Lightweight construction of a loading floor with a vaulted lower side Here, a new type of loading floor is presented. The vaulted lower side of the loading floor counteracts the force applied to the loading floor when adding heavy cargo. The plane upper surface allows at the same time also the loading of lighter cargo. This enables the manufacturing of a loading floor with lower weight while maintaining the same load capacity.
Switchable crash absorber Here we present a newly developed crash absorber for cars with two different conditions for different impact situations. The first condition offers maximal protection for pedestrians, the second condition improves the protection of the car if no pedestrians are involved.
Utility vehicle lightweight chassis with build-in wheel alignment mechanism Presented here is a rigid, non-driven lightweight chassis for utility vehicles that offers a significant weight advantage and includes a build-in mechanism for cost-effective wheel alignment.
