Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150333381 | Battery Module with a Controllable External Heat Sink - A battery module having a controllable external heat sink and methods of operating the battery module are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, the battery module includes a battery cell, an external circuit connected to the battery cell, and a controller that controls the external circuit. The external circuit includes a first switch and a heat sink. If an internal short circuit within the battery cell is detected, the controller closes the first switch in order to generate heat in the heat sink. | 11-19-2015 |
20150285290 | Fastening Device for Fastening a Structural Part Consisting of a Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic to a Component, in Particular a Chassis Component of a Vehicle - A fastening device is provided for fastening a structural part consisting of a carbon-fiber reinforced plastic, in particular a cell of a vehicle, to a component, in particular a chassis component of a vehicle. In order to provide a fastening device which ensures a secure fastening of structural parts consisting of a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic to other vehicle components, a first connecting element is mounted on the structural part, on which first connecting element a second connecting element can be mounted. The first connecting element is connected to the structural part by an adhesive layer and has a protruding bush which passes through a bore in the structural part and which projects with its free end beyond the structural part. | 10-08-2015 |
20150197160 | DEVICE FOR SWITCHING A MODE OF A VEHICLE - A device for switching a mode of a vehicle is provided. The device includes a connector that is configured to interface with an on-board diagnostic system of the vehicle; a switch that is configured to indicate a transport mode or an application mode; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor includes determination logic that determines the mode of the vehicle based on a state of the switch; and activation logic that activates the mode of the vehicle by sending a first message to the vehicle according to a first protocol, and sending a second message to the vehicle according to a second protocol. | 07-16-2015 |
20150163496 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMPRESSION OF IMAGE DATA - A method of performing compression of image data for at least one image is described. The method comprises receiving image data of at least a part of the at least one image, encoding the received image data into at least one compressed data block, applying at least one bandwidth limit to the at least one compressed data block, and outputting the at least one bandwidth limited compressed data block to a buffer. The method further comprises dynamically updating the at least one bandwidth limit applied to the at least one compressed data block base at least partly on a fill level of the buffer. | 06-11-2015 |
20150120175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods for estimating traffic signal information are provided. According to one aspect, positioning system data is obtained from a plurality of vehicles. Each data set includes the position and the velocity of a vehicle as functions of time. For an intersection having a traffic signal, an average acceleration of the vehicles when leaving the intersection is estimated, and an average deceleration of the vehicles when approaching the intersection is estimated. For each of a subset of the vehicles, a stop duration at the intersection is estimated based on the average acceleration, the average deceleration, and the positioning system data for the respective vehicle. A duration of a red phase of the traffic signal is estimated based on the stop duration of each of the subset of the vehicles. | 04-30-2015 |
20150097703 | Method for Providing Information to First Responders of Vehicle Accidents - Vehicle-specific and/or accident-specific information is provided, by a backend server, to the user of the first responder application executing on a mobile device. The application is configured to provide the mobile device's current location to the backend server, so that nearby vehicles involved in accidents may be identified to the user of the application. The application may further be configured to receive a user selection of a particular accident from the list of accidents provided by the backend server and, in response thereto, provide vehicle-specific and/or accident-specific information for display on the mobile device. | 04-09-2015 |
20150061828 | Intermediary Access Device for Communication With a Vehicle - An intermediary access device enables a user electronic device to communicate with a vehicle's onboard computer system. A first wireless transceiver of the intermediary access device is used to establish a secure wireless communication channel between the intermediary access device and a vehicle on-board computer system. A second wireless transceiver of the intermediary access device is used to establish a user-initiated communication channel between the intermediary access device and a user electronic device. User commands and vehicle information can then be transmitted between the vehicle on-board computer system and the user electronic device via the intermediary access device in a safe, secure and efficient manner. | 03-05-2015 |
20150033826 | DIAGNOSE ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN IMPACT SENSOR - The present invention relates to a vehicle impact sensor device adapted to detect an impact between a vehicle ( | 02-05-2015 |
20140354516 | Vision-Controlled Interaction for Data Spectacles - A display system is disclosed, including data spectacles which have a spectacles frame and a display which is mounted at the spectacles frame such that it is situated in the field of vision of the wearer of the spectacles frame. The display system further includes an image-taking unit, particularly at least one camera set up for providing an image of an eye of the wearer of the data spectacles; a processing unit configured to: receive the image; determine the viewing direction of the eye in the image; determine the display area in the display in which an activating element is displayed; determine whether the viewing direction of the eye is directed at the display area of the activating element; and in response to a meeting of a condition: display assigned contents on the display, which are assigned to the activating element, on a display area that is larger than the display area of the activating element The condition is that the viewing direction of the eye is aimed at the display area of the activating element. | 12-04-2014 |
20140347196 | System and Method for Recognizing a Parking Place That is Potentially Becoming Free - A mobile system is provided for a vehicle for recognizing a parking place that is potentially becoming free, along with a method for recognizing a parking place that is potentially becoming free. The system includes at least one sensor for detecting a signal that is typical for a parking place that is potentially becoming free, an evaluation unit for assessing whether a signal received by the sensor signifies a parking place that is potentially becoming free, and an optical and/or acoustic indicator unit for indicating a parking place that is potentially becoming free. With the system and method, parking places that are becoming free can be detected automatically when travelling through a specific road section. | 11-27-2014 |
20140343809 | Arrangement and Method for Controlling an Automatically Shifting Transmission - In an arrangement for controlling an automatically shifting transmission, as a result of a corresponding programming of an electric control device, when actuating a second selecting device, starting from the automatic mode, first an immediate upshifting or downshifting can be prompted and is permitted unless prevented by a specified condition. In the case of a brief actuation, a first or further immediate upshifting and/or downshifting can be prompted and the current or thereby reached gear will be maintained until, first, the duration of the actuation has reached the specific minimum duration and, second, the actuation of the selecting device was terminated. When the second selecting device has a first operating element for the manual triggering of an upshift command and a second operating element for the manual triggering of a downshift command, the event controlling the return to the automatic mode may be the recognition of the simultaneously present commands downshifting and upshifting. After a first actuation of the second selecting device for the purpose of a manually prompted immediate up- or downshifting, a transition may immediately take place to the automatic gear change control according to the automatic mode, if subsequently thereto, an actuation of the second selecting device for the purpose of a gear change in a direction opposite thereto takes place within a comparatively brief time window. | 11-20-2014 |
20140343774 | Control System For A Motor Vehicle Having An Electronic Control Unit By Which The Drive Torque Of A Drive Unit Can Be Variably Distributed, As Required, On At Least Two Axles - A control system and method are provided for a motor vehicle having an electronic control unit, by which the drive torque of a drive unit can be variably distributed, as required, to at least two axles. A drive-oriented control can be specified for the purpose of a primarily single-axle drive. By way of a comparison unit, preferably on the basis of a circle of forces, a driving-dynamic desired parameter demanded particularly on a basis of the driver's intention is compared with a driving-dynamic potential parameter. A change from the drive-oriented control to a driving-dynamics-oriented control for the purpose of a primarily multi-axle drive takes place only when a defined threshold value, for example, 70%, is exceeded relative to the driving-dynamic potential parameter, for example, a limit range of the circle of forces. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342620 | CELL CONTACTING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a cell contacting arrangement for an energy storage module having a plurality of electrochemical storage cells, each storage cell having at least two electric connection terminals, the arrangement comprising: a carrier plate which is mountable on the energy storage module, and at least one cell connector inserted into the carrier plate for connecting at least two of the connection terminals of different storage cells, the carrier plate comprising at least one catch spring having a detent for fixing the cell connector in the carrier plate. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342212 | CELL CONTACTING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE MODULE - The present invention relates to a cell contacting arrangement for an energy storage module having a plurality of electrochemical storage cells, each storage cell having at least two electric connection terminals, the arrangement comprising: | 11-20-2014 |
20140336866 | Method for Determining Input Data of a Driver Assistance Unit - In a method for determining input data of a driver assistance unit, information data are provided, which were determined as a function of a measurement signal of a first sensor using a predefined first calculation rule. Raw data are provided, which are representative of a measurement signal of the first and/or a second sensor. The plausibility data are determined as a function of the raw data using a predefined second calculation rule. Fusion data, which represent information data that have been checked for plausibility, are determined as a function of the information data and the plausibility data. The fusion data are provided as the input data to the driver assistance unit. | 11-13-2014 |
20140324258 | Speed Control System for Motor Vehicles - A speed control system for a motor vehicle has an electronic control device which generates actuation signals for controlling the speed of the motor vehicle to a specified desired speed, and a control element, on the actuation of which an intervention which influences the speed control is performed. The control element is designed in the form of a button. When the button is pressed, the system intervenes in the active speed control for the time for which the button is pressed in such a way that no drive torque is generated. When the button is no longer pressed, the original speed control is resumed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140308561 | CURRENT TAP ELEMENT FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE MODULE - The present invention refers to a current tap element for an energy storage module, comprising: a contact element made from a first metal for directly connecting to a pole of the energy storage module, a conductor element which is directly connected to the contact element and is made from a second metal differing from the first metal, an overmolded plastic covering which completely encloses the conductor element, and a connection in the plastic covering for contacting the conductor element. | 10-16-2014 |
20140277986 | Systems and Methods for Predicting Traffic Signal Information - Systems and methods for predicting traffic signal information are provided. An exemplary method includes obtaining data from a plurality of types of sources and analyzing the data to predict states of a plurality of traffic signals. The data include crowdsourced data. The predictive traffic signal information may be used to adjust an operation of an on-board system of a vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277982 | Method for Operating a Motor Vehicle - A method is provided for operating a motor vehicle having at least one drive unit which is suitable for providing a drive torque. A drive torque prompted by the driver by way of the accelerator pedal, in the case of a rapid change of the accelerator pedal position, is filtered by way of a guidance former and/or an accelerator pedal filter or its rate of change is limited, so that a slower drive torque reduction or drive torque buildup will occur. In the case of a prompted reduction of the drive torque, simultaneously with the slowed-down drive torque reduction, a corresponding triggering of a vehicle brake system is carried out for achieving a predefined vehicle deceleration. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274560 | Device and Method for Controlling a Motor Vehicle Drive Train - A method and arrangement is provided for controlling a motor vehicle drive train equipped with at least one drive motor, a torque converter, an automatic transmission and at least one electronic drive control device. In the drive control device, a function module is implemented for carrying out a creep control. This creep control can be activated independently of a brake actuation, when the actual rotational speed of the driving motor is greater than a defined desired rotational speed of the driving motor, and when the actual rotational speed of the driving motor cannot be reduced because of at least one defined condition as the minimally possible rotational speed of the driving motor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270907 | Connecting Element - A connecting element for connecting two components includes a socket part provided for connecting to a first component, into which socket part is inserted a spherical element. From the spherical element, a function element projects which is provided for connecting to a second component. | 09-18-2014 |
20140247968 | Method for Fog Detection - A method for detecting fog by use of a camera image or a video image includes the taking of a two-dimensional image with at least one color channel or several color channels as a function of two independent location coordinates. The method determines a two-dimensional gray-scale function for the at least one color channel or for each of the several color channels, which defines the value of the gray scale as a function of the two independent location coordinates of the two-dimensional image. Then, the method performs a two-dimensional Fourier transformation of the two-dimensional gray-scale function depending on two independent frequency coordinates. | 09-04-2014 |
20140247255 | Method for Operating a Control Device for a Display in a Motor Vehicle and Correspondingly Functioning Control Device - A control device for a display is embodied for determining display data for at least one display element. The display is arranged in a vehicle and is embodied for visually signaling the specific display element as a function of the display data determined by the control device for that specific display element. A method for operating the control device includes the following steps: an estimated updating time period (t_est) for updating the display data for the display element is determined for the specific display element. The specific updating of the display data for the display element is controlled as a function of the estimated updating time period (t_est) and a pre-specified image rate. | 09-04-2014 |
20140247009 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle includes at least one electric motor for driving the motor vehicle, at least one electrical energy storage device via which the electric motor can be supplied with electrical current, and a charging device having at least one coil via which electrical energy can be inductively transmitted for charging the electrical energy storage device. An internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle includes a reservoir in which lubricant for lubricating the internal combustion engine can be received and on which the coil, and optionally at least one electronics component associated with the coil, is arranged. | 09-04-2014 |
20140240860 | Motor Vehicle with an External Rear-View Mirror - A motor vehicle having an external rearview mirror includes a mirror drive assigned to the external rearview mirror, by which the external rearview mirror can be moved into a first mirror position or into a second mirror position, at least one display unit that can be viewed by the driver of the motor vehicle, and a camera directed at the rearward vehicle surroundings, which camera supplies an image signal on which an image of the surroundings is based that can be displayed by the display unit. A vehicle speed sensor and a control unit are provided by which the mirror drive can be controlled as a function of the driving speed such that the external rearview mirror is moved from the first mirror position into the second mirror position. | 08-28-2014 |
20140239869 | Electrical System - An electrical system is provided. The electrical system includes a first 2-pole direct current source and/or sink, a second 2-pole direct current source and/or sink, a first 3-phase direct current/alternating current converter, a second 3-phase direct current/alternating current converter, and an electrical machine. The electrical machine is designed with 6 phases, and has a first 3-phase stator system and a second 3-phase stator system that are electrically isolated from each another. | 08-28-2014 |
20140234153 | Cost Reduced Steel for Hydrogen Technology with High Resistance to Hydrogen-Induced Embrittlement - A corrosion-resistant, hot and cold formable and weldable steel for use in hydrogen-induced technology with high resistance to hydrogen embrittlement has the following composition: 0.01 to 0.4 percent by mass of carbon, ≦3.0 percent by mass of silicon, 0.3 to 30 percent by mass of manganese, 10.5 to 30 percent by mass of chromium, 4 to 12.5 percent by mass of nickel, ≦1.0 percent by mass of molybdenum, ≦0.2 percent by mass of nitrogen, 0.5 to 8.0 percent by mass of aluminum, ≦4.0 percent by mass of copper, ≦0.1 percent by mass of boron, ≦1.0 percent by mass of tungsten, ≦5.0 percent by mass of cobalt, ≦0.5 percent by mass of tantalum, ≦2.0 percent by mass of at least one of the elements: niobium, titanium, vanadium, hafnium and zirconium, ≦0.3 percent by mass of at least one of the elements: yttrium, scandium, lanthanum, cerium and neodymium, the remainder being iron and smelting-related steel companion elements. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232143 | Axle Support of a Vehicle, Said Support Consisting of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Material - An axle support of a vehicle, in particular a passenger motor vehicle, consists of an upper shell and a lower shell, each of which is formed from a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material. When the upper shell and the lower shell are assembled together, they form a hollow body. In this case, the upper shell and the lower shell are screwed together by way of metal insert parts, which are laminated at least in sections into the shell parts. A core part, in particular formed from a plastic foam, for transferring the shear stresses over a wide area can be glued into the cavity between the upper shell and the lower shell at least in the region of the opposing metal insert parts. Furthermore, at least one of the insert parts can be designed simultaneously for connecting an add on part. | 08-21-2014 |
