Category: Autos
Created by: Johna04
Number of Blossarys: 1
English (EN) Safety valve designed to protect the air supply of a tractor or leading trailer and automatically apply the brakes of a trailing unit in the event of accidental separation.
Science of the interface between human and machine. In automobiles, ergonomics pertains to the designing and arrangement of instrumentation, switches and controls, so they can be most effectively and ...
Sections of a vehicle body and/or frame engineered to progressively deform in a collision, thereby absorbing impact forces instead of transferring them to the passenger compartment. Also known as ...
Set that uses a small gear (the pinion gear) to turn a larger diameter annular gear (the ring gear).
Shaft in an engine block or cylinder head that includes a series of lobes which regulates opening and closing the intake and exhaust valves, allowing the engine to “breathe.”
Shaft that transmits power from the transmission to the axle differential assembly on rear-wheel-drive vehicles.
Shape of each lobe on a camshaft that determines the amount or duration of time an intake or exhaust valve is open and the valve’s maximum opening, or “lift.”
