657 results about "Motor home" patented technology

The present invention, in certain embodiments, is an exterior-wall-mounted accessory outlet unit for a recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home. The apparatus includes a housing and a mounting plate. The housing is adapted to be positioned through the exterior wall of a recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home. The housing includes a mounting lip and side walls, which form an interior space, and a receiving ridge. The mounting plate is shaped to fit into the receiving ridge of the housing, such that the outwardly-facing planar surface is generally parallel to a plane defined by the exterior wall of a recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home. Within the mounting plate is at least one aperture for accommodating at least one electrical power accessory outlet, at least one coaxial cable mount, at least one modular telephone connector and at least one exterior speaker outlet.

In order to share housing property and share the right to use a house and solve the problems of dependency on a central server during property right division, after-division transaction and rental allocation, non-transparent transaction, instant transfer to accounts and the like, the invention discloses a property right rental and rent division method based on the blockchain technology, the methodis characterized by comprising the following steps of dividing the property right of the house, and recording divided property right information through a blockchain; transacting the property right of the house, and recording transaction information and property right ratio information after the transaction through the blockchain; renting out the house, and recording a first smart contract of therented house through the blockchain; leasing the house, and recording a second smart contract of the rented house through the blockchain; allocating rent settlement, and recording the performance information of the second smart contract and the first smart contract through the blockchain. The technical scheme for house sharing and leasing is also applicable to sharing and renting leisure space such as combined mobile houses, motor homes, automobiles, yachts, cruise ships, airplanes, aircraft and the like.

A stabilization system for a motor vehicle includes an independently actuatable airbag assembly disposed at each wheel. A damper assembly disposed at each wheel is lockable to maintain the motor vehicle in the desired level position. The system includes a controller in communication with the airbag and damper assembly and a sensor assembly that senses a relative position of the body of the motor vehicle relative to a level plane and adjusts the airbag assembly in order to attain a level position of the motor vehicle and once that level position is attained, lock the damper assembly in order to provide a foundation-like feel to the motor home in a parked position.

A modular wind abatement system comprises a plurality of net components, net-to-net connection hardware, net-to-ground anchors and net-to-building anchors. Flexible net-like sheet components are configured and joined into a suitably sized and shaped web fitted in covering relation with a structure, such as a home, building, billboard, motor home, boat, or any other outdoor thing to be protected. Net component sections are joined together to form suitably sized and shaped web using clamp devices. Once formed the web is secured to the ground in at least partial covering relation with the protected structure by suitable ground anchors such that wind forces are transferred to ground anchors. The present invention thus provides a wind abatement device suitable for protecting a wide variety of structures and property from damage resulting from hurricane force winds and windborne debris.

The invention provides an area-increasing-type retractable motor home, which comprises a chassis and a house which is installed on the chassis. The house comprises a front wallboard, a rear wallboard, a ceiling, a bottom board, a left wallboard and a right wallboard. A bottom board sliding way is arranged on the bottom board. A left bottom board and a right bottom board are installed in the bottom board sliding way. The left wallboard is installed on the edge of the left end part of the left bottom board. The right wallboard is installed on the edge of the right end part of the right bottom board. A vertical left sliding way and a vertical right sliding way are respectively arranged on the left wallboard and the right wallboard. A left lifting wallboard and a right lifting wallboard are respectively installed in the vertical left sliding way and the vertical right sliding way. The area-increasing-type retractable motor home has the advantages of scientific design, convenience in extension and retraction, high moving flexibility and the like.

This invention relates to an expandable motor home. The motor home of this invention has a lower body portion having a first floor, a front wall, a back wall and a pair of opposite side walls. The motor home also has an upper body portion having a movable upper segment and a lower segment that is connected to the lower body portion. The lower segment has a front wall, a back wall and a pair of opposite side walls. The upper segment has a front wall, a back wall, a pair of opposite side walls, and a roof. The upper segment is movable relative to the lower segment such that the upper segment has a raised and lowered position relative to the lower body portion. The motor home may have extendable rooms in the upper segment and lower segment defining separate living areas.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a membrane for use as an outdoor building material comprising a non-reinforced TPO outdoor building material membrane composed of a single ply embossed thermoplastic polyolefin polymer wherein the embossed membrane has a stretchability in the range of about 5 lbf to about 30 lbf, as tested with about a 30-mil thickness sample under the “stretchability test.” In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of applying a non-reinforced TPO outdoor building material membrane to a motor home roof comprising the step of: a) applying a non-reinforced TPO membrane to RV roof wood deck, wherein the membrane is composed of a thermoplastic polyolefin polymer with at least one of the following ingredients of a fire retardant, a UV and thermal stabilizers, a titanium dioxide and a calcium carbonate and wherein the membrane has a stretchability in the range of about 5 lbf to about 30 lbf, as tested with about a 30-mil thickness sample under the “stretchability test” and wherein the roofing membrane has a whiteness of at least an L* value of 90 as measured by the Whiteness Test; and b) adhering the non-reinforced TPO membrane to the wood deck via factory or field applied adhesive with a minimum 4 PLI of peel strength under the ASTM D413 peel test.