20140222252 | Remote Control for a Parking Assistance System and a Parking Assistance System which can be Controlled by Remote Control - A remote control for a parking assistance system for automated parking of a passenger motor vehicle is provided. The parking assistance system has an environment sensor system that supplies sensor information, and an obstacle detection device for detecting the presence of an obstacle based on the sensor information. In addition, the parking assistance system has a bidirectional wireless communication device that transmits obstacle detection information about the presence of an obstacle to the remote control. The remote control also has a bidirectional wireless communication device for communication with the passenger motor vehicle. In addition, the remote control has one or more parking function operating elements for controlling the parking and/or unparking. The bidirectional communication device of the remote control receives the obstacle detection information. In addition, the remote control has signaling means for signaling the presence of an obstacle to the operator of the remote control. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217693 | Vehicle Wheel Suspension with a Hydraulic Vibration Damper - A vehicle wheel suspension is provided having a hydraulic vibration damper, which is connected in parallel to a suspension spring which proportionally supports the vehicle body. A rebound spring is provided, which preferably and typically becomes effective in the event of larger spring deflection distances. The support point of the rebound spring is displaceable in relation to the damper housing by way of a spring support piston, which is provided therein and is displaceable by fluid externally supplied with pressure via pump. In this case, the pump is connected to a pressure accumulator for the fluid and delivers fluid out of the pressure accumulator into the damper housing or out of the damper housing back into the pressure accumulator. The absolute value of the spring constant of the pressure accumulator is at least in the order of magnitude of the spring constant of the associated suspension spring or springs, or is greater. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216194 | Activation Apparatus for a Transmission of a Motor Vehicle - An activation apparatus is provided for a transmission of a motor vehicle, having a gear selector that is moveable in at least one shift gate for selecting different drive program of the transmission, a control device with which the selection of at least one drive program of the transmission can be locked, and at least two sensors designed for detecting a gear selector activation. The control device is designed for determining the plausibility of signals detected by the sensors and for enabling the selection of the drive program on the basis of the plausibility determination. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216193 | Activation Apparatus for a Transmission of a Motor Vehicle - An activation apparatus is provided for a transmission of a motor vehicle, having a gear selector that is moveable in one shift gate for the selection of at least one forward travel program and a reverse travel gear of the transmission. The gear selector is designed to assume a monostable rest position in the shift gate. The activation apparatus is designed to select at least one addition drive program via at least partially simultaneous and/or sequential activation of the gear selector and an activation device arranged on the gear selector. | 08-07-2014 |
20140214313 | Vehicle Having a Device for Influencing the Attentiveness of the Driver and for Determining the Viewing Direction of the Driver - A vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a device for influencing the attention of the driver. The vehicle includes a display unit for displaying information content. The vehicle includes a central operating panel associated with the display unit. The vehicle includes a system for detecting a danger in traffic. The vehicle includes a system for issuing a warning regarding a detected danger, and the vehicle further includes a computing unit. The computing unit ascertains a viewing probability of the driver looking in the direction of the display unit during an operating sequence and at a viewing point in time. The computing unit takes the interaction of the driver with the vehicle into consideration for ascertaining the viewing probability. The warning is issued as a function of the ascertained viewing probability. | 07-31-2014 |
20140207349 | Method for the Approximate Determination of the Torque Which is Actually Transmitted by a Clutch of a Drive Train of a Vehicle - A method for approximately determining the torque actually transmitted by a clutch of a drive train of a vehicle, includes the steps of: setting a closed state of the clutch and transmitting a torque by way of the drive train, providing a state space model showing the drive train, particularly a Kalman filter, determining a torque which can theoretically be transmitted or is transmitted by the clutch in the closed state, and approximately determining the torque actually transmitted by the clutch, by adding the theoretically transmittable or transmitted torque and a disturbance torque determined by calculation, wherein the disturbance torque is determined on the basis of the state space model and actual rotational speeds of individual drive train components and/or of actual torques transmitted by individual drive train components. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203636 | Operating Method for an Electric Energy System of a Motor Vehicle Comprising a Fuel Cell System, an Accumulator and an Electric Motor - A method of operating an electric system of a motor vehicle, consisting of a fuel cell system, an accumulator and an electric driving motor is provided. Without implementing an electric voltage conversion and therefore without an electric voltage converter, as a function of the level of the electric voltage made available by the fuel cell system and by the accumulator and the electric power demanded by the electric motor, a first switching element in the connection between the fuel cell system and a node point electrically connected with the accumulator and the electric motor, as well as a second switching element in the connection between the accumulator and this node point are opened or closed as needed. This is done such that the power requirement of the electric motor is met primarily from the fuel cell system, and in an auxiliary fashion, additionally from the accumulator. If the electric power offered by the fuel cell system exceeds the electric power demanded by the electric motor, the excess power will be fed to the accumulator for as long as its permissible charging current is not exceeded and the accumulator still has a defined residual storage capacity. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203591 | Motor Vehicle Liftgate - A motor vehicle includes a liftgate or a trunk lid. The opening and/or closing of the liftgate or the trunk lid is assisted or carried out by the operating force of a device. Lateral profiles formed at the liftgate or the trunk lid each have a hollow space, and one device for the lifting and/or lowering of the liftgate or the trunk lid is arranged in each hollow space. Each device is arranged between the roof section of the vehicle body and the liftgate or the trunk lid. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203586 | Sealing Device and Method For an Opening in the Shell of a Flap, in Particular a Tailgate of a Motor Vehicle - A seal is provided for a body shell opening of a flap, particularly a tailgate of a motor vehicle. The flap has an exterior flap wall with at least two exterior wall parts, which, on facing circumferential wall areas, each have one edge area angled inwardly, which are mutually connected. The flap has an interior flap wall with at least one interior wall part. The interior wall part is connected at a distance from the angled edge areas of the exterior wall parts with at least one circumferential area of the exterior flap wall and, in the area of the angled edge areas of the exterior wall parts, forms a gap together with the exterior flap wall. Before connecting the exterior flap wall with the interior flap wall, a gap filler piece is moved into a closed position, which, after the connection alone or together with a gap sealant, seals off the gap. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202803 | Motor Vehicle Brake Disc Chamber - A brake disk chamber has an essentially cylindrical brake disk chamber jacket without openings. The brake disk chamber jacket is formed of segments in the shape of curved symmetrical trapezoids, which are lined up in a row in the circumferential direction, are alternately rotated by 180°, and are arranged in a regular fashion with an alternately differing radial distance from the longitudinal center axis of the brake disk chamber jacket. | 07-24-2014 |
20140197793 | Charging Apparatus for a Vehicle with Seven Electrical Contacts - A vehicle charging apparatus includes a charging source, a charging plug, a charging socket, a charging control device, an alternating-current charging device and a power switching device. The charging socket has seven electrically assignable contacts, the first contact being connected as a pilot contact by way of a pilot line with the charging control device, the second contact being connected as proximity contact by way of a proxy line with the charging control device, the third contact being connected as a protective grounding conductor contact by way of a ground line with the vehicle ground, the fourth contact being connected as a neutral conductor contact by way of a neutral line with the alternating-current charging device, the fifth contact being connected as a phase 1 contact by way of a phase 1 line with the alternating-current charging device, the sixth contact being connectable as a positive direct-current contact by way of a DC+ line and by way of the power separating device with an energy accumulator, and the seventh contact being connectable as a negative direct-current contact by way of a DC− line and by way of the power separating device with the energy accumulator. The DC+ line is connected by way of a first electric branch line with the neutral line or the phase 1 line, and the DC− line is connected by way of a second electric branch line with the neutral line or the phase 1 line. | 07-17-2014 |
20140197792 | Charging Apparatus for a Vehicle - Charging apparatus for a vehicle having an energy accumulator, the charging apparatus including a charging source, a charging plug, a charging socket, a charging control device, an alternating-current charging device and a power switching device. The charging socket has nine electrically assignable contacts, the first contact being connected as a pilot contact by way of a pilot line with the charging control device, the second contact being connected as proximity contact by way of a proxy line with the charging control device, the third contact being connected as a protective grounding conductor contact by way of a ground line with the vehicle ground, the fourth contact being connected as a neutral conductor contact by way of a neutral line with the alternating-current charging device, and the fifth contact being connected as a phase 1 contact by way of a phase 1 line with the alternating-current charging device. The eighth contact is connected as a positive direct-current contact by way of a DC+ line and by way of the power switching device with the energy accumulator. The ninth contact is connected as a negative direct-current contact by way of a DC− line and by way of the power switching device with the energy accumulator. The sixth contact is connected as a phase 2 contact by way of a phase 2 line with the DC− line, and the seventh contact is connected as a phase 3 contact by way of a phase 3 line with the DC+ line. | 07-17-2014 |
20140191566 | Vehicle Wheel with a Rim Made of Fiber-Reinforced Synthetic Material - A vehicle wheel having a rim, or a rim of a vehicle wheel, is provided wherein the rim consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic material in the form of several layers of a fiber-reinforced semi-finished plastic product. The layers are shaped to form a finished component in a press while heat is supplied. The rim conventionally consists of a rim well, whose two sides are adjoined by a rim shoulder, which transitions into a rim flange. The rim well is formed by several layers of a base laminate, which extends to the rim flange, between which layers further layers are inserted in the area of the rim shoulder as well as of the rim flange. The further layers have an essentially tangential fiber alignment. | 07-10-2014 |
20140183830 | Vehicle Wheel Suspension with Wheel Load Variation via a Deflection Lever - A vehicle wheel suspension has a suspension spring, by which the vehicle body is proportionally supported on a supporting bracket of the wheel suspension. The wheel load acting upon a pertaining wheel as a result of this support is changeable in that the transmission ratio at a shift lever provided in the load path of the support and swivelably disposed at the vehicle body with respect to the latter can be changed by an actuator. Parallel to the load path containing the shift lever and a first suspension spring element, an additional load path with a second suspension spring element effective between the vehicle body and the pertaining wheel is provided. The transmission ratio at the shift lever may be changed over a wide range by displacement of the supporting point of the first suspension spring element or a transmission rod supported with its other end at the supporting bracket of the wheel suspension. This supporting point may be displaced closely into the surroundings of the bearing point of the shift lever at the vehicle body or axle carrier. | 07-03-2014 |
20140176070 | Device for Establishing and Disconnecting a Charging Connection for a Plug-In Vehicle in an Automated Manner - Charging device for the automatic establishment and disconnection of a charging connection for a plug-in vehicle, whereby the charging device of the plug-in vehicle includes a charging electrical unit, a charging station with a charging cable to charge an energy storage unit of the vehicle through a cable-based charging connection. The charging electrical unit comprises a socket and the charging cable a plug. The charging device is designed such that that the socket has one or more insertion funnels, the plug has one or more guide pins, wherein each guide pin is allocated to a specific funnel. Information is exchangeable between the charging station and the charging electrical unit once the charging connection is established. Information between the charging station and the vehicle is exchangeable if the charging connection is not established. The plug and a reinforced section on the charging cable connected to the plug are movable via a guide mechanism in a predefined spatial direction in the form of a coupling movement over maximum predefined coupling length. The plug and reinforced section are also movable opposite the predefined spatial direction in a decoupling movement over the coupling length. | 06-26-2014 |
20140173487 | Method for Operating a Vehicle Information System, Vehicle Information System and Computer Program - A vehicle information system includes a user interface, a computer unit, and a communications interface designed for communicating with an external computer unit. An external application program that is allocated to the external computer unit is made available to a user of the vehicle by the user interface. An operator control instruction allocated to the external application program and in the form of a container with a discrete file system is made available to the computer unit. When the user retrieves, by way of the user interface, the operator control instruction, entry data contained in the container are signaled by the user interface. When a link that relates to a section of the operator control instruction of the specific external application program is retrieved, proceeding from the currently signaled operator control instruction of the external application program, the user searches only the data within the container that belong to the specific link by way of the user interface and once found these data are signaled by the user interface. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172235 | Driver Assistance System of a Non-Track-Bound Vehicle - A driver assistance system and method of operating same is provided for a non-track-bound. By applying a steering torque to the driver's steering wheel via an electric motor, a direction-oriented steering recommendation is made to the driver. By this steering torque, first, a steering wheel angle in the recommended rotating direction at an angular speed that is greater in its amount is set and subsequently a steering wheel angle is set in the opposite rotating direction at an angular speed that is lower in its amount. Subsequent to the setting of the steering wheel angle having the opposite rotating direction, at a comparatively lower angular speed, a further steering wheel angle can be set, by which the vehicle is changed along a straight course of the road essentially to the orientation held before the making of the direction-oriented steering recommendation. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169628 | Method and Device for Detecting the Gait of a Pedestrian for a Portable Terminal - A method and system for recognizing a pedestrian's step is provided for a portable terminal. The portable terminal has an acquisition unit. In an image of a sequence of images acquired by the acquisition unit, an object is, in each case, detected which represents at least a part of a foot, a shoe, and/or a leg. The position of the object is determined in the respective image, and a pedestrian's step is recognized as a function of a position change of the object between at least two images of the sequence of images. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166226 | Method for Regenerating the Sand of Sand Molds and Sand Cores - For regenerating the sand, which is obtained from sand molds and/or sand cores, which are produced from the sand and soluble glass as a binder and are used in metal casting, the sand obtained from the sand molds and/or sand cores is subjected to a mechanical regeneration stage and a thermal regeneration stage. During or after the mechanical regeneration stage, the obtained sand is mixed with a hardener for soluble glass. | 06-19-2014 |
20140159475 | Electromechanical Brake Power Assist Unit - An electromechanical brake power assist unit of a vehicle braking system has a master brake cylinder with a piston rod, displaceable by a brake pedal and, in the process, building up brake pressure. The piston rod is also displaceable by an electric motor. The piston rod is supported on a pedal lever, which is formed by the brake pedal itself or an intermediate element pivotable about an axis of rotation by the brake pedal. The piston rod is displaced by a pivotal movement of the pedal lever. An axis of rotation of the pedal lever is displaceable by the electric motor in a moving direction of the piston rod. The pedal ratio is selected such that the driver can slightly displace the piston rod by forces customary in the case of a conventional effective brake power assistance also without an activation of the electric motor, and the pedal path which is large, because of such a pedal ratio without an activation of the electric motor, will then be reduced to a normal extent by the electric-motor-driven displacement of the pedal lever axis rotation. | 06-12-2014 |
