The present invention is a multi-use dynamically reconfigurable vehicle, used for vehicle/ride sharing with integral yet reconfigurable for optimal passenger or courier service by reconfiguring the vehicle interior space and/or body shape specific to the vehicle service to create additional space respectively for the transport of passengers or cargo/boxes. The vehicle is particularly adept at reconfiguration with compatibility of an external automated process to load/unload its cargo while also enabling a high aerodynamic efficiency while in a driving mode.

A motorized baby stroller for transporting a baby may include a front section; a side section connected to the front section and a back section connected to the side section. The front section may include a motor to drive a wheel of the motorized baby stroller. The front section may include a cavity to hold the baby; wherein the front section includes a proximity detector to detect a baby in the cavity, and the motor may be controlled by the proximity detector.

A motorized baby stroller for transporting a baby may include a front section; a side section connected to the front section and a back section connected to the side section. The front section may include a motor to drive a wheel of the motorized baby stroller. The front section may include a cavity to hold the baby; wherein the front section includes a proximity detector to detect a baby in the cavity, and the motor may be controlled by the proximity detector.

A portable platform with a retractable staircase, the portable platform having a platform frame. The frame is rectangular in shape and made up of four corner posts, front and rear panels, two midrails, and two top rails. The staircase pivots about a single pivot point situated at floor level on the platform, which also comprises a landing. The platform has two pivotable gates, one of which is situated at the front of the platform frame and the other of which is situated at the top of the staircase. An extension plate extends rearwardly from the rear panel of the platform at floor level and is configured to overlie a truck bed. Anchor legs extend downwardly from the extension plate and are configured to fit within existing apertures in the truck bed. The staircase is raised and lowered with a brake winch.

A portable platform with a retractable staircase, the portable platform having a platform frame. The frame is rectangular in shape and made up of four corner posts, front and rear panels, two midrails, and two top rails. The staircase pivots about a single pivot point situated at floor level on the platform, which also comprises a landing. The platform has two pivotable gates, one of which is situated at the front of the platform frame and the other of which is situated at the top of the staircase. An extension plate extends rearwardly from the rear panel of the platform at floor level and is configured to overlie a truck bed. Anchor legs extend downwardly from the extension plate and are configured to fit within existing apertures in the truck bed. The staircase is raised and lowered with a brake winch.

A road vehicle convoy control method includes applying, on a hinge, a moment, an amplitude of which varies based on measured oscillations to absorb the measured oscillations. The moment is applied on the hinge by controlling an actuator of the hinge and jointly controlling: an electrical machine of a first wheel from a wheel set that belongs to part of a chassis that pivot in relation to another wheel because of the hinge to increase torque of the first wheel; and, simultaneously, an electrical machine of a second wheel from the same wheel set to keep the torque thereof constant or increase the torque of the second wheel less than the torque of the first wheel to apply the moment on the hinge in combination with the actuator.

A vehicle includes a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes a table in the passenger compartment, a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table, and a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track.

A composite wall panel for use in vehicles having a floor structure and a front wall, the composite wall panel including a first polymer resin layer having a plurality of unidirectional fibers embedded therein that are substantially parallel to a first axis, and a second polymer resin layer having a plurality of unidirectional fibers embedded therein that are substantially parallel to a second axis, the second polymer resin layer being bonded to the first polymer resin layer so that the second axis is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The composite wall panel is disposed so that the first axis is substantially parallel to the floor structure, and the rigidity of the composite wall panel is greater along the first axis than the second axis.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a front axle assembly coupled to the chassis, a rear axle assembly coupled to the chassis, a powertrain coupled to the chassis, the powertrain including an engine, an engine air intake coupled to the engine to provide clean air to the engine, an exhaust system coupled to the engine to expel a flow of exhaust gases from the engine, and a suction conduit extending between the exhaust system and the engine air intake.

The present invention is a multi-use dynamically reconfigurable vehicle, used for vehicle/ride sharing with integral yet reconfigurable for optimal passenger or courier service by reconfiguring the vehicle interior space and/or body shape specific to the vehicle service to create additional space respectively for the transport of passengers or cargo/boxes. The vehicle is particularly adept at reconfiguration with compatibility of an external automated process to load/unload its cargo while also enabling a high aerodynamic efficiency while in a driving mode.