Audi AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160139796 | SYSTEM-INITIATED HELP FUNCTION FOR OPERATING AN APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE-INPUT OF SPACES - System-initiated help is provided for operating an apparatus associated with a vehicle, in which alphanumeric characters and/or symbols can be selected using an operating device and can be assembled to form a character or function group and can be displayed in an input field on a first display device. A detection operation is carried out, on the basis of which it is detected whether the user inputs or must input a space in a next operating step with a predefinable degree of probability. If the detection operation has a positive result, assistance is displayed to the user on the first or second display device and/or is output to the user using the loudspeaker device. The assistance has an item of help information relating to how a space can be input in the apparatus using an operating action. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138691 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES - A drive device for four-wheel-drive motor vehicles includes a primary axle which is driven by a drive assembly via a center differential and a secondary axle which is driven via the primary axle and via transmission means. Side differentials are arranged on the output elements of the primary axle coaxially to the center differential of the primary axle. The drive elements of the side differentials have a drive connection to the output elements of the center differential, and the output elements of the side differentials have a drive connection to the driveshafts of the primary axle and to the driveshafts of the secondary axle via multiple belt drives. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137130 | FRAMELESS MIRROR AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION METHOD - In a method for installing a frameless mirror, a mirror glass is positioned on a carrier plate against a stop formed by a border of the carrier plate and glued on the carrier plate. The border is then separated from the carrier plate via a predetermined breaking point of the border. | 05-19-2016 |
20160131534 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COIL TEMPERATURE OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A method for determining an actual temperature of a coil of an electric machine, includes detecting a voltage in a no-load state of the electric machine; detecting a current strength in an induced short circuit state of the electric machine; calculating an actual stator coil resistance as a function of the voltage detected during the no-load state and the current strength detected during the active short circuit” state; and calculating the actual temperature of the coil of the electric machine as a function of the actual stator coil resistance. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131488 | POSITION INPUT INTO A NAVIGATION DEVICE OF A VEHICLE - A method for inputting position data into a navigation device of a vehicle, includes the steps: —displaying ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160129800 | TERMINAL DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME USING A WIRELESS KEY - In a method for operating an electric terminal device for an electric system of a vehicle for electrically connecting the electric system of the vehicle to an electric energy source arranged separately from the vehicle, a connection unit which is electrically connected to the electric energy source arranged separately from the vehicle is connected and locked to the terminal device. An unlocking procedure is carried out on the basis of a manual actuation of an actuation element of the terminal device of the vehicle when the connection unit is connected to the terminal device. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129784 | CENTER DIFFERENTIAL GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR A DRIVE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A center differential gear assembly for a drive device of a motor vehicle includes a driveshaft, a first driven shaft for a front axle of the motor vehicle, a second driven shaft for a rear axle of the motor vehicle, and a differential gear designed as a planetary gear train. A clutch device operatively connects an electric machine in a first shift position via the differential gear with the second driven shaft and in a second shift position directly with the second driven shaft. A superposition gear includes a first planetary gear train and a second planetary gear, with a ring gear of the first planetary gear train and a ring gear of the second planetary gear train being operatively connected in fixed rotative engagement with one another. | 05-12-2016 |
20160126800 | ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT - An electric drive unit includes an electric motor having a motor housing which has at least one coolant channel for cooling the electric motor. A power electronic device operates the electric motor and includes an electronic housing having a contact surface which is connected to a mating contact surface of the motor housing. The power electronic device is hereby configured in the absence of a coolant channel and connected to the motor housing in a heat-transferring manner. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124028 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE ABSENCE OF VOLTAGE ON A POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method is disclosed for checking the absence of voltage on a power electronic component connected to a high-voltage battery and to an electrical machine in a high-voltage network of a motor vehicle, which component has a higher voltage than a low-voltage network of the motor vehicle. The power electronic component includes an intermediate circuit capacitor, a passive discharge resistor, a plug-in terminal for at least one high-voltage load and a fuse which is connected upstream of the plug-in terminal. Following disconnection of the high-voltage battery from the high-voltage network and when the connector of the cable plugged into the plug-in terminal is withdrawn from the plug-in terminal—or a target terminal, a feed voltage is applied via the high-voltage contacts of the plug connection and the voltage curve and/or, after a defined charging time interval of the intermediate circuit capacitor, the resistance is measured by means of a measuring instrument, wherein an absence of voltage is determined in the event of a voltage curve lying in an intended range—or a resistance lying in an intended range. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121834 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, ASSOCIATED MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a safety system for a motor vehicle ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160121740 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING DEVICE FOR SINGLE-PHASE AND MULTI-PHASE CHARGING OF AN ENERGY STORE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CHARGING DEVICE - A method for operating a charging device of an electrical energy store for a motor vehicle, wherein a dedicated rectifier device for generating a charging voltage for the electrical energy store is associated with each phase of an AC power supply, includes determining for each rectifier device a usage variable descriptive of its prior usage for charging the electrical energy store; when performing a multi-phase charging operation with the charging device, using for each phase a corresponding rectifier device for generating the charging voltage for the electrical energy store; and when performing a single-phase charging operation with the charging device, using the hitherto most underused rectifier device for generating the charging voltage for the electrical energy store based on the usage variable. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121719 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES - A drive device for all-wheel-drive motor vehicles, includes a primary axle driven by a drive unit via an axle differential and a secondary axle driven via the left and right output elements of the axle differential and via transmitting means. The transmitting means are formed by at least two switching elements, which are arranged coaxial to the axle differential of the primary axle and which act on the left and right drive shaft of the secondary axle via belt or chain transmissions. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121713 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL TANK SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMOBILE AND CORRESPONDING FUEL TANK SYSTEM - In a method for operating a fuel tank system for a motor vehicle, with the fuel tank system having a fuel tank and an accumulation tank to which a suction side of a fuel pump is connected, at least one sensor determines a geodetic orientation of the fuel tank when a fill level of the fuel tank is below a predetermined minimum fill level. A fueling parameter is read out from a characteristic curve field based on the geodetic orientation, and the fueling parameter is displayed by a signaling device. | 05-05-2016 |
20160119890 | METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AT LEAST ONE APPARATUS THAT IS ARRANGED IN A BUILDING - A method operates at least one apparatus that is arranged in a building. The method involves producing a wireless connection between a communication unit of a motor vehicle and the apparatus, transmitting to the apparatus in a wireless manner by the communication unit data that define an operating mode of the apparatus, and operating the apparatus in dependence upon the data that are transmitted to the apparatus. The data are provided and synchronized with one another both by a central data processing device as well as by the communication unit. A control system can be used with the method. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119066 | EVALUATION AND ACOUSTIC EMISSION OF AUDIO BROADCASTING SIGNALS IN A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for acoustically emitting audio broadcasting signals in a vehicle, wherein audio broadcasting signals can be transmitted into the vehicle and received there over a first and at least a second reception path, wherein the first reception path is evaluated by means of at least one criterion parameter on the basis of an audio broadcasting signal that can be received over the first reception path, and the second reception path is likewise evaluated by means of a criterion parameter on the basis of the audio broadcasting signal that can be received over the second reception path. During an emission of the audio broadcasting signal over one of the reception paths, a preparation phase for preparing a switchover from the current reception path to the other reception path is started on the basis of a comparison of the criterion parameter of the current reception path to a first threshold value (S | 04-28-2016 |
20160116294 | ACCURATE POSITION DETERMINATION NEAR EXIT LANES - An in-vehicle system for determining whether a vehicle has moved off of a main roadway and into an exit lane. A navigation unit determines that an exit is approaching on a first side of the vehicle, and a camera obtains image data regarding lane markings and exit signs in response to a notification that the exit is approaching. An image processor identifies predetermined patterns among the lane markings, including V-shaped patterns or Y-shaped patterns. The system determines that the vehicle has moved into the exit lane in response to an identification of one of the predetermined patterns on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side of the vehicle. The system may verify its determination based on recognition of an exit sign on the second side of the vehicle. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116061 | METHOD FOR A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A DUAL-CLUTCH GEARBOX - A hydraulic system for an automatic gearbox for a motor vehicle, includes a high-pressure circuit which includes a pressure accumulator, at least one clutch and actuators, and a low-pressure circuit for cooling the clutch, the high-pressure circuit and the low-pressure circuit each containing a hydraulic cooling pump and a hydraulic charging pump that can be driven by a shared electric motor; and a controller which, when it is detected that the pressure accumulator needs to be charged, controls the electric motor to run at a charging setpoint speed, and/or, when it is detected that cooling is needed or another need exists, controls the electric motor to run at a cooling setpoint speed or another setpoint speed. The electric motor is paired with a current measuring device for measuring an actual current consumption and a rotational speed sensor for measuring an actual rotational speed. The controller has an analysis unit which uses the actual current consumption and the actual rotational speed, specifically from the comparison of the actual current consumption with a reference value, to detect a need for charging of the pressure accumulator. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115907 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A fuel system for a motor vehicle includes a fuel tank, a filling tube closable by a tank cover; a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure in the fuel tank; an activated carbon filter, a tank isolation valve arranged between the fuel tank and the activated carbon filter, and a control for opening and closing the tank isolation valve, wherein the control opens the tank isolation valve in response to receiving input indicating an intent to refuel and closes the opened tank isolation valve again when the pressure in the fuel tank measured by the pressure sensor falls below a predetermined first pressure threshold value, wherein the control subsequent to the closing of the tank isolation valve opening the closed tank isolation valve again when the pressure in the fuel tank measured by the pressure sensor exceeds the predetermined first pressure threshold value and/or exceeds a predetermined second pressure threshold value, which is higher than the predetermined first pressure threshold value. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114649 | METHOD FOR THE REMOTE ACTIVATION OF A FUNCTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method remotely activates an air-conditioning function of a motor vehicle by a mobile communication device. This involves transmitting an activation signal by a mobile communication device to a receiver device of the motor vehicle, receiving the activation signal by the receiver device of the motor vehicle, determining a current location by a location-determining device of the motor vehicle, transferring information about the determined location from the motor vehicle to the mobile communication device, and activating the air-conditioning function of the motor vehicle if the receiver device has received a confirmation signal transmitted by the mobile communication device. | 04-28-2016 |
20160110148 | MOTOR VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM HAVING A SEPARATE DISPLAY UNIT - A motor vehicle has an infotainment system with a controller for providing infotainment functions and a display unit, which is structurally separate from the controller and which has a screen for displaying display data. The display unit is retained in a motor-vehicle interior by a retaining device. The display unit allows a suitable posture when viewing different infotainment functions on the display unit by making the retaining device and the display unit nondestructively and reversibly detachable from each other. The controller is designed to transfer the display data to the display unit even while the display unit is detached from the retaining device. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108977 | METHOD FOR A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A DUAL-CLUTCH GEARBOX - A hydraulic system for an automatic gearbox for a motor vehicle, includes a high-pressure circuit which includes a pressure accumulator, at least one clutch and actuators, and a low-pressure circuit for cooling the clutch, the high-pressure circuit and the low-pressure circuit each containing a hydraulic cooling pump and a hydraulic charging pump that can be driven by a shared electric motor; and a controller which, when it is detected that the pressure accumulator needs to be charged, controls the electric motor to run at a charging setpoint speed, and/or, when it is detected that cooling is needed or another need exists, controls the electric motor to run at a cooling setpoint speed or another setpoint speed. When the pressure accumulator does not need to be charged and there is no need for cooling and no other need, the controller reduces the setpoint speed to zero for a specified period. At the end of the period the controller controls the electric motor to run at least at the test speed. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108836 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE - A method for operating a drive device with an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas tract having a storage catalytic converter for purifying exhaust gas, a first lambda probe disposed upstream of the storage catalytic converter and a second lambda probe disposed downstream of the storage catalytic converter, includes determining a lambda value for controlling a mixture composition for the internal combustion engine based on a measurement signal from the first lambda probe and an offset value. The offset value is determined with a trim control when a measurement signal of the second lambda probe is in a normal operating range of values, and is adjusted in a regeneration period, during which the storage catalytic converter regenerated, with a predetermined correction value when the measurement signal of the second lambda probe is outside the normal operating range of values. A corresponding drive device is also disclosed. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107697 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN IMPULSE ACTING ON A VEHICLE IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE - A device for generating an impulse acting on a vehicle in a transverse direction of the vehicle, resulting from energy released in an offset impact of the vehicle against an obstacle, includes a compression-resistant beam extending in the transverse direction, a support member for attaching the beam in a rest position to a subframe or a body structure of the vehicle, an activator for moving the beam substantially in the transverse direction in the event of an accident, and a coupling device which cooperates is operatively connected, at least during movement of the beam in the transverse direction, with a drive unit or aggregate and deflects the drive unit relative to the vehicle's body in the transverse direction at least in the region of the operative connection. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107692 | MULTI-CHAMBER PROFILE HAVING AN INSERT PART FOR FIXING AN ATTACHMENT PART - A hollow profile has at least one internal partition for forming chambers, in which, in order to fix an attached part to the hollow profile, an insert part is arranged in a mounting position within one chamber, and the insert part has a connecting means for producing a connection to the attached part. The insert part is formed as a multi-chamber profile having a profile direction extending perpendicular to the profile direction of the hollow profile and perpendicular to the partition, for an interface of the insert part, resting on an outer boundary wall of the hollow profile, to have a journal-like connecting flange which, in order to fix the insert part in the mounting position, engages with a form fit in a through opening in the boundary wall. The insert part is formed with a length in the profile direction of the insert part so as to enable insertion of the insert part into the chamber of the hollow profile and for positioning the same in the mounting position. | 04-21-2016 |