20140156185 | Navigation Method and Navigation Device - In a navigation method, at least one constant travel characteristic (CONST_KW) is determined that is representative of a vehicle-specific energy requirement with respect to a predetermined trip length at quasi-constant speed and on a quasi-level stretch. At least one dynamic characteristic (DYN_KW) is determined that is representative of a vehicle-specific energy requirement with respect to a predetermined trip length at quasi-dynamic speed and on a quasi-level stretch. The constant travel characteristic (CONST_KW) is respectively adapted on the basis of at least one vehicle-specifically determined energy consumption characteristic (EV_KW) for a traveled route segment that has been recognized as quasi-level and in which a quasi-constant speed was detected. To determine an expected energy requirement for a predetermined driving route (RT) with several route segments (STA), the individual route segments (STA) are each made available either as a constant travel segment (CONST_STA) or as a dynamic travel segment (DYN_STA). For each route segment (STA), the estimated route segment energy requirement characteristic (ST_EB_KW) is determined on the basis of a respective constant travel characteristic (CONST_KW) in the event of a route segment (STA) made available as a constant travel segment (CONST_STA) and on the basis of a respective dynamic characteristic (DYN_KW) in the event of a route segment made available as a dynamic travel segment. An estimated route energy requirement characteristic (RT_EB_KW) for the predetermined driving route (RT) is determined on the basis of the respective route segment energy requirement characteristics (ST_EB_KW). | 06-05-2014 |
20140154003 | Securing of a Blow-Mould Component - For fastening to a carrier component, a blow-molded component has at least one integrally molded tab with an oblong recess. A detent hook on the carrier component is able to reach behind the tab when passed through the recess. The detent hook is more rigid than the tab, wherein the rigidity describes the resistance of a body to deformation by a force or a torque. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152092 | Vehicle with Power Electronics - A vehicle includes a power electronics unit for converting energy between a DC circuit and a polyphase machine, wherein the power electronics unit has a power module, a driver board, and a control board. The power electronics unit has two DC current rails, wherein the DC circuit can be connected to the same, and the power electronics unit has phase current rails, wherein the polyphase machine can be connected to the same. The number of the phase current rails corresponds to the number of the phases of the polyphase machine. The arrangement of the power module, the driver board, and the control board corresponds to a stacked or sandwiched construction, the phase current rails are electrically connected to the power module, and the control board has a passage for each of the phase current rails, wherein one phase current rail is fed through each passage. | 06-05-2014 |
20140149156 | Vehicle Rental System and Method - A computerized operation of a vehicle rental system is provided, wherein a number of vehicles is made available to a defined user group for a temporary use period. The vehicles are placed at one or more locations accessible only to the user group, with one or multiple parking spaces reserved for the vehicles in each case. Based on a user input which includes at least one item of data regarding a rental period start and a rental period end of a vehicle, as well as a user ID, a reservation of the vehicle is carried out in a computerized reservation system. A sensor device, which monitors the parking spaces, verifies the presence of the vehicle. The reservation system shows a vehicle, the same being detected by the sensor device as parked in one of the reserved parking spaces prior to the expiration of the rental period end and saved in the reservation system, as available for rental in the reservation system. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147195 | Connecting Element - A connection element is provided for connecting at least two components. The connection element has at least two spherical, sphere-shaped or sphere-type or sphere-like sections, wherein a first section of the at least two sections is provided for the connection with a first component, and the second section of the at least two sections is provided for the connection with a second component. | 05-29-2014 |
20140143989 | Method of Connecting Two Components as Well as a Component Connection - A method of connecting a first component having a first hole with a second component having a second hole includes the acts of placing together the two components so that the holes are situated above one another, and fixing the two components on one another. The fixing occurs by pushing a connection element projecting beyond the two components through the two components, the connection element having at least one clamping head which projects beyond a side of the first component facing away from the second component, and clipping a clamping element onto the clamping head, so that the clamping element is supported on a side of the first component facing away from the second component and exercises a clamping force onto the connection element which clamps together the two components. | 05-29-2014 |
20140142842 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD - In a navigation method, coordinates and additional information concerning several places, so-called places of interest, are stored as data in a memory. Surrounding-area parameters are predefined by which, with respect to arbitrary places, one surrounding area respectively is defined which surrounds the place. During a traveling movement with a navigation device, one pertaining surrounding area respectively is acquired by use of the surrounding-area parameters and the respective current location of the navigation device. By way of the stored coordinates, at least one of the stored places of interest is determined which is situated in the acquired surrounding area. The additional information stored with respect to the determined place of interest is outputted by way of a user interface. | 05-22-2014 |
20140136017 | Control Unit for a Motor Vehicle, Programming Unit and Programming System - A control unit for a motor vehicle includes a central processing unit, a communication interface and a memory for storing program data of respective control programs. For programming the control unit with program data, which are stored in a specified manner in the memory, the control unit is operatively configured for supporting a specified set of protocols and for reading-in and analyzing a program data updating prompt for a control program to be updated, which prompt is provided at the communication interface. The updating prompt includes a first indicator representing conceivable protocols usable for programming with updated program data. The control unit, as a function of the first indicator, determines a second indicator, which represents that protocol from the set usable for programming of the control unit with the updated program data. The control unit sends, in response to the program data updating prompt, a program data request, which includes the second indicator. | 05-15-2014 |
20140118532 | Process and Arrangement for Operating a Vehicle Having a Camera Arranged on an Outside Mirror - In a process for operating a vehicle having an outside mirror on which a camera is arranged and which is swivelable by a swiveling device between a first end position and a second end position, first picture data and second picture data of a first picture and of a second picture captured by the camera are provided. As a function of the first and second picture data, it is determined whether an object is imaged in both pictures. If an object is imaged in both pictures, as a function of the first and second picture data, a distance from the object relative to a reference point with respect to the camera is determined. As a function of the determined distance, the swiveling device is triggered such that it contributes to the fact that the distance is greater than or equal to a predefined minimum distance value. | 05-01-2014 |
20140115895 | Method for Producing a Component or a Component Composite Consisting of a Plurality of Components, Using a Camera for Detecting the Position of a Component - A method produces a component, particularly a body component for a vehicle, or a component composite consisting of several components. The steps include forming a metal plate in a forming tool, particularly in a deep-drawing die, producing a reference marking at a predefined location of the metal plate, rough positioning of the formed metal plate by a positioning device such that the reference marking is situated in a predefined space area, identifying the reference marking of a position recognition device, such as a camera system, the position recognition device generating position data corresponding to the position of the reference marking, positioning of a first fixing element at the location of the reference marking based on the position data by an electronically controlled positioning device, and connecting the first fixing element with the formed metal plate, particularly by welding. | 05-01-2014 |
20140115858 | Systems and Methods to Determine the Condition of a Battery - Systems and methods for determining the damage level of a battery are provided. An exemplary method includes measuring a terminal voltage of the battery over time while discharging the battery at a predetermined current; calculating a slope of a natural logarithm of a rate of change of a first voltage of the battery over time based on the terminal voltage of the battery; and comparing the calculated slope to a threshold slope that is based on measurements of a plurality of similar batteries with known conditions. The first voltage of the battery may correspond to a voltage across an RC component of an equivalent circuit model for the battery. | 05-01-2014 |
20140114548 | Method of Controlling the Speed and/or the Distance for Motor Vehicles - A method of controlling the speed and/or the distance for motor vehicles having distance-controlled cruise control systems is provided in which a sensor unit determines relevant data of a vehicle driving ahead. In the event of a detection of a target object driving ahead, desired acceleration values and/or desired deceleration values for reaching a predetermined desired distance to the target object are determined and outputted. While considering the relevant data of the target object, a swinging-out probability of the target object is determined and, as a function of the determined swinging-out probability, an adaptation of the desired distance to the target object is carried out. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114498 | Control Unit for Operating a Motor Vehicle - A control unit for operating a motor vehicle includes a basic module and a function module, which is constructed in a secured run-time environment. The control unit includes predefined first and second interfaces, which each couple the basic module and the function module. The basic module is designed for determining one or more function input quantities, depending on at least one operating quantity, and for providing the function input quantities at the first interface. The basic module is further designed for determining control variables of the actuators, depending on one or more output quantities, which are provided at the second interface. The function module is designed for determining the one or more output quantities, depending on the function input quantities provided t the first interface and a predefined quantity of rules, which output quantities characterize an operating strategy from a quantity of predefined operating strategies, and for providing the output quantities at the second interface. | 04-24-2014 |
20140107924 | Information Device and Information System for a Vehicle - A vehicle information system includes a determination unit configured to determine, as a function of a determined route, at least one stop of a public transport vehicle within a predefined maximal distance to the route, and to generate a signal for visually indicating at least a partial number of the determined stops on a display unit. A selection unit is configured to signal, as a function of, in each case, one predefined detected angle-of-rotation change of a rotationally movable input element, the determined stops corresponding to a predefined sequence, each individually as having been selected, and, as a function of a predefined user input, to generate a signal for visually indicating on the display unit of a respective travel route of at least one transport vehicle line which has a stopping point at the selected stop. | 04-17-2014 |
20140103709 | Method for Controlling a Recuperation Device of a Vehicle - A method for controlling a recuperation device that converts kinetic energy into electric energy in a vehicle is provided. The method includes the acts of actuating at least one actuation element for generating a braking action, at least briefly arranging the actuated actuation element in at least one predefined first trigger position, and activating the recuperation device in a defined functional scope in response to the brief arrangement of the actuated actuation element in the at least one predefined first trigger position. | 04-17-2014 |
20140100746 | System and Process for Predicting Energetically Relevant Driving Situations Without a Road Map - A process and system is provided for anticipatory energy management in vehicles, including providing a driver with anticipatory driving style information. The system includes a sensor interface that acquires vehicle sensor data, a position interface that acquires position data of the vehicle, a storage module that stores an event databank, and an output unit that outputs information concerning an imminent driving event to the driver. A driving event is detected from the acquired position and sensor data, and is stored as an event dataset in the event databank, the driving event being associated with an event position. The system may also recognize from the acquired position data that the vehicle is driving on a current route that includes the event position, and may output information concerning the stored driving event from the output unit before the vehicle reaches the event position. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100733 | Method for Damping Mechanical Vibrations in a Vehicle - A method for damping mechanical vibrations is provided, in particular torsion vibrations, in a vehicle that has a drive train comprising a combustion engine and an electrical drive motor, wherein a signal describing the current vibration behavior of at least one vehicle component is subjected to a vibration analysis, and at at least one interference frequency contained in the signal, a compensation torque counteracting said interference frequency is generated by the electric drive motor. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096748 | Device for Changing a Compression Ratio of a Reciprocating Piston Internal Combustion Engine - A device for changing a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine has a crank drive with a crankshaft with at least one crank pin, mounted in a rotationally movable fashion, connected to a connecting rod and a piston arranged in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. In order to convert rotational movement of the crankshaft into a bidirectional movement of the piston with a defined stroke height, a rotationally movable, externally toothed eccentric for changing the piston stroke height is arranged between the crank pin and an eyelet on the connecting rod. In order to rotate the eccentric, an externally toothed first gearwheel is axially connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to a second gearwheel via a shaft arranged parallel to the crankshaft which is arranged in a meshing fashion on a third gearwheel which can be rotated by an actuating element. | 04-10-2014 |
20140093400 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR THE RAPID AND SAFE ACTIVATION OF FUEL PUMPS - A process is provided for the rapid and safe activation of a fuel pump, having a definable fallback level for a delivery volume of the fuel pump. The process recognizes a possible crash situation and, defines the fallback level as a first delivery volume value which is assigned to a closing position of the fuel pump in response to the recognized possible crash situation. A control system includes a crash recognition device and an electronic fuel pump with the definable fallback level, in which case the crash recognition device is connected with respect to communication with the electronic fuel pump, and the crash recognition device is constructed for implementing the process. | 04-03-2014 |
20140091757 | Charging Device and Charging Method with Float-Mounted Charging Unit - A charging arrangement includes a vehicle having a charging module in the vehicle underbody, and a stationary charging station with a charging unit, for the inductive charging of a battery of the vehicle. The charging station is disposed close to the ground or in the ground. The charging unit is floatingly disposed in the charging station, within a predefined horizontal movement area. The charging module has at least one localization magnet and the charging unit has at least one positioning magnet. The charging unit is constructed as a primary coil, and the charging module is constructed as a secondary coil. | 04-03-2014 |
20140088817 | METHOD AND SAFETY CONCEPT FOR RECOGNIZING DEFECTS IN A DRIVE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and associated safety system are provided for the recognition of defects in a drive system of a motor vehicle, having an electronically controllable brake control system and having at least one electronically controlled driving engine, an electronically controllable clutch and/or having an electronically controllable transmission. An electronic braking control device is assigned to the brake control system, which braking control device is connected with an independent monitoring module. The independent monitoring module checks for an occurrence of an implausible braking torque, for detecting a defect in the drive system. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083783 | Cooling of Electric Storage Units in a Vehicle - A vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, an electric driving motor, which is designed to drive the rear and/or front wheel, and several electric storage units, which are accommodated inside a storage housing. The storage housing has at least one air duct for discharging thermal energy of the storage units. The air duct extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at least in one air inflow region and is arranged such that, in an operating state of the vehicle, ambient air flows into the air duct by way of head wind so as to discharge the thermal energy. | 03-27-2014 |
20140079982 | COVER FOR AN ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEVICE - A cell contacting system for an electro-chemical device is provided, which has a reduced weight and yet a high security against damage. The electro-chemical device includes a plurality of electro-chemical cells, a cover which includes a carrier element, on which there is arranged at least one cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell, and a cover element for covering the at least one cell connector, the cover element including a covering film. | 03-20-2014 |
