A vehicle mudguard lighting device includes: a mudguard fixing unit attached to the vehicle wheel guard and having a motor therein; a mudguard rotating unit rotatably attached to the mudguard fixing unit and including a lighting device for irradiating light; an external connector for supplying power to the motor and the lighting device; and a controller, where the controller is configured to determine whether power is supplied to the motor and the lighting device, to control whether power is supplied to the external connector, and to adjust a rotation angle of the mudguard rotating unit through the motor.

A mud flap for a wheeled vehicle includes an upper mounting portion and an extended protection portion. The extended protection portion includes at least two areas with slotted air flow openings. An upper slot area includes rows of elongated slots with the slots arranged in columns in each row. A lower slot area includes rows of elongated slots with the slots arranged in columns in each row. The slots in the upper slot area have heights that are greater than the heights of slots in the lower slot area. In some embodiments, a middle slot area is positioned between the upper slot area and the lower slot area. The slots in the middle slot area have different heights in different rows. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the slots in the upper slot area is replaced with diagonal mounting features.

A mud flap for a wheeled vehicle includes an upper mounting portion and an extended protection portion. The extended protection portion includes at least two areas with slotted air flow openings. An upper slot area includes rows of elongated slots with the slots arranged in columns in each row. A lower slot area includes rows of elongated slots with the slots arranged in columns in each row. The slots in the upper slot area have heights that are greater than the heights of slots in the lower slot area. In some embodiments, a middle slot area is positioned between the upper slot area and the lower slot area. The slots in the middle slot area have different heights in different rows. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the slots in the upper slot area is replaced with diagonal mounting features.

A tilting pump apparatus includes a pump operation unit arranged between a mudguard, which is configured to obstruct foreign objects entering from a front side, and a tilting pump, which is configured to be rotated for generating hydraulic pressure to transmit movement of the mudguard generated by depressing the mudguard as rotational force for rotating the tilting pump.

A method of making a shock tower assembly includes forming a bracket from continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic, where the bracket has a load bearing portion and an overmolded portion. The method further includes placing the bracket in an injection tool, injecting a polymer composite material into the injection tool to surround the and overmolded portion of the bracket, and removing a finished component from the injection tool, wherein the finished component comprises the load bearing portion of the bracket extending outwardly from the finished component and the overmolded portion of the bracket that is surrounded by the polymer composite material.

A method of making a shock tower assembly includes forming a bracket from continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic, where the bracket has a load bearing portion and an overmolded portion. The method further includes placing the bracket in an injection tool, injecting a polymer composite material into the injection tool to surround the and overmolded portion of the bracket, and removing a finished component from the injection tool, wherein the finished component comprises the load bearing portion of the bracket extending outwardly from the finished component and the overmolded portion of the bracket that is surrounded by the polymer composite material.

An embodiment rear floor side member assembly includes a rear side member including a rear inner portion disposed toward an inside of a vehicle body, a rear upper portion curved toward an outside of the vehicle body from the rear inner portion, and a rear lower portion curved from the rear inner portion toward the outside of the vehicle body, a reinforcement mounting portion formed on the rear lower portion, a rear side member reinforcement mounted on the reinforcement mounting portion, and a rear spring seat assembly mounted at a bottom part of the rear side member reinforcement.

An embodiment rear floor side member assembly includes a rear side member including a rear inner portion disposed toward an inside of a vehicle body, a rear upper portion curved toward an outside of the vehicle body from the rear inner portion, and a rear lower portion curved from the rear inner portion toward the outside of the vehicle body, a reinforcement mounting portion formed on the rear lower portion, a rear side member reinforcement mounted on the reinforcement mounting portion, and a rear spring seat assembly mounted at a bottom part of the rear side member reinforcement.

A programmable texture surface including one or more artificial muscles is provided. Each artificial muscle includes a housing having a first wall opposite a second wall and an electrode region adjacent an expandable fluid region. One or both of the first wall and the second wall include an interior tapered portion within the electrode region. A dielectric fluid is housed within the housing and an electrode pair is housed within the electrode region of the housing. The electrode pair includes a first electrode coupled to the first wall and a second electrode coupled to the second wall, such that at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is coupled to the interior tapered portion. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region.

A mud flap assembly has a bracket hanger and a mud flap. The bracket hanger has a body extending from a first end and a second end. The first end of the bracket hanger has a shape complementary to a bore of a receiver's maintube that extends along a width of the vehicle. The mud flap is connected to and extends downward from the bracket hanger. A coupler has a first end and a coupler bore opposite the first end. The first end of the coupler is complementary to an end of a maintube of a second vehicle. The coupler bore is complementary to the first end of the bracket hanger.