20160096409 | CHASSIS CONTROL ARM WITH AN AIR-GUIDING DEVICE - A chassis control arm includes an air-guiding device, wherein the chassis control arm has at least one terminal bearing section and a middle section, wherein the at least one terminal bearing section has supports for supporting the chassis control arm on a further vehicle component (such as for example a wheel carrier, a subframe, or directly on a vehicle body), wherein the air-guiding device has a flat air-guiding element and a connecting section, wherein the connecting section has at least one elastically bendable connecting element which is detachably fastened on a contact section of the supports, and wherein the contact section protrudes from a side web of the chassis control arm. | 04-07-2016 |
20160093211 | NAVIGATION AID FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AUTOPILOT - A method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle with autopilot is disclosed, wherein the autopilot is designed to automatically carry out longitudinal and lateral guidance of the motor vehicle in the activated state during a piloted journey without assistance from a driver. The navigation system determines, for a destination prescribed by the user, a route to the destination on the basis of navigation data. The roads on which the activation of the autopilot is likely to be possible is determined using traffic data and on the basis of a predetermined activation condition for the autopilot. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091086 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING TRANSMISSION DEVICE - In a method for operating a transmission device, a pressure test is carried out when switching from a standby mode to a power saving mode. When executing the pressure test the gear selector valves of the gear selectors of the transmission device are activated to assume their neutral position, and a shifting valve is activated to assume an operating position in which a flow connection between a common feed line for the gear selectors and a pressure source is cut. Subsequently, the gear selector valve of at least one of the gear selectors is activated to assume a shift position, and a position of the gear selector piston of the at least one gear selector is determined over a specific time period. The presence of a malfunction of the shifting valve is recognized when the position of the gear selector piston changes during the specific time period. | 03-31-2016 |
20160089998 | PRECHARGING A MOTOR VEHICLE HIGH-VOLTAGE NETWORK - In a method for controlling a connection of a high-voltage source of a motor vehicle to a high-voltage network of the motor vehicle, first at least one test value for an electrical operating variable of the high-voltage network is determined by means of a control device of the motor vehicle after a connection command is received. The electrical operating variable depends on a capacitance actually effective at a connection of the high-voltage source to the high-voltage network. Only when the at least one test value meets a predefined safety condition, is a precharge current of the high-voltage source conducted via a first precharge resistor, which limits the precharge current, to the connection and into the high-voltage network to charge up a capacitor of the high-voltage network. Otherwise the precharge current is blocked. | 03-31-2016 |
20160082818 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A COVER OF A CONVERTIBLE MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for receiving a cover of a convertible motor vehicle includes A device for receiving a cover of a convertible motor vehicle, including a first pivot part and a second pivot part, each being supported on a vehicle body so as to be pivotal between two pivot positions; a floor part fastened on the first pivot part and the second pivot part; and at least one drive device coupling the first and second pivot parts with each other, so that pivot movements of the first pivot part induced by the drive device cause pivot movements of the second pivot part and pivot movements of the second pivot part induced by the drive device cause pivot movements of the first pivot part. | 03-24-2016 |
20160075257 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE - A method for operating a drive device is disclosed. The drive device has manual transmission has an intermediate shaft operatively connected with an output shaft, and a countershaft. In a first acceleration operating mode of the drive device a first electric motor and a second electric motor of the drive device are operatively connected with the intermediate shaft via the countershaft, and in a second acceleration operating mode the first electric motor is directly connected with the intermediate shaft and the second electric motor is operatively connected with the intermediate shaft via the countershaft. When switching between the first acceleration operating mode and the second acceleration operating mode the operative connection between the first electric motor and the intermediate shaft is interrupted for a defined switching time period, wherein during the switching time period the first electric motor is operated with an overload torque, which is greater than the second maximal torque, for at least partially compensating the torque provided by the first electric motor. | 03-17-2016 |
20160072418 | METHOD FOR PRECISE POSITION DETERMINATION - In a method of determining a current position of an output element connected to an electric stepper motor, a current position of a rotor of the stepper motor is determined by a rotor position sensor. The determination of the current position of the rotor is refined as a function of information about a currently active phase of the stepper motor, and the current position of the output element is calculated in response to the refined determination of the current position of the rotor. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072180 | ATTACHMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR VEHICLE - An attachment for a motor vehicle, is disclosed with at least one antenna having a conductor track for sending and/or receiving radio signals, wherein the attachment and the at least one conductor track of the antenna are designed as an injection moulded interconnect device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068167 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A GENERATOR LOAD-DEPENDENT ENGINE CONTROL - In a method for adjusting an operating variable of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, an electric generator is driven by the internal combustion engine and a current output value of a mechanical driving power required by the generator is repeatedly determined from at least one current parameter value of the generator by an energy management unit. On the basis of the output value, an engine control unit determines a control setpoint for adjusting the operating variable. Sudden load variations at the generator are compensated by monitoring an operating variable of the generator, by determining after a sudden load variation of the electrical load a relative change of the operating variable and by determining an adjusted control setpoint caused by the sudden load variation independently of the output value of the energy management unit and dependent on the relative change in the monitored operating variable. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068164 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA IN A VEHICLE - Sensor information is processed in a vehicle by transforming sensor data acquired with at least one sensor of the vehicle from a current environment of the vehicle into a curved coordinate system, by continuously updating the sensor data while the vehicle is moving, and by dynamically adapting the curved coordinate system to a current situation of the vehicle. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068125 | DEVICE FOR ABSORBING KINETIC ENERGY, IN PARTICULAR FOR INSTALLING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for absorbing kinetic energy includes a first stationary component and a second component that can be moved in relation to the first component, wherein at least one of the components converts energy by plastic deformation when a certain force level is exceeded, and comprising a coupling apparatus, which operatively connects the first component and the second component in such a way that the two components can be moved in relation to each other only with low energy conversion when the coupling apparatus is not activated and forces can be transmitted from one component to the other component when the coupling apparatus is activated. movable component has a deformation element, which initially deforms in the event of a crash, so that a movement of the movable component occurs only thereafter, wherein the coupling apparatus is continuously in engagement with the two components and thus continuously produces a first low coupling force level and, when the coupling apparatus is activated, the coupling forces are increased from the first low coupling force level to a high coupling force level and plastic deformation of at least one component occurs. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068043 | HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEATING A VEHICLE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE HAVING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A heating system for heating a vehicle interior of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine by using a heat exchanger includes three temperature sensors, wherein a first temperature sensor measures the coolant temperature at a coolant outlet of the internal combustion engine, a second temperature sensor measures the coolant temperature at a coolant inlet of the internal combustion engine, and a third temperature sensor measures the coolant temperature upstream of at least one heat source. A first heat circuit couples the heat exchanger to the internal combustion engine, whereas a second heat circuit bypasses the internal combustion engine. The first heat circuit operates solely with the internal combustion engine as a heat source when a target inlet temperature of the heat exchanger is above a preset value; otherwise an additional heat source is switched in, optionally operating in addition to the internal combustion engine. | 03-10-2016 |
20160062566 | DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE AND HAVING A SPELLING SYSTEM WITH A COMPLETION SUGGESTION - An operating unit is used to choose least alphanumeric characters and/or symbols and to combine them to form a character group. A display device displays selectable characters in a selection field and displays selected characters in an one input field. Data is stored in a storage unit. A data processing unit selects data from the data stored in the storage unit according to predefinable criteria, taking into consideration a chosen character and previously selected characters. A completion suggestion with at least one completion element is displayed in close proximity to the chosen character in the selection field, insofar as a possible completion of the chosen character and the previously selected characters. The completion element is choosable by a user by the operating unit, and a chosen completion element can be selected by a user by the operating unit. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059806 | VOLTAGE DISCONNECTION OF A HIGH-VOLTAGE VEHICLE - In a method for securing a high voltage on-board electric grid of a motor vehicle for repair and/or maintenance of the motor vehicle, the energy inflow of an energy supply unit into the onboard electric grid is blocked during or after a voltage disconnection of the high-voltage on-board electric grid, in which an energy inflow of the energy supply unit to the high-voltage on-board electric grid is interrupted. Additionally or alternatively, the energy inflow of at least one other energy supply device is blocked, wherein the at least one other energy inflow is designed in order to supply energy from a further energy source to the high-voltage on-board electric grid. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059685 | ASSEMBLY BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An assembly bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an assembly bearing having a bearing housing, a vibration-damping bearing, and a bearing core connectable to a power train element. The bearing housing is connected with a body-fixed carrier part by a first fastening element, oriented not in vertical axis direction (Z-direction), in a torsion-resistant manner, and by a second fastening element, oriented substantially in the vertical axis direction. A U-shaped stop bracket bridges the bearing core and is firmly connected to the bearing housing. The bearing core is formed with diametrically opposite stop arms, which in basic position are spaced from legs of the stop bracket by a gap distance. A first stop buffer is arranged on inner surfaces of the stop bracket and/or the bearing core, and second stop buffers are arranged on the legs of the stop bracket and/or the stop arms between the legs and the stop arms. | 03-03-2016 |
20160055769 | ORIENTATION ZOOM IN NAVIGATION MAPS WHEN DISPLAYED ON SMALL SCREENS - A method and an apparatus facilitate the orientation of a user in a virtual environment. This involves a user initiating a change between two views of the virtual environment. A first view provides a detailed representation of a destination and a second view is scaled such that both the destination and a reference point, such as a current position, are presented together. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054891 | METHOD FOR RESOLVING AND OPERATING POI STACKS - A method for resolving and operating POI stacks in a virtual environment displayed on an image screen surface, automatically scales, upon selecting a first POI stack with a first quantity of POI's contained in the POI stack, the representation of the virtual environment such that POI's contained in the first POI stack are displayed on the image screen surface such that individual POI's, when correctly positioned in the virtual environment, maintain a minimum size and a minimum distance to respective neighboring POI's, and, if the minimum distance cannot be maintained, a partial quantity of the quantity of POI's of the first POI stack is combined in at least one second POI stack on the basis of the respective position of the individual POI's in the virtual environment. A corresponding system is also described. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053516 | LATCHING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE FLAP - A latching system includes a closing wedge module with two closing wedges supported for movement relative to one another and having wedge faces, and a closing wedge holder for movably receiving the closing wedges. A holding jaw module has two holding jaws to receive the closing wedge module there between. The holding jaws have keyways configured to complement a contour of the wedge faces of the closing wedges. A drive unit moves the closing wedges apart to thereby push the wedge faces into the keyways of the holding jaws and to couple a vehicle flap with a structural part of a vehicle body. At least one of the closing wedges has a predetermined breaking point to separate into a keyway-proximal part and a closing-wedge-holder-proximal part, when the closing wedge is pushed into the keyways and a stress resistance of the closing wedge is exceeded by a mechanical load during operation. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052369 | DEVICE FOR AIR FLOW ADJUSTMENT - A device for air flow adjustment, includes a base body having at least two closable or releasable passage openings, wherein the passage openings are arranged in a vehicle front area and are each coupled to a respective ventilation shaft; a first adjustment element configured as a linearly movable flap, wherein the first adjustment element is movable into a first position in which it closes the at least two passage openings, a second position in which it releases one of the at least two passage openings and closes another one of the at least two passage openings, and a third position in which it closes both of the at least two passage openings. | 02-25-2016 |
20160049149 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROACTIVE DIALOGUE GUIDANCE - In a method for the proactive guidance of an information system with a user, information potentially to be transmitted to the user by the information system, which is built into a vehicle or another mobile technical system, passes through a relevance and/or plausibility check based on contextual knowledge about the user and, on detection of information to be transmitted, the information system proactively initiates a dialogue with the user. A corresponding system is also described. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047468 | ACTUATOR DEVICE FOR A GEARBOX OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING GEARBOX FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An actuator device for a gearbox of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of selector shafts, which can each be displaced in a first direction between a plurality of selection positions and in a second direction between a plurality of shifting positions and which each have a connecting element that is operatively connected-in at least one of the selection positions with at least one selector rail of the gearbox for transferring a movement of the selector shaft in the second direction onto the selector rail. The selector shafts are mounted relative to each other so as to be movable relative to one another in the first direction and are fixed to relative to each other in the section direction, wherein the selection positions of the selector shafts are independently adjustable by means of a plurality of first adjusting elements, and wherein the selector shafts can be displaced together between the shifting positions by means of a second adjusting element. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046521 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONTROL ELEMENT AND CONTROL ELEMENT - A method produces a control element having a touch-enabled surface, in which a paste-like material is applied on a carrier plate. At least one raised structure element is formed by the paste-like material on the carrier plate. For this purpose, a stencil having inherent stiffness is arranged above the carrier plate and the paste-like material is pushed through at least one recess in the stencil. | 02-18-2016 |
20160043676 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MULTIPHASE ELECTRIC MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING MULTIPHASE ELECTRIC MACHINE - In a method for operating a multiphase electrical machine, which includes a rotor and a rotary encoder operatively connected to the rotor, an actual rotational angle of the rotor is determined from a measured rotational angle determined by means of the rotary encoder and a rotational angle offset. To determine the rotational angle offset the rotor is brought to a specific rotational speed and then an active short circuit of the electrical machine is initiated, wherein an actual current vector is determined, using a dq-transformation, from the current intensities of the currents flowing in at least two of the phases of the electrical machine and the measured rotational angle determined by means of the rotary encoder, and wherein the rotational angle offset is calculated from the actual current vector and a reference current vector. | 02-11-2016 |