20140072854 | Energy Storage Module and Fixing Assembly for the Energy Storage Module - An energy storage module for a device, particularly of a motor vehicle, is provided. energy storage module includes multiple storage cells which are tensioned between end plates via tie anchors and being designed to be placed on and locked on at least one fixed locking bracket. Preferably at least one of the two end plates has a locking element which is connected to the end plate in a pivoting and/or sliding manner, and the locking element can be locked to the locking bracket by a pivoting and/or locking movement of the locking element. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A POSSIBLE COLLISION OBJECT - An imaging unit is arranged in a motor vehicle. The imaging unit is designed for providing, as a function of an image acquired by it, a digital source image of a predefined image size. A first intermediate image of a predefined first intermediate image size is generated by reducing a resolution of the source image for the sake of reducing pixels. Furthermore, a second intermediate image of the predefined image size is generated such that it comprises the first intermediate image. The second intermediate image is analyzed by a predefined detector in order to examine whether an object of a predefined object category is situated in the second intermediate image, the detector being designed for analyzing a predefined image detail and for detecting an object of a predefined object category of a predefined object size range. | 03-13-2014 |
20140070936 | Method for Checking Tire Pressure in Real Time - A method is provided for real-time monitoring of tire pressure, wherein the pressure value determined by use of a pressure sensor in the tire is transmitted by an electronic wheel device, without the use of a trigger transmitter fixed on the vehicle, by radio, in short transmission intervals, to a monitoring device installed in the vehicle, only if, at least when the vehicle is not moving, the value is outside a prespecified normal range. When the vehicle is not moving, the electronic wheel device transmits a signal suitable for a system monitoring function, at certain time intervals and, using the same time frame or a whole-number fraction or multiple thereof, carries out a measurement of the tire pressure. The signal has a short transmission duration on the order of 25 μs to 500 μs. | 03-13-2014 |
20140070736 | POWER ELECTRONICS APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORES - A power electronics arrangement includes an inverter to which an electric machine can be connected, and at least one half bridge to which at least two electric energy storage devices can be connected. One of the at least two electric energy storage devices at least temporarily supplies the electric machine, and one of the electric energy storage devices at least temporarily charges another energy storage device of the at least two electric energy storage devices by way of the electric machine and one of the half bridges. For this purpose, a control method for the power electronics arrangement operates according to the principle of space vector modulation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140058659 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONICALLY STORED CALENDAR DATA IN A COMPUTER-ASSISTED MANNER - A method for computer-aided processing of electronically stored calendar data by a user terminal, wherein, by use of the user terminal, a calendar entry is read out of a data memory, the calendar entries including, with respect to an event, at least one piece of information concerning the beginning and the location of the event. The current position and time of the user terminal and a route from the current position of the user terminal to the location of the event, as well as the probable duration for the covering of the route are determined. From the beginning of the event, the current time and the probable duration for the route covering, a time difference is determined which is available up to the start of the route covering, in which case, the time difference is visually and/or audibly outputted for the user. | 02-27-2014 |
20140054871 | Vehicle Independent Wheel Suspension for a Slightly Steerable Rear Wheel of a Double-Track Vehicle - A vehicular single wheel suspension of a double-track rear wheel being steerable by an actuator of a double-track vehicle has a wheel carrier guided by a longitudinal control arm and by two transverse control arms. The transverse control arms are connected to the wheel carrier by a bolt via a rubber bearing having a minimal degree of rotary freedom. The longitudinal control arm is mounted on the wheel carrier via one rubber bearing having a minimal degree of rotary freedom, such that the wheel carrier is swivelable relative to the longitudinal control arm about a substantially vertical swivel axis. The swivel axis is formed by the rubber bearing wherein the resulting degree of rotary freedom is bound by a tie rod element connected to the wheel carrier via an articulated joint. The tie rod element is movable in the transverse direction of the vehicle by an actuator adjuster element. | 02-27-2014 |
20140050951 | Method and Device for Determining the Internal Temperature of an Energy Storage Device - A method is provided for determining the internal temperature of an electrochemical energy storage device, particularly for a motor vehicle. The internal temperature of a cell winding of the energy storage device is determined by calculation in a control device of the energy storage device by way of a thermal model for the energy storage device which is saved in the control device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140048031 | Device and Method for Starting an Internal Combustion Engine Arranged in a Vehicle - A system and method are provided for starting an internal-combustion engine arranged in a vehicle equipped with an electric machine that at least temporarily drives the internal-combustion engine and a first electrical energy storage unit. An adjusting unit is provided by which the electric machine is connectable with the first storage unit. The adjusting unit is configured to detect at least one defined internal-combustion engine operating state and/or at least one defined vehicle operating state and, at least as a function of the detected internal-combustion engine operating state and/or the detected vehicle operating state, for adjusting an electric quantity which determines an electric power drawn from the first storage unit by the electric machine when driving the internal-combustion engine, or for itself adjusting the drawn electric power. | 02-20-2014 |
20140046592 | Method For Operating a Hybrid Drive - A method operates a hybrid drive operable selectively in a first operating mode powered by only an internal combustion engine or in a second operating mode powered by only an electric motor. Prior to starting a trip, for which a route that leads from a start to a destination is determined, the entire route to be traveled is segmented, according to pre-defined logic, into a plurality of route sections. These route sections are used to select certain route sections that are ever taken into consideration, based on certain route section criteria, for driving in the second mode. From, the selected certain route sections, those are used to identify and to drive on the route in the second mode in which route travel in the second mode yields a total maximum fuel economy advantage compared to driving the route in the first or any other mode. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042967 | Vehicle Charging Arrangement - A vehicle charging arrangement includes a charging station outside of a vehicle, a charging cable, and an electric charging unit of the vehicle. The charging station can be supplied with electric power from an external alternating-current network. The charging cable is electrically connected to the charging station or can be electrically connected to the charging station. The charging cable can be electrically connected to the electric charging unit by way of a plug-and-socket connection. The charging station has six electric taps, and the charging cable has six electric lines. In order to charge the electric energy storage device, the six electric taps of the charging station are connected in the same configuration with the six electric lines of the charging cable, and the six electric lines of the charging cable are connected in the same configuration with at least four electric contacts of the electric charging unit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140038030 | Energy Storage Module Comprising a Plurality of Prismatic Storage Cells and Method For Production Thereof - The present invention relates to an energy storage module for an apparatus for supplying voltage of a motor vehicle, wherein the energy storage module comprises a plurality of prismatic storage cells which are stacked in at least one row, are arranged one behind the other and are braced between at least two end plates by means of at least one tie rod, wherein at least one of the end plates has a layer structure comprising at least three successive layers, wherein two outer layers surround at least one inner layer, and wherein the inner layer has a wavy and/or diffuse structure. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038029 | Energy Storage Module Comprising a Plurality of Prismatic Storage Cells and Method For Production Thereof - The invention relates to an energy storage module for a device for supplying voltage, in particular, of a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of in particular prismatic storage cells, which are stacked together at least in one row, are arranged one behind the other and are braced between at least two end plates by means of at least one tie rod or a wrapping, wherein at least one of the end plates comprises a layer structure of at least three layers and/or the tie rod consists of a fiber composite material. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038021 | Energy Storage Module Comprising a Plurality of Prismatic Storage Cells - The present invention relates to an energy storage module for an apparatus for supplying voltage, in particular of a motor vehicle, in which the energy storage module has a plurality of prismatic storage cells which, in a manner stacked to form at least one row, are arranged one behind the other and are braced between two end plates by means of at least one tie rod. The tie rod may be in the form of a thermally conductive metal sheet for dissipating the heat from the storage cells to a cooling device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035351 | Wheel Bearing Assembly of a Vehicle - A wheel bearing assembly of a vehicle is provided. A hub is mounted via a roller bearing arrangement in a wheel carrier. The hub has a driving flange with a bearing surface which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the wheel, optionally with the intermediate positioning of a brake disk, such that the bearing surface of the driving flange describes a plane that intersects the roller bearing arrangement. The hub forms or supports an inner ring of the roller bearing arrangement, and an outer ring of the roller bearing assembly is held in the wheel carrier. A support structure for the driving flange is guided around the roller bearing arrangement on the outside of the wheel bearing assembly, facing away from the vehicle body and wheel carrier. As a result, a wheel insertion depth in the order of zero or a few millimeters may be achieved. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035251 | Independent Wheel Suspension of an at Least Slightly Steerable Rear Wheel of a Double-Track Vehicle - A swivel bearing of a wheel suspension is connected to a longitudinal control arm via two joints at different heights viewed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in an articulated manner such that the joints determine a steering axis of rotation extending primarily perpendicularly when viewed from the side, and which has a negative scrub radius. Each transverse control arm is attached to the longitudinal control arm via one rubber mount or joint having a minimal degree of rotary freedom. The swivel bearing is guided by a tie rod, which is supported on a soft rubber bearing. The tie rod is connected to an actuator adjuster element, whose actuator is arranged substantially in a center of the vehicle and acts for the two rear wheels thereof. The tie rod is moveable substantially in the transverse direction to minimally steer the rear wheel. | 02-06-2014 |
20140032045 | Vehicle Communication System, Access Data Device, and Telematics Communication System - A motor vehicle communication system using access-controlled telematic services in a motor vehicle has one or more telematic devices designed for executing telematic applications using at least one access-controlled telematic service. The vehicle communication system has a central access data device for managing prespecified access data for a plurality of the access-controlled telematic services used by the telematic applications. The central access data device has a first communication interface, and is designed to output a provision request for access data of the access-controlled telematic service, via the first communication interface, for each of the access-controlled telematic services, and to save access data for each of the access-controlled telematic services, the access data being provided to the first communication interface in response to the provision request, and to make the access data available via a prespecified internal interface to the telematic application using the respective access-controlled telematic service. | 01-30-2014 |
20140031023 | Communication Device for a Vehicle - A communication device for a vehicle has a programmable memory circuit into which access data of a service provider is programmed for the purpose of establishing communication via one of the communication channels provided by the service provider. The communication device has a transmission and/or receiving device to transmit and receive data via the communication channel. Access data of the service provider intended to be programmed into the programmable memory circuit is received by the transmission and/or receiving device, and made available by the same for the purpose of being programmed into the programmable memory circuit. | 01-30-2014 |
20140027193 | Vehicle Comprising a Housing of an Electric Energy Store, Said Housing Being Designed as a Supporting Structural Component - A vehicle is provided having at least a front wheel, a rear wheel, an electrical machine which is configured for driving the rear and/or the front wheel, and multiple electrical storage devices which are accommodated in a storage housing. The storage housing forms a load-bearing component of a frame and/or a body of the vehicle. | 01-30-2014 |
20140027091 | Method for Conditioning a Heat/Refrigeration Storage Device, and Vehicle Having a Heat/Refrigeration Storage Device - A method is provided for conditioning a heat/cold storage device of a vehicle by electric energy, as well as a vehicle configured to perform the method. The heat/cold storage device may be provided for heating and/or cooling a vehicle component or a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The electric energy used for conditioning is generated partially or completely from the kinetic energy of the vehicle by a generator which is provided in the vehicle during braking actions or in the overrun mode of the vehicle. | 01-30-2014 |
20140024496 | Protection of an All-Wheel Clutch of a Motor Vehicle Having a Clutch-Controlled All-Wheel Drive During a Critical Power Braking Situation Including a Clutch Slip - A method is provided for protecting an all-wheel drive clutch of a two-axle vehicle with clutch-controlled all-wheel drive. A power braking situation, where both the accelerator pedal and the brake are actuated and the vehicle is stationary or moves only slightly in the vehicle longitudinal direction, may be critical for the all-wheel drive clutch. For example, when the friction coefficient of the primary axle is very small and the wheel braking torque is less than the driving torque, a clutch slip may occur at the all-wheel drive clutch. Upon detecting a power braking situation, a protective measure is implemented against thermal overload of the all-wheel drive clutch, such as reducing or limiting the engine torque output, so that the clutch slip and the energy input into the all-wheel drive clutch are reduced. | 01-23-2014 |
20140012488 | Device and Method For Starting an Internal Combustion Engine Arranged In a Vehicle - A device and a method are provided for starting a vehicle internal-combustion engine. An electric machine at least temporarily drives the internal-combustion engine, and a storage unit at least temporarily supplies the electric machine with electric energy. A number of consumer assemblies in the vehicle are drivable at least temporarily by the engine via a respective process-specific connection. A control unit controls at least one consumer assembly in the presence of a consumer assembly control condition in order to generate or increase a load acting upon the internal-combustion engine, and subsequently controls the electric machine for driving the internal-combustion engine in the presence of an internal-combustion engine start condition. | 01-09-2014 |
20140011066 | Apparatus For Supplying Voltage to a Motor Vehicle, In Particular a Storage Module - Apparatus for supplying voltage to a motor vehicle, in particular a storage module, includes a cell stack with a plurality of storage cells, which each have a storage cell housing and, a front and a rear plate-like element, which are each connected to one another via a left-hand and a right-hand clamping element. The cell stack is clamped in between the plate-like elements by use of the clamping elements. In addition, outer wall insulation is provided which extends in the manner of a ring or sleeve along storage cell outer walls around the cell stack and electrically insulates the cell stack with respect to the plate-like elements and/or the clamping elements. | 01-09-2014 |
20130341910 | Coupling for a Plug-In Connection - A coupling component is provided for a plug-in connection for media-carrying lines, and includes a flow channel that has an inner cross-section that is enlarged in steps in order to allow the formation of a reflux zone when carrying the media, and a vent opening. The step-like enlargement is asymmetrically formed over the circumference of the inner cross-section so as to achieve an improved separation capacity. | 12-26-2013 |
20130340730 | Method for Operating a Volume-Controlled Internal-Combustion Engine, and an Internal-Combustion Engine - A method is provided for operating a volume-controlled internal-combustion engine having an intake tract and an exhaust system. An expansion machine is arranged in the intake tract in the flow direction of a combustion air in front of an inlet valve of the engine. An output shaft of the expansion machine is coupleable with an output shaft of the engine. A heat exchanger is arranged in the exhaust system. Before combustion air flows through the expansion machine, it is heated in the heat exchanger by exhaust gas of the internal-combustion engine. The method achieves an efficiency improvement in an internal-combustion engine with a volume-controlled load control at partial load. | 12-26-2013 |
20130337872 | Piconet Base Station and Communication System for a Vehicle - An ultra-small cell base station for a vehicle is coupleable, for signal exchange, to a first antenna assembly, which is configured to receive radio signals of a cellular radio user device situated inside the vehicle and to emit radio signals to be received by the user device. The ultra-small cell base station is also coupleable to a second antenna assembly, configured to receive radio signals of a further cellular radio user device situated outside the vehicle and to emit radio signals to be received by the further user device. The ultra-small cell base station is also coupleable to a network-side antenna assembly of the vehicle configured to receive radio signals emitted by a pre-defined static cellular radio base station and to emit radio signals to be received by the static base station. The ultra-small cell base station is configured to operate a first and a second small cell. | 12-19-2013 |
