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The invention relates to a brake actuator, with an actuating device, in particular a brake pedal, a travel simulator, a first piston-cylinder device, which is connected to at least one wheel brake via a first hydraulic connection piece provided with a first valve means, and an electric motor driven amplifier means. The electric motor driven amplifier means comprises a second piston-cylinder means which is connected to the wheel brake through a second hydraulic connection piece provided with a second valve means and which is connected to a storage device through a third hydraulic connection piece provided with a third valve means. The invention brings forward that the first valve means comprises an entry switching valve / exit switching valve associated with the wheel brake and operated in the multiplex mode.

The possibility of manipulating errors of an emergency or quick adjusting means shall be ruled out at least extensively in a linear drive. It is proposed for this purpose, for a linear drive with a spindle (9), which can be rotatingly driven on the drive side by a motor (2), where the rotary motion of said spindle in the direction of the driven side (3) of the linear drive can be converted into an at least essentially translatory motion of a gear member, which is in functional connection with the spindle (9), and said linear drive is provided, furthermore, with a torsional connection between the gear member and a connection part. The linear drive can be connected with the connection part on a driven side (3) to a load, which is to be adjusted, the torsional connection being able to be released by an adjusting device in order to permit a motor-independent adjusting motion of the linear drive, even though structure for emergency and / or quick adjustment are present. The torsional connection is able to be released by an adjusting element of the adjusting device only for motions in always only a single, predetermined relative direction of rotation between the spindle and the gear member.

The invention relates to a method for controlling the power transmission of a hydrodynamic retarder, comprising a circulating rotor having vanes and a stator having vanes or a counter-rotating rotor having vanes circulating in the opposite rotational direction to the rotor, which together form a working chamber that can be filled with operating medium by means of an inlet and that can be emptied by means of an outlet, wherein the working chamber is filled in a brake operation with operating medium and a brake torque is generated with the hydrodynamic retarder and, in a non-braking operation, the working chamber is emptied to a specific residual amount of operating medium and substantially no brake torque is generated with the hydrodynamic retarder.; The invention is characterised by the following step: In the non-braking operation, by means of an idling pump, operating medium is conveyed from an operating medium reserve, which is provided outside the working chamber in an operating medium reserve tank, into the working chamber of the hydrodynamic retarder for the adjustment of the residual amount.

The invention relates to a method for generating a signal representing an occupation of a vehicle seat, the method comprising the steps: detecting a signal of a sensor system for detecting a dynamic characteristic quantity with respect to the vehicle seat; evaluating the signal, in particular a progression of the signal; generating a seat occupancy signal as a function of the evaluation of the signal, wherein the seat occupancy signal is suited to indicate if the vehicle seat is occupied by a person or an object.

The invention relates to a device (1) assigned to an interior door moulding (2) of a motor vehicle, comprising a handle shell (3) fixed on an interior door moulding (2), and an illuminating means (5), and also a mounting method therefor. The illuminating means (5) here comprises, in addition to the light source (4), an optical waveguide (6) with a directed light outlet surface (7) for the light. The light coupled into the optical waveguide (6), before being decoupled, impinges against a reflection element (8) which is arranged on the end side at an inclination in relation to the cross-sectional plane of the optical waveguide (6) and serves at the same time for shaping the emerging light beam. In particular, an undesirable scattering of the light in the region of the free distance (9) between the light outlet surface (7) and the handle shell (3) is thereby substantially reduced. The concave handle shell (3) which is intended for receiving a pivotable actuating element (10) has, for the coupling-in of light, a transmissive region (11), the light outlet surface (13) of which is designed as a diffusion lens. According to the invention, a separation of functions is achieved, making it possible, for the first time, to mount the illumination means (5) and the handle shell (3) as separate functional units and independently of each other.

Method for controlling a twin clutch transmission with at least two partial transmissions, each of which can be coupled to a drive unit by means of a clutch, characterized in that, in order to determine whether there is an increased drag torque in a clutch, the following step is executed whenever, when the clutch is open, a gear change is carried out from an engaged gear in neutral in the partial transmission to which the clutch is assigned: determining the drag torque either during a predetermined period of time while the clutch is open or until the slip has been reduced, depending on which occurs earlier.

The invention relates to an engaging relay (10) for starters of internal combustion engines in which a starter pinion engages into a gear rim of the internal combustion engine by applying current to a relay winding (11) and is then driven at full power by the starter motor. The engaging relay is designed with a change-over contact (20) which connects the starter motor to the electricity supply via a resistance element (26) in the first section of the engaging path in order for the starter to rotate slowly and connects the starter motor directly to the electricity supply at the end of the engaging path. In order to independently optimize the dynamics of the engaging relay (10) while simultaneously having the starter motor rotate at a slow speed, the resistance element (26) is arranged around the longitudinal axis (x) of the relay (10) as a largely electromagnetically neutral winding that has two parallel conductors (27a, 27b), the ends of which are interconnected.