20160031278 | AXLE LINK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An axle link for a motor vehicle includes a body-side connecting element and a wheel-side connecting element. The connecting elements are connected to one another by a rod element, comprised of a metal rod and a reinforcement casing. The metal rod is made of a ductile material and is anchored in the reinforcement casing at the connecting elements. The reinforcement casing is made of a brittle material and has a predetermined breaking point at a longitudinal position between the connecting elements. | 02-04-2016 |
20160028176 | LINE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A line system for a vehicle includes a fuel line having an electrically conductive inner layer, a connection element coupled to the fuel line in a connection zone, and an electrically conductive contact element arranged in the connection zone. The contact element is electrically-conductively connected with the inner layer and connectable with a predefined potential. The contact element is arranged on the connection element and has an attachment flange configured for connection with a ground potential and/or a cable harness. The fuel line is placed upon the connection element such as to realize an electrically conductive connection between the contact element and the inner layer of the fuel line. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027099 | PRESENTATION DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT A PRODUCT PRESENTATION - A presentation device carries out a product presentation of a product. The presentation device includes a support element which is designed for placing on the head of a user, on which two display units are situated for stereoscopically displaying graphics data in front of the eyes of the user. The user is to be able to view the product at home without computer hardware specially purchased by him/her. For this purpose, the presentation device includes a memory for storing model data of a digital representation of the product, a simulation unit designed for simulating a relative position of the user with respect to the representation, and a rendering unit designed for generating the graphics data. The rendering unit is designed to display a stereoscopic view aimed at the representation from the simulated relative position, by the graphics data. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026644 | MOTOR VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SEARCH TERM COMPLETION - A method for operating an infotainment system of a motor vehicle for searching in a database in which at least one database entry with a distinct object identifier and corresponding metadata is stored is disclosed. When a search term is entered into an input field of an input unit, an input completion unit searches through a search history for a search term that matches the partial input already present in the input field. The input unit then completes the partial input in the search field on the basis of the search term found in order to provide an input suggestion. When the search term is entered, additionally a searching unit searches in the database for at least one database entry which has an object identifier or metadata that at least partially matches the partial input and/or updated content in the input field and this database entry is displayed to the user in a selection list that is different from the input field for selection. | 01-28-2016 |
20160025033 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, each of which two intake valves and two exhaust valves, respectively arranged in a valve mount of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine as well as a coolant distributing chamber and a coolant accumulating chamber being associated to. For each cylinder two coolant ducts are formed in the cylinder head and each is fluidly connected to the corresponding coolant distributing chamber and the corresponding coolant accumulating chamber. A first one of the coolant ducts on a first side extends about a first one of the intake valves and on a second side opposite the first side about a first one of the exhaust valves, and a second one of the coolant ducts extends on the first side about a second one of the intake valves and on the second side about a second one of the exhaust valves. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023546 | TOP FOR AN OPENABLE VEHICLE ROOF - A top for an openable vehicle roof, includes a front section constructed coupleable to a windshield cross member of a vehicle, a rear section configured pivotal and/or lowerable, a flexible section arranged between the front section and the rear section, wherein at least one of the front section and the flexible section is configured shiftable, and a self-supporting pushing- and/or pulling device for moving the flexible section, wherein during an opening process of the top the flexible section is foldable above the rear section so that an outer surface of the flexible section faces an outer surface of the front section. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023531 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ACTIVE SUSPENSION - In a method of operating an active suspension of a motor vehicle, power is added to at least one active control element of the active suspension, arranged between a wheel and a body, for damping a movement of the motor vehicle in a vertical direction when negotiating a terrain to thereby influence at least one control variable of the suspension, which control variable is oriented in the vertical direction. A first signal of a velocity of the body in the vertical direction and a second signal of the at least one control variable are determined. After ascertaining a phase shift between the first and second signals, a value of the phase shift is compared with a predefined threshold value. The presence of excitation is identified for the vertical body movement, when the value of the phase shift deviates from the threshold value at least by a tolerance value. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023290 | BORING TOOL, PARTICULARLY A REAMER - A boring tool includes a clamping shaft and a boring body. Between the end face of the boring body and the clamping shaft, at least one main blade extends along a longitudinal axis of the boring body and includes a blade web with a rake face facing a groove-shaped chip space, and a free surface on the outer circumferential side, these converging at a cutting edge which runs along the boring body longitudinal axis and which removes material on an inner wall of a pre-bored workpiece core bore hole as a result of said boring tool being rotated. The main blade extending along the longitudinal axis of the boring body transitions, at the end face of the boring body into a groove blade that is aligned transversely to the element longitudinal axis of the boring body. This groove blade allows the boring tool to be displaced, prior to removing the material by rotation, into the core bore hole in an axial lifting motion such that a groove is formed which extends along the longitudinal axis of the core bore hole, the main blade of the boring tool engaging in this groove. | 01-28-2016 |
20160016615 | HOOD FOR A VEHICLE - A hood for a vehicle includes an outer part, an inner part and a reinforcement element having at least one area arranged between the outer part and the inner part. The reinforcement element has at least one mount configured in the form of a bracket to connect the reinforcement element with the inner part. A first fastening element is supported by the at least one bracket for attachment of a component. | 01-21-2016 |
20160006752 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A DRIVING BEHAVIOR WHICH CAN BE MODIFIED AT A LATER STAGE USING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM - A motor vehicle has a processor device to run application programs in a first communication zone and a storage device for vehicle control data, by which a driving behavior of the motor vehicle is determined. The storage device is arranged in a second communication zone of the motor vehicle. In order to allow a modification of the vehicle control data at a later stage using an application program and thus provide protection against an undesired manipulation of the vehicle control data, the first and the second communication zones are coupled by a monitoring device that forwards new data, which an application program is attempting to transmit from the first communication zone into the second communication zone, to the second communication zone only if the monitoring device has detected that the new data leads to a safe motor vehicle driving behavior defined by a specified safety criterion. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003347 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A dual-clutch transmission includes a hydraulic system for actuating hydraulic cylinders of the clutches and the shifting elements. The hydraulic system has a pressure accumulator providing an accumulated pressure in the hydraulic system, and control valves actuatable by a control unit and respectively arranged in pressure lines routed to the hydraulic cylinders of the clutches to adjust the hydraulic pressure applied to the clutches. Pressure sensors associated with the control unit detect the hydraulic pressure. The control unit activates a pressure reduction mode when detecting a long vehicle downtime, and the accumulated pressure can be reduced in the pressure reduction mode, in which the control unit continuously opens the control valve associated with one clutch. Additionally, the pressure sensor associated with the first clutch together with the control unit is integrated into a control circuit in which the first pressure sensor assumes the detection of the actual accumulated pressure value. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001631 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH PRE-AIR CONDITIONING AND MOTOR VEHICLE - Air-conditioning of an engine-driven motor vehicle is started by way of an activation signal when the motor vehicle is deactivated. With the activation signal, the engine and an air-conditioning device are activated. The engine is switched on for a maximum engine operating duration which is selected in accordance with a temperature of the engine and/or an ambient temperature of the motor vehicle and/or a temperature of an exhaust gas system of the motor vehicle, in particular a catalytic converter. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001620 | TORSION SPRING SYSTEM FOR A WHEEL SUSPENSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A torsion spring system for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle includes an actuator that is provided on the vehicle body and variably maintains the torsion spring system under tension, and which acts, via a torsion bar and an output lever, with a biasing force on a wheel suspension element of the wheel suspension. The torsion bar is configured in two parts between the actuator and the output lever and has a first bar part and a second bar part coupled thereto with a spring element connected in between the first and second bar parts. | 01-07-2016 |
20150382131 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM AND VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM - A virtual reality system is operated by, detecting a spatial position of a head of a first person who is wearing virtual reality glasses and headphones, displaying a virtual object within a virtual environment from a virtual direction of view by the virtual reality glasses. The virtual direction of view is specified depending on the detected spatial position of the head. An acoustic recording is reproduced by the headphones. A speech sound of a second person is detected a microphone device and converted into a speech signal. The speech signal is also reproduced by the headphones, the left and right loudspeakers of the headphones being operated depending on the detected spatial position of the head such that the speech signal is reproduced by the loudspeakers as if the speech sound were to pass to the first person without the headphones being worn. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381765 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A VEHICLE COMMUNICATION BUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BUS MESSAGES - A motor vehicle has a master bus device that is designed to use a vehicle communication bus of the motor vehicle to exchange messages with slave bus devices. A transmission device of the master bus device cyclically exchanges the messages with the slave bus devices on the basis of a schedule For making efficient use of the vehicle communication bus by the schedule-controlled master bus device, the transmission device is designed to receive a diagnosis request signal via a data input that is different than the bus port of the master bus device and to take the diagnosis request signal as a basis for interrupting the cyclic processing of the schedule and to exchange at least one special message that is different than the messages stipulated in the schedule with at least one of the slave bus devices and then to continue the processing of the schedule. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379775 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM WITH A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for operating a display device Involves displaying at least one virtual object from a virtual observation position by virtual reality glasses, continuously detecting a position of the virtual reality glasses, determining, using the continuously detected position of the virtual reality glasses, whether the glasses are disposed in a specified region, and displaying the virtual object from the same virtual observation position by means of the display device as long as the virtual reality glasses are disposed in the specified region. A system includes virtual reality glasses. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378157 | METHOD FOR OPERATING VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES AND SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES - A method for operating virtual reality glasses involves displaying at least one virtual object from a first virtual viewing position by the virtual reality glasses and displaying the virtual object and a first position symbol at a point corresponding to the first virtual viewing position and at least one further position symbol at a point corresponding to a further virtual viewing position by an external display unit. If a predetermined confirmation action in relation to the further position symbol displayed on the display unit has been detected, a virtual position change is performed by the virtual reality glasses from the first virtual viewing position to the further virtual viewing position, whereupon the virtual object is displayed from the further virtual viewing position by the virtual reality glasses. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378156 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOBILE VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM - A method operates a mobile virtual reality system in a motor vehicle. The method involves providing a configuration of a virtual motor vehicle, detecting a position of a pair of virtual reality glasses arranged in the motor vehicle, in particular a pair of virtual reality glasses that a user has put on, and operating the virtual reality glasses such that they display the configured virtual motor vehicle from a virtual viewing position that corresponds to the detected position of the virtual reality glasses in the motor vehicle. A mobile virtual reality system includes the pair of virtual reality glasses. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378155 | METHOD FOR OPERATING VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES AND SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES - A method for operating virtual reality glasses involves displaying at least one virtual object by the virtual reality glasses from a virtual viewing position and continuously detecting a position of the virtual reality glasses and adjusting a virtual spacing between the virtual viewing position and the virtual object. Once the virtual viewing position passes through a surface bounding an element of the object from the outside, the representation of the element is altered. Furthermore, a system with virtual reality glasses may be used. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378154 | METHOD FOR OPERATING VIRTUAL REALITY SPECTACLES, AND SYSTEM HAVING VIRTUAL REALITY SPECTACLES - A method operates virtual reality spectacles involves displaying a virtual object, arranged in virtual surroundings, by the virtual reality spectacles from a first observation position that is prescribed within the virtual surroundings. A position symbol is displayed at a position within the virtual surroundings that corresponds to a second observation position prescribed within the virtual surroundings. The displayed position symbol is selected as soon as a predetermined selection action has been sensed. The virtual object is displayed from the second observation position as soon as a predetermined confirmation action for the selected position symbol has been sensed. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377979 | METHOD FOR TESTING AN ENERGY STORE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle has a first energy store for the operation of multiple vehicle systems and a second energy store which, at least, provides the electrical energy needed to start the motor vehicle, and a control device. A method for testing a first energy store includes connecting the first energy store to a load having a lower impedance than the minimum total impedance of a parallel circuit composed of a fixed selection of the vehicle systems for a fixed time interval by means of the control device, measuring a voltage dropping on the first energy store by means of the voltage measuring device, at least once within the time interval, and outputting a signal by means of the control device if the voltage falls below a predefined limiting value, | 12-31-2015 |