20130333972 | Pedestrian Airbag Arrangement - A pedestrian airbag arrangement for a vehicle includes an airbag covering at least a part of the windscreen and/or at least a part of at least one A-pillar of the vehicle when it is in deployed state, an inflator in fluid connection to the airbag, and a retraction means for retracting the airbag. The retraction means includes a triggering means and a retractor retracting the airbag when released by the triggering means. In order to provide an automatic retraction of the airbag, the triggering means is activated by the airbag. | 12-19-2013 |
20130322629 | Method for the Encrypted Radio Transmission of Data - A method is provided for encrypted radio transmission of data telegrams spaced apart in time in a sequence between a transmitter and a receiver of a system, wherein a key is changeable and is cryptologically derived from a current piece of information. The time elapsed between a preceding telegram and the encrypted telegram implementing the desired data transmission is used as the key. The time span results from a value or entry of a parameter present in the system. The duration in the transmitter and the receiver is determinable from a previously transmitted value or entry of a parameter, or derived only in the transmitter and wirelessly transmitted to the receiver for a future telegram. In a motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system, the transmitted data originate from a tire sensor and are wirelessly transmitted in an encrypted manner to a vehicle body. | 12-05-2013 |
20130319492 | Exhaust Gas System for an Internal Combustion Engine - An exhaust gas system for an internal combustion engine has a thermoelectric power generator with a hot side and a cold side. The hot side is arranged on the exhaust gas system and is heatable by exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. A first heat exchanger having a first thermal conductivity is arranged between the hot side and the exhaust gas flow. At least a second thermoelectric power generator is arranged on the exhaust gas system and has a second heat exchanger with a thermal conductivity that is different from the first thermal conductivity. The arrangement of thermoelectric power generators can generate electric power over a significantly wider operating point range of the internal combustion engine. | 12-05-2013 |
20130319085 | Vehicle Pneumatic Tire Having a Sealing Material on the Inside of the Tire - A vehicle pneumatic tire has a sealing material on the inside of the tire, which material approximately closes off a leak resulting from damage to the tire. A warning system is provided in a section of the tire having the sealing material. The warning system may be a sensor unit, which monitors the tire air pressure and is secured via an adhesive film to the inside of the tire having the sealing material. The adhesive film is adhered over a large surface area which is larger by an order of magnitude than a base surface of the sensor unit or of a sensor unit securing device. The adhesive film may cover the sensor unit so that it is located between the adhesive film and the inside of the tire. | 12-05-2013 |
20130314041 | Motor Vehicle Having a Jump-Start Device - A motor vehicle having a jump-start device is equipped with an internal combustion engine with a starter motor, and at least two on-board electrical power subsystems which are coupled together via an electric coupling element. Each on-board electrical power subsystem has at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage device. The motor vehicle has a jump-start support terminal, wherein the jump-starting device has a multi-stage jump-start switch. The on-board electrical power subsystems and the jump-starting support terminal are galvanically isolated when a first switching stage of the jump-start switch is selected, and the on-board electrical power subsystems and the jump-starting support terminal are galvanically connected when a second switching stage of the jump-start switch is selected. | 11-28-2013 |
20130314039 | Charging Device for an Electric Energy Storage Device in a Motor Vehicle - A charging device is provided for a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle is equipped with an electric energy storage device, a DC-DC converter as well as a first hard-wired interface to a first external AC network for charging the electric energy storage device and a second inductive interface to a second external AC network for charging the electric energy storage device of the vehicle. The output power of the DC-DC converter is used as the charging power of the electric energy storage device. The input of the DC-DC converter can be supplied with electric power over the first and second interfaces. | 11-28-2013 |
20130314024 | Jump-Starting Arrangement for a Motor Vehicle - A jump-starting arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has an engine control unit and a starter for an internal-combustion engine. The motor vehicle is equipped with at least two partial onboard power systems, which are mutually coupled by way of at least one electric separator element. Each partial onboard power system, respectively, is equipped with at least one rechargeable electric energy accumulator. The two partial onboard power systems each have a jump-starting base, and the respective jump-starting bases are galvanically separated from one another. | 11-28-2013 |
20130313898 | Arrangement and Method for Stabilizing a Voltage Applied to a First Electric Consuming Device Arranged in an Onboard Power Supply System of a Vehicle - An arrangement and method are provided for stabilizing a voltage applied to a first electric consumer arranged in a vehicle onboard power supply system that includes a second electric consumer. A first voltage supply unit provides a supply voltage; a storage unit stores electric energy; a second voltage supply unit provides a charging voltage; a switching unit is connected to the first consumer, the storage unit, the first voltage supply unit and the second voltage supply unit; and a control unit determines whether a stabilization is to be carried out. If no stabilization is to be carried out, the control unit activates the switching unit such that the first consumer is connected to the first voltage supply unit and, as soon as the stabilization is to be carried out, the first consumer is connected to a series connection formed by the storage unit and the first voltage supply unit. | 11-28-2013 |
20130311003 | Communication Between a Vehicle and a Central Unit - A method is provided for communicating between a vehicle and a central unit, wherein, based on a time base, the central unit transmits a message to the vehicle. Based on the message, a functionality is activated or deactivated in the vehicle. A corresponding central unit as well as a corresponding vehicle for carrying out the method are disclosed. | 11-21-2013 |
20130305818 | Arrangement Of A Tire Pressure Sensor Unit - An arrangement of a tire pressure sensor unit on the inner wall of the tread of a vehicle tire in a retaining device for the sensor unit is provided. The retaining device is connected to the inner wall, wherein a sealing compound is applied to the inner wall, or in the case of a retaining device having a closed bottom section which is connected to the inner wall, the sealing compound is applied to the bottom section facing the sensor unit. In the event that a foreign object punctures the inner wall, or punctures the inner wall and the bottom section, the sealing compound prevents at least a short-term loss of pressure caused by the hole resulting therefrom in that the sealing compound at least almost tightly seals the hole. | 11-21-2013 |
20130305743 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE WITH A HEAT CONDUCTING LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THERMOELECTRIC MODULE - A thermoelectric module includes a cold side, a hot side and thermoelectric elements disposed between the two sides. At least one heat conducting layer is disposed between the thermoelectric elements and at least the cold side or the hot side and the heat conducting layer can be compressed. A method for producing a thermoelectric module having at least one heat conducting layer is also provided. | 11-21-2013 |
20130269645 | High-Voltage Pinion Starter - A vehicle is provided with a pinion starter for an internal-combustion engine, which vehicle includes a low-voltage onboard power supply system and a high-voltage onboard power supply system. The pinion starter has an electric motor and a solenoid switch, wherein the electric motor is constructed as a polyphase machine. The polyphase machine can be supplied with electric power from the high-voltage onboard power supply system, and the solenoid switch can be electrically supplied by the low-voltage onboard power supply system. | 10-17-2013 |
20130253830 | Method for Outputting Navigation Instructions - A method is provided for outputting navigation instructions in a motor vehicle having a navigation system and a head-up display. Graphical navigation instructions are output in at least three instruction categories which differ substantially in terms of the graphical level of detail of the particular navigation instruction, the instruction category being selected based on the distance between the motor vehicle and an action point for the navigation maneuver. Navigation instructions in the category for short distances include a perspective lane-exact representation of a map section relevant to the navigation maneuver in the head-up display, a first driving line which is proposed by the navigation system is depicted in the map section in a lane-exact manner by way of a first graphical line object and an alternative second driving line is also depicted in a lane-exact manner by way of a second graphical line object differing from the first line object. | 09-26-2013 |
20130253826 | Navigation System and Method - A navigation system includes a memory in which information concerning road sections and information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions are stored such that time-dependent traffic restrictions are assigned to a portion of the road sections. A route computation process is set up such that, when computing a route, the memory is accessed in order to compute a route based on information concerning road sections and based on information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions. When computing the route, information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions for a first portion of the road sections, to which information concerning a time-dependent traffic restriction is assigned, is taken into account and, information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions for a second portion of the road sections, to which information concerning a time-dependent traffic restriction is assigned, is not taken into account. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252780 | 9-Speed Planetary-Gear Automatic Transmission - A 9-speed planetary gear-automatic transmission includes precisely one gearbox input element, precisely one gearbox output element, precisely four planetary gear sets and precisely six shifting devices for selecting the individual gears of the planetary gear-automatic transmission. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252049 | Apparatus for Detecting the Temperature of an Energy Storage System - An apparatus for detecting the temperature of an electrochemical energy storage system, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, includes a temperature sensor unit. The energy storage system has one or more storage cells with, in each case, two connection terminals for making electric contact therewith. The connection terminals are in electric contact via connection elements. In order to detect a temperature corresponding to an internal temperature of the storage cells, a respective temperature sensor of the temperature sensor unit is arranged on a connection terminal of at least one of the storage cells of the energy storage system. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252035 | Energy Storage Device for a Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle energy storage device includes a first electrical energy store characterized by a first characteristic voltage curve defining the open-circuit voltage of the first energy store depending on the relative charge state and by a first characteristic resistance curve defining the internal resistance of the first energy store relevant for a charge process of the energy store, and a second electrical energy store connected in parallel and characterized by a second characteristic voltage curve defining the open-circuit voltage of the second energy store depending on the relative charge state and by a second characteristic resistance curve defining the internal resistance relevant for a charge process of the second energy store. The voltage value ranges covered by the first characteristic voltage curve and the second characteristic voltage curve partially overlap, and the first and second characteristic resistance curves and the second characteristic resistance curve have exactly one intersecting point. | 09-26-2013 |
20130241166 | Front Wheel Suspension on a Two-Track Vehicle - A front wheel suspension on a two-track vehicle having a wheel carrier or pivot bearing guided by an articulated suspension link is provided with an add-on part arranged such that during an impact of the vehicle on an obstacle which penetrates into the space bridged by the suspension link between a wheel and an axle support or vehicle body, the add-on part forms a lever arm on an articulated connection of the suspension link to separate the link by opening or destroying the connection. Separation of the articulated connection allows the vehicle wheel to be displaced laterally away from the vehicle interior. The add-on part may be fastened by a fastening screw of the articulation connection or be an extension of the screw. The add-on part may have a bead or a punch ring which has a destructive effect on the articulated connection during impact-caused displacement of the add-on part. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240273 | Electrically Driven Axle of a Two-Track Vehicle - An electrically driven axle of a two-track vehicle is provided having drive shafts which are assigned to the wheels and an axle carrier with a plurality of wheel-guiding steering arms which are attached thereto. At least one electric motor is attached to the axle carrier, and furthermore a housing containing elements for making available electrical energy for the electric motor is attached to the axle carrier or forms a component of the axle carrier in the form of a base body. At least one of the wheel-guiding steering arms is connected to the base body or housing, and arms extend from the base body of the axle carrier, on the end regions of which arms the vehicle body is supported via rubber bearings. The underfloor of the base body or housing facing the roadway is preferably essentially planar. | 09-19-2013 |
20130234425 | Steering Device for Motor Vehicles - A steering device for a motor vehicle has a steering wheel which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to a steering shaft which is continuously hollow and through which at least an electrical conductor is led in order to make electrical connection with steering-wheel-side equipment. The conductor, in particular flexible conductor tracks, highly flexible cables, and/or flat conductor ribbons, is guided in an axial direction through the entire steering shaft, and emerges therefrom at the two ends of the steering shaft, and is surrounded essentially by a protective device. The protective device has two protective tubes which can be changed in length in the axial direction, in particular by moving them in and out in a telescopic fashion. | 09-12-2013 |
20130230113 | Electrical Device for a Powerline System for Data Transmission and Powerline System for Data Transmission - An electrical device is provided for a power line system for data transmission, including at least one line of a power supply network, at least one signal line, and a coupling region wherein the at least one line of the power supply network and the at least one signal line are partially arranged. The at least one line of the power supply network and the at least one signal line are electrically isolated from each other and capacitively coupled to each other in the coupling region. A motor vehicle is equipped with the power line system for data transmission. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228994 | Single Wheel Suspension of a Non-Steerable Driven Wheel of a Two Track Vehicle - A single-wheel suspension of a non-steerable driven wheel of a two-track vehicle is provided. The suspension includes two longitudinal control arms that pivot in a vertical plane. The first control arm is supported by a vertical pendulum support and supports a wheel bearing. The second control arm is supported with one rotational degree of freedom on the vehicle and is connected to the first control arm with one rotation degree of freedom by a connecting member between the wheel bearing and the pendulum support. At least a section of the first control arm between the wheel bearing and the connecting member is located inside the wheel rim space. A gear mechanism at least partially inside the wheel rim includes two transmission stages laterally offset from one another. The rotational axes of a connection shaft connecting first and second transmission stages and the connection element between the two control arms coincide. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228204 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT FORMED OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN A THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AND THERMOELECTRIC MODULE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENTS - A semiconductor element is formed of a thermoelectric material having at least one aperture, a first end face and an opposite second end face. A cross-sectional surface which is parallel to the first end face or to the second end face extends through the thermoelectric material and through the aperture and has an area which is at most 20% greater than the first front surface and is smaller than the second end face. A thermoelectric module having at least two semiconductor elements is also provided. | 09-05-2013 |
20130223568 | Receiving Arrangement of a Motor Vehicle - A receiving arrangement of a motor vehicle has a first antenna array disposed at or on the body of the motor vehicle, and having a second antenna array disposed on a window pane of the motor vehicle. The antenna arrays are coupled to a receiving unit for further processing, in particular, for the demodulation and/or decoding of a respective received signal of the antenna arrays. The receiving unit is directly connected with the first and the second antenna array. The receiving unit, during operation, causes a conversion of a respective received analog signal of the antenna arrays to a respective loss-free transportable digital signal, which the receiving unit provides to a control unit of the receiving unit for further processing. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222212 | Motor Vehicle Having a Device for Influencing the Viewing Direction of the Driver - A motor vehicle with a device for influencing the viewing direction of the driver has a hazard detection and warning output device and a display unit for displaying information contents and/or entertainment contents. The display unit is arranged essentially centrally in the dashboard of the motor vehicle. The passenger compartment of the motor vehicle has a lighting device that is suitable for outputting a dynamic light animation and extends essentially from the display unit to the driver's field of vision on the windshield of the motor vehicle. A light animation that constitutes a movement of light in the direction of the driver's field of vision can be outputted, in order to output a warning about a hazard that relates to or could relate to what is happening on the road in front of the motor vehicle. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221647 | Motor Vehicle Comprising a Safety Device - A motor vehicle having a safety device for protecting pedestrians or bicyclists that collide with the motor vehicle includes an airbag which, in the non-activated basic state, is arranged folded together on an automotive body and, in the activated deployed state, at least partially covers a frame around the windshield. In the activated state, the airbag stretches out a windshield cover in front of the windshield. The cover has a region in which a plurality of energy dissipators are distributed on the side of the cover facing the windshield. During an impact with a person's head, the region is pressed against the windshield. The energy dissipators cause prior damage to the windshield, such that the rigidity of the windshield in this region is reduced. The windshield thus yields upon impact of the head in the region. | 08-29-2013 |