Load-bearing composite panels, materials, and products made by surrounding with a long fiber and/or fiber cloth reinforced polyurethane resin, an assembly containing one or more load-bearing members, graphene, a structural polyurethane/resin sandwich composite and/or spider silk protein fiber-cloth-continuous fibers. The composite structures can provide stronger, lighter-weight structural items such as vehicle floor and body panels, bullet-proof anti-ballistic panel products, vehicle bullet-proof anti-ballistic body panel structures and floors, bullet-proof vests, vehicle chassis, monocoque chassis, motor homes chassis-bodies, fuselage floors and frames for aircraft and/or UAV's, bicycle and motorcycle frames, wind turbine blades frames and structures, ship or boat haul body structures, shipment containers, pre-fabricated walls of buildings, train structure body or floor panels, solar panel supports, battery housings, mobile home walls, roof modules, truck beds, and truck trailer floors. Such composite panels, materials, and products can also be utilized in artificial organs, ligaments or tendons, artificial disc vertebrae, ropes, and 3D printing parts.

A streamlined amphibious, catamaran yacht is provided that may serve military or civilian purposes as a passenger or cargo carrying truck, limousine, bus, motor home or recreational vehicle on land, and extend those same functions on water, while matching the functionality and performance of similar length boats. The amphibious yacht includes a continuous reveal on the hull bottom from bow to transom that separates two asymmetric catamaran hulls. This reveal, or hull tunnel, may enhance sea stability and maneuverability, and create lift that helps the hull achieve plane and attain higher water speeds.

The invention relates to a multi-function modular profile structure air conditioner for a vehicle, which comprises a ventilation cooling device, a mechanical cooling device and a water evaporation cooling device, has the functions of mechanical cooling, water evaporation cooling, ventilation cooling and switching among the three modes, and can be optionally mounted in a single mode or a combination of the three cooling modes in accordance with the differences of regions, climates and environments, thereby achieving the purpose of economic cooling while ensuring the comfort. A shell of the air conditioner is manufactured by a profile extrusion process and can be combined with internal functional units, and the length dimension of the shell can be determined in accordance with the length of the vehicle roof. Thus, the multi-function modular profile structure air conditioner for a vehicle in the invention can be widely used for passenger cars, motor homes, trucks, van trucks and trains.

A luggage compartment storage device for moving a heavy item from a low easy access point to a high storage surface. A base frame is rigidly mounted to the high storage surface. A slide is connected to the base frame. A sliding frame is connected to the slide. Rear swing arms and front swing arms are pivotally connected to the sliding frame. A damper is connected between the rear swing arms and the sliding frame. A platform support frame is pivotally connected to the front swing arms and the rear swing arms. A platform is supported by the platform support frame. A pull down handle is pivotally connected to the front swing arms. The position of the pull down handle is lockable. A locking device is used for locking the platform support frame in place when the platform is at the high storage surface. The user manipulates the pull down handle to move the heavy item between the high storage surface and the low easy access point. In a preferred embodiment, the heavy item is a cooler and the base frame is rigidly mounted to shelving installed in the luggage compartment of an SUV. In another preferred embodiment, a cutting board is sliding attached to the bottom of the platform support frame. In other preferred embodiments the storage device is utilized for storage assistance in work vehicles, workshops, garages, basements, stock rooms, motor homes, closets and for assisting in disabled access.

An Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) includes a Direct Current (DC) alternator run off an auxiliary engine, and a power inverter to convert the DC power to AC power. The APU also runs an Air Conditioning compressor to provide cooling and heat from engine coolant in the auxiliary engine is used to provide heating. The APU is particularly useful for providing cooling, heating, and AC power for long haul trucks, and motor homes. An alternative embodiment for local trucks does not include the inverter.

This invention is a guided transport vehicle with berth with open side and bottom for a roadway vehicle to be driven along side on a station driveway and obliquely steered into the berth and lifted for transport on the transport vehicle and lowered to another station driveway and obliquely steered out from the berth. The guided vehicle can be a railway car in a train on a track or guideway flush with station driveways for the transfer vehicle. The transfer vehicle can be a bus, truck, motor home, or platform for holding containers or vehicles. This transfer vehicle has all wheel parallel steering and can shift to front wheel steering and can have either end the front. End rollers guide the transfer vehicle parallelly in and out of the berth and end lifts raise the vehicle for travel on the train above the track. The vehicle is controlled to accelerate to train speed and aligned before all wheels are turned together at an oblique angle to enter the berth.