20150377686 | FUEL TANK HAVING AN ACTIVATED CARBON FILTER AND METHOD TO DISPLAY THE FUEL LEVEL OF THE FUEL TANK WITH SIGNAL SUPRESSION AT A CRITICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE DURING REGENERATION OF THE ACTIVATED CARBON FILTER - A fuel tank for a combustion engine includes measuring and signal generating devices constructed to measure a filling level or filling volume within the fuel tank, and to transmit a first signal corresponding to the filling level or filling volume to a fuel indicator; a signal modifying device constructed to modify the first signal when the fuel tank undergoes a deformation; and an activator activating the signal modifying device when a valve between an activated carbon filter communicating with the fuel tank and an intake tract of the combustion engine assumes an open position. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377271 | METHOD OF CONNECTING A PRESS-IN BOLT WITH A METAL SHEET, AND COVER ELEMENT FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375772 | STEERING SYSTEM - An electric steering system includes a steering wheel and a first housing in which a steering shaft is arranged and rotatably mounted to a motor vehicle. A locking device is provided to lock the steering shaft at conclusion of a rotation as limitation of a steering angle input. The locking device includes a second housing which is connected in fixed rotative engagement with the first housing, and a locking bar configured for engagement in the steering shaft and arranged in the second housing such as to impact the steering shaft, when the steering shaft moves in relation to the second housing in the event of a crash, and to deform the first housing. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375733 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A HYBRID DRIVE - A method for operating a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive is disclosed. The hybrid drive includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine having an associated energy store, which can be charged when the electric machine is operated as generator, and an electronically shiftable transmission, the gears of which can be manually upshifted or downshifted by operating a selecting element, wherein the electric machine is switched to generator operation when a lower gear is selected by operating the selecting element at least once or another shifting mode of a transmission control unit leading to a higher rotational speed because of a gear change is selected and, after the gear selection or shifting mode selection, the acceleration of the motor vehicle is not changed or changed only to a predetermined extent by pressing the accelerator pedal. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375699 | SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING RULE SETS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE AUTOMATION - A method for obtaining rule sets for a motor vehicle to be automated includes receiving with a stationary central server arrangement from each respective one of a plurality of other motor vehicles at least one item of activation information regarding a vehicle function activated in the respective motor vehicle in an actual situation encountered by the respective motor vehicle, and a respective data set including vehicle data determined by the respective motor vehicle in the respective actual situation; generating with the centralized server rule sets on the basis of the respective data set and the at least one item of activation information, wherein each rule set defines an activation condition and a vehicle function to be activated when the activation condition is satisfied; and transmitting the rule sets to the motor vehicle to be automated. The motor vehicle to be automated is configured to detect whether a situation-specific data set generated by the motor vehicle to be automated satisfies the activation condition, and to autonomously activate the vehicle function when the data set satisfies the activation condition | 12-31-2015 |
20150375590 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, said wheel suspension having a multi-link assembly ( | 12-31-2015 |
20150375589 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A REAR WHEEL OF A TWO-TRACK MOTOR VEHICLE - A wheel suspension for a rear wheel of a two-track motor vehicle, includes a five-link assembly which has five individual links which are coupled to the vehicle body via body-side bearings and to the wheel carrier of the rear wheel via wheel-carrier-side bearings, which five-link assembly, as viewed in the direction of travel, has a front pair of links and a rear pair of links, wherein the front pair of links has a lower, front link, with respect to the axis of rotation of the wheel, and an upper, front link, and the rear pair of links has a lower, rear link, in particular track rod, and an upper, rear link. A lower spring link, on which a spring arrangement having a vibration damper and a supporting spring is supported, is arranged in the direction of travel between the front and rear pairs of links. The front pair of links with respect to the spring link is of softer design in the transverse direction of the vehicle than the rear pair of links. As a result, a change in the toe-in at the rear wheel takes place under exertion of a lateral force or a longitudinal force. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375350 | METHOD OF JOINING A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, HAVING AN ATTACHMENT PART, WITH A METAL SHEET - In a method for joining a functional element with a metal sheet, with the functional element having an attachment part for attachment of a structure to the metal sheet, a cold forming process employed for the metal sheet is also used to mark the metal sheet with a sink mark by which a joining position of the metal sheet with the functional element is indicated. After the functional element is joined with the metal sheet at the joining position, the joining position is checked with respect to a position of the functional element inside of the sink mark. | 12-31-2015 |
20150371446 | METHOD FOR OPERATING VIRTUAL REALITY SPECTACLES, AND SYSTEM HAVING VIRTUAL REALITY SPECTACLES - A method for operating virtual reality spectacles, having the steps of: display of at least one virtual object, arranged in virtual surroundings, by means of the virtual reality spectacles from a first observation position that is prescribed within the virtual surroundings; display of at least one position symbol at a position within the virtual surroundings that corresponds to a second observation position prescribed within the virtual surroundings; identification of a virtual standard line of vision to the virtual object from the second observation position; selection of the displayed position symbol as soon as a predetermined selection action has been sensed; and display of the virtual object from the second observation position as soon as a predetermined confirmation action for the selected position symbol has been sensed. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system having virtual reality spectacles. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369919 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A DISTANCE OF AN OBJECT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE USING A PMD SENSOR - A method to determine a distance of an object to a motor vehicle using a PMD sensor, includes the steps of measuring in a measurement cycle a phase shift of a measurement signal reflected on the object for at least one modulation frequency, wherein the modulation frequency is selected so that in a detection range beginning at the motor vehicle a distance is unambiguously determinable from the phase shift; performing a runtime measurement for an individual signal reflected on the object during a time interval beginning at a first time point at which the individual signal is emitted and ending at a second time point corresponding to a time required by the individual signal to travel twice the detection range; when the reflected individual signal is measured during the time interval, determining a distance from the phase shift; and when the reflected individual signal is not measured during the time interval, discarding the phase shift without determining a distance. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369613 | METHOD AND NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO A PARKING SPACE - A method provides information relating to a parking space. Reliable information is transmitted relative to one or more parking spaces, to provide the information to a driver of a vehicle. A detection device detects feature-related data of a parking space which describe an environmental influence to which a first vehicle parked in the parking space was exposed, and/or which describe an event that has taken place in the parking space and/or that describe a geographical location of the parking space. The feature-related data are stored by an information unit outside the vehicle. An information device then transmits the feature-related data to a navigation device by which the driver of a second vehicle searches for a parking space for the second vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368941 | COVER DEVICE FOR A RETAINING JAWS MODULE - A cover device, includes a movable cover configured to cover retaining jaws of a retaining jaws module; a retaining cover connected to a side wall frame of a vehicle body and configured to enclose in the shape of a U an insertion end side of a retaining jaws module for insertion of a striker plate module to releasably couple with the retaining jaws module so as to connect a vehicle door with the side wall frame, and adjacent longitudinal sides of the retaining jaws module in transverse direction of the vehicle; and a rubber lip configured to elastically connect the retaining cover to the retaining jaws module and to compensate for tolerance compensation. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367719 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID DRIVE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, CORRESPONDING HYBRID DRIVE DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a hybrid drive device of a motor vehicle is disclosed, wherein the hybrid drive device includes an internal combustion engine, which can be operatively connected to a first axle of the motor vehicle, a first electric motor, which can also be operatively connected to the first axle of the motor vehicle, and a second electric motor, which can be operatively connected to a second axle of the motor vehicle. The electrical energy used for operating the second electric motor is generated in a first mode of operation by the first electric motor driven by the internal combustion engine while increasing the output of the internal combustion engine, and in a second mode of operation is derived exclusively from an energy storage device for electrical energy. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367705 | TORSION BAR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AXLE OF A TWO TRACK VEHICLE - A torsion bar system for a vehicle axle, in particular a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, includes first and second rotary actuators, each of which is associated with a vehicle side, for an active suspension control. Each rotary actuator has at least one motor/gear unit with which torques can be generated and transmitted as actuating forces onto a wheel suspension element via an output lever. The motor/gear units of both rotary actuators are arranged in a common housing which is rotationally fixed to the vehicle body. The housing has at least two attachment points for bracing the vehicle body, wherein the attachment points are spaced from one another across a bearing distance, and the housing is mounted on the vehicle body in a rigid assembly via said attachment points. | 12-24-2015 |
20150365754 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND MICROPHONE FOR A MICROPHONE ARRANGEMENT IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE - A microphone for sound detection in a motor vehicle includes a microphone capsule with a sound inlet opening, a microphone diaphragm arranged in the microphone capsule and a driver circuit arranged in the microphone capsule for generating an individual electrical diaphragm signal depending on a movement of the microphone diaphragm. Connection contacts, which are arranged such that they can be reached from outside the microphone capsule and are connected to the microphone capsule, supply an electrical microphone signal. This microphone arrangement for sound detection in a motor vehicle requires little installation space. To this end, an interface circuit is likewise arranged in the microphone capsule and is designed to convert the individual diaphragm signal of the driver circuit directly into a digital bus signal according to a predefined bus standard and to output the bus signal as the microphone signal via the connection contacts to a data bus. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364974 | DEVICE FOR DAMPING VIBRATIONS WITH AN ENERGY RECOVERY CAPABILITY, AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A device for damping vibrations with an energy recovery capability includes an input shaft rotatable about the input shaft longitudinal axis with an alternating rotational direction by a component that vibrates relative to the device. A freewheel device is connected to the input shaft on the drive side and at least indirectly to a generator on the output side, the generator being capable of converting the kinetic rotational energy into electric energy and transferring said energy to an energy storage element, and the freewheel device includes a first and a second freewheel, each being rotationally fixed to the input shaft on the drive side and arranged so as to lock in opposite directions of rotation. The second freewheel is connected to a reversing gear mechanism on the output side, and the reversing mechanism and the first freewheel are at least indirectly connected to the generator on the output side. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361855 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE - A method for operating a drive device includes heating a hot air stream with a heating device integrated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine of the drive device, wherein the internal combustion engine is connected with an exhaust gas system; mixing the hot air stream upstream of a catalytic converter with a cold fresh air stream for adjusting a defined temperature of the hot air stream; and supplying the hot air stream having the adjusted defined temperature to the catalytic converter in at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine so as to heat the catalytic converter. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360544 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER DEVICE - The present invention relates to a vehicle air conditioner device, comprising: an air purifying unit for regulating air quality inside the vehicle; an inside air quality acquiring unit for acquiring air quality inside the vehicle; an outside air quality acquiring unit for acquiring air quality outside the vehicle; and a display unit for displaying information related to the acquired air quality inside the vehicle and information related to the acquired air quality outside the vehicle. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360529 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle includes a plurality of actuators for carrying out movements of the chassis, wherein the motor vehicle includes a control device for determining orientation information describing an orientation of the chassis to be assumed with regard to at least one target setting, wherein the control device is designed to control the actuators on the basis of the orientation information in such a way that the actuators carry out in a combined manner pitching, rolling and vertical movements of the chassis in order to orient the chassis corresponding to the orientation described by the orientation information. | 12-17-2015 |
20150356177 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM - A method operates an infotainment system in order to provide an overview of audio data records detected by a music output device. An evaluation device arranges the detected audio data records into an audio data record group according to a selection criterion, e.g. the artist. The evaluation device determines a value of a predetermined user-relevant evaluation variable for each audio data record. On the basis of the respective values, the evaluation device then determines a ranking list of the audio data records in each audio data record group. The evaluation device generates a digital image for each audio data record and assigns the images of those audio data records that are combined into an audio data record group to an image group. The position of the images in an image group depends on the position of the respective associated audio data record in the ranking list. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356043 | MASTER BUS DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMMUNICATION BUS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A master bus device for a motor vehicle exchanges messages with slave bus devices via a vehicle communication bus of the motor vehicle. It is specified in the master bus device by an operating schedule which is stored in a memory of the master bus device which messages the master bus device exchanges with the slave bus devices. To utilize the vehicle communication bus more efficiently, the master bus device has a switch-over device which is designed to receive a control signal from a device-external transmitting device and, in dependence on the control signal, to switch from the memory with the operating schedule to a further memory with a maintenance schedule which differs from the operating schedule, so that the maintenance schedule is used after switching over, for exchanging messages. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354469 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH A VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO - In a method for operating an internal combustion engine a compression ratio is set to a setpoint compression ratio by means of an adjustment device, wherein in a normal operating mode of the internal combustion engine the setpoint compression ratio is determined as a function of an, operating variable of the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is at least temporarily operated in a predictive operating mode in which the setpoint compression ratio is determined on the basis of an anticipated estimated operating variable which is estimated on the basis of the instantaneous gradient of the operating variable over time. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353136 | AUXILIARY FRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An auxiliary frame for a motor vehicle, includes two front joint elements, spaced apart in transverse direction of the vehicle and configured for attachment to a vehicle body; a front cross member connecting the two front joint elements; a reinforcement element, having rear joint elements spaced apart in the transverse direction of the vehicle for attachment to the vehicle body, wherein the reinforcement element is mounted at first connection sites on the two front joint elements so as to be spaced apart from the front cross member by an offset in longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and at least one support leg extending the reinforcement element forwards in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and being connected to the front cross member at a second connection site and bridging the longitudinal offset. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353023 | ROOF BAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A roof bar for a motor vehicle, includes a support structure for a roof bar element with an fastening claw which engages at a first end on a side wall rail of a vehicle body and is connected in an articulated fashion to a clamping lever. The fastening claw is guided in a guide in the support structure and a leaf spring is provided which, on one side, engages on the clamping lever-in the region of its free end and, on the other side, is supported on the support structure, wherein when the clamping lever is pressed down towards the attachment claw the-fastening claw is clamped on the side wall rail by the spring force. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353000 | MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE THE AREA SURROUNDING THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OR REAR - A motor vehicle includes a plurality of lights serving to illuminate the area surrounding the vehicle to the side or rear, wherein one or more sensors are provided to detect the position of a person relative to the vehicle. The lights, of which several are installed in the region of a vehicle side or the vehicle rear and illuminate the different surrounding area regions, can be activated separately depending on the detected position. | 12-10-2015 |