20130212858 | Method for Connecting Components - A method for connecting components includes the acts of providing a first component, fixing the first component in a space, where the exact position of the first component in a space does not have to be known or is unknown, determining the exact position of the first component in a space by a position recognition device, which generates the position data that correspond to the position of the first component, attaching or producing at least one first fixing element on the first component by an electronically controlled device, which attaches or produces the at least one first fixing element in a specified position relative to the first component using the determined position data, and fixing a second component on the first component, where a second fixing element, which is provided on the second component, forms a detachable connection with the first fixing element. | 08-22-2013 |
20130205258 | Method for Selecting a List Element - A method for selecting a list element from a list displayable on a motor vehicle display unit. The list is displayed on a first display unit. First upwards/downwards commands are received upon actuation of an operating element by a user and, corresponding to the first upwards/downwards commands received, a first preselection region, which highlights a plurality of list elements, is moved upwards/downwards within the displayed list. A first selection command is received upon an actuation of the operating element and then a sublist, which exclusively comprises the list elements highlighted by the first preselection region is displayed on a second display unit. Second upwards/downwards commands are received and, corresponding thereto, a second preselection region, which highlights a single list element in the sublist, is moved upwards/downwards within the displayed sublist. A second selection command selects the list element highlighted by the second preselection region. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204505 | Speed Control System and Method Having a Distance Sensor, Intended for a Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle speed control system having a distance sensor operates in a first mode when the vehicle is traveling on a clear stretch of road in which a predetermined desired vehicle speed is set. In a second mode when the vehicle is following another vehicle, a predetermined minimum distance from a selected target object is set. The target object is selected by a first selection process that screens out stationary objects. When a defined condition prevails, the first mode switches into a third mode in the form of deceleration, wherein a second selection process is started which also evaluates stationary target objects. Until a target object is selected, the vehicle travels on a clear road with deceleration initiated which is reduced relative to following another vehicle. If a target object is selected by the second selection process, the system switches over without delay from the third mode into the second mode. | 08-08-2013 |
20130199507 | Method for Producing a Ventilation Bore in a Thrust Bearing of a Crankcase of a Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine - A method is provided for producing a ventilation bore in a thrust bearing of a crankcase of a reciprocating internal combustion engine by milling. The milling cutter is an angled-head milling cutter, which is introduced into the crankcase in the direction of a cylinder longitudinal axis and is moved in the direction of a crankcase longitudinal axis until the thrust bearing is perforated. Subsequently, the angled-head milling cutter is moved back in the direction of the crankcase longitudinal axis and removed from the crankcase by moving the angled-head milling cutter in the direction of the cylinder longitudinal axis. Internal stresses in the crankcase are avoided by the production of the ventilation bore, as a result of which the strength of the crankcase is increased. | 08-08-2013 |
20130196074 | Thermal Coating Method - A thermal coating method for applying a functional layer to a workpiece surface, particularly for applying a running surface coating to a cylinder running surface of a crankcase of an internal-combustion engine, includes the steps of: melting a coating material by use of a melting device, applying coating material droplets to the workpiece surface by use of a gas jet aimed at the workpiece surface, which gas jet blows coating material droplets from a melting location of the melting device onto the workpiece surface, and cooling or rapidly freezing the coating material droplets during their transport from the melting location to the workpiece surface. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192546 | Coolant Jacket for a Liquid-Cooled Cylinder Head - A coolant jacket is provided for a liquid-cooled cylinder head for an internal combustion engine having a crankcase. The cylinder head has a gas exchange intake side having two gas exchange intake valves and a gas exchange exhaust side having two gas exchange exhaust valves. A fuel injection valve is provided on the intake side and an ignition device is provided on the exhaust side between the gas exchange valves. The coolant jacket extends as a first partial coolant jacket on the exhaust side, coming from the crankcase, between the gas exchange exhaust valves and then radially outside around the ignition device and the fuel injection valve and further in the direction of the intake side and the crankcase. Optimal cooling of the ignition device and the fuel injection valve is achieved which enables high specific powers and pressures leading to fuel consumption and cost advantages. | 08-01-2013 |
20130191025 | Navigation System and Method for Computing the Overall Costs of a Route - A navigation system has an interface for accessing a memory unit, in which an electronic road map is stored with a large number of road sections, each of which has at least one first cost element assigned thereto, and has a computer unit, which is designed such that at least one second cost element is assigned or will be assigned to at least some of the road sections. In order to compute a route, a cost value is assigned or will be assigned to each of the road sections, wherein the computation of the cost value for the first road sections is based in each case on the first and the second cost element and for the second road sections is based in each case on the first and not on the second cost elements. | 07-25-2013 |
20130185916 | Component Connection Comprising a First and a Second Component and a Male and a Female Fixing Element - A component connection includes a first vehicle component which has a male fixing element projecting from the first vehicle component, and a second vehicle component, which has a female fixing element that is intended for receiving the male fixing element. The male fixing element is inserted into the female fixing element in an insertion direction. The male fixing element has a functional head, which has partially or completely the shape of a sphere or partially or completely a shape similar to a sphere, and the male fixing element has a foot region, which is connected to the second component in a positive locking manner. The functional head has an excessive dimension in relation to the female fixing element in essence transversely to the insertion direction, so that the two vehicle components can be clamped together in a detachable manner at the fixing elements. | 07-25-2013 |
20130175990 | System for Charging a Rechargeable Battery of an Electric Vehicle - An electric vehicle includes an electric machine, a generator generating a first AC output current, an internal combustion engine driving the generator, and a first electric plug-in charging device. When the engine is started, the generator supplies the battery with charging power. The first plug-in charging device is geometrically configured to be connectable with single phase AC power mains to supply the battery with charging power in a vehicle deactivated state. The first plug-in charging device is configured for a maximum electric power voltage load of 240 volts and a maximum current strength of 32 amperes. A second electric plug-in charging device is integrated into the vehicle. A DC charging station is connectable to the second charging device in the deactivated state so the DC charging station is usable either exclusively or simultaneously with the single phase AC power mains for charging the battery. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175849 | Wheel Assembly for Motor Vehicles - A wheel assembly configured for suspending the wheel of a motor vehicle on one side and includes a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in the radial direction, to a wheel disc on the outer circumference of the wheel assembly in close vicinity to a wheel rim. A brake caliper of the disc brake surrounds the brake disc over the inner circumference of the brake disc and is fixed to a wheel carrier that supports a stationary ring of a wheel bearing, which has a rotating ring that supports a wheel hub that is connected to the wheel disc in a rotationally and axially fixed manner. The connection of the wheel disc to the wheel hub is formed by a press fit connection or by a spur toothing connection, in particular a Voith Hirth coupling. | 07-11-2013 |
20130173085 | Method for Detecting a Lack of Driver Activity at the Steering Wheel of a Motor Vehicle - A method detects a lack of driver activity at the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. A moment imparted by hand to the steering wheel by the driver is repeatedly measured, and if in a plurality of successive measurements the magnitude of a value of the moment imparted by hand does not exceed a threshold value, a lack of driver activity is inferred. The magnitude of the threshold value is dependent on the surface condition, in particular on the degree of unevenness, of the roadway being traveled upon. The degree of unevenness of the roadway may be derived from a measured vertical acceleration in the wheel suspension of the vehicle or from deceleration and/or acceleration signals of at least one wheel of the vehicle. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169024 | Wheel Assembly for Motor Vehicles - A wheel assembly is configured for suspending the wheel of a motor vehicle on one side and includes a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in the radial direction, to a wheel disc on the outer circumference of the wheel assembly in close vicinity to a wheel rim. The brake caliper of the disc brake surrounds the brake disc over the inner circumference of the brake disc and is fixed to a wheel carrier that supports a stationary ring of a wheel bearing, which has a rotating ring that supports a wheel hub that in turn is connected to the wheel disc. The invention brake disc is fastened to the wheel disc in a floating manner and/or in an elastically flexible manner in the radial direction. | 07-04-2013 |
20130167682 | Shift Device with Over-Shift Lock - A shift device with an over-shift lock for a multi-speed transmission of a motor vehicle, in which individual gears are shifted incrementally, is provided. The shift device has a pivotable shifting element which is composed of an activation element and a driver element displaceably held thereon. Both elements have mutually aligned oblong holes which are penetrated by a shifting shaft leading to the transmission. A shifting process is limited by the striking of the shifting shaft against the end sides of the oblong holes. In this position, the alternating influencing of the shifting shaft and the contours of the oblong holes prevents a further rotation of the shifting shaft and thereby an over-shifting of the transmission. | 07-04-2013 |
20130161982 | Tilt-and-Slide Sunroof for a Vehicle, Comprising a Roof Opening, in Which a Central Beam is Arranged - A tilt-and-slide vehicle sunroof has a cover that closes a roof opening in which a central beam is arranged. The rear edge of the cover is moveable upwards out of the roof opening and backwards. The sunroof has a central beam guide in the central beam, which runs approximately in the vehicle longitudinal direction and in which a sliding element is guided. The sliding element is connected to a laterally central front lower region of the cover directly or via at least one intermediate part in a fixed, pivotable, and/or height adjustable manner. A guide part arranged in a laterally central region of the vehicle at a distance behind the sliding element is guided in the central beam guide or in a roof longitudinal guide and is connectable to the cover directly or via a connecting part in a longitudinally displaceable, pivotable, and/or height adjustable manner relative to the cover. | 06-27-2013 |
20130160731 | Vehicle Drive Having at Least Two Starting Systems - A vehicle drive, having an internal-combustion engine, includes a first a second starting system for starting the internal-combustion engine, where neither the first nor the second starting system is provided for generating vehicle propulsion. | 06-27-2013 |
20130148219 | Exterior Mirror of a Motor Vehicle - An exterior mirror of a motor vehicle includes a mirror casing attached to a vehicle body wall via a mirror base and connected to an air guide ring by webs. The air guide ring surrounds a region of the mirror casing to form an air gap therebetween. The rear edge of the air guide ring is arranged at a distance behind the rear edge of the mirror casing. The air guide ring and the mirror base are firmly connected to one another or are at least fixed to one another. The mirror base can be arranged largely accurately in respect of position on the vehicle body wall by way of a position finding device and can be attached to the vehicle body wall by at least one attachment element. | 06-13-2013 |
20130144494 | Vehicle Having a Device for Setting an Open Position of an Upwardly Pivotable Tailgate, and a Method of Operating the Vehicle - A vehicle has a device for setting an open position of a tailgate, which can be pivoted upwards and, after an opening command to a first control unit, can be adjusted into a predefined open position via an adjusting device. The vehicle has a device for setting a predefined vehicle height, which device includes a second control unit for actuating an active wheel suspension system. Lowering of the vehicle height is performed at the same time as the opening of the tailgate, by way of a communications link between the first control unit and the second control unit and by way of corresponding programming of at least one of the two control units. The simultaneous opening of the tailgate and lowering of the vehicle height are prevented if a blocking command for this function is present in one of the two control units. | 06-06-2013 |
20130139527 | Method for Controlling a Heating and Air Conditioning System in a Vehicle - A method is provided for controlling a heating and air conditioning system in a vehicle. The evaporator of the air conditioner is switched off below a predefined external temperature threshold in order to prevent the risk of icing. The external temperature threshold for switching off the evaporator as a function of the external temperature, is also defined, preferably variably, below the freezing point. | 06-06-2013 |
20130139440 | Operating System and Method for a Vehicle Having an Automatically Closing Hatch - An operating system and method for a vehicle having an automatically closing hatch, includes an operating switch, a programmable electronic controller, and a device for monitoring the hatch opening when the hatch is open. The operating switch generates an operating request signal for closing the hatch when the switch is actuated, the signal being an input signal to the controller. The monitoring device is a light barrier device having at least one light-emitting actuator and at least one light-detecting sensor arranged at the edge region of the hatch opening and also connected to the controller by electrical cables. The controller is programmed such that, when the operating request signal is present and the hatch is open, the controller outputs a pivot command to a closing system for closing the hatch only if the presence of an obstacle is not detected by the monitoring device for the hatch opening. | 06-06-2013 |
20130133321 | Drive System for a Vehicle - The invention relates to a drive system for a vehicle, comprising an internal combustion that releases mechanical and thermal energy and a device for converting the thermal energy, wherein the device is designed to directly convert thermal energy into electrical energy and to transfer thermal energy to a working medium intended to act on an expansion apparatus. | 05-30-2013 |
20130130081 | CELL CONNECTOR - In order to enable the temperature in the region of at least one of the cell terminals that are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner by a cell connector to be determined in a simple and reliable manner, there is proposed a cell connector for connecting a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell of an electro-chemical device in an electrically conductive manner which comprises a base body and a temperature sensing element that is fixed to the base body. | 05-23-2013 |
20130110346 | Vehicle Driver Assistant with an Electronic Control Device for Checking the Clearance Possibility for a Vehicle | 05-02-2013 |
20130101694 | Method and Forming Tool for Producing a Fiber Composite Preform - A method and forming tool produce a multi-dimensionally profiled preform from a multidirectional fiber composite material. A tensioning frame envelops top and bottom tool components and fixes the fiber composite material so it is allowed to be subsequently fed-in under frictional engagement. In order to compensate for excess material in regions where a shaping gap has a weaker profile, the tool components have forming elements arranged in the edge trimming zone of the preform and defining between them a drawing-through gap for the material. The drawing-through gap becomes increasingly the shape of a bead in synchronism with the tool components closing movement, and/or the tensioning surface of the tensioning frame is vertically adjusted relative to a tool component inlet surface in the forming phase such that a drawing edge for the material is formed in the tensioning surface. | 04-25-2013 |
20130080196 | Computer-Aided Mobility Service - A process is provided for computer-aided operation of a mobility service by which a number of vehicles are made available by a mobility provider to registered users for temporary use. A respective user is registered once in a booking system as a provider and/or a buyer of a mobility service feature. A first user registered as a provider reserves the vehicle for a period of time in the booking system. The first user further clears the use of a mobility service feature for a second user connected with the vehicle booking whereby the mobility service feature for the second user is offered for selection. An accounting of costs for the vehicle booking takes place as a function of whether at least one second user was determined as a buyer of the provided mobility service feature. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079193 | Hybrid Module - A hybrid module includes a housing, an input intended for rotationally coupling to an internal combustion engine, an output intended for rotationally coupling to an input of a gearbox, an electric machine arranged in the housing and having a stator and a rotor arranged within the stator radially, a separation clutch and a torsional vibration damper. The separation clutch and the torsional vibration damper are arranged within the rotor in both the radial and axial directions. | 03-28-2013 |
