| Continental Automotive GmbH Patent applications |
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| 20120121397 | TURBINE ROTOR FOR A TURBOCHARGER, TURBOCHARGER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TURBINE ROTOR - A turbine rotor for a turbocharger, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a turbine wheel which is formed in one piece and which has a turbine blade arrangement and a solid turbine wheel shoulder with a first end surface without cavities or depressions. A rotor shaft is formed in one piece and has a second end surface with a depression arranged coaxially with respect to the rotational axis. The first end surface of the turbine wheel shoulder is connected to a second end surface of the rotor shaft in a cohesive fashion by way of a friction weld. There is also provided a turbocharger and a method for producing a corresponding turbine rotor. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121107 | Method for Signal Processing of Solid-Borne Sound Signals, in Particular in Motor Vehicles, and an Occupant Protection System with Corresponding Signal Processing Unit - The invention relates to a method for signal processing of solid-borne sound signals, in particular in motor vehicles, and a corresponding occupant protection system. A first-order high-pass filter is provided as a filter, wherein the −3 dB cut-off frequency thereof lies between the upper and lower operating frequency. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117966 | TURBOCHARGER, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL DEVICE FOR A TURBOCHARGER - A turbocharger, in particular a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, has a turbine that includes a turbine casing, and a closed-loop control device for regulating an exhaust gas stream flowing through the turbine. The closed-loop control device includes an adjusting element for adjusting an exhaust gas stream, a control lever that is arranged on the turbine casing and is used for actuating the adjusting element, and a control rod which is connected to the control lever via an adjustment piece that has a guide for continuously moving the control rod within the adjustment piece. The control rod can be fixed within the guide by forming an integral joint therewith. There is also provided a method for mounting a closed-loop controller for such a turbocharger. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120109454 | BOTTLENECK LIGHT AND METHOD OF ASSISTING A DRIVER IN STEERING A VEHICLE - A device for assisting a driver in steering a vehicle along a bottleneck. The device has a bottleneck detection unit which is configured to detect bottleneck information for characterizing a bottleneck in which the vehicle is located. A bottleneck information processing unit is configured to process the detected bottleneck information in order to derive therefrom assistance information for assisting the driver in steering the vehicle along the bottleneck. An actuation unit is provided and is configured to actuate a light source of the vehicle in such a way that the light source generates a light pattern, which can be seen by the driver, outside the vehicle, which light pattern displays the assistance information to the driver. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106014 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRONIC SWITCH INCORPORATED IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER SUPPLY OF AN ELECTRIC LOAD - A method for protecting an electronic switch incorporated in an automotive vehicle in order to control the power supply of an electric load, the method including implementing a protection strategy, based on the use of a table of overload intensity values IS, intended to make it possible to detect and count the overshoots of the overload values IS, and to interrupt the operation of the electronic switch beyond a given number of overloads undergone. A table of overload intensities IS is established giving, for values of the power supply voltage that are greater than a predetermined voltage value VNbat, values IS=IT+ΔIc, with ΔIc being identical for all the values, and for values of the power supply voltage that are less than or equal to VNbat, a constant value IS such that IS=IT(VNbat)+ΔIc. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102924 | Method And Device For Measuring The Soot Load In The Exhaust Gas Systems Of Diesel Engines - A method and device for measuring the soot load in the exhaust gas systems of diesel engines using a sensor which is mounted downstream of a particulate filter and comprises a sensor element, to measure the operability of the particulate filter. According to the method, the soot load of the sensor element is measured resistively or capacitively using electrodes. The measuring voltage of the sensor element is controlled depending on at least one actual operating parameter of the diesel engine. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120095641 | Method for Wireless Communication Between Vehicles - The invention relates to a method for wireless communication between vehicles ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120061436 | VEHICLE EQUIPMENT FOR A MOBILE APPLIANCE - A vehicle equipment designed to detachably hold an electronic appliance provided with a screen and manually activatable function keys. This equipment has a cavity ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120055568 | Extractor Device For An Aqueous Fluid In A Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to an extractor device for an aqueous fluid from a storage container of a motor vehicle wherein a lengthwise-extended heating element is arranged next to a venting tube. The venting tube connects a catch container to a chamber arranged above the fluid level in the storage container. In case of icing, a connection is created early from the catch container to the chamber. A pump can thus convey the fluid out of the catch container early. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120038350 | POSITION SENSOR - A position sensor, preferably an angle sensor for detecting the rotational angle of a shaft. The position sensor has a lead frame on which the electronic components of the position sensor are arranged and to which they are electrically connected A plastic encapsulation enclosing at least the electronic components, thereby forming a sensor module with the lead frame, and a plurality of electrical connections of the sensor module which are formed by the lead frame and a carrier module accommodating the sensor module. The carrier module has electrical connections connected to the electrical connections of the sensor module in an electrically conducting manner. The carrier module has at least two domes between which the sensor module is arranged. The respective free ends of the domes are deformed in such manner that the sensor module is clamped fixed in its position. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120032618 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A CONTROL ELEMENT OF A DRIVE APPARATUS, SAID CONTROL ELEMENT HAVING A RESPONSE DELAY - In order to activate a control element ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120018024 | Corrugated Pipe of a Fuel Line - A corrugated pipe of a fuel line of a fuel supply system of a motor vehicle, with at least one flexible wavy portion having waves. The waves are a wave crest and of a wave trough. The at least one wavy portion has a region, the cross section of which has a form deviating from the circular form. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120011926 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE TREAD DEPTH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE - A device and a method for measuring the tread depth of a motor vehicle tire. The device includes at least one sensor element which is configured to acquire data on a change of the deformation characteristics of the motor vehicle tire in the area of the tire contact area and can be fixed in the area of the inner side of the motor vehicle tire opposite the tread; and a control and evaluation unit for evaluating and processing the acquired data. The unit is data-connected to the at least one sensor element. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120010770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID DRIVE APPARATUS - A hybrid drive apparatus has a first drive unit, a second drive unit, and a clutch by way of which the first drive unit and the second drive unit can be coupled. A method for controlling the hybrid drive apparatus includes decoupling the first drive unit and the second drive unit from each other, and operating the first drive unit at a no-load operating point. A first torque of the first drive unit is determined at the no-load operating point. The first and second drive units are coupled by way of the clutch. The first drive unit is then motored by the second drive unit at an operating point which corresponds to the no-load operating point. A second torque is determined, which is produced by the second drive unit, in order to motor the first drive unit at the operating point. Finally, a control of at least one of the drive units is adapted based on the difference between the first torque and the second torque. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120006107 | DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An association unit is designed to determine cylinder-individual lambda signals on the basis of a lambda probe signal and to determine lambda deviation signals for the respective cylinders based on the lambda signals in relation to an averaged lambda signal. Furthermore, an observer has a sensor model of the lambda probe that is arranged in a feedback branch. The lambda deviation signals are fed to the input side and observer output quantities in relation to the respective cylinder are representative of the injection characteristics deviations from predetermined injection characteristics. A parameter detection unit impresses a predetermined interference pattern from cylinder-individual mixture deviations. It further changes at least one sensor model parameter as a detection parameter in response to the respectively predetermined interference pattern for as long as the observer output quantities represent the portion of the interference pattern associated with the cylinders thereof in a predetermined manner. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120003083 | Side Channel Pump for Conveying Fuel in a Motor Vehicle - A side channel pump for conveying fuel having a flow divider disposed in an impeller. The flow divider divides blade chambers of the impeller into individual partial chambers. Flow dividers are also disposed in housing parts opposing the impeller having partial ring-shaped channels radially encompassing each other. The flow dividers in the impeller and in the housing parts are at a distance from each other in order to allow cross flow between the conveyance chambers formed by the partial chambers and the partial ring-shaped channels. The side channel pump thereby has a high efficiency and particularly low radial dimensions. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110320064 | Method for Operating a Sensor Apparatus and Sensor Apparatus - A sensor apparatus includes a housing with a security device, a secure first computation device, a second computation device (AC) and a sensor element. The sensor apparatus detects a temperature in the housing, to activate the first computation device only when the detected temperature is in a predefined temperature range, to determine a session key by the first computation device and to store the session key in a second memory of the second computation device, to deactivate the first computation device after the session key has been stored, to determine data on the basis of a sensor signal detected using the sensor element and to encrypt and/or sign the data by the second computation device on the basis of the session key. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110303689 | Fluid Container for a Motor Vehicle - A collection device with a collection container and a plurality of conducting elements guided on the collection container is disposed in a fluid container for a motor vehicle. The conducting elements are preferably of one-piece construction together with a collection plate surrounding the collection container. Fluid that sloshes around in the fluid container is fed through the conducting elements and the collection plate to the collection container. This allows the minimum amount of fluid in the fluid container required for the proper operation of the motor vehicle to be kept particularly low. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110300787 | Tank Ventilation System - A tank ventilation system includes a flushing line, off which a bypass branches and into which the bypass opens out. A sensor is arranged in the flushing line bypass to determine a concentration of hydrocarbons in a fluid in the flushing line. A hydrocarbon tank is coupled via a first connector to a first end of the flushing line and designed for coupling, via a second coupling, to a tank. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296471 | Method for storing and transmitting audio data in an audio and video data stream - A method for storing and transmitting audio data in an audio and video data stream. Audio and video data is received by a television reception apparatus. At least part of the received audio and video data is transmitted to a processing and storage apparatus. Audio data is extracted from the transmitted audio and video data by the processing and storage apparatus, and the extracted audio data is stored on a storage medium of the processing and storage apparatus. The stored audio data is provided in a motor vehicle information and entertainment system. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289999 | Method and Device for Calibrating a Sensor - A tank ventilation system having an intake tract, the tank ventilation system including a hydrocarbon reservoir, a sensor, and a valve. The valve and the sensor are arranged in a fluid line that couples the hydrocarbon reservoir to the intake tract. The sensor captures a hydrocarbon concentration of a fluid in the fluid line. A captured value of the hydrocarbon concentration is measured using the sensor. When the open valve, a mass flow of the fluid flowing through the fluid line into the intake tract is captured or determined. An air/fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture fed to the internal combustion engine is determined. An estimated value of the hydrocarbon concentration in the fluid line is determined according to the mass flow of the fluid and the air/fuel ratio. The sensor is calibrated according to the captured value of the hydrocarbon concentration and the estimated value of the hydrocarbon concentration. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110288724 | Device, System, And Method For Authorizing Vehicle Online Services During Driving - A device for authorizing an online service during driving in a vehicle. Contents of an online service are authorized according to the vehicle state. The device includes an electronic control unit, a graphical output apparatus, and a communication interface. A system that includes the device and a server, which is not located in the vehicle and which is connected to the communication interface through a wireless connection for the exchange of data. A method, having the following steps: the vehicle state of the vehicle is detected. According to the vehicle state, it is checked if a requested online service or certain contents of a requested online service are authorized for display during driving. According to available or ascertainable data on the ability of the requested online service to be authorized during driving, the requested online service is either blocked or authorized in a limited or complete manner. The result is depicted on the graphical output apparatus. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286838 | TURBOCHARGER HAVING FASTENING ELEMENTS FOR FASTENING VANE BEARING RINGS OF A VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY VTG - A turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry device has one or two blade bearing rings. At least one or more fastening elements are provided for fastening the one or two blade bearing rings. The respective fastening element has at least one section formed with a knurl and/or at least one section formed with at least one or several notches. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285334 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRUSHLESS MOTOR - The present invention relates to a method for operating a brushless electric motor whose windings are driven by an inverter with the aid of six switches, having an identification unit being provided in order to identify defective switches, a unit for voltage measurement at the outputs of the inverter, and a microcontroller for controlling the switches. Particularly in safety-relevant applications, it is important to quickly determine what characteristic the defective switch has, for example in order to continue to operate the electric motor in an emergency mode, or to switch it off immediately. The defect (F | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285186 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING A SEAT AND USE THEREOF - A method for automatically setting a component of a vehicle that can be automatically set, wherein the vehicle has a seat that can be electrically adjusted has the following steps: adjusting ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284275 | CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING GROWN METAL LAYER IN A FLEXIBLE ZONE - A circuit board has a grown metal layer in a flexible zone. A circuit board has a first part, a second part and a recess in the circuit board that is arranged between the first part and the second part. A thickness of the circuit board reduced in the region of the recess. The first part can be pivoted relative to the second part as a result of the recess. The flexibility of the circuit board is improved in the range of the recess by a metal layer applied on a surface section of the circuit board in the recess by deposition. Furthermore, EMC problems can be reduced by the metal layer on a side wall of the recess and electrical contacts to conductor path metallization layers can be created. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110283975 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING AN INJECTION VALVE - A circuit arrangement controls at least one injection valve, in particular a solenoid injection valve, for an internal combustion engine. The circuit includes a supply potential connection, a reference potential connection; one or more solenoids; a controllable voltage boosting circuit for generating from the first voltage a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. The voltage boosting circuit is connected at a first input to the supply potential connection and at a first output to the solenoids by means of a respective first controllable semiconductor switching element. A control circuit is connected at least to a respective first semiconductor switching element and the voltage boosting circuit. The control circuit applies the first or the second voltage to the first coil connection of exactly one solenoid depending on an actuation state of one of the injection valves. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110282548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY DETERMINING WHEEL STATE VARIABLES OF A WHEEL - In order to more accurately determine wheel state variables of a wheel, physical variables of the wheels are continuously measured and evaluated on the vehicle side. In addition, physical variables of the wheel are intermittently measured on the wheel side. The variables measured on the wheel side or the evaluated measurement results thereof are used to correct the variables measured on the vehicle side and/or the determined wheel state variables. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279104 | DC CONVERTER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A step-up converter converts a battery voltage to an intermediate voltage. The intermediate voltage is greater than or equal to the battery voltage. A step-down converter receives the intermediate voltage supplied by the step-up converter and controls an output voltage which is less than or equal to the intermediate voltage. The step-up converter controls the intermediate voltage in an open loop depending on the battery voltage, at least if the battery voltage is lower than a first predetermined value, and at least if at the same time the load on the output of the step-up converter exceeds a minimum load. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110266920 | ELECTROMECHANICAL MOTOR, ESPECIALLY A PIEZOELECTRIC MICROSTEPPER DRIVE - A motor which includes two drive elements, especially piezoelectric bending actuators, having effective directions that are perpendicular to each other. These actuators act upon a drive ring to thereby rotate a shaft. Diagonally opposite securing elements are provided on the drive ring and are used to flexibly suspend the drive ring via respective articulated corner elements on respective fixing elements that are diagonally opposite the respective securing elements. The drive according to the invention is compact, having actuators that are non-radially hinged to the drive ring. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110260580 | Electromechanical Motor, especially a piezoelectric Microstepper Drive - A microstepper motor which comprises two electromechanical drive elements, especially piezoelectric bending actuators, having effective directions that are perpendicular to each other. These actuators act upon a drive ring to thereby rotate a shaft. The actuators are non-radially hinged to the drive ring via a torsion-proof, nested frame-type complex structure (drive module) including an interior drive ring, a frame and a U-shaped outer frame. The drive according to the invention is compact and, the drive module being is configured as a single injection-molded structure. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110257878 | System For Use In A Motor Vehicle, And Method For Examining Goods - A system for use in a motor vehiclewherein a navigation system and a control unit. The control unit is designed such that, using a list of goods stored in the control unit, a route of stops for purchasing the goods which can be depicted by the navigation system is produced. Furthermore, a near-field receiver and/or near-field transponder for detecting goods is present in the motor vehicle and can be or is connected to the control unit such that an additional list having detected goods can be transmitted to the control unit and the stored list can be updated by the additional list. A dynamic examination and possibly a dynamic adaptation of the route for purchasing the various goods depicted in the navigation system are thus possible. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257815 | System for Collecting Operating Data of a Vehicle - A system for collecting operating data of a vehicle, including a digital tachograph that can be installed rigidly in the vehicle, and a receiver module for receiving data for controlling the tachograph. The module is removalby connected to the tachograph by way of an interface prescribed by the tachograph. At least one remote control is equipped with a transmitter for operating the tachograph the remote control being adapted to wirelessly transfer data using the receiver module. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110246887 | Infotainment System - An infotainment system includes a display device, a freely accessible data transfer interface for a user of the infotainment system, a computing unit, a first memory and a user interface with an input unit and a graphical operating interface. The infotainment system is adapted to store predefined user configuration data in the first memory. The user configuration data is representative for a graphical display of the graphical operating interface by the control unit. The infotainment system is also adapted to interpret the predefined user configuration data such that the graphical operating interface represented by the user configuration data can be displayed using the display device and/or such that the manual operation of the user interface represented by the user configuration data can be predefined using the input unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244275 | BATTERY - A battery has an at least partially electrically conducting housing, a first charge carrier, a second charge carrier, and a battery cover. The battery cover encompasses a printed circuit board that has a first circuit board contact and a second circuit board contact. The circuit board contacts are electrically connected to the charge carriers. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241582 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID MOTOR - A control device is for a motor, especially a brushless DC motor. The control device contains a bridge circuit for generating a rotating field for the motor and a sensor system for detecting a position of a rotor of the motor, a control signal for the bridge circuit being derivable from the signal representing the rotor position. The sensor system includes an absolute value transmitter which detects the absolute position of the rotor and which is configured to derive at least one incremental signal from the absolute position and to make it directly available to a control component for controlling the bridge circuit for commuting the motor. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110239625 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTING THE INJECTION AGENT SUPPLY IN AN INJECTION SYSTEM, AND EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - In a method and a device for adapting the injection agent supply for an emission control system, the following steps are carried out: a) setting of a agent pressure target value in the line upstream of the pump in relation to the ambient pressure; b) opening of the pressure relief valve for a predetermined time t; c) determining the pressure difference between the target and the injection agent pressure, caused in step b), immediately after step b); d) setting a target value for the agent pressure in the line downstream of the pump in relation to the exhaust gas pressure in the system; e) opening of the injector for a predetermined time t; f) determining the pressure difference between the target and the agent pressure, caused in step e), immediately after step e); g) comparing the pressure differences from steps c) and f); and h) optional adaptation of the injector opening time. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110227759 | Method and System for Ascertaining a Local Information Item for a Vehicle - A method and system for ascertaining at least one traffic-related local information item for a vehicle includes a reception device in a radio system to receive sent data from a radio system in at least one other vehicle in the vicinity of the one vehicle as defined by the reception range of the reception device. The reception device is configured for the vehicle-internal capture and evaluation of data for at least one operating variable from the one vehicle. The traffic-related local information item is ascertained from the received data from the other vehicle. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110226804 | Method for rapidly emptying the activated carbon filter while using an HC sensor (concentration change) - A method for rapidly emptying an activated carbon filter while using an HC sensor (concentration change). A device for a tank system, for a motor vehicle having the device for a tank system and to a method for emptying an activated carbon filter for a tank system. The concentration of volatile components which are flushed from the activated carbon filter is detected by a concentration sensor. The concentration sensor is used as an early warning sensor to prevent any disturbances of mixture production of an engine. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110223011 | TURBOCHARGER WITH A BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING A ROTOR SHAFT - A turbocharger, which is particularly suitable for a motor vehicle, includes: a rotor shaft with a turbine impeller and a compressor impeller disposed thereon. The rotor shaft has a roller bearing assembly for mounting in the housing of the turbocharger. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221703 | Haptic Operating Device - A haptic control device, particularly for motor vehicles, with a touchpad including at least one contact-sensitive touch. A control signal can be triggered upon contact with the touch region, and the touchpad can be moveably driven by a drive in the plane of the touchpad in a certain rhythm. The touchpad is connected to a stationary carrier by one or more flexible connecting elements. The flexible connecting element or elements are spring arms, one end of which is connected to the carrier and the other end of which is connected to the touchpad. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221584 | System for Recording Collisions - A system for recording collisions in motor vehicles. The system includes a control unit that is connected to ultrasound sensors that can be disposed on or in the vehicle and is connected to acceleration sensors that can be disposed in the vehicle. Accident events are detected by the control unit based on acceleration values that are above a limit. Also, events below this limit are recorded when an approach to or contact with a collision object is determined by the ultrasound sensors. