An conventional size automobile having lightweight monocoque construction with the outer skin shaped to form a clean external body envelope. Forces due to air flow around the body shape are used to stabilize the designed vehicle load at desired speeds. The angle of attack of the body through the air can be regulated by individual adjustment at each of the four wheels in the vertical position of the vehicle body. Unsprung weight is reduced by providing individual hydraulic drive on each of the fo...

A toy automobile is described including a cyclically operable mechanism for continuously changing the direction of motion of the automobile. In one described embodiment, the cyclically operable mechanism includes a crank arm eccentrically mounted at one end to a rotary member and at the opposite end to one of the wheel axles. In other described embodiments, each of the axles includes an intermediate large wheel, the cyclically operable mechanism comprising a weight shiftable from one side of the...

Disclosed is a wheel for attachment to the axle of a vehicle having a rim with a pair of mounting surfaces formed on the periphery of the rim for attaching a pair of pneumatic tires in a spaced parallel relationship. A flange is located between the mounting surfaces and extends radially outward between the tires. A cylindrical contact surface formed on the exterior of the flange carries a tread thereon. An inwardly extending flange is provided with bores for attaching the rim to lug bolts of a v...

A bumper for motor vehicles including a strip of resilient material, such as a rubber or polyurethane material attached to and protruding forward from a bumper member constructed from a more rigid material such as steel. A pair of leaf springs are attached to the bumper member and to the frame of the motor vehicle. The leaf springs may be constructed into an arch shape. Furthermore a resilient cushion member may be secured between the leaf springs and the bumper member within the space defined b...

The vehicle comprises a chassis adapted to connect the front axle to the rear axle and a body connected resiliently to the chassis. The engine of the vehicle is fixed on the chassis by linking means opposing any substantial deflection between the engine and the chassis in longitudinal and transverse directions of the vehicle. The engine thus contributes to the rigidity of the chassis. The chassis may comprise two longitudinal members; the engine is fixed between two of the ends of these longitud...

An automobile overdrive comprises a casing fixed to the automobile between the transmission and rear axle of the automobile, and an internal gear is rotatably supported in the casing and a spur gear is rotatably supported in the casing in mesh with the internal gear, shafts are connected with the internal gear and spur gear and extend from opposite ends of the casing in offset parallel relationship to one another and the outer ends of the shafts are connected with the transmission and rear axle,...

A vehicle door has a door outside panel and a door inside panel provided with a large surface area cut-out recess which is covered by a support plate in a sealed manner, so that the door body is divided into a wet cell lying between the door outside panel and the support plate, and a dry cell lying between the support plate and an adjoining door inside trim. There are electrical and/or electronic components prefitted on the support plate, and electrical plug connectors which are arranged on the ...

The low beam filament and the high beam filament are disposed in such a positional relationship as the virtual image of the irradiated portion of the high beam filament does not produce glaring light in the low beam light distribution pattern. As a result, it is made possible to effectively utilize near 100% of light incident on the reflecting surface of a reflector and to obtain good low beam light distribution pattern and high beam light distribution pattern.

A three tiered automobile carrying container is provided comprising a soft skeletonized frame construction fitted within and about a series of interconnected sheet assemblies forming continuous longitudinally extending torsion tubes extending from the end wall to the open end of the container. The soft frame permits deflection of the frame unit to thereby utilize the torsion resisting characteristics of the interconnected wall sheet and deck sheet members.

This invention relates to a suspension of a group of wheels of a vehicle, comprising two wheels located respectively on either side of the longitudinal plane of this vehicle and two suspension devices, each being constituted by at least one anti-roll bar and belonging to one of the two wheels, whilst each wheel is connected to one end of its suspension device and an elastic member is fixed to each of the ends of the suspension devices opposite the ends connected to the wheels, by coupling means,...