A trim structure of a vehicle includes a deck cover constituting a vehicle interior upper portion at a vehicle rear side. The trim structure is provided between a seat and the deck cover and at an upper end of a door main body. The deck cover includes: left and right cover side portions opposed to each other; a rear window opening opening at a vehicle rear side of the seat; and a rear window configured to be openable and closable. The trim structure includes a straightening trim body located between a lower portion of a front end of one of the cover side portions and the seat and projecting to the upper end of the door main body. The straightening trim body is formed so as to straighten traveling wind to the rear window opening in an open state, the traveling wind flowing into a vehicle interior.

An engine clutch motor coupling structure for a hybrid transmission is disclosed. The motor coupling structure couples a retainer of the engine clutch with a rotor of a motor in the hybrid transmission, and includes at least one damping unit installed in the axial direction of the rotor in a rim of the retainer between an end of the rotor and the rim of the retainer, and connected with the end of the rotor.

Disclosed is an engine clutch motor connection structure for a hybrid transmission. The motor connection structure may be configured for coupling a rotor of a motor and an engine clutch retainer in the hybrid transmission. An example motor connection structure includes a damping unit coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the retainer in an axial direction of the rotor on an inner side of the rotor and supporting each of (i) the outer circumferential surface of the retainer, (ii) an inner circumferential surface of the rotor, and (iii) a coupled portion of the retainer.

The invention relates to a motor-vehicle accessory, comprising a first part and at least one second part pivotal about an axis (a) relative to the first part in at least one bearing assembly (20a, 20b), and the bearing assembly (20a, 20b) comprises a bearing pin (14) on which a bearing sleeve (22) is coaxial to the bearing axis (a), and the bearing pin (14) forms a head (19) with an axial retaining face (30). The particularity is that of the bearing pin (14) having first coupling formation that engages in a second coupling formation of the bearing sleeve (22) and prevents relative rotation in a pivot direction (u.sub.1, u.sub.2) between the bearing sleeve (22) and the bearing pin (14).

A method for producing an acoustic protection screen for a motor vehicle engine, comprising providing a reflective metal thermal protection sheet having a plurality of micro perforations, providing a batt of fibres containing a thermosetting resin, superposing the metal thermal protection sheet and the batt in a first thermocompression mould, compressing the batt by binding the fibres together, in order to form a thermal insulation layer, and combining the metal thermal protection sheet with the layer using the thermosetting resin, placing the thermal protection shell against an upper wall of a second mould, the wall being provided with out-gassing vents, the sheet facing toward the wall, injecting into the second mould an air-porous polyurethane foam precursor mixture, the lower wall of the second mould being free of any fluid-tight coating, after the foam has expanded, demoulding the screen obtained, in which screen the foam forms a support overmoulding the layer.

Structure of control valve body of automatic transmission has valve body enclosures having channels on opposing surfaces thereof; a separate plate sandwiched between the valve body enclosures for defining oil passages on both sides of the separate plate; and an orifice provided at the separate plate. The oil passages on both sides of the separate plate, which are upstream and downstream side oil passages located on upstream and downstream sides of the separate plate, communicate with each other through the orifice. Depth h, in a part facing to the orifice, of the channel corresponding to the downstream side oil passage is set to be shallower than depth of the channel corresponding to the upstream side oil passage, and the depth h of the channel in the part facing to the orifice and a diameter d of the orifice are set so as to satisfy relationship of h3d.

Methods and systems are provided for synergizing the benefits of a variable compression ratio engine in a hybrid vehicle system. A vehicle controller may hold the engine in a lower compression ratio during engine pull-ups and pull-downs, in particular when passing through a low speed region where compression bobbles can occur. During engine operation, in response to a change in driver demand, the controller may opt to switch the compression ratio or maintain a current compression ratio while smoothing a torque deficit using motor torque, the selection based on fuel economy.

Disclosed are shear plates for structurally connecting vehicle chassis front cradles to battery pack support trays, methods for making and methods for using such shear plates, and electric vehicles with a chassis frame having a front cradle coupled to a battery pack support tray by a shear plate. A shear plate is disclosed for connecting a front cradle to a traction battery pack. The shear plate includes an elongated plate body with opposing fore and aft braces connected by opposing starboard and port braces. The fore brace directly mechanically couples to a cross member of the front cradle, whereas the aft brace directly mechanically couples to a support tray of the traction battery pack. The shear plate's elongated body is designed to transmit in-plane and torsional forces received from the front cradle via the fore brace, through the starboard and port braces, to the support tray via the aft brace.

An electric machine, having a stator and a rotor arranged rotatably in the stator (3), and an end shield arranged non-rotatably with respect to the stator for mounting the rotor therein. The end shield extends at least partially along a radial plane orthogonal to the rotor axis of rotation. The stator is connected to a stator support which extends orthogonal to the axis. The end shield and the stator support have a centering arrangement for centering the end shield with respect to the stator support, which has an annular opening having a radially inner peripheral surface designed as a centering seat, and is abutted by at least three centering studs projecting axially from the end shield. The centering studs are configured to form with the inner peripheral surface the centering arrangement for centering the end shield with respect to the stator support.

A vehicle door (1) has a door frame (2) and a door trim panel (3) connected to the door frame (2). The door trim panel (3) accommodates flexible spacers (4) that make contact with planar portions of the door frame (2). Each spacer (4) has a ribbed structure (11) in the region of contact with the door frame (2). The vehicle door (1) ensures satisfactory contact between the attached door trim panel (3) and the door frame (2), even when there are frame tolerances.