-driven power steering apparatus: In a motor-driven power steering apparatus, there is provided a correction coefficient memory previously storing an output correction coefficient to be multiplied by a current control signal applied to an electric motor at certain points in a range of temperatures in such a manner as to correct a temperature dependent... Agent: Orum & Roth Llc

20080217100 - Motor vehicle: A motor vehicle having two front wheels and two rear wheels, a front driver's seat and a rear passenger seat disposed behind the driver's seat, and a steering mechanism including a steering handle connected to a pair of handle rods, a steering rod and a power multiplying device connecting the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c.

20080210477 - Leg joint assist device of legged mobile robot: An assist device 11 is equipped with a spring means 21 (gas spring), and a piston 24 in a cylinder 23 moves upward or downward according to a relative displacement motion (flexing or stretching motion) of a thigh 4 and a crus 5 at a knee joint 8 of a... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080210478 - Walking beam suspension for tracked vehicle: A suspension for a tracked vehicle includes a bogie wheel assembly which has a pair of bogie wheels mounted to a walking beam. The walking beam is coupled to a body of the vehicle by a transversely-extending arm. The arm may be coupled to the body by a spherical bearing... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080210479 - Vehicular wheel assembly with improved load distribution: A vehicular wheel assembly includes a first bearing component including at least one frame connector configured to be coupled to a frame of a vehicle, a second bearing component rotatably coupled to the first bearing component, a motor including a stator and a rotor, the stator being coupled to the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20080210480 - Drive train, pertaining operating method and motor vehicle: Method is disclosed for operating a drive train having an electric machine and an internal-combustion engine with a supercharger having at least one additional electric machine for the optional drive of a power transmission. An optimal operating point of the at least one additional electric machine is selected as a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080210481 - Electric drive system comprising differential steering for a vehicle, drive unit and vehicle: An electric drive system for a vehicle features two similar drive units, an electric energy source, an electronic control unit and a left and a right summation gear, which are configured as planetary gears. A drive unit drives the ring gear of the left summation gear, while the other drive... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080210482 - Hydraulic drive vehicle with cooling system: A hydraulic drive vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, a bonnet, a prime mover, a hydraulic transaxle, a seat, a reservoir tank, and a cooling fan and a cooling duct. The bonnet is supported on one of front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, and provided therein with a first... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080210483 - Drive switching lever structure for vehicle: A drive switching lever device for a vehicle for a vehicle in which a single control lever can operate both two-wheel-drive/four-wheel drive switching means and a differential lock on/off switching mechanism includes a bell crank swingably supported by a vehicle body side. A pull rod adapted to operate a switching... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080210484 - Straddle-type vehicle with belt type continuously variable transmission having resin-block-type belt: A noise suppressor for a straddle-type vehicle provided with a belt type continuously variable transmission having a resin-block-type belt. A portion of an air passage for guiding air to a belt chamber is formed in a closed casing. The closed casing includes a dish-shaped first casing member and a dish-shaped... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080210485 - Control system for frame-steering of a vehicle and method for controlling two steering cylinders in a frame-steered vehicle: A control system (201) for a frame-steered vehicle that includes a first steering cylinder (104) and a second steering cylinder (105). The steering cylinders are arranged for frame-steering of the vehicle. The system includes a first drive unit (202) and a second drive unit (204), each of which has an... Agent: Novak Druce And Quigg LLP (volvo)

20080210486 - Energy attenuation device: An energy attenuation device for a liquid-conveying line, comprising metal tubing disposed in the liquid-conveying line, a spring disposed in the metal tubing, and a spring-retaining device associated with the metal tubing to prevent or limit movement of the spring in the metal tubing in a downstream direction.... Agent: Dayco Products, LLC

20080210487 - Power steering assembly: The invention provides for a power steering assembly and method of actuation for assisting a driver in moving the steerable wheels of a vehicle. The power steering assembly includes a housing that defines a chamber. A steering rod is disposed in the chamber and is longitudinally moveable within the chamber.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.