A motor vehicle hybrid shelf assembly includes a body defining a member of a motor vehicle frame, the body including an aperture having edges. A module is positioned at the aperture, the module defining a load bearing portion of the body replacing a load bearing capability of a body portion removed to define the aperture. Multiple connecting arms extend from the module and beyond the edges of the aperture to support the module on the body, including a first, second, third and fourth connecting arm. Each of the connecting arms is connected to the body using a fastener. Multiple connecting members integrally connect a first reinforcement member surrounding the aperture to a second reinforcement member. The multiple connecting members allow the first and second reinforcement members to be simultaneously co-molded in a single injection molding shot of a polymeric material.

An auxiliary frame for supporting elements of a front suspension of a motor-vehicle includes two end supports for connection thereto of suspension elements and a structure which connects the end supports to each other. The connecting structure has a front beam and a rear beam which connect the end supports to each other. The rear beam has an arch-like configuration which extends substantially in a horizontal plane, with a central portion arranged in a forwardly spaced position. The front beam of the connecting structure has a configuration which is substantially straight and perpendicular to a vertical median plane of the auxiliary frame. The front beam and the rear beam are longitudinally spaced from each other and connected to each other by at least two lateral longitudinal arms spaced from each other and which have a configuration substantially straight and parallel to the vertical median plane of the auxiliary frame.

A hybrid arm according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a first body made of a metal material and formed with a plurality of end portions; a second body formed so as to fill an inner side of the first body by being insert-injection-molded to the first body; and a ball joint formed integrally at a first end portion among the plurality of end portions of the first body. The ball joint may include: a reinforcement member coupled to the first end portion; a bearing member formed with a space therein; a ball stud including a ball rotatably inserted into the space of the bearing member and a rod extending upward of the ball; and a housing interposed between the reinforcement member and the bearing member and formed integrally with the second body.

There is provided a vehicle body front structure in which left and right frame side mounting members for connecting the rear ends of left and right bumper beam extensions are provided at the front ends. The left and right front side frames are formed from left and right side inner panels and left and right side outer panels. The left and right side outer panels are formed from left and right rear outer panels and left and right front outer panels. The left and right front outer panels are formed from left and right side plates, left and right upper plates, and left and right lower plates. At least one of the set of the left and right upper plates and the set of the left and right lower plates is formed by members different from the left and right side plates.

An assembly structure of a drive motor and an inverter that integrally assembles an inverter housing to a drive motor housing may include the drive motor housing including an inverter matching surface formed at an upper portion thereof; and the inverter housing including a motor matching surface corresponding to the inverter matching surface, wherein the motor matching surface is formed at a lower portion of the inverter housing, wherein the matching surfaces are formed to cross each other with an angular difference.

A vehicle lower-body structure includes a front pillar, including a front-pillar outer panel and a front-pillar inner panel, and a side sill, including a side-sill outer panel and a side-sill inner panel and joined to a lower portion of the front pillar. The front-pillar outer panel is joined to an outer surface of the side-sill outer panel. The front-pillar inner panel is held between the side-sill outer panel and the side-sill inner panel. The side-sill outer panel and the side-sill inner panel respectively include vertical beads in front of a reinforcement member disposed at a front portion of the side sill and below the front pillar, the vertical beads extending vertically.

A refuse vehicle has a tailgate. The tailgate has a framework to secure CNG tanks. A cover overlays the frame work to provide an aesthetic appearance to the vehicle.

An extendable steering column includes a first jacket, a second jacket, an energy absorption strap, an indexing feature and a spring. The first jacket extends along an axis and the second jacket is disposed radially inward from the first jacket with the first and second jackets being in telescopic relationship to one-another. The locking shoe is in radial contact with the second jacket. The strap is fixed to the second jacket and disposed radially between the first and second jackets. The indexing feature facilitates a locked state and an unlocked state, and is carried between and defined by the strap and the locking shoe for telescopic adjustment of the steering column. The spring is disposed radially between the shoe and strap, and is constructed and arranged to bias the locking shoe radially away from the strap and toward the unlocked state.

An impact beam structure of a CFRP door for a vehicle is disclosed. A outer impact beam and an inner impact beam are separately molded and then coupled to each other such that an impact beam is formed. The impact beam is coupled to an inner panel of the CFRP door for the vehicle.

A partial plating method for a resin part of a vehicle may include a masking step of applying masking paint on an injection molded product made of a plastic resin to divide the injection molded product into a plating area on which a metal component is to be plated and a non-plating area on which the metal component is not to be plated, an etching step of etching the masked injection molded product in an etching solution to elute some components of the resin from the plating area, and an electroplating step of electroplating the etched injection molded product in a plating bath.