A first (50) and second (50') tie rods locating between a front shell (26) and a rear shell (28) of a brake booster (10) through which a master cylinder (16) is connected to a support member (14). Each of the first (50) and second (50') tie rods have a hea...

A module corner assembly (10,210,310,410,500) wherein a wheel hub (56) is permanently attached to a knuckle (16) and various surfaces on the wheel hub (56) and knuckle (16) are machined in a same fixture (100) utilized in holding the knuckle (16) to deform...

A wheel hub (10,210,310) of a corner assembly (200) for a vehicle wherein a wheel and a rotor (100) for a brake system are attached to the wheel hub (10,210,310). The wheel hub (10,210,310) has a cylindrical body (20) with a peripheral surface

A system and method for estimating an operating parameter of a vehicle such as the steering angle offset or body slip angle. The method includes providing a dynamic vehicle model which is valid when the yaw rate and slip angle of the vehicle are either con...

An injection module assembly (100) includes a fuel rail (224) defining a passageway through which a fuel can flow, and a plurality of fuel injectors (124) for delivering the fuel in the passageway (108) to a respective plurality of combustion chambers in a...

A method of detecting the improper mounting of a sensor on a motor vehicle includes monitoring the output signals of the sensor, determining the noise levels in the output signals, and comparing the noise levels from the output signals to a threshold noise...

A method and system of activating a safety device of a vehicle having x, y and z-axes. The method includes generating a y-acceleration signal representative of the acceleration of the vehicle in the y-axis, generating an angular-rate signal representative ...

A hydraulic accumulator assembly for a hydraulic brake system. The accumulator assembly includes a pump housing (14) having therein at least one accumulator bore (42). The accumulator bore (42) has an axis and an inner wall (50). A piston (62) is movable w...

A fuel system (10) including first and second tank portions (30, 34) communicating with each other such that the first and second tank portions (30, 34) have a substantially equal vapor pressure, first and second fuel pumps (58, 62) in the first and second...