20150352970 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC ENERGY ACCUMULATOR AND CHARGING CABLE AS WELL AS METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a motor vehicle ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150346836 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DISPLAY DEVICES IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method synchronizes two display devices in a motor vehicle. The first display device already displays a first data set which comprises a first display content relating to a predetermined thematic context. A sensor device, in particular a PMD camera, detects as a control gesture of a user, a free movement in the chamber of a body part of the user. A signal which is then generated by the sensor device and which describes the control gesture, is transmitted to a gesture recognition device which generates a control signal in accordance with the determined control gesture. In accordance with the control signal, a control device determines the predetermined thematic context of the determined data set. Using the defined predetermined thematic context, an additional data set which includes a second display content of the predetermined thematic context is provided. This additional data set is displayed on the second display device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150345963 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OPERATING STRATEGY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method provides an operating strategy for a target vehicle which is located together with other foreign vehicles on a track section of a road track. A communication unit of the target vehicle or of an external data server is connected to a respective communication unit of the foreign vehicles via an ad-hoc network, in particular via a car-to-X communication. A foreign vehicle communicates a position signal and/or an information to an operating parameter. A processing unit determines the positions of the foreign vehicles and can determine a digital model for a current traffic situation in the track section using information related to the operating parameter. The digital model describes the track section and the foreign vehicles located thereon and serves as a basis for an operating strategy for operating the target vehicle. A driving recommendation produces a model output for the driver or triggers automatic driving. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344037 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTIVE DETERMINATION OF A PARAMETER VALUE OF A SURFACE ON WHICH A VEHICLE CAN DRIVE - A method for predictive determination of a parameter value of a surface on which a vehicle can drive, includes the steps of detecting a total surface that is provided for the vehicle to drive on, determining a partial region within the total surface, on which the vehicle can actually drive, determining the parameter value only for the partial region, and providing the parameter value to at least one driver assistance system of the vehicle. A control device for performing the method is also disclosed. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343950 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle includes at least two cameras spaced apart from each other at least in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle for detecting the environment of the motor vehicle, at least one processing device and at least one display device, wherein the processing device is configured to generate at least one target image from the camera data of the at least two cameras, wherein the target image includes two image regions arranged next to each other, wherein the content of the first image region is determined from the image data of the first camera and the content of the second image region is determined from the image data of the second camera, and wherein the processing device is configured to control the display device to output the target image. | 12-03-2015 |
20150340976 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A method for controlling an operation of a multi-phase electric machine with a stator and a rotor is disclosed. The stator or the rotor includes permanent magnets, whereas the rotor or the stator includes a plurality of conductor bars interconnected by connecting elements of at least one circuit board and disposed within a magnetic field of the permanent magnets and having an internal inductance connected. The connecting elements are arranged outside the magnetic field and have an external inductance. Each phase includes at least one of the conductor bars. The multi-phase electric machine is controlled by regulating for each phase of the multi-phase electric machine at least one electrical quantity, which is dependent on the internal and external inductance of a respective phase, to a desired value. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340927 | ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine includes a housing, a shaft, which is rotatably supported in the housing, a stator, which is received in the housing, and a rotor, which is received in the housing and interacts with the stator. A planetary gear train, accommodated in the housing, connects the rotor and the shaft with one another. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340721 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, DISPERSION AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method of producing an electrolyte membrane includes providing a dispersion solution that has a crosslinked perfluorinated ionomer material and a linear perfluorinated ionomer material dispersed in a carrier fluid or mixture carrier fluids. The crosslinked perfluorinated ionomer material has an equivalent weight of 750 g/mol or less with respect to proton exchange acid groups. The linear perfluorinated ionomer material has an equivalent weight of 750 g/mol or more with respect to proton exchange as acid groups. At least a portion of the carrier fluid or fluids is removed from the dispersion solution to thereby form an electrolyte membrane with the crosslinked perfluorinated ionomer material and the linear perfluorinated ionomer material. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339921 | METHOD FOR MAKING AVAILABLE ROUTE INFORMATION BY MEANS OF AT LEAST ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - Current route information about a traffic situation and/or the state of the route itself is made available. A communication link to a peer-to-peer network is set up by a communication device of a motor vehicle, and the motor vehicle is signed on to said peer-to-peer network as a subscriber of the peer-to-peer network, with the result that a communication address of the motor vehicle can be determined by at least one other subscriber of the peer-to-peer network. Furthermore, in each case an interrogation relating to the route information is received by the communication device from the at least one other subscriber. The route information itself is determined by a sensing device of the motor vehicle and is then transmitted to the interrogating subscriber by the communication device. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339334 | METHOD FOR ENTERING IDENTIFICATION DATA OF A VEHICLE INTO A USER DATABASE OF AN INTERNET SERVER DEVICE - A method for entering identification data of a vehicle into a user database of an Internet server includes the steps of: establishing a network connection via the Internet to the server-and authenticating a user at an internet portal of the server and transmitting the identification data (VIN) via the network connection to the server, and storing the identification data (VIN) as part of user data of the user in the user database by the server. The aim is to make determination of the identification data easier for the user. For that purpose, the network connection is established by a mobile communication device, which is additionally connected to the vehicle by a transmission device for transmission of data, and the identification data (VIN) is received from the vehicle by the communication device via the data transmission device. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337777 | METHOD FOR SUCTIONING LIQUID FUEL FROM A LIQUID TRAP IN A FUEL TANK; AND FUEL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for suctioning liquid fuel from a liquid trap in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, includes generating a negative pressure in a gas compartment or headspace of the fuel tank, applying the negative pressure to the liquid trap through a suction line, wherein the liquid trap has a collection container collecting liquid fuel during venting of the fuel tank, and at least partially suctioning the liquid fuel located in the collection container through the suction line into the gas compartment or headspace. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336588 | METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and control system for operating a motor vehicle, sense a gesture directed at an object from a vehicle occupant using a gesture recognition unit, interpret the gesture and identify of the object using a data processing unit and generate a corresponding control command on the basis of the interpreted gesture and the identified object. An assistance system of the motor vehicle is actuated in accordance with the control command using the data processing unit. A voice command, uttered by the vehicle occupant is sensed before, during or after the sensing of the gesture, using a voice recognition unit. A combined interpretation of the gesture, the identified object and the voice command is performed, and the control command is generated on the basis of the combined interpretation, using the data processing unit. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336453 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle, includes a drive motor for driving the motor vehicle, at least one additional motor and at least one differential for distributing a torque generated by the drive motor and transmitted by a drive shaft to a driven differential element of the differential to two output shafts. The motor vehicle includes a coupling device which can be controlled by a control device, and in a first coupling state directly or indirectly couples the additional motor with an output shaft, thereby rendering the distribution of the drive torque to the output shafts dependent on an additional torque exerted by the additional motor, and in a second coupling state directly or indirectly couples the additional motor with the driven differential element. | 11-26-2015 |
20150331478 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE NETWORK - A control device for a vehicle network, having a microprocessor and a transceiver. The control device can be switched off or switched to a sleep mode during a previously defined state or event during the operation of the motor vehicle and/or the control device can be awakened from the sleep mode during a previously defined state or event during the operation. The disclosed embodiments also relate to a method for operating a vehicle network. | 11-19-2015 |
20150325865 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method operates a fuel cell system of a motor vehicle, which fuel cell system has at least one fuel cell. The fuel cell system is assigned a water cooling circuit having a heat exchanger and a water store. The motor vehicle is assigned a cooling circuit having a conveying device for conveying a cooling medium, which is supplied to the heat exchanger of the water cooling circuit. The heat exchanger is used to condense water from cathode waste gas of the at least one fuel cell and store it in the water store. The at least one fuel cell is cooled with water from the water store. The conveying device of the cooling circuit is operated depending on a water level in the water store. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325052 | IMAGE SUPERPOSITION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN A CAMERA IMAGE - A method superposes a virtual graphical object on a camera image of a real item. The camera image is displayed by a display device. The method takes into consideration when superposing virtual graphical objects also the real items imaged in the camera image. To this end, a distance of the item from the display device is captured by a capturing device. By way of object data, a virtual object distance of the object from the display device is given. The object is only superposed on the camera image if the object distance is less than the captured distance of the item. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323988 | OPERATING APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An operating apparatus operates an electronic device. The operating apparatus has a display device to be worn on the head, which screens the eyes of a user from a surrounding area in an opaque manner and to depict a virtual space stereoscopically in front of the eyes. A control device displays at least one spatial element in the virtual space by the display device. A user controls a selection element in the virtual space without visual contact with the surrounding area in a manner that only negligibly impairs the user's sense of orientation. A touchpad is provided and connected to the control device. The control device is designed to position a selection symbol at a spatial position in the virtual space according to the contact point of an object on the touchpad, and thereby to select a spatial element from the at least one spatial element. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323789 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL OBJECT - A display apparatus displays a three-dimensional graphical object. The display apparatus includes a projection device for producing an autostereoscopic projection image of the object. The object is displayed for a viewer such that the viewer has an improved three-dimensional impression from the representation. The display apparatus to this end has a specularly reflective and light-transparent combiner plate, and the projection device is configured to project the projection image onto the combiner plate such that for a viewer, viewing from a predetermined viewing direction through the combiner plate, the projection image appears as a mirror image on the combiner plate. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322697 | VEHICLE LOCKING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE USING A COUPLING DEVICE - A vehicle locking apparatus for a vehicle using a coupling device for the separable connection of a vehicle door to a vehicle structure part, includes a first coupling element with two locking wedges mounted so as to be displaceable parallel to one another and having wedge faces, wherein at least one of the locking wedges is formed with a locking nose on the wedge-side end face, and a second coupling element interacting with the first coupling element, the second coupling having two retaining jaws receiving the first coupling element therebetween with wedge grooves having wedge faces, wherein the locking wedges are pushed by means of a driving device into the wedge grooves by separation of the wedge faces apart from one other and the locking nose thereby being received in a locking opening arranged in a wedge groove of a retaining jaw. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321547 | VEHICLE WITH A FRONT AIR DUCT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AIR FLOW, IN PARTICULAR COOLING AIR FLOW - A vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes a vehicle front having a front end provided with an air inlet in communication with an air duct. A front hood having an air outlet is in communication with the air duct and includes an adjustment member configured for movement to a closing position in which the air outlet is closed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150318559 | FUEL CELL CATALYST TREATMENT - According to an embodiment, a method of preparing a catalyst for a fuel cell component includes soaking catalyst particles in citric acid. The catalyst particles are then rinsed after having been soaked in the citric acid. Catalyst particles are dried after they have been rinsed. When desired, the pre-treated catalyst particles may be incorporated into a catalyst ink used for making a fuel cell component. | 11-05-2015 |
20150314793 | METHOD FOR TRAFFIC-FLOW-CONDITIONED ADAPTATION OF STOPPING PROCESSES TO A SYNTHETICALLY MODULATED SPEED PROFILE ALONG A ROUTE TRAVELLED ALONG BY A VEHICLE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method performs traffic-flow-conditioned adaptation of stopping processes to a synthetically modulated speed profile along a route travelled along by a vehicle. A route is selected on the basis of map data stored in a data record. The route is divided into route segments and a synthetically modulated speed profile is generated for each route segment. While the driver is travelling along at least part of the selected route, the method senses how often and for how long the vehicle stops in the route segments. The synthetically modulated speed profile is adapted for at least one route segment according to the detected stopping processes. | 11-05-2015 |
20150306961 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE CAPABLE OF BEING DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - In a method for operating a vehicle ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150306933 | ROTARY DAMPER - A rotary damper includes a damper motor and a damper housing in surrounding relationship to the damper motor. The damper housing has a connection piece for mounting the damper housing to a first mass. An articulated lever is swingably mounted in relation to the damper housing and connected to a second mass. The articulated lever has a lobe which is movable during a swinging motion of the articulated lever in relation to the damper housing along a movement path between two stops which are connected to the damper housing. A gear mechanism transmits and/or converts a relative rotational movement between the first and second masses to the damper motor for vibration damping. | 10-29-2015 |
20150306708 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A WORKPIECE FOR SUBSEQUENT LASER WELDING AND METHOD FOR JOINING WORKPIECES THROUGH LASER WELDING WITH LAP JOINT - In a method for preparing a workpiece for subsequent laser welding, a recessed structure in the form of at least two grooved line elements is formed by a laser beam in a surface of the workplace, with the line elements having a common starting point from which the laser beam moves onwards to produce the line elements. Solidifying material melt of the workpiece is hereby accumulated in an area of the starting point to produce a nub-like elevation sized to extend out beyond the surface of the workpiece. | 10-29-2015 |