The invention relates to a device (10) comprising a thermally insulating container (12-38) and at least one high temperature fuel cell system component (40) that is arranged in the container (12-38), said high temperature fuel cell component being surrounded by at least one insulating layer (24-30) made of a first material. A tensioning device acts upon the insulating layer. According to the invention, the tensioning device comprises one or more plate-type elements (32 -38) that are made of a second material and that act upon the insulating layer and that are supported on the container housing (12-22). Said elements can be elastically deformed when a pressure is applied, at which the first material cannot be deformed.

The invention relates to an assembly with a friction arrangement having at least two components that can rotate relative to each other, more particularly for operating a clutch of a motor vehicle, wherein between the components that can rotate relative to each other there is provided a coil spring which influences the efficiency / friction when a relative movement of the components takes place, and the assembly is integrated together with a friction arrangement in a gearbox and / or an actuator.

The invention relates to an actuating device for a master brake cylinder of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (5) for arranging between the master brake cylinder (4) and a brake pedal (3), a pressure element running through said housing in order to actuate an actuating piston of the master brake cylinder (4), comprising an electric motor (8), comprising a screw (9) which is driven by the electric motor (8) and crosses the pressure element, and comprising a transmission which is arranged in the housing (5) and which couples the screw (9) to the actuating piston so as to convert a rotational movement of the screw (9) into a translational movement of the actuating piston. In this manner, a design is achieved which is simpler and less expensive with respect to serial production.

The invention relates to a wheel brake (2), comprising a brake application device (3), brake shoes (11, 12) and an automatic adjusting device (7) which has a pivotable adjusting lever (26) with an adjusting lug (34) and an adjusting wheel (21) that is in engagement therewith. The wheel brake (2) further comprises an automatic reverse mechanism (6) which reduces or prevents the braking action during reversing and comprises a pivot cam (15) and a tappet (20) that is connected to the adjusting wheel (21), wherein said tappet is mounted in an axially movable manner and is displaced during reversing. The engagement length (e) of the adjusting lug (34) on the adjusting wheel (21) is shorter than the stroke (h) of the tappet when travelling in reverse.

The present invention relates to a laser material processing device (1) which comprises the following components: the prism (3) which is rotatably supported for deflecting a laser beam (2), and a focusing unit (4) which is provided at the downstream part in the optical path and is provided with a focusing device (5). The focusing device is used for focusing the laser beam (2) which is deflected to the focusing unit (4) by the prism (3) to a workpiece (11) to be processed. According to the invention, the focusing unit (4) is provided with at least one light splitter (5,6,6'). The light splitter is used for splitting the deflected laser beam (2) to at least two splitted light beams (7,8) for generating at least two focuses (9,10) on the workpiece (11). Furthermore the light splitters (5,6,6') are constructed for generating a variable distance (a) between the focuses (9,10) on the workpiece (11).

The invention relates to a release device for the hydraulic clutch actuation of vehicles, said device comprising a slave cylinder arranged concentrically around a transmission input shaft, the annular piston of said cylinder being axially displaceable inside a housing, being connected to a clutch release bearing and being arranged radially outside said release bearing. At least one stop element is proviced in order to restrict the axial displacement of the annular piston. According to the invention, the clutch release bearing that is connected to the annular piston can be brought axially into contact with the stop element.

In known filter-drier cases for refrigerant circuits, the refrigerant flows through filter and drying means in a serial manner. During operation of the refrigerant circuit, this causes an undesirably large pressure drop. It is the task of the invention to provide an improved filter-drier arrangement (1, 1′) with a smaller pressure drop. For this purpose, it is proposed to design the filter-drier arrangement so that a part of the refrigerant flows in parallel through the filter (21, 43) and the drying means (17, 43).

The invention relates to an arcing fault recognition unit for an electric low-voltage circuit, comprising at least one current sensor for periodically ascertaining electric current values in the electric circuit, the current sensor being connected to an analysis unit which is designed in such a way that an arcing fault recognition signal is output when a variation in the rate of current rise exceeds a first threshold value (SW1) or drops below a second threshold value (SW2).

The invention relates to a fuel injector arrangement (1) comprising a number of fluid supply paths (29, 31, 39), namely a first (29), a second (31) and a third fluid supply path (39). The fuel injector arrangement (1) has a first switching device (43) in the second fluid supply path (31). Said first switching device, controlled by the fluid pressure in the third fluid supply path (39), opens or blocks the second fluid supply path (31). The fuel injector arrangement (1) has a second switching device (49) in the first fluid supply path (29). Said second switching device, controlled by the fluidpressure downstream of the first switching device (43) in the second fluid supply path (31), opens or blocks the first fluid supply path (29).

Provided is an intelligent breast adjustment model. The model includes a model main structure provided with a pressure sensor and a model periphery structure provided on the model main structure. The model main structure includes an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion. A first motor of the middle portion controls an up and down movement of a left breast model through a first gear. A second motor of the middle portion controls an up and down movement of a right breast model through a second gear, and a third motor of the middle portion simultaneously controls a left and right movement of the left breast model and the right breast model through a drive structure. A method for assembling the intelligent breast adjustment model is disclosed.

