A vehicle, such as a pickup truck, includes a bed pillar and a tailgate pivotally engaging the bed pillar. A bumper includes a body secured to the bed pillar, a lever pivotally mounted to the body and having a pad, and a spring biasing the pad into contact with the tailgate in a closed position. The lever may pivot to push the tailgate rearward.

A hood bumper for a vehicle having a hood including: a housing having a wall, a base, an internal chamber, and an opening to the internal chamber. The wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface. the interior surface defines the internal chamber. The hood bumper further including a biasing mechanism operably connected to the housing and a plunger operably connected to the biasing mechanism and configured to receive an exerted force from the hood. The hood bumper further including a bumper head operably connected to the housing and a support frame operably connecting the bumper head to the housing. The plunger is configured to first move into the bumper head to absorb an impact force to the hood, next the bumper head compresses to further absorb the impact force, and then the support frame collapses to even further absorb the impact force.

A vehicle includes at least one vehicle door or vehicle flap which forms a first body, a vehicle bodyshell which forms a second body, and an impact damper arrangement. The impact damper arrangement is configured such that, when the vehicle door or vehicle flap moves toward the vehicle bodyshell, a first movement section is passed through first, and then a second movement section is passed through. The first movement section is arranged such that movement along the first movement section comes to an end when a lock and closing element come into contact with one another.

An anti-chucking device for a motor vehicle closure includes a wedge and a receiver. That receiver includes (a) a first stopper and a second stopper defining a throat there between and (b) a pop-up mechanism in the throat.

A bumper strip for a vehicle may include an upper surface portion forming an upper surface, a rear surface portion downwardly extending from the rear end portion of the upper surface portion and accommodated on a hood seating portion of the bumper, a matching portion cover of a shape extending in the rearward and downward directions from the rear surface portion, and a side surface portion forming a side surface, and wherein the upper surface portion, the rear surface portion, the matching portion cover and the side surface portion are integrally formed.

A leaf screen for an air intake of an HVAC system of a vehicle having a hood covering an engine compartment. The leaf screen includes a leaf screen body defining an air inlet opening covered by an integrally molded screen. A seal is integrally molded on a top surface of the leaf screen body in front of the air inlet opening. Bump-stops are integrally molded on the top surface that are engaged by an inner panel of the hood when closed. A method of making the leaf screen includes injecting a polymeric material into a mold to form a body portion. At least one elastomeric material is injected into the mold on one side of the body portion to form a seal and a plurality of bump-stops.

An adjustable stopper device (1) for a vehicle door or hood, includes a base part (100), and adjustment part (200), a stopper part (300) and a fastening structure (400). The adjustment part is connected to the base part via threads (120, 220) and thereby rotatable around a device axis (210) with respect to the base part (100). The stopper part is configured to contact the vehicle door and to provide an abutment surface (310) for the vehicle door when the vehicle door is closed, wherein the stopper part is connected to the adjustment part and wherein the axial position of the abutment surface is adjustable by turning the adjustment part with respect to the base part around the device axis. The fastening structure fastens the base part to the car body (2). A vehicle with, use of and method for manufacturing such a device are also described.

A device for adjusting an elevation of a piece comprises a body and a pin. The body is intended to be secured to a support, and has an internal surface defining a central cylinder provided with an internal thread and having a first opening. The pin has an external thread, a first end for carrying the piece, and a second end. The pin and the body are connected to one other through their respective threads. The pin can, when rotated, move in a longitudinal direction to adjust the elevation of its first end. The pin has at least two longitudinal slots on its second end to define at least two flexible legs. The body has at least one boss on its internal surface configured to bend the flexible legs and to fit into one of the slots during the rotational movement of the pin so as to index an elevational position of the piece.

A device for adjusting an elevation of a piece includes a body intended to be secured to a support and comprising a central cylinder provided with an internal thread, and a pin having, over one section of its length, an external thread, and a first end for bearing the piece. The pin and the body are connected to each other through their respective threads, and the pin can, when rotated, move along a longitudinal axis to adjust the elevation of its first end. The body comprises a head with a side window and the pin has, over one section of its length, peripheral notches opposite the side window of the body. The adjustment device also includes a lock placed in the side window of the body, the lock cooperating with the notches of the pin to index the movement thereof.

A dual platform bumper system for a vehicle includes a bumper configured to couple to one of the door or another vehicle component, the bumper having first and second points of contact, and a platform configured to couple to the other of the door and the other vehicle component. The platform includes an upper contact platform and a lower contact platform. The upper contact platform is configured to contact the first point of contact when the door is moved to a closed position, and the lower contact platform is configured to contact the second point of contact when the door is moved to the closed position to facilitate preventing over-travel relative movement of the at least one door.