20150304874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK QUALITY AND DOWNLOADING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DATA - A method determines a mobile communications network quality for downloading mobile communications data. Data which quantify the mobile communications network quality in a current location of a respective motor vehicle, is continually acquired using acquisition units provided in the motor vehicle. This data is transferred to a database in which it is stored. A route of a select motor vehicle is determined. A data record quantifying the mobile communications network quality along the route, is retrieved from the database. Mobile communications data is downloaded to a memory of the select motor vehicle taking the data record into consideration. A total data record quantifying the mobile communications network quality is determined at predetermined intervals by a data processing device, taking into consideration the data transferred to the database, and the data record quantifying the mobile communications network for the select motor vehicle is obtained from this total data record. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304473 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN A MOBILE TELEPHONE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method transmits data between a mobile telephone and a motor vehicle. A first wireless communication connection is automatically established between the mobile telephone and the motor vehicle when a communication interface of the mobile telephone is activated in a corresponding manner, and driver-specific user data is transmitted from the mobile telephone to the motor vehicle, at least some of the user data being transmitted to the motor vehicle exclusively via a second communication connection according to the NFC standard. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304267 | MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN OPERATING DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNET PORTAL OF A SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - A method controls an Internet portal for a social network service from a motor vehicle. The Internet portal provides functions that can be activated by sending a control command to the Internet portal. An immobile proxy device provides a module that receives a selection, which is made by a user in the motor vehicle, for one of the functions and then sends a control command, which is specific to the Internet portal, for activating the function to the Internet portal. The module also produces suitable display data for the motor vehicle from output data from the Internet portal. The module also receives additional data from an additional data source and produces an additional control command for the Internet portal and/or display data for the motor vehicle therefrom. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302742 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE DETECTED BY A SENSOR DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for assigning an identity certificate (I | 10-22-2015 |
20150301591 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING A CONTROL COMMAND FOR A COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method inputs a control command for a component of a motor vehicle. The method involves generating an image sequence of an input object guided by a user in a specified detection region using an imaging device, detecting a change in position of the input object on the basis of the image sequence, and generating a control command for the component of the motor vehicle on the basis of the detected change in position. The imaging device employs at least one infrared-sensitive camera, and the detection region is illuminated using at least one infrared source. | 10-22-2015 |
20150300470 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, includes two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a shifting unit that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298636 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A SEAT BELT DEVICE, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A SEAT BELT, OF A VEHICLE WITH A PREDICTIVE COLLISION DETECTION UNIT - A method and a device for controlling a seat belt device, which is connected to a seat belt, of a vehicle with a collision detection unit having sensor units for detecting an imminent collision with a collision object external to the vehicle includes classifying the collision object in terms of an object class and a weight class with an object identification unit, determining a value for an accident severity of the imminent collision at least from the object class, the weight class and the speed of the collision object, and from the speed and the mass of the vehicle. The maximum initial forward displacement of a vehicle occupant is determined with forward displacement sensors, and the seat belt device is activated depending on the determined value of the accident severity and the maximum initial forward displacement | 10-22-2015 |
20150298536 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A CHANGE-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A drive device for a change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, has at least one transmission input shaft, at least one axially parallel output shaft, having a plurality of gearwheel sets which are arranged on the shafts with fixed gearwheels and idler gears which can be switched via synchronizer clutches in order to form forward gears, and having at least one separating clutch. A planetary transmission which can be switched over into two transmission stages is connected upstream of the gearwheel sets of the forward gears, which planetary transmission has a driven input element, an output element which outputs to the input shaft, and a transmission element which can be braked or coupled in order to switch over the transmission stages, wherein the transmission element can be coupled to an electric machine, by means of which the transmission element can be fixed or can be driven in both rotational directions. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298529 | VEHICLE ROOF - The invention relates to a vehicle roof ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150298521 | STABILIZER ARRANGEMENT FOR A WHEEL SUSPENSION OF MOTOR VEHICLES - A stabilizer arrangement in a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle includes a rotatably supported center part oriented in the vehicle transverse direction, and at least one leg projecting from the center part in the vehicle longitudinal direction and articulated via a substantially vertically extending rod with a control arm of the wheel suspension. A joint connection is arranged between the rod and the control arm outside a vehicle longitudinal member by a transverse clearance in the vehicle transverse direction, when the vehicle is in the compressed state. The rod is articulated to the control arm such that its force vector extending through the joint connections of the rod extends through the center axis defined by the control arm bearings. | 10-22-2015 |
20150295444 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, CHARGING APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY FOR AN ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method operates an electronic appliance that has a battery and a charging device for charging the battery with electric current. At least one functionality of the electronic appliance is set to a state that has previously been selected by a user of the electronic appliance when a coupling state of the charging device to a charging apparatus, which is external to the electronic appliance, for charging the battery is altered. A charging apparatus charges the battery for the electronic appliance. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294145 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN INPUT DEVICE FOR HANDWRITING RECOGNITION - A method operates an input apparatus for an electronic appliance in a motor vehicle, by having a sensing device sense a character trace from a user while the latter draws the character trace in order to input a character or a group of characters on an input panel of the sensing device. A handwriting recognition device performs character recognition for the sensed character trace, and a display device produces a display for a result of the recognition. To allow comprehensible appliance operation by handwriting recognition in a motor vehicle, the display device also displays the character trace following the performance of the character recognition. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292818 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes at least two manifolds which are fluidly connected to one another by multiple tubes, and a porous metal structure which at least partially surrounds the tubes. The heat exchanger has a plate-like form with a front side and a rear side. The metal structure is formed by a multiplicity of sheets which are held in each case between two adjacent tubes and, on at least one of the front and rear sides of the heat exchanger, extend across at least one adjacent tube. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292253 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING A DRIVE MEANS OF A WINDOW POSITIONING DEVICE FOR POSITIONING A WINDOW PANE OF A VEHICLE, AND CONTROL DEVICE SUITABLE THEREFOR - A drive device of a window positioning device positions a window of a vehicle to selectively cover a window opening. The drive device is operated by a control device. When the window is fully closed, the drive device is operated (a) in an opening direction and then (b) in a closing direction. The operation of the drive device is carried out depending on a drive parameter. In a), using a first value of the drive parameter, the drive device is brought into a first reduced load position, and in b), using a second value of the drive parameter, the drive device is brought into a second reduced load position in which the window positioning device is in a reduced load state. A control device and a window positioning device are used. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle includes the steps: detecting at least one variable; quantifying and/or influencing a movement of the motor vehicle; depending on the variable, switching on an all-wheel drive of the motor vehicle; wherein it is estimated on the basis of the at least one variable whether a relevant driving situation is impending and in this case the all-wheel-drive is switched on before occurrence of the relevant driving situation. A system for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle is also disclosed. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291026 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A transmission device of a motor vehicle is disclosed, wherein the motor vehicle has a first wheel axle and a second wheel axle, and wherein the second wheel axle consists of at least one first subaxle and one second subaxle. The transmission device has a first connecting shaft which is operatively connectable to the first subaxle a second connecting shaft which is operatively connectable to the second partial axle and a coupler mechanism having a drive shaft which is operatively connectable to a drive unit of the motor vehicle and an output shaft which is operatively connectable to the first wheel axle, wherein the drive shaft is operatively connected via the coupler mechanism in a torque-dividing manner to the output shaft and to the first and the second connecting shafts. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291006 | HEATING DEVICE FOR THE VEHICLE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A heating device for the vehicle interior of a vehicle is configured in the form of an infrared (IR) radiator with a textile-based heating band arranged, in a reflector housing. The textile-based heating band is made of a mixed yarn of basalt and stainless steel. Such a heating device can be installed in a footwell of a vehicle. | 10-15-2015 |
20150286219 | METHOD FOR COORDINATING THE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT DRIVE IN FULLY AUTOMATED MODE - In a method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles driving fully automated, a trajectory described by a driving intervention is determined for each motor vehicle from status information of the motor vehicle, whereafter it is determined by an on-board vehicle system whether a coordination condition exists that requires coordination. If a coordination condition exists, trajectory data describing the trajectory are exchanged between the motor vehicles via a communication link through an on-board communication device and the trajectory is checked for conflicts caused by spatial and temporal overlap of the trajectories of at least two motor vehicles and/or because at least one of the motor vehicles did not reach its destination. If a conflict exists, the trajectory of a motor vehicle participating in the conflict is adjusted based on an arbitration rule evaluated by an arbitration device, whereafter the driving interventions described by the trajectory are performed by each motor vehicle. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285377 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method controls a transmission in a motor vehicle. The method involves displaying transmission information on a primary display, determining when a hand is approaching a gear selector, and initiating a display of, and then displaying, gear selection information on a secondary display when the hand is approaching the gear selector, before the hand touches the gear selector, the secondary display being a multi-use changeable display that, at different times, displays information for different systems of the motor vehicle. The method may therefore provide the information to the driver when it is needed, before the gear is shifted. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285353 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A shifting device for a dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, including two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an axially parallel output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a planetary gear train that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285352 | SHIFTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A shifting arrangement for a dual clutch transmission as a change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, with two coaxially arranged input shafts, each of which can be activated via a respective clutch, an axially parallel output shaft and gear sets arranged on the shafts and shiftable by means of synchronous clutches to form a plurality of forward gears and one reverse gear, wherein the gear sets are subdivided into a first subtransmission with one of the input shafts and a second subtransmission with the other input shaft. A pre-shifting unit and/or post-shifting unit shiftable into at least two transmission ratio stages is associated with the first subtransmission and/or the second subtransmission. | 10-08-2015 |
20150284026 | LANE ASSIST FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LANE ASSIST - A lane assist for a motor vehicle can be activated and deactivated and allows steering intervention on an axle by use of a superimposed steering system. The lane assist, when activated, is designed to reduce the translation ratio of the superimposed steering system by a factor between 5 and 15. | 10-08-2015 |
20150283974 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEAT BELT SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method operates a seat belt system in a motor vehicle. The method uses a 3-D imaging system to determine when a tongue of the seat belt system is approaching a buckle of the seat belt system. A buckle presenter extends the buckle from a seat of the motor vehicle, toward an occupant of the motor vehicle when the 3-D imaging system determines that the tongue is approaching the buckle. | 10-08-2015 |
20150283904 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method controls a climate control system in a motor vehicle. The method involves displaying climate control information on a primary display, determining that a hand is approaching a manual control element for the climate control system, and displaying climate control information on a secondary display while the hand is approaching the manual control element, before the hand touches the manual control element, the secondary display being a multi-use changeable display that, at different times, displays information for different systems of the motor vehicle. The method may therefore provide the information to the occupant of the vehicle when it is needed, before the climate control system is adjusted. | 10-08-2015 |
20150278592 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A HANDWRITING RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method operates an input apparatus for an electronic device in a motor vehicle. A sensing device senses a character trace from a user while the latter draws the character trace in order to input a character or a group of characters on an input surface of the sensing device. A first handwriting recognition device performs character recognition for the sensed character trace. A search device searches at least one database for at least one database entry in each case for a recognition result of the character recognition. To allow comprehensible device operation by handwriting recognition in a motor vehicle, the first handwriting recognition device ascertains a plurality of different recognition results for the character trace and the search device searches for at least one database entry in each case for each of the different recognition results. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274106 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag module arranged in a hub region of a vehicle steering wheel used for steering vehicle wheels about a steering angle when the steering wheel is turned to a rotary position. The airbag module has an airbag configured for deployment between a driver and the steering wheel in the event of a crash. An adjustment unit is provided to turn the steering wheel from the rotary position to a crash position while the steering angle of the vehicle wheels remains unchanged so as to align the airbag with a posture of the driver in the event of a crash. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274083 | ROOF RACK ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A roof rack assembly for a motor vehicle includes a roof railing that can be fastened to a vehicle roof of the motor vehicle, and a load carrier that can be mounted to the roof railing. The load carrier is provided with at least one fastening device which after installation of the load carrier encompasses the roof railing on both sides, at least in sections, and which is provided with a latching projection, which after installation engages through a passage with a latching recess of the roof railing. A covering is provided, by way of which the passage can be closed when the load carrier is in an unmounted state, and a detecting device is provided, by way of which a covered state of the passage can be detected. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273969 | ELECTRIC DAMPER MECHANISM - An electric damper assembly includes a damper having a rotor and a stator which connect a first component and a second component movable relative thereto, excitation windings, and induction windings, wherein a rotation of the rotor in relation to the stator causes a rotation of the excitation windings relative to induction windings, thereby inducing an induction voltage in the induction windings. A sensor detects the movement of the first component relative to the second component. A control unit is connected to the sensor and the damper. The control unit supplies the excitation winding with electric energy in such a way that an electromagnetic rotary field is generated which is dependent on the detected movement, and thereby is superimposed on the rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. | 10-01-2015 |
