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2. Impact attenuator - Wikipedia

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   A crash cushion installed on a motorway exit in Italy. An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Impact attenuators are designed to absorb the colliding vehicle's kinetic energy.

3. Wheelchair cushion - Wikipedia

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   Wheelchair cushions are cushions specifically designed to provide comfort and protection against injury for wheelchair users. They also aid in properly positioning the user in the correct posture. Wheelchair users are at great risk for pressure sores. [1] A number of factors are included in the formation of these ulcers including:

4. Hovercraft - Wikipedia

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   A hovercraft (pl.: hovercraft [1]), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, [2] is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull , or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure .

5. Thrust bearing - Wikipedia

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   Thrust bearings come in several varieties. Thrust ball bearings, composed of bearing balls supported in a ring, can be used in low-thrust applications where there is little axial load. Cylindrical roller thrust bearings consist of small cylindrical rollers arranged flat with their axes pointing to the axis of the bearing. They give very good ...

6. Torsion bar suspension - Wikipedia

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   Torsion bar suspensions are used on combat vehicles and tanks like the T-72, Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M26 Pershing, M18 Hellcat, M48 Patton, M60 Patton and the M1 Abrams (many tanks from World War II used this suspension), and on modern trucks and SUVs from Ford, Chrysler, GM, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Nissan, Isuzu, LuAZ, and Toyota.

7. Air Cushion Restraint System - Wikipedia

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   The Air Cushion Restraint System (ACRS) was developed by General Motors in the early 1970s, and consisted of both a driver's and passenger's side air bag, along with a lap belt and status indicator light.

8. Mecanum wheel - Wikipedia

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   A wheelchair using Mecanum wheels Container loader with numerous powered Mecanum wheels for shifting and rotation of containers.. The Mecanum wheel is a form of tireless wheel, with a series of rubberized external rollers obliquely attached to the whole circumference of its rim.

9. Trailer stability assist - Wikipedia

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   Trailer Stability Assist (TSA), also known as Electronic Trailer Sway Control, [1] is designed to control individual wheel slip to correct potential trailer swing before there is an accident. [2] Although similar to Electronic Stability Control (ESC), TSA is programmed differently and is designed to detect yaw in the tow-vehicle and take ...