The body element (1) has a reinforcing element (6) and two identical handle supports (5) disposed at positions convenient to vehicles having two lateral doors as well as to vehicles having four lateral doors. One of the positions is practical for a passenger or a driver seated on front seats of the vehicle and another position is practical for passengers seated on rear seats of the vehicle. The supports are welded on the body element and are conformed for receiving handles. An independent claim is also included for a motor vehicle comprising a body element.

A method for production of the load-carrying platform of industrial vehicle bodies which are more than 1500 mm wide comprises the operating steps of: forming a first and a second shaped piece (3) of flat material, each piece (3) having a main edge (4) for connection to the other piece (3); welding the main edges (4) together end to end; and bending the pieces (3) of material to produce the load-carrying platform (1). The three steps may be carried out in any order. Moreover, the bending step may also involve the production of a front panel (2) of the body, integral with the platform (1).

The device (1) comprises a base (2), carrying a servo motor (3) and attached to the frame of a machine center. A carriage (6) with a vertical shaft (8) on top can be moved on two telescopically arranged rails (4,5) joined horizontally to the base (2). The tool holding elements (16,17) are positioned at the upper end of the shaft (8) and can be fixed with a locking unit (18). A control plate (12) is located at the second rail (5) acting in combination with a guiding roll (10) in order to facilitate a swivel motion of the tool carrier (15).

The device (1) comprises multiple grippers (5) arranged together in a position with a pre-determined distance. A rocker comprises a swiveling point at the frame (4), where a drive unit (7) has a translational movement (10) for moving two adjacent grippers over different lengths. The coupling elements are connected with the rocker of other gripper by one swiveling point.

A power transmitting apparatus comprises a housing (3) having an opening at its end surface in the longitudinal direction thereof to be closed by a cover member (33), which supports an end of a brake support shaft (60) rotatably supporting a brake shoe (61). A hydraulic cylinder (63) for operation the brake shoe (61) is detachably attached to a side wall of the housing (3). A piston (64) of the hydraulic cylinder (63) contacts with a free end of the brake shoe (61). The cover member (33) also supports ends of a clutch shaft (26) and a PTO shaft (29), while a clutch housing (38) of a PTO clutch (27) is provided on the clutch shaft (26) so as to be braked by the brake shoe (61) in the state of the PTO clutch disengaged, thereby constituting a subassembly. By attaching the cover member (33) to the end surface of the housing (3) so as to close the opening, all the brake support shaft (60), the clutch shaft (26) and the PTO shaft (29) supported by the cover member (33) are installed in the housing (3).

A conveying device ( 1 ) which is particular in that the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying elements ( 2 ), where each conveying element ( 2 ) comprises a chain box element ( 4 ) in which at least one transport roller ( 3 ) is rotatably fixed such that rollers ( 3 ) arranged in adjacent conveying elements ( 2 ) define the conveying device transport plane, and that chain box elements ( 4 ) of adjacent conveying elements are interconnected in such a way that one conveying element may articulate in relation to adjacent conveying elements, and that at least some of the chain box elements in the conveying device comprise drive elements directly engaging and rotating the transport rollers ( 3 ).

A flank part ( 1 ) for an automobile transporter consisting of a finished structural single-piece part, ready to be mounted by being assembled to a frame base or another component to form a complete automobile transporter body linked to other elements in a limited number of locations. The side part ( 1 ) incorporates all the elevating posts ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) each with its elevating device ( 20 ) moving along a guiding profiled section ( 17 ). The upright or sloping elements of the framework of the flank part form a visual cover viewed from the front for each of the lifting assembly ( 20 ) and the actuating mechanism thereof ( 21 ). The invention is of interest to all manufacturers of automobile transporters.

In a pedestrian protection apparatus installed in a lower part of a front of a vehicle, a plate extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and includes a front section (26) having at least a portion protruding from the front of the vehicle, a rear section (28) fixed to the vehicle, and a center section provided between the front and rear sections. The front section (30) is more rigid than the rear section, and the center section is less rigid than the front section and more rigid than the rear section.

A pivoted piston for an internal combustion engine. The piston has a pivot pin (14) and an arcuate first sealing surface 12 which describes a circumferential path about the pivot pin (14) which forms a removable and replaceable skirt to the piston. The piston also includes a second arcuate sealing surface (13) which also describes a circumferential path about the pivot pin and which is connected to the first arcuate sealing surface by a piston floor (21). The second arcuate sealing surface (13) is composed of at least two arcuate sealing components (24) which are located on a bed (20) with the components being located on the bed (20) so they will have limited transverse movement on the bed (20). The components (24) have mating faces which restrict the path of combustion gases between the mating faces. The piston further includes side seals (62) which are located in grooves (63) in the side of the piston. A restraining pin (60) assists in locating the seals (62) in the seal grooves and also closes a pressure escape path for the combustion gases. The piston further includes means to allow liquid coolant to pass through the pivot shaft 14, through liquid cooling galleries in the piston and out o the pivot shaft 14.

Device for driving animals in an oblong corridor section using a driving gate which can be moved from one end to the other of the corridor section. A first transport arrangement moves the driving gate in the corridor section in a longitudinal direction of the section, and moves the gate in the opposite direction after it has been brought outside the corridor section. A second transport arrangement pulls the gate sideways out from the corridor section in the plane of the gate through a gap in one side wall of the corridor section.