20150269939 | SPEECH RECOGNITION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for speech recognition in a motor vehicle, speech inputs from a user are received and at least one of them is supplied to a vehicle-internal onboard speech recognition system without raising a query with the user. The speech recognition system generates a first recognition result, which, however, is not necessarily always correct and thus it has often been necessary up to now to raise a query with the user or allow the user to make corrections. The method provides reliable speech recognition that distracts the user in the motor vehicle as little as possible from the traffic. To this end, a processing unit supplies all or part of the speech input also to a vehicle-external offboard speech recognition system, which transmits a second recognition result to the processing unit. Depending on the first and the second recognition results, the speech text is then determined. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266358 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER WITH A REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT - A vehicle air conditioner with a refrigerant circuit has as components at least one evaporator, a refrigerant compressor, a refrigerant condenser, an expansion valve associated with the evaporator and at least one heat exchanger with an associated expansion valve for coupling with a coolant circuit of a heat source, wherein the components are connected by a refrigerant line. A refrigerant container is provided which is connected on the high-pressure side of the refrigerant compressor with the refrigerant line and has a refrigerant-receiving chamber with a controllable volume, and a control unit is provided with which the volume of the chamber of the refrigerant container is controlled as a function of operating parameters of the refrigerant circuit. Alternatively, the refrigerant container is connected on the high-pressure side of the refrigerant compressor with the refrigerant line by way of a branch line. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266114 | METHOD FOR FACING SURFACES OF WORKPIECES - A method and a device for facing surfaces of workpieces, in particular made of light metal alloys, in which a cutting tool is moved in a feed direction relative to the surface and removes material at a defined thickness by cutting, wherein the cutting tool is moved in a defined feed direction with one or more cutter bars oriented substantially parallel to the surface. The cutter bars are always set at an angle of <90° but >0° with respect to the feed direction. In this way, surfaces with high surface quality can be produced, in particular for workpieces made of light metal, with cost-effective machining parameters. | 09-24-2015 |
20150260118 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CORRESPONDING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes the steps of determining an oxygen filling state of an oxygen storage of a catalytic converter by way of a first lambda signal provided by a first lambda probe and an offset value, the first lambda probe being arranged in an exhaust gas stream upstream of the catalytic converter; when a second lambda signal provided by a second lambda probe arranged in the exhaust gas stream upstream of the catalytic converter falls below a lower lambda signal threshold, setting the oxygen filling state to a first value corresponding to an empty oxygen storage and/or when the second lambda signal exceeds a upper lambda signal threshold setting the oxygen filling state to a second value corresponding to a full oxygen storage; immediately thereafter regulating the oxygen filling state during at least one regulation time period to a target filling state; and after expiration of the regulation time period adjusting the offset value by way of the second lambda signal. | 09-17-2015 |
20150258895 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FUNCTIONAL DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method controls a functional device of a motor vehicle by a control device. The control device has a rotary actuator which is rotationally mounted on a retaining element. The rotary actuator has at least one coding element. With the method an absolute rotational angle is detected between the rotary actuator and the retaining element based on a coding of the at least one coding element. A plurality of latch positions are defined for the rotary actuator in the rotational direction thereof. The respective latch position and the absolute rotational angle between two of the latch positions are detected, based on the coding of the at least one coding element. The functional device is controlled in accordance with the detected absolute rotational angle if the rotary actuator is between two of the latch positions. | 09-17-2015 |
20150254803 | PROCESS FOR TRUE-TO-SCALE SCALING OF A RECORDING OF A CAMERA SENSOR - A method for true-to-scale scaling of a map includes creating the map by a recording an image with a camera sensor installed on a vehicle, providing a reference variable with a true-to-scale sensor, and scaling the map with the reference variable. A system with a camera sensor, a true-to-scale sensor and a computing unit as well as vehicle using this system for true-to-scale scaling of a map are also disclosed. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254052 | MULTIPLE INPUT AND PASSENGER ENGAGEMENT CONFIGURATION TO INFLUENCE DYNAMIC GENERATED AUDIO APPLICATION - Apparatus, system and method for generating and reproducing audio, were vehicle data, representing a vehicle characteristic, is produced and transmitted to a portable processing device communicatively coupled to a vehicle. The vehicle data is processed to determine a vehicle state and an audio generation application is invoked based on the determined vehicle state. The portable processing device receives user inputs representing physical inputs/manipulation, wherein audio is generated based on the user inputs. The portable processing device may be communicatively coupled to other portable devices, wherein user inputs from the other portable devices generate and/or modify audio. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252876 | CHANGE-SPEED TRANSMISSION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, in particular manual transmission, having a plurality of forward gears and, optionally, one reverse gear, includes at least one input shaft, an output shaft and, optionally, a layshaft, between which the idler gears, which can be shifted via synchronous clutches, and the fixed gears of the gearwheel sets are arranged. At least one of the has a two-part design and is mounted in the transmission housing with mutually different axes of rotation, an annular gear stage is functionally provided between the sub-shafts and includes a internally-toothed annular gear and an externally-toothed spur gear that meshes therewith, the sub-shaft which has the larger axial distance to the other shaft bearing gearwheels of the lower forward gears and, optionally, of the reverse gear. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252842 | RUBBER-METAL SLEEVE BEARING - A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner and outer sleeves and having first and second elastomer layers to connect the intermediate sleeve to the inner and outer sleeves, respectively. The intermediate sleeve has inner and outer surfaces, each having at least one non-round section, with the non-round section of the inner surface and the non-round section of the outer surface being arranged in offset relationship in a circumferential direction. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251688 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A STEERING SYSTEM, A STEERING SYSTEM AND A VEHICLE - A steering system of a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a steerable wheel mechanically decoupled from the steering wheel, a steering actuator for setting a rotational position of the steering wheel, a wheel steering drive for steering of the steerable wheel, and a controller for controlling the wheel steering drive and the steering wheel actuator. When the ignition is switched off, the steering wheel is moved with the steering wheel actuator automatically into a neutral position that is independent of a wheel angle of the steerable wheel. | 09-10-2015 |
20150247571 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A method for operating a hydraulic system of an automatic transmission, in particular a dual clutch transmission of a vehicle, includes analyzing by a provisioning module of a control device of the automatic transmission whether an intention of a driver to initiate operation of the vehicle exists, wherein the automatic transmission includes a high-pressure circuit which includes a pressure accumulator, at least one clutch, actuators and a charge pump, and when the intention to initiate operation of the vehicle and a requirement to charge the pressure accumulator exist, activating a partial charging operation in which the charge pump is controlled with a charging rotational speed for increasing an actual accumulator pressure of the accumulator to a predetermined switch-off pressure value at which the automatic transmission is ready for operation for a defined period of time. | 09-03-2015 |
20150243141 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle includes an energy storage device which can be charged by connecting a charge cable to a vehicle-sided terminal device, and an optical lighting device which indicates the ongoing charging process or at least the complete charge status of the energy storage device. A blinker light provided on the side of the vehicle on which the terminal device is located, is used as lighting device. | 08-27-2015 |
20150241235 | DISPLAY OF ESTIMATED TIME TO ARRIVAL AT UPCOMING PERSONALIZED ROUTE WAYPOINTS - An in-vehicle system and method for selecting and displaying on a roadmap upcoming waypoints and associated information, including an estimated time to arrival at the waypoints. In an embodiment, driving history is stored and analyzed, including routes taken and previous destinations, and used to determine and display personalized waypoints. | 08-27-2015 |
20150239406 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL UNIT, CONTROL UNIT AND VEHICLE - In order to configure a control unit for a vehicle, a method is provided which involves: transmission of a functional cluster assignment by a data source to the control unit, the functional cluster assignment assigning the control unit to a selection of functional clusters; reception of the functional cluster assignment by the control unit; preparation of the control unit for the use of the functional cluster assignment; activating the validity of the functional cluster assignment in the control unit, and use of the functional cluster assignment in the control unit. The functional cluster assignment is transmitted via a data network, preferably formed using a CAN bus, LIN bus, MOST bus or FlexRay bus system. The downloading of the functional cluster assignment to the control unit makes software releases that are specific to vehicle type and the time spent on their associated program maintenance superfluous. | 08-27-2015 |
20150239347 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING DATA AVAILABLE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method makes data available in a motor vehicle. A user query is entered using an input device of the motor vehicle. A plurality of sources are searched for data corresponding to the user query, and the search result associated with the found data is displayed by a display device of the motor vehicle. Respective applications of the motor vehicle are assigned to the search results by a data processing device. The applications are designed to reflect the data formats associated with the search results. Only these applications are displayed by the display device. A corresponding system makes the data available in the motor vehicle. | 08-27-2015 |
20150239345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVETRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a drivetrain ( | 08-27-2015 |
20150234427 | DOCKING AND UNDOCKING MECHANISM FOR REMOTE DEVICES - Apparatus, system and method for docking and/or undocking a remote device, A docking body includes a docking cavity and an access cavity, for providing lateral support, guidance and access for the remote device. Communications is configured to receive a control signal based on a sensed condition, wherein the sensed condition may include a proximity and/or position of a user's hand relative to the docking body, and/or an operating parameter of a vehicle. A coupling apparatus is provided for magnetically coupling the body of the remote device to at least a portion of the docking body. The coupling apparatus may be configured to modify the strength of the magnetic coupling based on the control signal to assist in insertion/removal. Under illustrative configurations, the docking body and the coupling apparatus allow for oblique insertion and oblique removal of the body of the remote device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150234418 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A FUNCTIONAL DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An operator control device for a functional device of a motor vehicle, includes a rotary actuator which is rotatably mounted on a retaining element and which has at least one coding element. A detection device detects an absolute rotational angle between the rotary actuator and the retaining element on the basis of coding of the at least one coding element. A latching device provides a plurality of latching positions that are predefined for the rotary actuator along a rotational direction. The detection device is designed to detect the respective latching position and the absolute rotational angle between at least two of the latching positions on the basis of the coding of the at least one coding element. A sensor device detects touching of the rotary actuator. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232035 | BRACKET FOR RELEASABLE SECUREMENT OF A CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOOR AND VEHICLE WITH THE BRACKET - A bracket for releasable securement of a cargo compartment floor, which is swingable about an axis in a vehicle in the opened position includes a holding device which, in an installed condition, can be swivelled or pushed from a starting position in which it projects from a surface of a cargo compartment lining elastically at least partially into the cargo compartment lining. A lighting device is provided in the part of the holding device which, in the starting position, projects from the cargo compartment lining. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232033 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A MIRROR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method adjusts a mirror for a motor vehicle. A viewing direction of a driver is detected by at least one viewing detection device. It is checked whether the viewing direction of the driver is directed to the mirror. The mirror located in the viewing direction of the driver is adjusted. The adjustment of the mirror located in the viewing direction of the driver only takes place if an actuation of an operating element for adjusting the mirror is also detected. A device adjusts a mirror for a motor vehicle. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232022 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR THE REAR LICENSE PLATE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An illumination device for the rear license plate of a motor vehicle includes a carrier wall bearing the license plate, to which a wall area forming a projection is connected, which projects rearwards above the license plate with an approximately horizontal surface. An aperture is located on the projection side and a switchable light source is located thereabove. The aperture is covered by a transparent lens, with an overlapping edge of the lens fastened from below to a contact edge surrounding the aperture. Light radiated by the light source through the lens is radiated through the surface inside the overlapping edge to the license plate. The lens has a light-guiding and/or light-deflecting element which is arranged such that light is also passed to at least a partial area of the rear overlapping edge of the lens and radiated at a predetermined luminance, to the license plate. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228956 | BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing a battery module having a plurality of individual electrochemical cells, includes the following steps:—arranging cell cans;—embedding the cell cans in a metal foam; and—inserting cell coils into the cell cans. The metal foam is used hereby as common negative pole or positive pole of the single cells. | 08-13-2015 |
20150225988 | EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An exterior door handle arrangement for a motor vehicle door of a motor vehicle includes a door handle a bearing bracket , and a hinge assembly having a pivot pin and a guide groove receiving the pivot pin for the pivotable connection of the door handle to the bearing bracket, wherein for pivoting the door handle from a resting position into a swivel-out position the pivot pin located in the guide groove forms a pivot axis of the door handle. The contour surfaces of the pivot pin and the guide groove which are in operative connection and which determine the pivot movement of the door handle are designed with a fit, such that the door handle has in the swivel-out position a clearance fit which transitions via a transitional fit into a positive fit when a pivoting movement into to a resting position is made. | 08-13-2015 |
20150224887 | MODULE SYSTEM FOR A CHARGING APPARATUS, CHARGING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING A CHARGING APPARATUS CONSTRUCTED FROM THE MODULE SYSTEM - A module system is configured for establishing a plurality of variants of a charging device of a vehicle and includes a first module type with a first interface and a second interface; multiple variants of a second module type, each having a first interface and a second interface, wherein the variants have different second interfaces; multiple variants of a third module type, each having a first interface and a second interface, wherein the variants have different second interfaces; wherein the first interface of the second module type is configured for coupling with the first interface of the first module type, wherein the first interface of the third module type is configured for coupling with the second interface of the first module type, and wherein the charging socket can be constructed from a coupling of a variant of the second module type, the first module type, and a variant of the third module type. | 08-13-2015 |
20150224841 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR THE REAR AXLE OF A VEHICLE - A wheel suspension for the rear axle of a vehicle includes a wheel carrier that is steerable in a pivoting range for mounting a wheel, and a plurality of control arms for articulating the wheel carrier to the body of the vehicle, and further a damping device for damping a movement of the wheel carrier relative to the vehicle body. The damping device is connected to the wheel carrier by way of a wheel carrier connection, wherein the wheel carrier connection is arranged in an attachment area of the wheel space of the wheel defined by the pivoting range of the wheel carrier, which, of all areas of the wheel space facing the vehicle body, has the greatest direct distance to the vehicle body. | 08-13-2015 |
20150221341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED TIME-LAPSE VIDEO GENERATION USING PANORAMIC IMAGERY - A system for periodically recording GPS coordinates of a vehicle during the vehicle driver's trip as trip coordinates, at times when the driver gazes away from the direction of travel, recording a potential point in interest in accordance with the current GPS coordinates and an angle of the driver's eye gaze, and after reaching the destination, sending the trip coordinates and the point of interest coordinates to a remote server. The remote server may then retrieve from a GPS coordinate-tagged image database, panoramic images corresponding to the trip coordinates and potential POI coordinates. The driver, or any other user of the system, can then create an enhanced time-lapse video of the driver's trip by converting the retrieved panoramic images into a video focusing on points of interest capturing the attention of the driver. | 08-06-2015 |
