A cowl cross bar for a vehicle comprising a main cross bar disposed in front of a driver's seat in a transverse direction of the vehicle, a sub-cross bar disposed in front of a passenger seat in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and a center supporter configured to couple the main cross bar and the sub-cross bar to each other such that diametric centers thereof are disposed eccentrically relative to each other, the center supporter may include a main center support bracket provided with a connector to which a longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar is fixed, and a sub-center support bracket fixed to the main center support bracket, and having an insert hole through which a longitudinal end of the main cross bar is fixed to the sub-center support bracket.

A vehicle body includes a roof rail elongated along a longitudinal axis, and first and second bows each connected to the roof rail. A brace includes a base, a first arm and a second arm. The base is elongated along the longitudinal axis, with the first arm extending from the base along the first bow and fixed to the first bow, and the second arm spaced from the first arm and extending from the base along the second bow and fixed to the second bow.

A composite material with an insert-molded attachment steel is provided. The composite material includes a plurality of burring apertures, each of which has a flange in one direction on the attachment steel and is inserted between fibers. A resin is then introduced between the fibers in each burring aperture and external to the flange.

A front vehicle-body structure may include a pair of front side members each disposed in a vehicle length direction at both sides of a front vehicle-body, a pair of mounting brackets each engaged with a corresponding front side member among the pair of front side members and disposed to protrude from an internal panel of the corresponding front side member in a width direction of the vehicle to face each other, a cross bar having an upper surface, a front surface, and a rear surface, having a cross-section having an open bottom side and an open lateral end portion, and engaged with the mounting bracket in a vehicle height direction thereof, and an engagement unit of engaging the cross bar to the pair of mounting brackets with a predetermined gap between the pair of front side members and the lateral end portion of the cross bar.

A workpiece includes a plurality of knots and webs, which are formed in one piece, of a sheet metal, in particular a steel plate. Each web extends between two openings from one knot to another knot, and at least three webs meet at each knot. A plurality of the webs has a cross section, which includes at least one hardened and one unhardened area.

In a lower vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which comprises a suspension cross member, a side member, and first and second reinforcing members which are provided in a closed cross section formed by the side member and a slant portion, the suspension cross member being fixed by fastening a bolt which is inserted through the suspension cross member to a weld nut which is vertically fixed to a bottom plate portion of the side member, the first reinforcing member is joined to a front-side semicircular portion of a peripheral portion of the weld nut and the second reinforcing member is joined to a rear-side semicircular portion of the peripheral portion of the weld nut.

A gearbox includes a first divided body and a second divided body, and a shaft projection is formed on and a through-hole is formed in divided surfaces of the first divided body and the second divided body. A second recess on the second divided body side includes a second arc portion formed concentrically with an axis center of a worm wheel, and an upper linear portion and a lower linear portion which extend linearly toward the first divided body side from both ends of the second arc portion. A first recess on the first divided body side includes a first linear portion which extends linearly in a direction orthogonal to an intersecting direction, and an upper arc portion and a lower arc portion which are formed continuous to both ends of the first linear portion.

A framework structure of a body-on-frame vehicle, the framework structure comprises a first framework, a second framework, and a battery. The first framework includes: a pair of left and right side rails extending in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, a first cross-member and a second cross-member, both extending in a vehicle body left-and-right direction and linking the side rails. The second framework is structured in a rectangular shape in plan view and includes: a front cross portion and a rear cross portion that are formed in chamber shapes and extend in the vehicle body left-and-right direction, and a left side cross portion and a right side cross portion that are formed in chamber shapes and extend in the vehicle body front-and-rear direction. The battery is disposed in a cavity surrounded by the first framework and the second framework.

A pallet jack has a forked platform with rollers embedded in the arms of the fork. The rollers are located at intervals from the front of the arms to the rear. The rollers work in conjunction with an inclined ramp, also having embedded rollers, attached to the front of the arms to lift a container onto the forks. Once a container is aligned in front of the inclined ramp, the pallet jack is driven forward. The momentum of the pallet jack, at standard speed, causes the inclined ramp to insert underneath the container and lifts the container onto the arms. The rollers allow the container to move into position on the pallet jack for transfer. An overlay platform may cover the host forks for standard pallet transfer. The overlay platform may have embedded rollers and can be rotated into position over a standard fork.

A B pillar for a motor vehicle is produced as a hot-stamped and press-hardened component composed of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein a lower length section extends over less than 40% of the length (L) of the B pillar in a longitudinal direction and at least regionally has different strength values in relation to an upper length section, which B pillar is, in the lower length section, in at least one cross section, mutually different strengths are formed, and in the lower length section, a soft material structure is formed regionally.