20130073349 | Method for the Computer Aided Management of Vehicles - An owned vehicle for use is registered at a management unit of a computer system as a rental vehicle. A first interface of the computer system that is accessible through registration, captures persons, approved by the vehicle owner, for a temporary use of the vehicle; a price model, specified by the owner, for the temporary use of the vehicle; and an operating area, defined by the owner. The operating area encompasses one or more demarcated areas, in which the vehicle may be parked by an approved person after the end of the temporary use. When an approved person is operating the vehicle, a data acquisition unit of the computer system receives telematically vehicle trip related data. An accounting unit determines, as a function of the vehicle trip related data and the price model for a predefined time for the respective approved person, an amount to be billed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071181 | Component Connection and Method for the Detachable Connection of the Components of a Component Connection - A connection between components includes a first component, a second component, and at least two pairs of fixing elements spaced apart by which the two components are detachably connected. Each pair of fixing elements has a female fixing element and a male fixing element that is inserted into the female fixing element. A fixing element of each pair of fixing elements is provided on the first component and the other fixing element of each pair of fixing elements is provided on the second component. The fixing elements are arranged such that on detachable connection of the two components by the pairs of fixing elements in the two components, a bending stress results in the components. | 03-21-2013 |
20130066513 | Process for the Monitoring of Vehicles of a Motor Vehicle Fleet - In a process for monitoring motor vehicles of a motor vehicle fleet which is operated by a fleet operator, by way of a sensor system in the respective vehicle of at least a part of the vehicle fleet, vehicle-related data of the vehicle are determined. The vehicle-related data includes at least its geographical position. By use of at least a portion of the vehicle-related data, a number of servicing parameters are determined, which describe the service requirement of the respective vehicle. By using a data network, by way of which the respective vehicle and a user interface assigned to the fleet operator communicate, the number of servicing parameters and the geographical position of the respective vehicle are output by way of the user interface. | 03-14-2013 |
20130054132 | System and Method for Automatically Receiving Geo-Relevant Information in a Vehicle - Path-relevant information is provided by a backend server system to a vehicle without an input or request from the vehicle operator. Program applications, including a web browser application, records vehicle route data in a local memory during vehicle travel. Such vehicle route data may include current GPS coordinates, time of day, day of week, etc. The recorded vehicle route data may then be used to locally generate one or more route prediction models. A predicted vehicle route may be generated from the route prediction models. Once a vehicle route has been predicted, coordinate data corresponding to the predicted route may be transmitted to a backend server. Thereafter, path-relevant information, based on the transmitted coordinate data, may then be received from the backend server, and without the vehicle operator having to provide any input or request. | 02-28-2013 |
20130039082 | Vehicle Light and Method for Installing a Vehicle Light - A vehicle light, which may be a third brake light, includes an insertion portion for inserting in a recess of a vehicle component and a contact portion for placing the brake light on an edge of the recess. The contact portion protrudes at least in sections past the side of the insertion portion, wherein the insertion portion has at least one catch element designed for catching the brake light on the vehicle component. The insertion portion further has at least one locking element for sliding the at least one catch element in the direction of the contact portion. The locking element is implemented as a lever. The method can be used for installing such a vehicle light, in particular a brake light. | 02-14-2013 |
20130036594 | Component Connection and/or Method for Connecting Components - A component connection is provided and includes, a first vehicle component, which has a male fixing element that projects from the first vehicle component and that partially or completely has the shape of a sphere or completely or partially has a sphere-like shape, and a second vehicle component, which has a female fixing element that is intended to receive the male fixing element. The male fixing element is inserted into the female fixing element in an insertion direction. The male fixing element has an excessive dimension relative to the female fixing element substantially perpendicularly to the insertion direction so that the two vehicle components are detachably clamped together at the fixing elements. | 02-14-2013 |
20130033101 | Vehicle with a Power Distributor and a Control Unit - In a vehicle with a power distributor and a control unit, the power distributor includes a bistable relay with at least one coil. The bistable relay can be set to first and second switching states. The bistable relay has an integrated circuit, wherein a control unit activates the integrated circuit by way of a control line and defines one of the two switching states via a control signal. The control unit applies a first control voltage or a second control voltage to the control line, wherein the first control voltage corresponds to the first switching state, and the second control voltage corresponds to the second switching state. The integrated circuit switches a current pulse through the coil in order to set the bistable relay to the switching state defined by the control unit. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032440 | Brake Disc - A brake disc for a vehicle disc brake has a friction ring supported by a brake disc chamber made of a specifically light material and having a central flat hub section perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the brake disc and a support wall section connected thereto. The support wall section extends radially outward and in some regions has a truncated circular cone shape, with whose free edge region the friction ring is connected via connection elements. The ratio of the height of the friction ring to the diameter of the brake disc is less than 0.12, and the connection between the brake disc chamber and the friction ring is provided with a prestressed support wall section such that the edge region of the brake disc chamber acts in an outwardly pressing manner upon the unheated friction ring directly or indirectly by way of the connection elements. | 02-07-2013 |
20130020864 | Charging an Electric Vehicle and Air Conditioning of the Vehicle Interior - A method is provided for charging an electric vehicle with an electric energy accumulator and for stationary mode air conditioning the vehicle interior by way of an electric air conditioning system. The electric energy accumulator is charged to a minimum state of charge. After the energy accumulator has reached the minimum state of charge, the interior is air conditioned in such a way that at an assumed departure time a preset air conditioning state of the interior is reached. The energy accumulator is charged to a target state of charge with any excess energy that is not required to reach the air conditioning state. | 01-24-2013 |
20130020856 | Vehicle Wheel - A vehicle wheel has a rim and spokes supporting the rim on a hub section. A clearance is formed between two mutually adjacent spokes and is covered by a flat covering element. In this case, the covering element, which is assigned to only one such clearance, is made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material and, on an exterior side of the wheel, is glued onto the spokes which, on their mutually facing edges, have a slight step toward the interior side of the wheel, as well as onto the hub section which, in the area of this clearance on its side facing the rim, also has such a slight step. Not all clearances between two mutually adjacent spokes of the vehicle wheel are covered in such a manner. | 01-24-2013 |
20130014056 | Method and Process for Representing Information on a Display Device of a Vehicle - A method of operating a display device of a vehicle is provided on which information is representable in list form with a number of list entries, while the display device size is given and the type and font size are predefined. Each list entry has a second number of maximally representable characters. For the first number of list entries currently to be represented on the display device, it is determined whether, in each case, two mutually successive list entries each have a number of characters that is greater than the second representable number. In the affirmative case, the representable second number of characters of the mutually successive list entries is compared with respect to distinctiveness. When an indistinctiveness is determined, a distinctiveness of these two list entries will be established on the display. | 01-10-2013 |
20130008733 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle includes two drive assemblies in the form of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. For operating the motor vehicle at low speeds, preferably in an inner-city area, a fuel cell having comparatively small dimensions provides electric energy that is supplied to the electric motor directly and/or via an electric accumulator. In this way, the motor vehicle can be moved without emissions during the operation of the fuel cell with hydrogen. For operating outside of city areas, the internal combustion engine having an accordingly higher output is available. The fuel cell is arranged in the engine compartment of the motor vehicle together with the internal combustion engine. | 01-10-2013 |
20130008154 | Vehicle Having an Automatic Transmission and an Automatic Engine Start/Stop System - A vehicle has an internal combustion engine, an automatic transmission with an electrohydraulic transmission control unit, a transmission oil pump driven by the engine, and an electronic engine start and stop system. The start and stop systems switches off the internal combustion engine in operating phases, in which the vehicle is temporarily stopped, if predefined operating parameters are present, and starts the internal combustion engine if a restart signal is present. A purely mechanical pressure accumulator device provides stored hydraulic pressure to the electrohydraulic transmission control unit in a time period following the starting of the internal combustion engine, in which time period, the transmission oil pump is still building-up pressure. | 01-10-2013 |
20130008088 | Motor Vehicle Comprising an Actuator for Opening the Side Door - A motor vehicle has a side door opening that can be closed off by way of a front side door. For opening the front side door from the vehicle interior, the front side door has an actuator on the side facing the vehicle interior for the opening of the front side door. In addition, a second actuator is arranged in the vehicle interior rearwardly of the first actuator, by which second actuator the closed front side door can also be opened. This provides a motor vehicle that permits comfortable entering and exiting of all vehicle occupants. | 01-10-2013 |
20120326468 | Aerodynamically Effective Device for a Motor Vehicle - An aerodynamically effective device for a motor vehicle has an air guiding element, which can be adjusted between an inoperative position and at least one operative position, a drive unit for adjusting the air guiding element and a control device for controlling the drive unit. The control device has an actuating device for actuating the drive unit. The actuating device can be operated from outside the motor vehicle. | 12-27-2012 |
20120325046 | Method for Producing a Fracture-Divided Component, and Component Produced According to the Method - A method for producing a fracture-divided component, in particular a connecting rod, with an at least partially coated bore includes the steps of: providing an unfinished component; applying a coating of a bearing material to a bore surface; and working the coating, in order to compensate internal tensile stresses in the coating, before fracture division of the component. Alternatively, the method for producing a fracture-divided component, in particular a connecting rod, having an at least partially coated bore includes the steps of: providing an unfinished component; applying a coating of a bearing material to a bore surface before fracture division of the component; and forming a counter-hardness zone before the application of the coating in order to generate compressive stresses which oppose the internal tensile stresses of the coating. | 12-27-2012 |
20120303220 | Electronic Control System for a Safety Device of a Motor Vehicle - An electronic control system for a safety device of a motor vehicle includes a first sensor for a motion quantity, a computer for converting the motion quantity to a triggering signal for the safety device, and a second sensor for checking the plausibility of the sensor signal supplied by the first sensor. The two sensors are arranged with an identical construction and/or effect and at an at least approximately identical location on a printed circuit board such that, in a proper operating mode, their output signals have different preceding signs and are identical with respect to their amount over their entire operating range. | 11-29-2012 |
20120299374 | Onboard Power Supply System and Method for Operating the Onboard Power Supply System - An onboard power supply system for a motor vehicle includes a voltage converter and a voltage source which is electrically coupled with the voltage converter and is constructed for providing a predefined source voltage. The onboard power supply system further has a base energy accumulator which is electrically coupled with the voltage converter and is constructed for providing a predefined base voltage. With respect to the amount, the source voltage is greater than the base voltage. The onboard power supply system also has at least one first selection circuit of at least one first electric consuming device which can be electrically coupled parallel to the voltage converter. Furthermore, the onboard power supply system has at least one second selection circuit of at least one second electric consuming device which can be electrically coupled parallel to the base energy accumulator. | 11-29-2012 |
20120297756 | Exhaust Manifold for an Internal Combustion Engine - An exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine has at least one exhaust pipe and a flange which can be fastened to an engine block of the internal combustion engine. On the side facing away from the engine block, the flange is provided with a channel which is connected to a fluid line and which is in fluid communication with the interior of the exhaust pipe via a lateral opening in the exhaust pipe. The fluid line opens into the channel on the side of the flange that faces away from the engine block. | 11-29-2012 |
20120296542 | Method for Automatically Decelerating a Vehicle to Avoid Collision or to Reduce the Consequences of a Collision - A method is provided for automatically decelerating a vehicle to avoid a collision or reduce the consequences of a collision with a detected collision object, wherein, at a determined intervention point-in-time, a brake system of the vehicle is automatically triggered such that a deceleration of the vehicle is caused, and wherein an automatic deactivation of the automatic braking intervention can take place by an increased actuation of the accelerator. A deactivation is carried out as a function of an override maneuver that depends on the actual driving dynamics, particularly an actuation of the accelerator that depends on the actual driving dynamics. | 11-22-2012 |
20120292874 | Single Wheel Suspension of a Non-Steerable Wheel of a Two-Track Vehicle - A single wheel suspension of a non-steerable wheel of a two track vehicle includes two links pivotable relative to each other in respective planes, each being inclined less than 10° relative to the longitudinal and vertical directions of the vehicle. A first link, extending approximately in the longitudinal direction, functions as a wheel carrier. The first link is supported with an end section on the vehicle body via a pendulum support, which extends essentially in the vertical direction. The second link, extending approximately in the longitudinal direction, is supported in an articulated manner, on one side, on the body with only one kinematic rotational degree of freedom and on the other side to the first link between the wheel bearing and a pendulum support fastening point with only one kinematic rotational degree of freedom. No other wheel guiding link is provided, except for a connecting element. | 11-22-2012 |
20120290187 | Acceleration-Based Safety Monitoring of a Drive of a Motor Vehicle - An acceleration-based method and device for the safety monitoring of a drive is provided. In the method a setpoint torque is calculated in a safety function as a function of the position of the accelerator pedal. An expected vehicle acceleration is determined, as a function of the setpoint torque, in the safety function. An actual vehicle acceleration is determined, preferably by an acceleration sensor. A fault situation may be detected by comparing the actual vehicle acceleration and the expected vehicle acceleration. A device, preferably included in the vehicle electronics, is configured to implement the acceleration-based method. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290177 | Control Device for a Vehicle Having an Automatically Opening and/or Automatically Closing Flap - A vehicle control system for an automatically opening and/or automatically closing flap, includes a programmable operating switch and a programmable electronic control device. The operating switch is a proximity sensor that is actuatable in a non-contact manner and, after the actuation occurs, generates an operation request signal as an input signal to the control device. In the presence of the operation request signal and, as required, of at least one further condition, the control device emits a command to a closing mechanism for opening or closing the flap. The control device and/or the operating switch is programmed such that the operation request signals are counted as long as at least a first defined condition has not yet been met, and that, when a defined maximal counter reading has been reached, the operation request signals will be ignored until at least a second defined condition has been met. | 11-15-2012 |
20120283927 | Emergency Brake Assistant for Automatically Decelerating a Vehicle to Prevent a Collision or Reduce the Consequences of a Collision - The invention relates to an emergency brake assistant for automatically decelerating a vehicle to prevent a collision or reduce the consequences of a collision with a detected collision object, at a determined intervention point in time, a brake system of the vehicle being automatically activated such that a collision with the detected collision object can be prevented or at least the consequences of the collision can be reduced. The invention is characterized in that the intervention point in time can be determined as a function of the end point in time of a determined driver reaction time and of the determined last-possible braking point in time. | 11-08-2012 |