20150219705 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR CHECKING A CONTROL SIGNAL LINE - A diagnostic device for checking a control signal line between a control device of a motor vehicle and a motor-vehicle-side charging connection for a battery of the motor vehicle, includes a first resistor disposed at the charging connection and connecting the control signal line to ground, a second resistor connected in parallel with first resistor to form a parallel circuit, an evaluation device associated with the control device and comprising a current source and/or a voltage source for supplying a corresponding current or voltage outside a charging operation, and a diode connected in series with the first and second resistors and blocking a current flow from ground to the control signal line. The evaluation device is configured to measure, by using the first and second resistor, a current indicating a control signal line defect or a voltage indicating a control signal line defect. | 08-06-2015 |
20150219462 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE POSITION IN A MAPPED ENVIRONMENT - A method for determining a vehicle position of a vehicle to be located within a defined cruising range in a mapped environment is disclosed, wherein the vehicle position is determined by evaluating the position data of at least one predetermined component of the vehicle, and the position data are made available particularly by way of a plurality of position detecting sensors, which are fixedly arranged within the mapped environment | 08-06-2015 |
20150217763 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a vehicle system, which is designed for autonomous operation of a motor vehicle is described, wherein setting information for the vehicle system is determined from location information describing a current position of the motor vehicle and from at least one location-related permission information item relating to the permission of use of the vehicle system, and at least one operating parameter of the vehicle system is selected as a function of the setting information. | 08-06-2015 |
20150217636 | TANK VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A tank ventilation system for a motor vehicle has a fuel tank, a fuel vapour store which is connected to a fuel tank, and a ventilating device which is connected to the fuel vapour store, in order to ventilate the latter. The ventilating device has an aeration line which opens in an interior space of the motor vehicle, which interior space is delimited on all sides by vehicle body parts from the surroundings of the motor vehicle. | 08-06-2015 |
20150214587 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle includes at least one battery module configured to be cooled by compressed gas. The battery module has a cooling system which has an accumulator for compressed gas that can be fed to the battery module for cooling. A control device controls supply of gas from the accumulator to the battery module in dependency of at least one output value from at least one sensor configured to measure a current output from the battery module. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213712 | DETECTING TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENT DATA AT ROAD JUNCTIONS - In a method for detecting traffic and/or accident data at a road junction by means of a vehicle which has a control unit which is coupled to at least one sensor of the vehicle, in a first step, the sensor detects traffic crossing the vehicle; and in a second step, the data which represents the crossing traffic is transmitted from the control unit of the vehicle to at least one receiver external to the vehicle. The method for detecting traffic and accident data at road junctions represents a significant improvement for avoiding accidents and/or traffic congestions. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210315 | SAFETY DEVICE ON A VEHICLE, AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE - The invention relates to a safety device ( | 07-30-2015 |
20150210224 | MICROPHONE DEVICE FOR INSTALLATION IN A VEHICLE - A microphone device for an automobile has a microphone capsule for detecting ambient noise and a housing in which the microphone capsule is arranged. The microphone device is intended to have a small installation depth and to be capable of being easily installed in an automobile. An electrical connection interface which includes externally accessible connection contacts for making electrical contact with the microphone capsule located in the housing, is provided in the microphone device. The connection contacts are integrated into a mechanical plugging apparatus for plugging together with a complementary plugging part of an electronic device of the automobile. The connection interface of the microphone device is configured in a cableless fashion here in that the plugging apparatus is embodied as a part of the housing. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210216 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - Motor vehicle with at least one control device, a thermal imaging camera and an image processing device, wherein the image processing device is designed to recognize objects on a thermal image from the thermal imaging camera, wherein the image processing device is designed to ascertain at least one object property of at least one recognized object, particularly of a recognized vehicle, by evaluating the thermal distribution in the thermal image in a region that includes the recognized object, wherein the control device is designed to use the object property for operation of a vehicle system. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210212 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE OF THIS TYPE - A display device of a motor vehicle has a display element, by which a value can be displayed by transmitting light beams through the display element and which can be adjusted in its display brightness. A detection device includes a control unit and a detecting element for detecting an ambient brightness of the surroundings of the display element. The display brightness can be adjusted by the control unit depending on a signal characterizing the detected ambient brightness and transmitted from the detecting element to the control unit. The detecting element is designed to detect light beams transmitted by the display element and to transmit an evaluation signal characterizing the detected light beams to the control unit, by which the display element can be tested regarding its functionality depending on the evaluation signal. A related method is used to operate the display device. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210018 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS COMPONENTS - A device and corresponding method for producing three-dimensional components from impregnated fiber tapes. The device includes a plurality of grippers, arranged alongside one another, for gripping fiber tapes impregnated with matrix material, the grippers can be displaced in a linear manner on mutually parallel paths between a pick-up position and a maximum position such that the fiber tapes can be tensioned between the grippers and respectively associated transfer devices; a rotatable table on which the fiber tapes can be laid in a first and at least one additional layer; a severing device which can sever the fiber tapes close to the transfer device; a heating device for heating the layers to 160° C. to 400° C.; a first molding tool and one or more additional molding tools which can be moved together to three-dimensionally form the layers; and a transporting device which can transport the heated layers between the molding tools. | 07-30-2015 |
20150207376 | ELECTRIC MACHINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH SUCH AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine includes a housing, a controller for influencing an excitation current for the electric machine, and a carrier, formed separately to the controller, for carbon brushes resting on slip rings of a rotor shaft of the electric machine. The housing has on an outer side ( | 07-23-2015 |
20150206432 | VEHICLE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PIECE OF TRAFFIC-RELEVANT INFORMATION - A display system has a control apparatus and a display unit that can be worn on the head of a vehicle user. The control apparatus has an input interface for accepting a piece of traffic-relevant information, a transducer for producing an image signal for the display unit taking account of the piece of traffic-relevant information and an output interface for outputting an image signal. The display system is prepared to display the piece of traffic-relevant information by the display unit in a marginal region of a field of vision of the vehicle user. A vehicle has the display system. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205321 | CONTROL UNIT FOR A FUNCTIONAL DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A control unit controls a functional device of a motor vehicle. The control unit has a rotary adjuster that is mounted in a rotatable manner on a holding element. The rotary adjuster has at least one encoding element, a detecting device for detecting an absolute angle of rotation between the rotary adjuster and the holding element with reference to an encoding of the at least one encoding element and a latching device and the rotary adjuster is provided with a plurality of latching positions along a direction of rotation by the latching device. The detecting device is embodied so as with reference to the encoding of the at least one encoding element to detect the respective latching position and the absolute angle of rotation between at least two of the latching positions. | 07-23-2015 |
20150203143 | STEERING HANDLE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH STEERING HANDLE - A steering handle for a motor vehicle, when mounted on the motor vehicle, can bring about a directional change of the motor vehicle. The steering handle has at least one ball element which is held on a corresponding fastening element of the steering handle as an operating element which can be pivoted about at least one pivot axis relative to the fastening element. The ball element is accessible for a user who pivots the ball element from a respective front side of the steering handle and the ball element, which front side faces the user, the ball element also being accessible for the user from a respective rear side of the steering handle and the ball element, which rear side faces away from the user and the front side. | 07-23-2015 |
20150203082 | PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A parking brake system for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes two control units, by means of which two actuators, which are designed to actuate respective wheel brakes, can be controlled. The control units are connected to a power source via separate lines, wherein exclusively one of the control units is connected to an operating device which is designed to transmit signals to the control unit for actuation of the wheel brakes. The control unit is designed to control at least one of the actuators, dependent on the signals for actuation of the wheel brakes. | 07-23-2015 |
20150202974 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING STATION - In a method for operating a charging station which is designed for electrically charging an electrically powered vehicle, the vehicle is coupled to the charging station for charging, wherein a time for the coupling of the vehicle to the charging station is documented separately at least by the vehicle and the charging station. | 07-23-2015 |
20150200691 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE - A mobile radio apparatus for a motor vehicle has a first mobile radio module and a second mobile radio module. Furthermore, a first antenna and a second antenna are provided for transmitting mobile radio signals. To provide robust voice telephony for the motor vehicle that can be implemented with little circuit complexity, a switching device is connected to the antennas and to a respective signal connection of the mobile radio modules and that is designed to take a switching signal as a basis for changing over between a first switching state, in which the first signal connection is coupled to the first antenna and the second signal connection is coupled to the second antenna, and a second switching state, in which the first signal connection is coupled to the second antenna and the second signal connection is coupled to the first antenna. | 07-16-2015 |
20150200430 | VEHICLE HAVING A BATTERY ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle has at least one battery arrangement, which includes at least one battery unit and a cooling device for dissipating heat from the at least one battery unit The cooling device is arranged in a load path of the vehicle in such a way that the cooling device can be deformed in the event of an application of force to the vehicle caused by an accident. For this purpose, the cooling device includes a plurality of cooling ribs around which cooling air flows during cooling operation of the cooling device. | 07-16-2015 |
20150192643 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ACTUAL CAPACITY OF A BATTERY - A method and a device for determining the actual capacity of a battery uses a set of characteristic curves, wherein at the start of a discharge process the initial voltage of the battery, the magnitude of the discharge current and the temperature of the battery are determined. From this, by comparison with the data provided in the set of characteristic curves, a characteristic curve is selected and an initial state of the battery is determined. At the end of the discharge process, the final voltage of the battery is measured. The final voltage is compared, at the end of the discharge, with the voltage expected based on the selected characteristic curve and, in the event that the final voltage is smaller than the voltage expected based on the discharge process, it is determined that the actual capacity of the battery is smaller than the available capacity assumed at the start of the discharge process. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192077 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes a fuel supply device for at least one first and one second fuel, wherein the internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder which includes at least one intake valve and into which air, in particular fresh air, can be supplied via an intake pipe. In a first operating mode of the internal combustion engine, the first fuel is introduced only into the intake pipe, and in a second operating mode, the second fuel is exclusively introduced directly into the cylinder, and in the second operating mode an intake valve opening time period is adjusted to be shorter than in the first operating mode. | 07-09-2015 |
20150191204 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A support structure for a motor vehicle includes at least two A pillars, a front wall and a front wall cross beam which is designed as a hollow profile and whose ends are connected to the respectively assigned A pillar. The connection of the front wall cross beam end is established by a torsionally rigid rooting in the A pillar. | 07-09-2015 |
20150191085 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE OF THIS TYPE - A display apparatus in a motor vehicle has at least one display element, which can be used to display at least one value and which has at least one light-emitting element for adjusting a display brightness for the display element. A sensing device has, a sensing element for sensing an ambient brightness for surroundings of the display element. The display brightness can be adjusted by the light-emitting element on the basis of the sensed ambient brightness. The sensing device is designed to prompt at least one function of the motor vehicle that is different than the adjustment of the display brightness when a change in the ambient brightness is sensed. A method operates such a display apparatus. | 07-09-2015 |
20150191071 | ADJUSTABLE WHEEL SUSPSENSION FOR THE WHEELS OF AN AXLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An adjustable wheel suspension for the wheels of an axle of a motor vehicle is disclosed, wherein each wheel is guided by means of wheel guide elements and each wheel is operatively connected to an adjustable torsion bar, the torsion bars associated with the respective wheels being partially aligned with each other and each torsion bar being associated with an adjusting device that can be regulated and/or controlled by a controller for adjustment and each torsion bar being mounted on an auxiliary frame via its adjusting device and the controller. The adjusting devices and the adjusting mechanism are mounted in a common housing, which can be mounted on the auxiliary frame as an integral structural component. | 07-09-2015 |
20150181644 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CIRCUIT ARRANGMENT - A circuit arrangement for a mobile radio unit of a motor vehicle has a first mobile radio module for mobile radio transmission according to a first mobile radio standard, and a second mobile radio module for mobile radio transmission according to a second mobile radio standard, the first mobile radio module having a communication interface which is intended to interchange control and useful data and is connected to an electrical connection for electrically connecting the circuit arrangement to an external processor unit. The first mobile radio module has an additional interface which is used to electrically connect the first mobile radio module to a communication interface of the second mobile radio module, which communication interface is designed to interchange control and useful data. Reliable mobile radio transmission is enabled for voice data and other digital useful data with little development and circuit complexity. | 06-25-2015 |
20150175005 | OPERATING SYSTEM FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN OPERATING SYSTEM OF THIS KIND - An operating system for driver assistance systems of a motor vehicle, has a plurality of operating elements which can be assigned to at least one operating group and which are disposed solely for operating driver assistance systems that can be assigned to at least one group. A corresponding function for operating the driver assistance systems can be assigned to each of the operating elements on the basis of adjustable combinations of operating modes of the driver assistance systems. The operating elements are disposed in order to operate an adaptive cruise control system, and in order to operate a lane departure warning system. | 06-25-2015 |
20150162862 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF A DRIVE MOTOR - The rotational speed of at least one drive motor of a motor vehicle is controlled by an electronic control system, wherein the differential rotational speed between a specified target rotational speed and an actual rotational speed of the drive motor is considered as a system value for determining the control parameters that influence the rotational speed control process. As an additional system value, the magnitude and direction of the differential rotational speed gradient are considered when determining the control parameters. | 06-11-2015 |
20150160281 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR CHECKING A CONTROL SIGNAL LINE - A diagnostic device for checking a control signal wire between a controller of a motor vehicle and a charging port for a battery of the motor vehicle located on the motor vehicle side is disclosed, wherein on the charging port side, a first resistor is provided in the controller connecting the control signal wire to chassis ground, and a second resistor connected in parallel to the first resistor is provided. An evaluation device of the controller has a current source and/or a voltage source for supplying an electric current and/or a voltage independent of a charging process, and is configured to measure an electric current indicating a defect in the control signal wire, or a voltage indicating a defect in the control signal wire, utilizing the first and the second resistor. | 06-11-2015 |