A bus with a low and thin passenger platform adapted for standing passengers, seat places are foreseen as well. The bus is an articulated bus with two or more units. It includes a passenger compartment, left steering modules and right steering modules. Each of these steering modules includes: a wheel with a rotation axis, a steering knuckle with an upper pivot joint and a lower pivot joint, a steering actuator for pivoting the corresponding steering knuckle about the upper pivot joint and the lower pivot joint. The bus further including a passenger platform delimiting the passenger compartment and transversally joining the left steering module and the right steering module, and the passenger platform being vertically disposed, at least partially, between the rotation axes of the wheels and the lower pivot joints.

A vehicle occupant detection system and method for using the same. The vehicle occupant detection system includes: a controller; a plurality of life detection sensors, wherein the plurality of life detection sensors are installed within an interior cabin of a mass-transit vehicle and are each associated with a life detection zone; a local warning system having at least one human-machine interface (HMI) output device; and a vehicle interface that communicatively couples the controller to a vehicle electrical system of the mass-transit vehicle. The vehicle occupant detection system is configured to: (i) acquire sensor data by scanning the life detection zone using the plurality of life detection sensors; (ii) determine whether an occupant is present based on the sensor data; and (iii) provide an indication to a user that an occupant is present using the HMI output device when it is determined that an occupant is present.

A vehicle occupant detection system and method for using the same. The vehicle occupant detection system includes: a controller; a plurality of life detection sensors, wherein the plurality of life detection sensors are installed within an interior cabin of a mass-transit vehicle and are each associated with a life detection zone; a local warning system having at least one human-machine interface (HMI) output device; and a vehicle interface that communicatively couples the controller to a vehicle electrical system of the mass-transit vehicle. The vehicle occupant detection system is configured to: (i) acquire sensor data by scanning the life detection zone using the plurality of life detection sensors; (ii) determine whether an occupant is present based on the sensor data; and (iii) provide an indication to a user that an occupant is present using the HMI output device when it is determined that an occupant is present.

A vehicle pillar structure includes a vehicle pillar and a transparent window member. The vehicle pillar includes a first pillar extending along an outer end of a windshield glass in a width direction of a vehicle, and a second pillar disposed away from the first pillar by a predetermined distance in a substantial front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. An outside of the vehicle is viewable through the transparent window member. The transparent window member is interposed between the first pillar and the second pillar, and covers an opening defined by the first pillar and the second pillar. The vehicle pillar has a curved shape defined by a straight portion extending in a substantial vertical direction of the vehicle in side view, and a curved portion curved from an upper end of the straight portion and extending in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.

A vehicle pillar structure includes a vehicle pillar and a transparent window member. The vehicle pillar includes a first pillar extending along an outer end of a windshield glass in a width direction of a vehicle, and a second pillar disposed away from the first pillar by a predetermined distance in a substantial front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. An outside of the vehicle is viewable through the transparent window member. The transparent window member is interposed between the first pillar and the second pillar, and covers an opening defined by the first pillar and the second pillar. The vehicle pillar has a curved shape defined by a straight portion extending in a substantial vertical direction of the vehicle in side view, and a curved portion curved from an upper end of the straight portion and extending in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.

A recreational vehicle has a floor and a vehicle body with a pair of walls, a roof, and end shells disposed at the front and rear ends of the walls and roof. Each wall has a plurality of horizontal members each extending at least part way between the front and back end of the respective wall and a plurality of spaced apart vertical bows each extending at least part way between the bottom and top of the respective wall. Each of the vertical bows has an inner surface and an outer surface with a recess defined in the inner or outer surface, the recess configured to receive one of the plurality of horizontal members therein such that the horizontal member does not extend beyond a portion of the inner or outer surface adjacent the recess. An outer wall skin is attached to the outer surface of the bows or members.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle that includes a windshield and a frame. In addition, the vehicle includes a first pillar that extends from one side of the windshield. The first pillar includes a first wall and a second wall coupled to the first wall. The first pillar also includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first interior support coupled to the first wall and a second interior support coupled to the second wall. Further, the first interior support includes a first end which is spaced from a second end in the second portion.

A latch structure includes: a door that is changeable between a closed state in which the door covers a door opening provided on a peripheral wall of a vehicle and an opened state in which the door opens the door opening; a floor panel that constitutes a floor surface of an interior space; a door-side engaging portion mounted on the door; and a floor-side engaging portion mounted on the floor panel and engageable with the door-side engaging portion when the door is in the closed state.

A device for arranging a passenger restraint system in a vehicle to secure a passenger seated in the vehicle, including a support arrangement having a vertical support and a cross strut. When arranged on the vehicle, the vertical support is arranged upright on a vehicle floor. The device includes a fastening element, that when arranged on the vehicle, encompasses a rail of a vehicle chassis, at least laterally and beneath, such that, when the support arrangement is arranged on the vehicle, the fastening element bears against the support arrangement. The support arrangement is held on the vehicle chassis by the fastening element and, when the support arrangement is arranged on the vehicle, the fastening element passes progressively through the vehicle floor, starting from the rail of the vehicle chassis.

A device for arranging a passenger restraint system in a vehicle to secure a passenger seated in the vehicle, including a support arrangement having a vertical support and a cross strut. When arranged on the vehicle, the vertical support is arranged upright on a vehicle floor. The device includes a fastening element, that when arranged on the vehicle, encompasses a rail of a vehicle chassis, at least laterally and beneath, such that, when the support arrangement is arranged on the vehicle, the fastening element bears against the support arrangement. The support arrangement is held on the vehicle chassis by the fastening element and, when the support arrangement is arranged on the vehicle, the fastening element passes progressively through the vehicle floor, starting from the rail of the vehicle chassis.