20120283921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN SYSTEM - A vehicular powertrain system includes an engine, an electro-mechanical transmission and an electric machine arranged in an input-split hybrid configuration. A control system for the powertrain system includes a control module signally connected to a plurality of input devices and configured to execute program code stored on a computer readable medium to control the powertrain. The program code monitors operator inputs, determines an intent to service the vehicle based upon the operator inputs, commands the electric machine to generate a net torque output of zero, and controls the engine speed correlative to an operator depression of an accelerator pedal. | 11-08-2012 |
20120279576 | Motor Vehicle Having a Storage Tank for a Reducing Agent - A motor vehicle includes a tank for storing a liquid reducing agent suppliable to the exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine, and an air delivery device, by which an excess pressure can be built-up in a cushion of air situated in the tank above the reducing agent level. Via the air delivery device, alternatively, a vacuum is generatable in the air cushion, which vacuum supports feeding of the agent into the tank. Via the vacuum in the air cushion, reducing agent can also be returned from a pipe, which leads the reducing agent to the exhaust system, back into the tank, and/or additional liquid reducing agent can be transferred from a storage tank by way of a supply duct. | 11-08-2012 |
20120276431 | Cell connector - To provide a cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electrochemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electrochemical cell of an electrochemical device, which allows a reliable and fail-safe connection of the cell terminals, it is proposed that the cell connector comprises a first contact section for connection to the first cell terminal, a second contact section for connection to the second cell terminal and an elastically and/or plastically deformable compensation region, which connects the first contact section and the second contact section to one another and allows a movement of these contact sections relative to one another. | 11-01-2012 |
20120272061 | Method and Device for Accessing Files of a Secure File Server - A method and a device are provided for accessing data files of a secure file server, wherein a user or a process is authenticated; wherein access to the data files of the secure file server takes place by way of an encryption module of the secure file server; wherein the encryption module comprises an encryption agreement of a centralized security application; and wherein the access of the authenticated user or process to the secure file server takes place by way of an encrypted protocol taking into consideration the encryption agreement. Such a device may be included in a corresponding computer network. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271544 | System and Method for Providing Georeferenced Predictive Information to Motor Vehicles - Georeferenced predictive information is provided by a backend server system to vehicles. Such provided predictive information may be specifically relevant to a provided planned or estimated route of the particular vehicle, and may be used by the vehicle to reconstruct a digital map specific to such planned or estimated route. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271509 | Diagnosis of a Person Protection System - A device controls a person protection system of a motor vehicle having a sensor system which, for detecting an object colliding with the motor vehicle, includes a hose arranged along a body section width of the vehicle and closed-off by a pressure sensor on at least one end. In the event of an impact with an object, a pressure change is caused in the hose interior due to deformation of the hose and is detectable as a pressure signal of the pressure sensor by an evaluating unit connected with the pressure sensor. The evaluating unit detects vibrations originating from the motor vehicle during a driving and testing operation and coupled into the hose, which vibrations result in pressure fluctuations in the hose interior which are lower than a pressure fluctuation caused by an impacting object, and evaluates these vibrations for a predefined time period for diagnostic purposes. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270558 | System and Method for Providing Geographically-Relevant Informantin to Mobile Users - Geographically-relevant information is provided to mobile users by having an information source provide location-referenced information to one or more backend server systems. In response, the backend server system determines a region for which the received location-referenced information is relevant, and then identifies one or more specific cellular base stations that provide wireless broadcast service over an actual broadcast region which covers at least a majority of the determined region. A condition message may then be provided to each of the identified cellular base stations, which are correspondingly instructed to wirelessly broadcast the message over the actual broadcast region. | 10-25-2012 |
20120267977 | Electrical Drive Motor for a Vehicle - An electric drive motor that is intended for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a stator and a rotor with at least one pole pair, wherein each pole of a respective pole pair has a magnet arrangement having at least one buried magnetic layer. The drive motor is characterized in that each pole has a number of magnetic flux influencing groups, each of which has a number of air-filled recesses, which are not assigned to a magnet of a respective magnetic layer for purposes of flux conductance. | 10-25-2012 |
20120266848 | Lean Combustion Method for a Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine - A lean combustion method is provided for a four-stroke reciprocating internal combustion engine having a cylinder, in which a combustion chamber is delimited by a cylinder head and a piston is movable in a reciprocating manner, the piston being able to vary the volume of the combustion chamber. A fuel can be introduced directly into the combustion chamber, and at least one gas exchange inlet valve and one gas exchange outlet valve are provided for a gas exchange. An intermediate compression can be set in the combustion chamber at a gas exchange top dead center and a main compression can be set at an ignition top dead center. | 10-25-2012 |
20120265407 | Method and Device for Lessening the Consequences of an Accident on a Vehicle Occupant - A method and device are provided for lessening the consequences of an accident affecting a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision of the vehicle with an obstruction. Before the collision, the absolute speed of the vehicle occupant relative to the obstruction is reduced independently of the traveling speed of the vehicle by way of a reduction of the vehicle occupant's speed relative to the vehicle, without the vehicle occupant experiencing a first displacement movement against the vehicle movement direction beyond his initial destination-related traveling position. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261982 | Multi-Voltage On-Board Power Supply System for a Motor Vehicle - In the case of a multi-voltage on-board power supply system for a motor vehicle having a hybrid or electric drive, comprising a dc-dc converter, by means of which a high voltage level having a higher direct-current voltage and at least a first energy storage device is connected to a low voltage level having a lower voltage and at least a second energy storage device, wherein the system comprises a charging interface for charging external devices, at least one converter phase of the dc-dc converter can be disconnected from the low voltage level and instead can be connected with the charging interface, and a third energy storage device can be connected to the charging interface in order to supply the third energy storage device with a lower voltage and permit a charging of the third energy storage device by the energy flow from the first energy storage device. | 10-18-2012 |
20120260243 | Method for Operating a Computer Unit, Method for Operating an Application Portal, Computer Unit, Device for Operating an Application Portal and System - A computer unit has a browser is assigned a web application program cache and a configuration data file that specifies the web application programs storable in the cache and loadable from the cache without using an on-line connection to a communication network, in order to execute the web application programs. Update data for the configuration data file is read-in over an interface, assigned to the computer unit, and updates the configuration data file. A device for operating an application portal is configured such that the web application programs are selectable via the application portal. The programs are to be stored in a web application program cache. The device generates update data regarding the web application programs for the configuration data file as a function of the web application programs that may be selected; and provides the update data for transfer to the interface of the computer unit. | 10-11-2012 |
20120259517 | Aerodynamically Effective Device for a Motor Vehicle - An aerodynamically effective device for a motor vehicle has an air guide element that can be moved between a position of rest and at least one operating position, a drive unit for moving the air guide element, and a control unit. The control unit is adapted to instruct the drive unit to move the air guide element from the position of rest into the operating position, on reaching a first vehicle speed threshold value. Furthermore, the control unit is adapted to carry out a function test of the drive unit below the first vehicle speed threshold value. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257767 | Method for Outputting Music Information in a Vehicle - In a method for outputting music information in a vehicle by way of an audio system having loudspeakers in the front area and rear area of the vehicle, the behavior of the vehicle is determined by use of an acceleration sensor responding to longitudinal accelerations. The loudspeakers arranged in the direction of the respective acceleration are at least preferably activated. | 10-11-2012 |
20120253777 | Method for Determining and/or Predicting the High Current Carrying Capacity of a Battery - A method is provided for determining and/or predicting the high current carrying capacity of a battery, wherein the parameters of a model of the battery impedance are used as a basis, and from which the high current carrying capacity of the battery is determined. Different parameters are used as the basis for the charging and discharging processes. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249589 | Method for the Output of Graphic Driving Indications - The method outputs graphic driving indications for assisting a motor vehicle driver in a driving maneuver. The graphic driving indications are displayed by a head-up display. A first graphic driving indication is in the form of a traffic lane change indication pointing out to the driver the direction from a traffic lane traveled at the beginning of the maneuver to a desired traffic lane. A second graphic driving indication is output in the form of a contact-analog traffic lane marking graphically emphasizing the desired traffic lane relative to other traffic lanes. A third graphic driving indication is in the form of a contact-analog maneuvering impulse including a driving funnel originating from the desired traffic lane and corresponding to the driving maneuver. A fourth graphic driving indication is a symbolic maneuvering display indication which symbolically displays the beginning driving maneuver after the vehicle enters into the driving funnel. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248821 | Flat Vehicle Body Component Made of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic - A flat vehicle body component made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic has at least one interconnecting web that protrudes from the flat vehicle body component and that is made entirely of the matrix material epoxy resin. A mounting part at least partially envelops the interconnecting web in a force locking manner, so that the mounting part is clamped securely on the interconnecting web. The mounting part has at least one hole that can be used for fastening another component. An additional component may be fastened in the hole in a conventional manner, so that the carbon fiber reinforced plastic component does not need corresponding holes. The interconnecting web may be integrally molded on the vehicle body component during its manufacture so that practically no additional engineering effort is needed. | 10-04-2012 |
20120234284 | Crankcase and Method of Manufacturing Same - A crankcase is provided for an internal combustion engine with at least one coated cylinder bore, which has a chamfer on a separating surface facing a cylinder head. A countersink is arranged on the chamfer. The geometry allows an additional grinding process on a separating surface facing a cylinder head to be omitted. | 09-20-2012 |
20120231926 | Method for Controlling a Drive Unit of a Motor Vehicle - A method is provided for controlling a drive unit of a motor vehicle with an automatic or automated transmission. The drive unit includes at least one drive motor, which generates a drive torque in an overrun mode. The drive torque acts as a drag torque or as a creep torque on the drive wheels as a function of the current speed. The level of the drive torque in the overrun mode can be at least partially controlled by actuating a brake pedal. The drag torque applied to the drive wheels in the overrun mode can be controlled by actuating the brake pedal in such a way that a reduced drag torque dependent on the actuation of the brake pedal is applied to the drive wheels. | 09-13-2012 |
20120216771 | Internal Combustion Engine Having a Crankcase and Method for Producing a Crankcase - An internal-combustion engine has a crankcase, with at least one cylinder for accommodating a piston, the inner face of which cylinder is provided with a coating forming a running surface for the piston. The coating has a plurality of pores and the average size of the pores and/or the pore surface proportion varies over the length of the cylinder. | 08-30-2012 |
20120215517 | Method for Determining and/or Predicting the Maximum Power Capacity of a Battery - A method determines and/or predicts a maximum power capacity of a battery by using a model of the battery based on an electric equivalent circuit diagram that predicts the maximum power capacity of the battery. The maximum power of the battery is prognosticated for a defined prognosis period and for the different operating modes with respect to the charging or discharging operation, considering the maximum allowable operating voltage and the maximum allowable operating current. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212614 | Driver Information Method - A driver information method is provided, wherein an image of the surrounding area is captured by at least one side camera attached to the motor vehicle. The image contains an image capturing area that lies essentially laterally relative to the motor vehicle. A display unit, which is visible to the driver of a motor vehicle, outputs a screen image that contains a reproduction of the image of the surrounding area, the reproduction being graphically processed, if desired, and being preferably in essence photo-realistic. The output of the screen image is only temporary; and an obstructed view situation, in which an obstructed lateral view of the driver is to be assumed, is detected on the basis of distance signals of at least one environment detection system that is not based on a camera. The output of the screen image is automatically started when an obstructed view situation is detected. | 08-23-2012 |
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20120198842 | Internal Combustion Engine Having an Exhaust Gas System - An internal combustion engine has at least one combustion chamber and an exhaust gas system arranged on an exhaust gas outlet port. The exhaust gas system includes at least one secondary air injection device for injecting secondary air into the exhaust system between the combustion chamber and an exhaust emission control system arranged in the exhaust gas system. During operation of the internal combustion engine, a residual gas content in the combustion chamber can be changed. The secondary air injection site on the exhaust gas system is arranged so far from the combustion chamber that injected secondary air flows back into the exhaust gas outlet port due to back-flowing exhaust gas in the exhaust gas system but does not flow back into the combustion chamber. This makes it possible to comply with SULEV emission limits even for engines having many combustion chambers and/or exhaust gas turbochargers. | 08-09-2012 |
20120197463 | Method and Device for Providing Information About a User of a Social Network in the Social Network - A method and device for providing information about a user of a social network in the social network are provided. In order to enable the driver of a vehicle or a passenger to communicate with an IT social network with as little distraction as possible, the information is acquired using at least one status recognition device, which is provided in a vehicle used by the user of the social network. The status recognition device delivers status information that indicates a specific status of the vehicle, a specific driving situation, and/or the status of one or more users of the vehicle. | 08-02-2012 |
20120194129 | Energy Storage System for Supplying Electrical Energy to Consumers in a Vehicle - An energy storage system supplies electric energy to consuming devices in a vehicle, particularly in a motor vehicle. The system includes a first power grid having a first energy accumulator and a second power grid having a second energy accumulator, the first and second power grids being electrically coupled such that electric energy from the first power grid is feedable to the second power grid for regenerating the second energy accumulator. The energy storage system is operatively configured such that it is detected when a number of conditions has been met, the number of conditions including at least that an external charging device is connected to the first power grid for charging the first energy accumulator. In the event that the number of conditions has been met, regeneration of the second energy accumulator is carried out. | 08-02-2012 |
20120192109 | Method for Integrating a Component Into an Information System of a Vehicle - A method of integrating a component into an information system of a vehicle is provided, in which at least one application executable or provided by the component is made available to a user of the vehicle by a man-machine interface of the information system. The integration of the component into the information system with respect to the input and/or output of information by the user is carried out in a personalized manner with respect to a user of the component. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191330 | Method of Controlling an Automatic Switch-Off and Switch-On Procedure of a Drive Unit in a Motor Vehicle - A method of controlling an automatic switch-off and switch-on procedure of a drive unit in a motor vehicle via a start-stop device is provided, by which, when the motor vehicle stops, the drive unit is automatically switched off if predefined switch-off conditions have been met, and by which an automatically switched-off drive unit is automatically switched on if at least one driver-side or system-side switch-on request is made. When a system-side switch-on request takes place, the automatic switch-on procedure will be suppressed at least temporarily if a delay condition exists. | 07-26-2012 |