- Industry: Automotive
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This system detects the amount of daylight and automatically turns the headlamps on or off as required. It automatically turns lights off when the key is removed and the driver's door is opened. These automatic systems provide an added level of convenience, safety and security.
Industry:Automotive
A shaft on which a wheel revolves or which revolves with the wheel. (Also a solid beam that connects the two rear wheels of the vehicle.) Axles help support the vehicle and, in some cases, transmit torque to the drive wheels.
Industry:Automotive
The number of times the driveshaft rotates to turn the axle shaft one rotation. For example, if the driveshaft gear had 10 teeth and the axle shaft gear had 30 teeth, the driveshaft gear would have to turn three times to turn the axle shaft gear once. This translates to a ratio of three-to-one (3:1).
Industry:Automotive
Balance shafts are small, weighted shafts - similar to a camshaft - inside the engine block. Two balance shafts rotate in opposite directions from each other at twice the crankshaft speed to help "cancel out" engine vibration. Balance shafts are most common to 4-cylinder engines to help reduce noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) inherent in this engine design.
Industry:Automotive
A flexible joint consisting of a ball in a socket. It is used primarily in the front suspension because of its wide range of motion.
Industry:Automotive
An electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Typical automotive batteries supply the source of power for cranking the engine and also the electrical energy for the ignition system.
Industry:Automotive
The line that runs along the bottom edge of the vehicle's glass area and contributes to the vehicle's styling and visual appeal.
Industry:Automotive
A type of vehicle construction in which the body structure is attached to a separate frame. (Toyota 4Runner is an example of a vehicle that uses this type of construction.)
Industry:Automotive
Bore is the measurement of the diameter of each cylinder, and stroke is the distance the piston travels one-way within the cylinder. By first determining the area of the cylinder and then multiplying that by the stroke, you can obtain the displacement for each cylinder. Multiply that by the number of cylinders for the total engine displacement (engine size).
Industry:Automotive
The disc brake component that straddles the rotor and houses the piston(s), cylinder(s) and brake pads. The piston movement pushes the pad against the rotor to slow or stop the vehicle.
Industry:Automotive