The invention relates to a circuit-breaker that includes an electronic trip unit, which initiates an interruption or reduction of the current flow in a low-voltage circuit when current or current-timelimits are exceeded in the low-voltage circuit. The electronic trip unit includes at least two processors that independently check whether current or current-time limits are being exceeded. A test signal is fed to the circuit-breaker via a first communication interface, which is fed to one of the two processors during operation so that a test of the circuit-breaker is carried out during operation, while an active protection is provided with regard to the exceeding of current or current-time limits.

The invention relates to a method for identifying ground faults in a low-voltage three-phase alternating current circuit with a neutral conductor, wherein the first to third phase conductors and the first to fourth simulated currents of the neutral conductor of the three-phase alternating current circuit are determined signal, these analog current signals contain the magnitude of the current or the equivalent of the magnitude of the current, respectively. According to the invention, the analog current signal is time-multiplexed, analog-to-digital converted, thereby presenting a time-multiplexed sequence of first to fourth digital current values ​​presented in first to fourth consecutive time frames, which constitute first to fourth digital current signals. Three of the four digital current signals are interpolated, wherein interpolated current values ​​are determined for the time frame of the uninterpolated digital current signals. The current values ​​for the time frame of the uninterpolated current signal and the interpolated current values ​​for the time frame of the uninterpolated current signal are used to determine the ground fault.

An upper part (1) of an assembled piston is disclosed, comprising a radially directed inner contact surface (2) arranged on the underside of an annular rib (15) and a radially directed outer contact surface (3) arranged on the underside of an annular wall (25), the outer (3) and the inner contact surface (2) each having a grooved profile in the form of concentric grooves with an average depth between Rz 10 and Rz 30. The wear on the contacting surfaces of the upper piece and the lower piece of the assembled piston is thus reduced.

The compensating container of the cooling system of the internal combustion engine comprises a domed lower container shell and an upper container shell (6, 7) constructed in plastic injection molding technology with inner walls (9, 10, 13, 14) along the Weld its edges (8) to each other. It also includes upper and lower connecting pipes (4, 5) and a sealable charging port (2). The inner wall of the compensation container extends perpendicularly to a plane containing the edge of the container shell, thereby forming at least one inner cavity (11) spaced from the outer periphery of the container, which communicates with at least one outer cavity (15, 16, 17) through an opening (18) connect. The upper connecting pipe transitions in the vessel (1) into an immersion channel (19) integrally formed with the upper vessel shell, the immersion channel extending down to the liquid-filled liquid of the lower vessel shell through the plane between the two vessel shells in the outer cavity (16). Containers are particularly effective at separating cooling liquid and air in cooling systems.

The invention relates to a wheel brake (2) with a hold-down device (3), brake shoes (11, 12) and an automatic adjustment device (7) with an adjusting flange ( 34) of the deflectable adjustment lever (26) and the adjustment wheel (21) meshed therewith. The wheel brake (2) also has an automatic reverse control device (6) that reduces or eliminates the braking effect when reversing. The automatic reverse control device has a deflection cam (15) and a push rod ( 20), the push rod is axially movably mounted and moves when reversing. The engagement length (e) of the adjustment flange (34) on the adjustment wheel (21) is shorter than the push rod stroke (h) when reversing.

The invention relates to a stirring device (12, 14) used for mixing abrasive material (16). The stirring device (12) has a surface whose partial portion is coated with a protective layer made of polyether ether ketone. Thickness of the protective layer ranges between 500-750 micrometers, where the protective layer is manufactured via electrostatic powder coating and burning processes. The tool is made of stainless steel and designed as two individual stirring tools. The tools are arranged nearby to each other and moved in opposite directions. A driving apparatus rotates the tools. A nuclear safety covering is arranged in a stirred vessel (10).

The method involves switching between operating modes e.g. safety and performance modes, of computer units in a multiprocessor system using a switching unit. Data distribution and / or selection of a data source are dependent upon one of the operating modes. Switching is triggered and / or indicated by a control signal e.g. mode signal, based on the operating modes. The control signal is generated based on the units. An independent claim is also included for a system with a unit for distributing data from a data source.

The invention relates to a sampling system (10) which has a first connecting piece (14) for connecting to a pipe traversed by fluid and a third connecting piece (20), and having a cock (24) which has a basic body (26) with a longitudinal axis (1), about which the cock (24) can be pivoted between a first end position and a second end position, and with a sampling recess (28), wherein in the first end position, the sampling recess (28) can be connected via the first connecting piece (14) to the pipe traversed by media, and in the second end position, the sampling recess (28) can be connected to the third connecting piece (20), wherein the third connecting piece (20) is connected to a first end (40a) of an extraction needle (40) which can be pierced with a second end (40b) through a membrane (48) of a sampling volume (44), wherein in the second end position, the sampling recess (28); is connected via the third connecting piece (20) to a first end (42a) of a ventilation needle (42).