A streamlined amphibious, catamaran yacht is provided that may serve military or civilian purposes as a passenger or cargo carrying truck, limousine, bus, motor home or recreational vehicle on land, and extend those same functions on water, while matching the functionality and performance of similar length boats. The amphibious yacht includes a continuous reveal on the hull bottom from bow to transom that separates two asymmetric catamaran hulls. This reveal, or hull tunnel, may enhance sea stability and maneuverability, and create lift that helps the hull achieve plane and attain higher water speeds.

The invention discloses a folding motor home tread plate ladder. The problem that existing fixed motor home tread plate ladders occupy internal space of motor homes is mainly solved. The folding motor home tread plate ladder comprises a fixing base and a first tread plate. The folding motor home tread plate ladder is characterized in that the fixing base is composed of a fixing transverse beam and two fixing plates symmetrically connected to the two sides of the fixing transverse beam; first tread plate frames are symmetrically fixed to the two sides of the first tread plate respectively; the far end of each first tread plate frame is bent and warped upwards; first supporting arms are arranged between the fixing plates and the far ends of the corresponding first tread plate frames which are arranged on the same side with the fixing plates; second supporting arms are arranged between the fixing plates and the positions near bent parts of the corresponding first tread plate frames which are arranged on the same side with the fixing plates; first positioning grooves are formed in the second supporting arms; the lower ends of the first supporting arms are locked in the first positioning grooves when the first tread plate is opened to the extreme position; tension springs used for locking the first tread plate are arranged between the fixing plates and the positions near the lower ends of the corresponding first supporting arms which are arranged on the same side with the fixing plates. The folding motor home tread plate ladder is simple in structure, reliable to use, convenient to operate and small in occupied space.

The invention relates to a motor home external expansion tent which comprises a fan-shaped framework and transparent awning cloth wrapping the fan-shaped framework. The fan-shaped framework comprises a plurality of frame bodies with the bottoms connected with one another in a rotating mode. One end of the fan-shaped framework is arranged in a sliding groove in an outer vehicle body of a motor home through sliding blocks. According to the motor home external expansion tent, the tent and the motor home are combined into a whole, assembling is not needed, the tent can be directly unfolded and used, and the wind and rain sheltering function is achieved while the scenery can be enjoyed.

The invention discloses a pull-type motor home following electromagnetic braking system comprehensively considering braking coordination, safety and energy-saving and a control method thereof. A wheelspeed sensor is additionally arranged on a motor home, the slip rate of motor home wheels is obtained by combining with the vehicle speed of a main vehicle, and anti-locking motor home synchronous braking is achieved; an energy recovery motor is additionally arranged between the two wheels of the motor home, a clutch is arranged between a motor output shaft and a wheel connecting axle, when the motor is needed to involve in, the clutch is combined, and when the motor is not needed to work, the clutch is separated; a signal of an accelerometer of the main vehicle is monitored in real time, when the signal is a negative value, the clutch is combined, and the motor starts an energy recovery mode to charge a super capacitor; force stress at hooks is further detected, and when force is compressive stress, an electromagnetic bake is connected into for further braking; and the energy recovery motor can further assist driving, when the accelerometer is a positive value, the force at the hooksis pulling stress, the clutch is combined, and the super capacitor is used for driving the motor to conduct assisted driving of the motor home so as to deal with power shortage of the main vehicle.

The invention discloses a travel trailer synchronous following braking control method considering a delay characteristic of an electromagnetic braking system. Firstly whether a main car brake signal lamp is powered on or not is detected, if not, an electromagnetic brake is maintained to be switched off, if yes, a pre-braking torque signal is output to conduct pre-braking on a motor home; a main car braking deceleration is further detected, a following deceleration of the motor home is previewed and estimated according to the main car braking deceleration, a corresponding control signal is output to the electromagnetic brake, and thus braking operation of the motor home is achieved; and when the motor home is subjected to braking, the situation of switched on / off of the main car braking signal is synchronously monitored, and a following braking torque in the next moment is detected and previewed continuously, till the main car braking signal is cleared. The travel trailer synchronousfollowing braking control method can preview the main car braking deceleration in advance, and maximally overcomes the delay influence of the braking system so that the deceleration of the motor homecan be maintained to be consistent with that of a main car in real time, and accordingly more stable braking is achieved.