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110208387 | System and On-Board Unit For Integrating Functions of Vehicle Devices - An on-board unit, which is in the form of a tachograph, and includes at least one position-finding device and/or at least one radio communication device which can be coupled to the on-board unit for the purpose of use by the on-board unit or are included by the latter. The on-board unit has at least one function of at least one of the following vehicle devices, and the on-board unit is designed to replace the respective vehicle device in terms the at least one function which is one of a toll collection device, an event data capture device, an emergency call device, a transport monitoring device, a vehicle course monitoring device, and a fleet management device. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110190989 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CRITERION OF THE SEVERITY OF AN ACCIDENT BY MEANS OF AN ACCLERATION SIGNAL AND A SOLID-BORNE SOUND SIGNAL - A method for determining a criterion of the severity of an accident by means of an acceleration signal and a solid-borne sound signal. The signal edge direction of the absolute value of the acceleration signal is detected. If the signal edge of the absolute value of the acceleration signal drops, the solid-borne sound signal which occurs in the process is evaluated. The solid-borne sound signal may be integrated and the criterion of the severity of the accident is derived therefrom. This criterion of the severity of the accident can be used directly, or as a function of criteria, to trigger the protection devices. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189011 | TURBOCHARGER HAVING AN INSERTION PLATE - A turbocharger has a rotor housing. Said rotor housing has an insertion element. Said insertion element is configured such that the same forms an over-hanging spiral together with said rotor housing. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187863 | METHOD FOR DETECTING EXPANSIVE STATIC OBJECTS - A method for detecting expansive static objects from a vehicle in motion. For this purpose, the method employs a front camera that interacts with an image processing device. The front camera can detect road markings on the road. A lateral detection device detects objects in the blind spot of the vehicle. Additional detection devices detect minimal distances to laterally passing or following vehicles. A logic unit links the data of the image processing device of the front camera to the data of the remaining detection devices in such a manner that expansive static objects in the front detection range of the vehicle are detected and are included as such in the detection of the lateral and rear detection devices using the logic unit. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187405 | TRANSCEIVER CIRCUITS - A transceiver circuit supports a bidirectional mode and the bidirectional transceiver circuit is signal-compatible with JEDEC SSTL 2. A differential transceiver circuit supports a bidirectional mode and is also signal-compatible with JEDEC SSTL 2. Finally, transceiver circuits which, in interaction with the bidirectional transceiver circuits, allow a bus system to be set up. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110185564 | Method for Fixing an Annular Segment Package Having a Cylindrical Outer Wall in An Annular Housing - An annular housing has an inner wall that is configured in the form of an inner cone. In the method for fixing the annular segment package, said package is either initially inserted into the annular housing and an annular sleeve the outer wall of which is configured in the form of an outer cone that is configured in a compatible manner to the inner cone of the annular housing, is subsequently inserted between the annular segment package and the annular housing and compressed on both sides, or is initially inserted into the annular sleeve and compressed, and the annular sleeve is subsequently inserted into the annular housing together with the annular segment package and compressed. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110178675 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING THE LONGITUDINAL POSITION OF THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - A method for locating the longitudinal position of wheels ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110173694 | Method For Activating Functions Of A Tachograph - A method for activating functions of at least one tachograph having a control unit and an interface. The control unit is activated by a program to perform a first group of functions. First, a connection of an external storage medium to the interface of the at least one tachograph is established. The storage medium has at least one instruction for activating a function, which can be read out by the control unit. An authentication between the external storage medium and the control unit also takes place. The function associated with the at least one instruction is activated in such a way that the function is associated with the first group of the control unit. Next, the connection between the external storage medium and the interface of the at least one tachograph is released. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169627 | METHOD, SENSOR, DETECTOR AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL ON A VEHICLE - A method, a sensor, a detector and a system are provided for locating at least one wheel on a vehicle. A signal is received from a first sensor mounted on the wheel, the signal providing a position of the wheel. Additionally, a measurement value is received from a second sensor that measures the angular position of a wheel and that is associated with a specific position of the vehicle. When the phase position of the first signal stays within a predefined tolerance range relative to the measured value within a specific observation period, the first sensor can be associated with the second sensor. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110168139 | Apparatus for Measuring a Hydrocarbon Concentration and Internal Combustion Engine - An apparatus for measuring a hydrocarbon concentration of a gas stream in a line includes at least one sensor for measuring a hydrocarbon concentration, the position of said sensor being set off in relation to the line. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110166825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE MILEAGE OF A TIRE - A method and an apparatus for determining the mileage of a tire, include measuring a first current mileage over a limited period a first time, measuring a second current mileage over a limited period a second time, providing a measurement-free rest period between the first measurement and the second measurement, and estimating the mileage during the rest period on the basis of the first current mileage and/or the second current mileage. In addition, the method is repeated, with the already performed second measurement replacing the first measurement. Since a supply of power is not needed or at least can be significantly reduced during the rest period, the power requirement for mileage determination during the life of the tire can be significantly reduced, which allows simplified supply of power for mileage determination. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166761 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A MAXIMUM COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION BETWEEN A TIRE AND AN UNDERLYING SURFACE - A method for determining a maximum coefficient of friction μ | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110161043 | Method and Device for Determining a State of Motion of a Vehicle Comprising an Acceleration Sensor - To determine a state of motion of a vehicle comprising an acceleration sensor, a vibration signal is determined as a function of a measurement signal of the acceleration sensor. The vibration signal is representative of vibrations of the vehicle. A determination is made as to whether the vehicle is at a standstill or whether the vehicle is moving, such determination made by comparing the vibration signal with at least one pre-determined threshold value. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110156727 | Soot Sensor - A soot sensor for the detection of soot particles in an exhaust gas flow, having interdigitally engaged measurement electrodes applied on a substrate. An electrical resistance between the measurement electrodes is a measure of soot load of the exhaust gas flow. The measurement electrodes are divided into two regions, a first region in which no soot particles can be deposited and a second region where soot particles are deposited from the exhaust gas flow. The first region and the second region are exposed simultaneously to the other conditions prevailing in the exhaust gas flow. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110155262 | Level Sensor and System Comprising a Level Sensor and A Fluid Reservoir - A level sensor includes a base unit with a cavity. A first axial end of the cavity is adapted to hydraulically communicate with a fluid reservoir. A second axial end of the cavity is adapted to hydraulically couple to a fluid reservoir. A heating element is disposed in a wall of the cavity. A first electrode and a second electrode are disposed at the base unit such that an electric capacitance formed between the first electrode and the second electrode is representative of the level in the fluid reservoir. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110153264 | LOCATION DETERMINATION FOR INDIVIDUAL TIRES OF A MULTI-TIRE - An apparatus and a method are provided for ascertaining the relative position of a first tire and a second tire in a multiple tire. The apparatus may include a first electromechanical transducer providing a first sensor signal indicating a contact area length of the first tire in the multiple tire, and a second electromechanical transducer providing a second sensor signal indicating a contact area length of the second tire in the multiple tire. The apparatus includes a reception unit configured for receiving the first and second sensor signals; a contact area characteristic ascertainment unit ascertaining the contact area lengths characteristic of the first and second tires based on the first and second sensor signals; and a position finding unit ascertaining the position of the first tire relative to the second tire by evaluating the contact length characteristics of the first and second tires during cornering. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110151715 | HIGH VOLTAGE PLUG-CONNECTOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A high voltage plug-connector for the detachable electric connection of high voltage components, particularly an electric drive system of a motor vehicle, has a plug with electric power contacts, a socket with a mating contacts for mating with the power contacts, and a signal plug that interacts with signal contacts for activating the high voltage. The signal plug locks the plug and the socket mechanically in their plug-in position. The mechanical plug-connector has a pre-latching position in which the signal plug is guided to a releasing position and the electric contact between the power contacts and mating contacts can be released. The mechanical lock is released only when the electric contact between the power contacts and the mating contacts is opened and the signal plug is guided to a cover position in which the signal plug covers the power contacts. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110145000 | Apparatus, System and Method for Voice Dialogue Activation and/or Conduct - An apparatus, a system and a method for voice dialogue activation and/or conduct. The apparatus for voice dialogue activation and/or conduct has a voice recognition unit, a speaker recognition unit and a decision-maker unit. The decision-maker unit is designed to activate a result action on the basis of results from the voice and speaker recognition units. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141063 | Detection system for approach recognition - A detection system for the approach recognition of a hand or arm movement in the direction a display or control unit. The detection takes place in two stages by way of long-range detection and close-range detection. The first stage detects using at least one optical or acoustic sensor. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140636 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL SIGNAL - The system, which provides a control signal, includes an over-current control unit, a time clock that provides a periodic time signal, and a clock generator unit that includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to the time clock and the output terminal is coupled to the over-current control unit. The first input terminal of the clock generator unit receives the periodic time signal and the second input terminal of the clock generator unit receives a modification signal. The clock generator unit generates a clock signal based on the periodic time signal and the modification signal. The output terminal of the clock generator unit provides the clock signal to the over-current control unit, and the over-current control unit provides a control signal based on the clock signal. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140516 | Device for actuating actuators in a motor vehicle - The invention relates to a device for actuating actuators in a motor vehicle having an at least partially metallic housing (MG) in which an electric circuit is arranged, which has at least one high-voltage-generating circuit (HES) for generating an output voltage (U | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110137540 | Internal Combustion Engine and Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine of Said Type - During the operation of an internal combustion engine which has at least one sensor for measuring a hydrocarbon content and a mass flow rate of a gas flow through a line, the hydrocarbon content and the mass flow rate of the gas flow are determined. The gas flow through the line is controlled as a function of the determined values. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137517 | METHOD FOR INDICATING A DISCREPANCY FOR DRIVING DATA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method and system for indicating a discrepancy between driving data captured using a tachograph and at least one prescribed rule by an indicator appliance independent of the tachograph. The indicator appliance is connected to a tachograph data memory that has the driving data. By virtue of detachable electromechanical coupling of the indicator appliance to the tachograph data memory that is automatically followed by at least one driving data volume element being loaded into an appliance data memory of the indicator appliance and automatically compared with at least one rule. The presence of a discrepancy between the loaded driving data volume element and the rule prompts the presence of the discrepancy to be transmitted to a user of the indicator appliance as a violation report. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137490 | MOBILE INTERFACE AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE FUNCTIONS - A mobile interface for controlling a plurality of vehicle functions in a motor vehicle using a controller connected to the vehicle, having a wireless data interchange with a controller, an input apparatus, and an energy store. By virtue of the wireless data interchange being connected to a data processing unit integrated in the mobile interface and which is designed to apply at least one cryptological method, a greater scope of functions becomes possible that can also include control of safety-relevant vehicle functions. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135505 | Pump Device For Feeding Fuel In A Fuel Tank - A pump device for feeding fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, having a suction jet pump and having a control valve for regulating the feed rate of the suction jet pump, A valve body can be moved counter to the flow direction of a fuel jet of the suction jet pump to throttle the feed rate. In this way, forces for opening the control valve are kept low. A float controls the valve body via a shaft which is guided through a mixing tube of the suction jet pump. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134610 | ELECTRONIC MODULE - An electronic module contains a printed circuit board having a conductor track structure and at least one receiving surface. The electronic module further contains at least one electronic component which is disposed on the at least one receiving surface and electrically connected to the conductor track structure. A coolant conducting structure is embodied in the printed circuit board and in which a cooling medium circulates during the operation of the electronic module. A section of the coolant conducting structure in the region of the at least one receiving surface being formed by a wall of the printed circuit board and a surface of the electronic component. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110132332 | FUEL ADAPTATION FOR IC ENGINE - A method for controlling an automotive internal combustion engine ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110132080 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CONTACT SURFACE LENGTH OF A VEHICLE TIRE - An apparatus ascertains a contact area length of a vehicle tire. The apparatus has a transmission unit which has a resonator and which is set up to transmit a sensor signal at a defined frequency. A change in the frequency of the sensor signal on the basis of mechanical excitation of the resonator is indicative of a contact area length for the vehicle tire. Furthermore, the apparatus has a contact area length ascertainment unit which is set up to receive the sensor signal and to take the change in the frequency of the sensor signal as a basis for ascertaining the contact area length of the vehicle tire. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110126756 | Motor Vehicle Display - A motor vehicle display with a first indicator and a first dial in which an average fuel consumption is indicated on the first dial by the first indicator. There is a second dial and the first indicator, in conjunction with the second dial, indicates a distance which can still be covered with the amount in the vehicle tank, wherein the second dial is followed automatically. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110126611 | Hydrogen Sensor and A Detection Method for Hydrogen Concentration - A hydrogen sensor includes a support having a first temperature sensor, a heating element and an evaluation unit. The hydrogen sensor furthermore includes a mass flow reduction apparatus by which a gas mass flow over the first temperature sensor and the heating element is reduced. The evaluation unit determines a hydrogen concentration in a gas or gas mixture based on a first temperature detected by the first temperature sensor. A detection method for hydrogen concentration having the hydrogen sensor and a motor vehicle having a fuel cell drive having the hydrogen sensor. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110125385 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING CONTROL AND REGULATING SIGNALS - A control device for carrying out a method of exchanging control and regulating signals in a motor vehicle includes a central control unit which is an integrated semiconductor circuit and which is disposed on at least one circuit board. At least one driver unit is disposed as a further integrated semiconductor circuit in the control device for monitoring and controlling an application. The driver unit interacts with the central control unit. For this purpose, the central control unit includes a first optical transceiver, the driver unit includes a further optical transceiver and the transceivers are optically coupled for data exchange. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110121925 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE HAVING AN ELECTRONIC IMMOBILIZER AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN ELECTRONIC IMMOBILIZER - A switching device for a vehicle having an electronic immobilizer includes at least one part which is fixedly mounted in relation to the vehicle and at least one sensing device which can move relative to the fixedly mounted part. The switching device further includes at least one induction coil which is provided for communication with a transponder that is integrated into a portable device. The induction coil is at least partially integrated into the movable sensing device. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120424 | Method for Operating A Fuel Pump In A Motor Vehicle and Fuel Pump - A method for operating a fuel pump in a motor vehicle and a fuel pump. A brushless direct current motor arranged in a housing of the fuel pump has a stator and a rotor on a shaft. When the rotor rotates at least one pump stage arranged in the housing is driven via the shaft. The variables of the direct current motor necessary for determining the commutation are fed to a processor in the engine controller of the motor vehicle. The processor generates the electrical signals for the commutation based on these variables according to the field-oriented closed-loop control. These electrical signals are fed to the brushless direct current motor for the commutation. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120412 | Valve - A valve having a housing with a flow opening with a flat boundary. The flow opening is connected on one side to an elastic film element, which seals the flow opening in the flat state of the element. The valve is used as a throttle element for motor vehicles with diesel engines. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110107993 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a method for starting an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber, an injection timing point is specified for each chamber at which a first fuel injection pulse is carried out and an ignition timing point is specified at which a first ignition pulse is to be carried out in the chamber. A crankshaft is caused to rotate by a starter device. For all chambers in which the injection timing point takes place in time after the ignition pulse, the respectively specified ignition timing point is adjusted in terms of reduced torque output. Thereafter, in each combustion chamber the injection pulse is carried out at the respectively specified injection timing point and the ignition pulse is carried out at the respectively specified ignition timing point. In this way, any potentially present fuel residue is combusted and at the same time the torque produced thereby is reduced. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110099314 | Method for Operating a Trip Recorder of a Motor Vehicle and a Trip Recorder for Performing the Method - A trip recorder, a memory card or a cleaning card being passed by a reading device by an electric motor drive. The trip recorder attempts to establish communication with the inserted card. If no communication can be established, the reader device or the memory card is dirty, or the cleaning card is inserted in the trip recorder. In case of a failed attempt at communication, the electric motor drive moves the inserted card past the reader device repeatedly removing potential contamination. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110093184 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR - An electrochemical gas sensor is provided for a motor vehicle. The gas sensor contains a digital controller and a detection circuit. The digital controller captures, by a feedback input, a value of the voltage applied to the inside of the gas sensor cell. The output of the digital controller provides a control value for the current flowing in the gas sensor cell. The detection circuit is used to detect the properties of the gas sensor cell and to adjust the dynamic control properties of the digital controller corresponding to the properties of the gas sensor cell. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110088450 | Method For Evaluating the State of A Soot Sensor In A Motor Vehicle - A method for performing on-board functional diagnostics on a soot sensor of a vehicle and/or for detecting further components in the soot in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The soot sensor is electrically connected to an evaluation circuit with is permanently installed in the motor vehicle. In order to specify a method for performing functional diagnostics on a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot, with which method it is possible to detect a faulty soot sensor and/or further components in the soot in a cost-effective way, the evaluation circuit measures the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor and detects the defectiveness of the soot sensor and/or the presence of further components in the soot on the basis of the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110087404 | Method for Operating A Control Device of A Motor Vehicle and Control Device of A Motor Vehicle for Carrying Out The Method - A system for actuating a passenger compartment control device of a force-transmitting device and a chassis control device of a motor vehicle, various functions of the devices are combined to form functional classes. The devices can be actuated simultaneously by a first selection of the functional classes. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110071733 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IMPACT INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for the detection of the characteristics of an impact into a motor vehicle includes at least one signal generating unit for generating a defined acoustic impulse sequence depending on the speed of the impact, particularly a structure-borne acoustic impulse sequence due to a deformation of a chassis component of the motor vehicle. The acoustic impulse sequence is generated by way of a mechanical activation of the signal generating device caused by the deformation. A sensor system is disposed to detect the defined acoustic impulse sequence. An analysis unit analyses the signals supplied by the sensor system such that information can be supplied on the characteristics of the impact. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069468 | Electrical Device with Screen - An electronic device ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110052389 | Method for Producing a Lubricant Feed Line of a Thrust Bearing - A method for producing a lubricant feed in an axial bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is designed as a channel guiding lubricant from a lubricant pocket of the axial bearing, includes the following steps: preparing an initial axial bearing mold, stamping a groove in the area of the initial mold in which the channel is planned; embossing and putting through material on at least one or both sides of the groove along at least one segment of the groove; stamping the material on the side of the groove toward the groove so that the material and the groove form the channel. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050408 | Device for Displaying a Plurality of Detectable Variable Quantities - A device for displaying a plurality of detectable variable quantities of a motor vehicle that are in a ratio to one another, each quantity represented by a band, and the bands being arranged relative to one another such that they form a variable geometric figure. The bands have a variable length depending on the deviation from an optimum ratio of the quantities to one another, and intersect in an intersection area. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110043272 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT - A circuit includes a switching unit, a switching element, and a control unit. The control unit provides at least one supply signal depending on a switching position of the switching element. An advance signal and the supply signal(s) of the control unit are assigned to the switching unit on the input side. The switching unit supplies and controls predetermined components of the switching unit, which are configured to control the switching element in accordance with the advance signal in such a way that the components activate the switching element. The switching unit is also configured to detect the supply signal(s) present once the switching element has been activated and in response thereto to switch to supplying the predetermined components by way of the supply signal(s). | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110040477 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH AN AUTOMATIC ENGINE CUT-OFF AND STARTING SYSTEM - In a control method suitable for an internal combustion engine ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038716 | THRUST BEARING, ESPECIALLY FOR A TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to an axial bearing ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037479 | Method for Fault Monitoring at a Lighting Output of a Motor Vehicle - A method for fault monitoring at a lighting output of a motor vehicle. Reference current values are first measured and calculated at various reference voltages. During operation of the lighting output, operating current values and operating voltages are measured. If the operating current value at the measured operating voltage deviates from the reference current value at the corresponding reference voltage, then a fault message is output. The method is suitable for detecting a fault even for unknown lamps at the lighting output. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037317 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR MONITORING HIGH-VOLTAGE CONNECTIONS OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A monitoring device for protecting against contact or access to a hybrid vehicle having a plurality of high-voltage components and an electronic control unit connected to a low-voltage vehicle electrical system battery. Power actuators for actuating at least one electric machine are connected to a high-voltage battery by way of a power switch. The high-voltage components are monitored by way of a looped circuit and deactivated if the looped circuit is broken. A sensor that is sensitive to magnetic field changes is disposed in or at a removable contact connection of the electric machine or the electronic control unit. The sensor is connected to the looped circuit. A control component of the electronic control unit activates a discharge unit for discharging an energy storage device upon receiving a sensor signal generated by the sensor when the contact connection is broken. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110036627 | Method for Contacting a Rigid Printed Circuit Board to a Contact Partner and Arrangement of a Rigid Printed Circuit Board and Contact Partner - A method for producing an electrical connection between a rigid printed circuit board and a metallic contact partner, includes preparing the rigid printed circuit board having at least one copper layer and at least one prepreg layer, bringing the metallic contact partner and the printed circuit board together in such a way that the metallic contact partner is brought into contact with a contact pad on the copper layer of the printed circuit board, forming a cutout in the printed circuit board by removing the prepreg layer in at least one partial region of the contact pad, and irradiating with laser light to form a weld connection between the contact partner and the contact pad. A configuration of a rigid printed circuit board, a metallic contact partner and an electrical connection point, as well as a module having such a configuration, are also provided. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110034073 | Plug-Type Connection for Making Contact with an Electrical Printed Circuit Board which is Arranged in a Housing - A plug-type connection for making contact with a printed circuit board which is arranged in a housing and has a connection which is arranged outside the housing has a support in which contacts are fixedly arranged. The support additionally has sealing edges for sealing off said support from a housing aperture in the housing. The support and the sealing edges are produced by multi-component injection molding. The plug-type connection allows particularly reliable sealing of the housing and is simple to produce. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110031978 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AN ERROR IN A POWER BRIDGE CIRCUIT - An apparatus and a method for recognizing an error in a power bridge circuit containing a load, a high-side branch and a low-side branch. Accordingly, a first switched current source is connected to the load and to a diagnosis connection for a high-potential of a diagnosis voltage, a second switched current source is connected to the load and to a diagnosis connection for a low-potential of the diagnosis voltage, and a control device for controlling the first switched current source and the second switched current source. The control device is configured so that it switches on one of the switched current sources when the high-side power switch and the low-side power switch are open, while the other switched current source is switched off. A testing device is provided to test a voltage at the load when one of the switched current sources is switched on and the other of the switched current sources is switched off. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110027074 | SECURING ELEMENT AND EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER HAVING VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY - A securing element includes a head section and a shank. The cross-section of the shank changes in the axial direction in such a way that, by taking into account a qualitative and/or quantitative predetermined bending torque profile in the shank, the cross-section has a substantially uniform bending stress profile in the shank in relation to a securing element with a constant shank cross-section. An exhaust gas turbocharger having variable turbine geometry includes a VTG-guide vane configuration having at least one such securing element and being secured to a housing component of the exhaust gas turbocharger. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110023603 | Method And Apparatus For Determining The Current Longitudinal Vehicle Speed - A wheel rotation speed (RD) is determined from at least two wheels of a vehicle, respectively. A variable variability measure (VAR) is determined for each wheel rotation speed (RD), respectively. The current reliability of the respective wheel rotation speed (RD) is determined as a function of the variability measure (VAR). The current longitudinal vehicle speed is determined either as a function of the wheel rotation speeds (RD) which are currently detected as being reliable, or the current longitudinal vehicle speed is determined as an extrapolation as a function of wheel rotation speeds (RD) which were previously detected as being reliable if all wheel rotation speeds (RD) are currently detected as being unreliable. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110018362 | Method and Device For Operating A Circuit Arrangement - A current measurement apparatus includes first and second switches connected in parallel and operating in different current ranges, coupled to a processor which measures current and a controller which activates one or the other switch depending on the measured current. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017497 | ELECTRIC DEVICE - An electric device, in particular a mechatronic gear, motor, or brake control device in a motor vehicle, includes an electronic component having at least one electric contact surface for electrically contacting the component. A flexible circuit board with a conduction path structure includes at least one contact pad and conduction lines between two flexible, non-conducting films. A respective contact pad of the flexible circuit board is electrically connected, in particular by welding, to a respective contact surface of the component for creating at least one contact point. A sealing element is disposed on a side of the flexible circuit board opposite the component and an internal space is bounded by a wall. The sealing element is pressed against the flexible circuit board at an edge of the wall so that the edge surrounds at least one of the contact points. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110015824 | METHOD FOR THE ON-BOARD FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF A SOOT SENSOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND/OR FOR THE DETECTION OF FURTHER CONSTITUENTS IN THE SOOT - A method for the on-board functional diagnosis of a soot sensor and detection of further constituents in the soot in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The soot sensor is connected electrically to an evaluation circuit in the motor vehicle. A faulty soot sensor and/or further constituents in the soot can be detected in an inexpensive way. The evaluation circuit measures the voltage coefficient of the soot sensor and detects the defectiveness of the soot sensor and/or the presence of further constituents in the soot using the voltage coefficient of the soot sensor. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110014036 | HEAT SHIELD AND TURBOCHARGER HAVING A HEAT SHIELD - A heat shield, in particular for a turbocharger, has a disk or a pot shape which is stepped once or multiple times. The disc or pot shape has an outer edge, and the outer edge is provided with at least one opening section. The opening section forms a web section with the outer edge, said web section being bent outward in order to form a spring arm. The web section is either designed as closed or as open at one point. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110014033 | TURBOCHARGER WITH A VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY VTG - A turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry, includes at least one rolling body element respectively disposed on an associated fixing element for the variable turbine geometry. A device for adjusting the variable turbine geometry can roll off on the respective rolling body element. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110014032 | VANE GRILLE ARRANGEMENT OF AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER, EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VANE GRILLE ARRANGEMENT - A vane grille arrangement of an exhaust gas turbocharger with variable turbine geometry, contains at least one carrier ring formed from at least one sheet metal part and used to mount VTG guide vanes, the VTG guide vanes being rotatably mounted in recesses of the carrier ring. Ideally, an exhaust gas turbocharger has such a variable turbine geometry. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011154 | METHOD FOR THE ON-BOARD FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF A SOOT SENSOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND/OR FOR THE DETECTION OF FURTHER CONSTITUENTS IN THE SOOT - A method for on-vehicle functional diagnosis of a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, the soot sensor connected electrically to an evaluation circuit. To specify a method for functional diagnosis of a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot, by which it is possible to detect a faulty soot sensor and/or further components in the soot in an economical manner, the evaluation circuit measures a temperature coefficient of the soot sensor and detects the faultiness of the soot sensor and/or the presence of further components in the soot from the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110008158 | COOLED HOUSING CONSISTING OF A TURBINE HOUSING AND A BEARING HOUSING FOR A TURBOCHARGER - A housing of a turbo charger has a turbine housing and a bearing housing. A cooling jacket is formed of at least one or more shell elements that are fixed to the outside of the housing and that form therewith a cavity into which a coolant can be introduced. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110001459 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTIVE LOAD - A circuit for controlling an inductive load, e.g. of a fuel injection valve, includes supply terminals for supplying a voltage, output terminals for connecting the load, and a detection device which is connected to at least one of the output terminals and is used for detecting the point in time at which the operation of the load is discontinued and/or detecting at least one fault case during a non-operational phase of the load. In order to render the detection process more reliable while using less circuitry, the detection device encompasses a current mirror with a first current source and a second current source. The current first is connected to one of the two output terminals during a detection phase. The current supplied by the second current source is evaluated as a signal of the detected result. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110000209 | TURBOCHARGER COMPRISING AN ACTUATOR FOR OPENING AND CLOSING A WASTEGATE DUCT - A turbocharger has a wastegate duct that can be opened and closed by way of an actuator. The actuator encompasses a closing element that can be pivoted into the wastegate duct to close the same. This allows the required closing force, and hence also the size of the required actuator, to be reduced. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100328489 | Lighting Control for HDR Camera - A method for matching the sensitivity characteristic of an image converter to the light-intensity distribution of an optical image which is projected onto the photosensitive surface of the image converter. There are provided steps for creating a frequency distribution of the image signal values in the optical image converted by the image converter, for determining one or more quantiles of the frequency distribution of the image signal values, and for creating a adapted parameter set of setting values of the image converter on the basis of the specific quantile or quantiles of the frequency distribution. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100322423 | Data Transmission Method, and Tachograph System - In a data transmission method for a tachograph system, digital messages are transmitted between a speed transmitter (MS) and a recording unit (RU). The digital messages contain a pair of keys including a public key (KMP, KRP) and a private key (KMS, KRS), as well as a certificate (ZM, ZR) derived from the respective pair of keys. The public keys (KMP, KRP) and the certificates (ZM, ZR) are mutually verified between the recording unit (RU) and the speed transmitter (MS). If the verification is positive, the speed transmitter (MS) detects sensor data, and a digital message is generated therefrom. In addition, the speed transmitter (MS) generates authentication data for the message in accordance with the pair of keys (KMP, KMS) thereof. The message and the authentication data are transmitted to the recording unit and are processed there in accordance with a validity of the authentication data verified by the recording unit (RU). | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100308987 | Method for the Operation of Wheel Electronics, Wheel Electronics, and Tire Checking System - A method for operating wheel electronics of a tire checking system includes providing wheel electronics having a battery-free power supply encompassing at least one rechargeable power storage medium for supplying power to the wheel electronics. The wheel electronics can be operated in a reduced-power transmission mode and a subsequent normal transmission mode. In the modes, data that relate to tire-specific parameters and are determined by the wheel electronics are transmitted to a vehicle-mounted communication device in the form of modulated transmission signals, with less transmission power being used for the transmission signals in the power-reduced transmission mode than in the normal transmission mode. Wheel electronics and a tire checking system are also provided. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100308841 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL INSULATION - A circuit configuration monitors the electrical insulation of an electrically conductive part in relation to a first pole and a second pole of an electrical power network for example, an electrical drive network in a hybrid vehicle. The circuit configuration is characterized in that between the electrically conductive part and the two poles, a voltage divider having at least two resistors is arranged in each case. A measuring unit is associated with each of the two voltage dividers and provided for measuring a partial voltage, which drops via at least one of the resistors. A switch unit is associated each with the two voltage dividers and is provided for alternately bypassing at least one of the resistors. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100308836 | MONITORING CIRCUIT FOR AN ENERGY STORE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ENERGY STORE - A monitoring circuit is provided for an energy storage device. The energy storage device has a plurality of cells which each provide a voltage between their first and second connections and are switched in series. At least two voltage measuring circuits are provided, wherein the voltage measuring circuits each measure the voltage between a first measurement input and a second measurement input. A first connection conductor connects the first terminal of the first cell to the first measurement input of a first voltage measurement circuit. A second connection conductor connects the second terminal of the first cell to the second measurement input of a first voltage measurement circuit. A first load resistor can be switched between the first measurement input of the second voltage measurement circuit and a first fixed potential. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100308242 | Actuator for Actuating a Valve Flap in a Valve Seat - In an actuator, an electric motor having a pinion is disposed, which engages directly in the teeth of a gear wheel having spline teeth, which is fixedly connected directly to the drive shaft, on which the valve flap is disposed. A use of the actuator for actuating an exhaust gas recirculation valve of a motor vehicle. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100307230 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF AN ENGINE OIL IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for monitoring the state or an engine oil in an internal combustion engine, in which first the viscosity of the engine oil is determined at different temperatures of the engine oil, after which a viscosity index is ascertained from the viscosity and the temperature of the engine oil, which method permits a reliable statement about the state of the engine oil during its issue in the internal combustion engine to be made, the viscosity index of the engine oil is determined at different successive times and the change of the viscosity index over time is used as a measure for assessing the oil state. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100305808 | Method and System for Transmitting Data - A method and system for transmitting data via a transmission pathway between a tachograph, which is disposed in a vehicle, and a data processing facility, which is at a distance from the vehicle. Data is transmitted wirelessly via at least a partial section of the transmission pathway and the tachograph is connected to a GSM module and/or a module for wireless data transmission The method includes producing a connection for wireless transmission between the GSM module and/or the module for wireless data transmission and the data processing facility, instructing the tachograph by the data processing facility to receive specific data; authentically the data processing facility and/or the tachograph transmitting specific data to the tachograph. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302019 | Motor Vehicle Having a Display and A Camera - A motor vehicle has a first display and a first camera. An environmental image of the part of the environment of the vehicle lying behind the motor vehicle can be recorded using the first camera and the environmental image recorded using the first camera can be completely or partially displayed on the first display. The first display is disposed inside the motor vehicle such that the recorded environmental image, or a part of the recorded environmental image, may be perceivable as a virtual image behind a side pane of the motor vehicle for a driver of the vehicle. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100301848 | Method for Continuously Determining the Tensile Force F in a Cable of a Parking Brake - Presented is a method for continuously determining the tensile force F in a cable of a parking brake that includes transmitting the tensile force F to a cable grommet coupled to a first end of an expandable intermediate part that includes a magnet and/or a magnetic sensor. The first end of the expandable intermediate part faces away from a drive spindle coupled to a second end of the expandable intermediate part. The method further includes changing the length of the expandable intermediate part in the direction of its longitudinal axis in response to the transmitted tensile force F, moving the magnet and the magnetic sensor relative to each other in response to the change in length, changing the signal voltage of the magnetic sensor in response to the relative movement between the magnet and the magnetic sensor, and determining the tensile force F from the respective signal voltage. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100300770 | Touch Pad Arrangement - A touch pad arrangement having a touch pad which has a sensitive operating surface and which can be moved in a direction of movement by a guide mechanism in a guided manner without tipping between a raised resting position and a lowered position. A lever mechanism is arranged on at least two side areas of the touch pad lying opposite each other. The lever mechanism includes two levers which extend approximately toward each other along their own axes, and which are pivotably mounted in the center of their length about a fixed joint with an axis which extends transversally to the direction of movement of the touch pad. The levers can be acted upon in the direction of movement of the touch pad on the lever ends facing away from each other, by the touch pad or a touch pad support supporting the touch pad, and are connected to each other on their facing ends via a flexible connection. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100300235 | Shift Lever Head - A shift lever head attached to a free end of a shift lever by the first end region thereof for actuating a transmission of a motor vehicle. A receptacle open toward a second end region opposite the first end region is formed in the shift lever head, an input unit having a touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive input surface being disposed in said receptacle. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100296924 | Guide Vane for a Variable Turbine Geometry - A guide vane, particularly for a turbocharger, has a line of curvature with at least one or more sectors having a discontinuous course. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296920 | TURBOCHARGER COMPRISING A COOLING DEVICE AND AN OIL SUPPLY PIPE - A turbocharger, especially a turbocharger for a motor vehicle, has a turbine housing and a bearing housing. The turbine housing and the bearing housing are fitted with a common cooling device. The turbine housing includes a flange for attaching to an exhaust gas manifold. The flange is formed with a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, and an oil supply pipe. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100294427 | ASSEMBLY BONDED TO A STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE AND METHOD AND APPLICATOR FOR MAKING IT - The invention provides an assembly comprising at least one substrate being bonded to a structural adhesive wherein the structural adhesive is obtained by curing a precursor comprising a cross-linkable polymer, wherein a surface area of the substrate bonded to the structural adhesive comprises at least one metal, said surface area being treated with a liquid activator. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100292811 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ADAPTED MEASURING VALUES AND/OR MODEL PARAMETERS FOR CONTROLLING THE AIR FLOW PATH OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - In a method for determining adapted measuring values and/or model parameters for controlling the air flow path of internal combustion engines, at least two measuring values and/or model parameters are simultaneously adapted, at least one total error variable which describes an inconsistency of the measuring values and model parameters being divided into individual correction variables for the measuring values and/or model parameters to be adapted, and these correction variables being applied to the measuring values and/or model parameters to be adapted. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100288955 | Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valve for a Motor Vehicle - The exhaust gas recirculation valve comprises a tubular valve housing includes a gas inlet, a first gas outlet and a second gas outlet located proximate thereto. Located inside the tubular valve housing is a rotatably supported valve body that is designed as a hollow body having a semi-cylindrical lateral surface having a lateral penetration opening. The gas inlet as seen from the top includes a blocking wall on the side thereof facing the first gas outlet and the second gas outlet, the blocking wall being located inside the valve housing perpendicular thereto and having a height equal to at least the length of the valve body and sitting flush against the gas passage in the closed position of the exhaust gas recirculation valve. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100287398 | VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT HAVING A MICROCONTROLLER THE SUPPLY VOLTAGE OF WHICH IS MONITORED AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A vehicle control unit has a microcontroller, to which multiple analog supply voltages are applied, and a monitoring unit for the functional monitoring of the microcontroller. The microcontroller includes an A/D converter for the conversion of the plurality of analog supply voltages into digitized supply voltages. A computing area of the microcontroller which is computationally secured is provided for monitoring the digitized supply voltages of the microcontroller. The plurality of digitized supply voltages are monitored in the area as to whether they lie within predetermined tolerance ranges. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284840 | Fuel Pump - A fuel pump having an electric motor and a pump stage driven by the electric motor. The pump stage includes an impeller disposed in a pump housing, and the pump housing having a pump base and a pump cover. The pump cover has an inlet port. The inlet port is thereby designed to be changeable in axial length. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284235 | Method and Control Unit for Operating a Volatile Memory, Circuit Arrangement, and Trip Recorder - A method for operating a volatile memory supplied with a supply signal arranged either as a first supply signal of a first supply signal source or a second supply signal of a second supply signal source. If an available first supply signal is present it is used otherwise the second supply signal is used. The supply signal is supplied, based on a switch position of a switching element to the volatile memory. During a detected interrupted first supply signal, the switch position of the switching element is for a predetermined period of time such that the supply signal is supplied to the volatile memory. After expiry of the predetermined period of time, the switch position of the switching element is predetermined such that the volatile memory is decoupled electrically from the supply signal. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100277376 | MULTI-PART ANTENNA HAVING A CIRCULAR POLARIZATION - An antenna device has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branches have the shape of a non-closed conductor loop and are connected to each other to form a cohesive conductor loop. The respective loop ends are disposed parallel to each other at a distance directed perpendicular (z axis) to the course of the loop. The antenna device has two connections that are disposed in the center section of the cohesive conductor loop at a distance from each other. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100276494 | Card Reading Device For A Vehicle - A card reading device for vehicles having a base plate, a sliding plate part, and a spring part. The base plate has a vaulted groove, an opening surface located at one end, and an annular groove provided on the base surface of said vaulted groove, The sliding plate part is provided above the vaulted groove of the base plate, A bulging structure, contacts an inserted card and drives the sliding plate part in a direction vertical to the opening phase and facing away from the opening surface. A sliding part is provided on the side of the sliding plate part pointing toward the vaulted roof of the base plate. The sliding part slides in the direction parallel to the opening surface and is guided by the annular groove and restricted in the positioning thereof. The spring element and the base plate and the sliding plate part have contact with one another, and force is applied to the directed vertically to the opening surface. Fixing of the card and also easy removal are made possible. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100275872 | METHOD OF STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, DEVICE AND CONTROLLER - In a method for starting an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, an inlet and an outlet valve, and having a piston interacting with a crankshaft, and the crankshaft moving in a predetermined rotational direction during normal operation of the internal combustion engine, the piston is located in an initial position, the piston is moved into a defined starting position against a normal rotational direction of the crankshaft by means of a drive, fuel is injected, and the fuel is ignited. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100273423 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR COORDINATING THE TRANSMISSION OF A GEOLOCATED INSTRUCTION FROM A ROAMING ELEMENT TO AN ONBOARD MULTIMEDIA ELEMENT - A method, a management system and an application for coordinating the transmission of a geolocated instruction from a roaming element ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271791 | Module for Integrated Control Electronics Having Simplified Design - A housing concept for integrated control electronics, comprising a housing bottom, a circuit carrier populated with electronic components of the central control electronics, and a signal and current distribution component as the electric connection between the central control electronics and peripheral components. The housing bottom is configured in the shape of a basin, the circuit carrier for the electronic components of the central control electronics being disposed therein such that the same can be electrically connected on at least one upwardly curved edge region to the signal and current distribution component disposed above the same via contact points, and wherein the housing bottom may also be connected circumferentially to the signal and current distribution component. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100265858 | INTERCONNECTION OF SUBNETWORKS BY A UNIFORM NETWORK LAYER - A network system for motor vehicles, including at least two differently structured subnetworks which each have a data connection, the network layers of the at least two differently structured subnetworks having a similar structure. The protocol of the network layer is preferably the Internet Protocol. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100263443 | Tank Sensor Circuit Board For A Fill Level In A Vehicle Tank - A tank sensor circuit board for a fill level sensor in a vehicle tank, including a support element, on which contact surfaces containing silver are applied using thick layer technology. The contact surfaces are made up of a silver layer and a top layer containing nickel, palladium and gold, completely or partly covering the silver layer. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100259672 | CAMERA AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A CAMERA - An image capturing system includes an optical component, a sensor below and connected to the optical component for capturing radiation, and a chip below the sensor for processing and/or storing and/or transmitting information captured by the sensor. The sensor and the Chip are directly connected to each other. The disclosure further relates to a production method for an image capturing system. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100254816 | Exhaust Gas Turbocharger - A turbocharger for or in a motor vehicle has a rotor with an intermediate blade disposed between two primary blades. The intermediate blade, at least in some regions, has an angular progression that differs from the primary blades. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253371 | Method and Device for Determining a Fuel Portion in a Motor Oil of a Motor Vehicle - A method and device for determining a fuel portion in a motor oil of a motor vehicle. The motor oil is brought between at least two electrodes forming a capacitor. The capacitance of the capacitor is determined while the motor oil is located between the electrodes, and the fuel portion in the motor oil is determined from the capacitance of the capacitor. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100251033 | Method for Operating an Electronic Device - A method for operating an electronic device that is supplied with electric power by a continuous energy accumulator. A predetermined ending of the first program is monitored in a program step by a second program. If the first program is not switched off as predetermined, the second program generates an error message which is displayed immediately when the device is switched on again. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244556 | Onboard Power Supply and Method for Operating an Onboard Power Supply - An onboard power supply, contains a starter power supply having a high-power load, particularly a starter and a first energy storage, particularly a double-layer capacitor. The onboard power supply further has an intermediate power supply with a second energy storage, particularly a rechargeable lithium polymer battery and a load power supply with at least one electric load. The starter power supply is electrically coupled to the intermediate power supply via a first voltage converter. The intermediate power supply is electrically coupled to the load power supply via a second voltage converter, and the onboard power supply has a controller, which controls or regulates the electric voltage in the intermediate power supply in dependence on a parameter of the second energy storage. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244411 | AIRBAG SATELLITE - An airbag satellite is latched and/or suspended in a wall opening. The airbag satellite has a blockage element, which blocks a plug and which is implemented such that it allows the correct installation of the airbag satellite to be checked. The blockage of the plug by the blockage element is cancelled if the check shows that the airbag satellite is installed correctly. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100237927 | Circuit Configuration for Protecting a Circuit Element Having Overcurrent and Overtemperature Detection - A circuit configuration having a detection unit designed to generate an output signal that is representative of a load current of a transistor switch, depending on an input signal that is representative of the load current of the transistor switch. The detection unit includes a temperature compensation unit that is designed to take into account the temperature of the transistor switch. The detection unit further includes a delay unit that is designed to delay the detection of the input signal until a prescribed switch-on time period, relative to a switch-on procedure of the transistor switch, has passed. The detection unit is designed in an application-specific integrated circuit. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100226098 | Use of an Electronic Module for an Integrated Mechatronic Transmission Control of Simplified Design - An electronic module for an integrated mecatronic transmission control includes a housing cover and at least one multi-layer circuit board as an electrical connection between an interior of the housing and components located outside the housing. The multi-layer circuit board is a circuit carrier for electronic components of central control electronics and at the same time is a thermal connection to a base plate. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226086 | Monitor Device on Board - The invention relates to a monitor device on board for a motor vehicle, with a monitor ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100222981 | Method for Monitoring the Secondary Air System in an Exhaust-Gas Purification System - The individual cylinders of the internal combustion engine are divided into at least two cylinder banks wherein each is assigned a separate exhaust-gas channel. Secondary air is conveyed by a compressor. The flow of the secondary-air mass flow is set independently by an electrically controllable throughflow control. A value for the entire secondary-air mass flow is determined from the signal of a secondary-air mass sensor. The throughflow control is controlled into an open position, the value for the entire secondary-air mass flow is detected and subsequently the throughflow control is controlled into a closed position, the values for the secondary-air mass flows are detected before and after closure, and these values are compared with a plurality of different threshold values and, as a function of the result of the comparisons, a determination is made of the fault location with regard to the respective cylinder bank. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100219809 | APPARATUS - An apparatus can be coupled to at least two lines for transmitting a differential signal, which is substantially symmetrical to a predefined reference potential, and/or for receiving such a differential signal. The apparatus includes a balancing unit, which can be coupled to the at least two lines and which includes a center tap. A monitoring unit is coupled to the center tap on the input side and is configured such that it monitors a center tap voltage between the center tap and the predefined reference potential and detects errors if the center tap voltage is greater than a predefined threshold value. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100212626 | Load Adjusting Device - A load adjustment device for an actuator that determines the power of an internal combustion engine, designed as a throttle valve and is disposed on an actuator shaft in a housing, the actuator shaft being pivotally drivable about the rotary axis of the actuator shaft between a minimal load setting defined by a minimal load stop and a full load setting defined by a full load stop by means of a reversibly drivable actuating drive via an actuating part rotationally fixed to said shaft. The actuator shaft is subject to a load in the minimum load direction by a restoring spring. The actuating part can be subjected to a load by a leg of a torsion spring disposed radially outside the pivoting range of the part, the leg of the torsion spring extending into the pivoting range of the actuating part. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100209747 | Energy Storage Unit - An energy storage unit, particularly for a motor vehicle, has an application unit that is configured to detect and/or process predetermined operating parameters of the energy storage unit. The energy storage unit further includes a safety unit that is configured to cryptologically process the detected and/or processed operating parameters. The energy storage unit also includes a communication interface for making the cryptologically processed operating parameters available. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100209256 | Element which Generates a Magnetic Field - An element which generates a magnetic field for securing a compressor wheel to a turboshaft of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, includes a base body that receives an annular-shaped magnet that rotates with the turboshaft. In order to provide an element which generates a magnetic field for securing a compressor wheel to a turboshaft of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, where the magnet is securely fixed and no change in the distribution of mass in the magnetic field occurs even when the magnet breaks, the magnet is connected in a force-fitting manner to the base body. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207610 | Magnetic Passive Position Sensor - A magnetic passive position sensor including a base plate and a cover which form a housing, a magnet that can be moved outside the housing, a resistance network that has several individual electric contacts, and a plurality of contact spring elements that are arranged within the range of motion of the magnet, are interconnected by a common base, and consist of a bending zone and a contact zone. The contact spring elements face the contacts of the resistance network in such a way that the contact zones can be moved from the magnets against the contacts of the resistance network, the contact zones of at least two contact spring elements being assigned to each individual contact of the resistance network. Two adjoining contact spring elements are mechanically interconnected. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100204880 | Data Processing Device for an Embedded System - A data processing device having a security processor for processing data in a manner secure from manipulation and/or a confidential manner. At least one ASIC circuit is connected to the security processor via an internal bus. The ASIC circuit has a plurality of interfaces for connecting peripheral units, and the security processor exchanges data with the peripheral units via the ASIC circuit. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100204871 | MOTOR VEHICLE MONITORING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRIC CURRENT OF AN ACTUATOR - A motor vehicle monitoring apparatus has a controller as a component of a control loop for controlling the electric current of an actuator. The vehicle power supply system voltage of a motor vehicle voltage source is applied to the actuator. A correction unit is provided in the forward path of the control loop between the controller and a subordinate actuator element of the control loop and applies the actuation signal output by the controller with a correction factor which is proportional to the reciprocal value of the instantaneous vehicle power supply system voltage. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202101 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An energy storage system includes an electric component, a solvent, and a protective device which chemically binds the decomposition products of the solvent. Any damage to the surroundings, which could be caused by the decomposition products of the solvent, can be prevented using the novel energy storage system. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201407 | DRIVER CHIP FOR DRIVING AN INDUCTIVE LOAD AND MODULE HAVING A DRIVER CHIP - A driver chip for driving an inductive load and a module having a driver chip are provided. The driver chip contains a first transistor for coupling a first potential to a first output and a second transistor for coupling a second potential to the first output. A first protection circuit reduces an increased voltage between a control terminal and a load junction terminal of the first transistor. The driver chip has a first state in which the second transistor is turned off and the first transistor can switch a passive inductive load connected to the output. In a second state, the first transistor and the second transistor can switch an external power transistor connected to the first output. A second output is connected to a load junction terminal of the external power transistor. A second protection circuit reduces an increased voltage between the first and second outputs. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100199749 | Arrangement for determining a characteristic variable of a fluid, sensor device and use in a motor vehicle - An arrangement and method for determining a characteristic variable of a fluid having a movably suspended measuring element, a restraining element, an advancing element and a control device. The control device is designed to actuate the restraining element and/or the advancing element in order to move the measuring element between the first measuring point and the second measuring point, to determine a time period which the measuring element requires in order to be moved between the first measuring point and the second measuring point, and to determine a characteristic variable of the fluid on the basis of the determined time period, a predetermined force and a known geometry. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100194817 | Method and Device for Dispensing Data from a Tachograph - A method and to a device for dispensing data from a tachograph to an endless printing medium. A first division is plotted in the longitudinal direction of the printing medium, and a second division is plotted transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the printing medium. The first division represents a predetermined unit of time, in particular a day in generalized time coordinates, and the second division represents at least one variable recorded by the tachograph during the unit of time, the at least one variable is depicted by at least one graph. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194659 | MULTIPART ANTENNA WITH CIRCULAR POLARIZATION - An antenna apparatus has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branch are in the form of a conductor loop which is not closed, and the first antenna branch is arranged at a distance from the second antenna branch in a direction which is substantially at right angles to the surface bounded by the respective conductor loop, such that the first loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the first antenna branch, is arranged in the opposite direction to the second loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the second antenna branch. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194609 | Method and Device For Coding Data Words - The invention relates to a method for coding a data word having a prescribed quantity of arbitrary data symbols and a prescribed quantity of a reference data symbols, wherein a checksum with a prescribed quantity of cheek symbols is calculated for the data word and the quantity of arbitrary data symbols corresponds at least to the quantity of check symbols of the checksum. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100193223 | SOLDER RESIST COATING FOR RIGID-FLEX CIRCUIT BOARDS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SOLDER RESIST COATING - A solder resist coating for a rigid-flex circuit board contains one or more conductor tracks and at least one flex area. The solder resist coating has one or more movement gaps in the flex area of the circuit board. In addition, an electronic module is formed having at least one rigid-flex circuit board with a solder resist coating. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100193036 | Method for Actuating a Solenoid Valve and Associated Device - A method for actuating a solenoid valve generates precise opening and closing times of the solenoid valve. To this end, an actuating current provided for actuating the solenoid valve and applied to an actuating coil of the solenoid valve is already reducing in a reduction phase prior to a switch-off point in time of the solenoid valve relative to a maintained level of the actuating current, at which the solenoid valve is reliably held in an actuating position. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100192571 | Turbocharger Having a Turbocharger Housing - A turbocharger has a turbocharger housing and a through opening for a shaft. The shaft is pivotally supported in the housing by way of a bearing arrangement. Lubricating oil is supplied for lubricating the bearings. A section of the shaft is provided on the outside of at least one bearing, the section forming a gap together with the housing. The gap is configured as a lubricating oil regulator in order to at least reduce a passage of lubricating oil from the sides of the bearing. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100191419 | Combination Instrument for Displaying Operating States - A combination instrument for displaying operating states of a motor vehicle. The combination instrument includes a three-dimensional model of an object symbolizing an operating state of the motor vehicle. The three-dimensional model of the object is designed to be at least partially translucent, and the three-dimensional model of the object is designed such that it can be illuminated by an illumination device. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191413 | SPEED DETECTION FOR A TACHOGRAPH SYSTEM - System and method for detecting and storing at least speed as an information relevant for resignation for a tachograph system. to provide a tamperproof tachograph system offering a high degree of security. An arithmetic unit detects signals for determining the speed from at least two independent sensors and compares them with each other and stores a sensor-related error message if the signals deviate significantly from each other. The signals of at least three independent sensors are compared with each other in the arithmetic unit and are checked for their plausibility by excluding any signals that significantly deviate from a plurality of signals and determining the speed of the vehicle to be stored only using one or more of those signals that deviate from each other only within defined limits. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100190362 | Component Part Having an Electrical Printed Circuit Board - A component part has an electrical printed circuit board ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100189558 | TURBOCHARGER HAVING A TURBOCHARGER HOUSING COMPRISING A THREADED CONNECTION BY MEANS OF AN ANCHOR - A turbocharger has a turbocharger housing with a bearing housing and at least one impeller housing. The bearing housing and the impeller housing are screwed together by way of a screw anchor connection, and at least one head of an anchor of the screw anchor connection is covered by a cover element. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100189543 | Fuel Pump - A fuel pump for delivering fuel in a motor vehicle, having a side channel stage. The fuel pump further includes a peripheral stage. The peripheral stage produces the same pressure at lower volume flow across the periphery of the rotor as compared to a side channel stage. For this purpose, the cross-sections of the delivery compartments of the peripheral stage are smaller than the cross-sections of the delivery compartments of the side channel stage. The fuel pump therefore has a higher efficiency and is less susceptible to soiling. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188202 | Method and Monitoring Unit for Monitoring a Tire Pressure - A method and a monitoring unit for monitoring an air pressure in a tire of a motor vehicle register a measured value of the air pressure in the tire. The current and/or future distance of the motor vehicle relative to a service station and/or an operating situation of the motor vehicle associated with a service process is then determined. An alarm signal is only then output if the measured value does not reach a predefinable threshold value and one or both of the conditions applies: the current or future distance of the motor vehicle relative to a service station does not reach a predefinable threshold value, the registered operating situation corresponds to a predefinable operating situation. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186500 | Fuel Delivery Unit With A Filling Level Sensor Operating With Ultrasonic Waves - A fuel delivery unit for insertion into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle has a swirl pot, a flange for closing an opening in the fuel tank, and a support element arranged between the flange and the swirl pot that prestresses the swirl pot towards a bottom of the fuel tank. A filling level sensor is arranged on the swirl pot. The swirl pot has at least one receptacle. The receptacle extends to a bottom of the swirl pot and completely surrounds the periphery of the support element and has an opening in the bottom region through which fuel from the fuel tank can enter the receptacle. The filling level sensor comprises a transmission and receiving unit for ultrasonic waves arranged in the fuel delivery unit such that the ultrasonic waves run in the receptacle and the support element. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186482 | Sensor for Measuring Hydrocarbon Content in a Flow of Gas in a Purge Line - A sensor for the measurement of the hydrocarbon content in a flow of gas in a purge line. The sensor can measure the hydrocarbon content in the flow of gas in the purge line from a hydrocarbon storage device to an internal combustion engine. The sensor has at least one heating element and at least one thermal detector, with the heating element heating the flow of gas while the thermal detector determines the temperature of the flow of gas, which temperature is evaluated as a measurement of the hydrocarbon content in the flow of gas. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100182685 | Combination Instrument - A combination instrument has a disk that is transparent for light in the visible range and that has a dial region and an indicator region. It further has a dial imprint, which is applied to the back of the transparent disk in the dial region. In addition, a polarizing filter disk is provided, which is disposed on the back of the transparent disk aligned with the indicator region and comprises a circular polarizing filter. An optical indicator unit is provided, which is disposed in alignment with the indicator region on the back of the transparent disk and the polarizing filter disk. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100181245 | Preliminary Filter for a Fuel Delivery Unit - A preliminary filter for a fuel delivery unit of a motor vehicle, with a filter fabric which is tensioned by a supporting edge. The supporting edge is manufactured integrally with a connecting piece for connection to the fuel delivery unit and with transverse webs and supporting ribs. The preliminary filter has few components to be assembled and can be manufactured particularly cost-effectively. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100179769 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a method and device for monitoring an exhaust gas recirculation system of an internal combustion engine, an actual value (AV_EGR) of an exhaust gas recirculation rate is determined depending on a load degree (LD) of a soot particle filter ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179746 | Internal Combustion Engine and Method and Device for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - An internal combustion engine includes at least two cylinders, an intake duct, an exhaust gas section and an exhaust gas recirculation line. The cylinders include a combustion chamber. The intake duct communicates with the combustion chambers via a cylinder inlet channel of the intake duct depending upon a switch position of a gas inlet valve. The exhaust gas section communicates with the combustion chambers depending upon a switch position of at least one gas outlet valve. Exhaust gas is guided back to the inlet channels via the exhaust gas recirculation line dependent upon a switch position of the exhaust gas recirculation valve. To detect a mixing air temperature in the inlet channels, a mixing air temperature sensor is provided. The determined mixing air temperatures are compared. Exhaust gas guided back due to uneven distribution is identified if a difference between the determined mixing air temperature is greater than a predetermined threshold value. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179733 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A JAM - For the purpose of detecting a jam during the adjustment of a component of a motor vehicle using an adjustment drive, wherein measured values related to the adjustment force (F) are compared to a threshold value (FREF) and when the threshold value is reached, the adjusting movement is slowed or stopped, and optionally reversed, it is proposed that the component speed or a parameter correlated therewith is detected and the threshold value (FREF) modified accordingly. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178163 | Radial Compressor with a Diffuser for Use in a Turbocharger - A radial compressor, in particular for a turbo-charger, has a spiral housing and a diffuser. The diffuser is constructed such that a low-pressure region in the area of the transition between the spiral housing and the tongue is at least reduced. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178132 | Magnetized Nut For Fastening a Compressor Wheel of an Exhaust Turbocharger to the Turbo Shaft, and Method for the Production Thereof - A magnetized nut for fastening a compressor wheel of an exhaust turbocharger to a turbo shaft. The nut has a base body made of a non-magnetic material forming a hollow space for accommodating a magnetic material, and a method for the production of the magnetized nut. In order to provide a magnetized nut that is produced in a simple and cost-effective manner and ensures as equal a distribution of mass as possible with regard to the rotational axis of the nut, the magnetic material is introduced into the hollow space using injection molding. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177474 | Electrical Device having a Data Carrier Locking Device and Method for Unlocking a Data Carrier - An electrical device, particularly an installed device for a vehicle, having a housing and having a data carrier receptacle device disposed in the housing, the data carrier receptacle device having a data carrier locking device for locking a data carrier disposed in the data carrier receptacle device. In order unlock the data carrier, even in case of operational fault, the housing has a housing recess allowing access from outside the housing to the data carrier receptacle device for unlocking the data carrier locked in the data carrier receptacle device and a non-relockable housing recess closure that can be removed from the housing recess for opening the housing recess. A method for unlocking a data carrier locked in a data carrier receptacle device having a data carrier locking device in an electrical device having a housing having a housing recess and a housing recess closure. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100175375 | Waste gate actuator for an exhaust gas turbocharger - A waste gate actuator for an exhaust gas turbocharger, including an actuator housing and an actuator cover, an element for actuating the waste gate valve and electronic components for controlling the element to actuate the waste gate valve being arranged in the waste gate actuator. Provided is a simple and inexpensive revolution counting system on the turbocharger which allows the number of revolutions of the rotating parts (turbine wheel, compressor wheel, turboshaft to be detected without substantial constructional alterations to the design of existing turbochargers. A sensor for detecting the variations in a magnetic field that are produced by the rotation of the rotating parts is arranged in or on the actuator housing or in or on the actuator cover. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100172776 | FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump for delivering fuel has a housing part made from a coated material. An insert made from an electrically non-conductive material, such as for example phenolic resin, is pressed into the housing part. The insert which is produced from phenolic resin can be pressed into the housing part before a surface treatment of the housing part, since phenolic resin is not electrically conductive. As a result, the fuel pump can be produced particularly inexpensively. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172683 | Trip Recorder - A trip recorder having an open or openable housing, in which a printing device comprising a thermoprinting strip and a receptacle for a roll, rotatable about an axis of rotation, of a ribbon-like print material printable by the printing device are disposed. The thermoprinting strip is parallel to and opposite a transport roller rotatably drivable about a roller axis, by which the print material fed past the thermoprinting strip can be applied against the thermoprinting strip. The region of the receptacle of the printable print material is accessible from the outside. The housing has an opening facing an operator side. The thermoprinting strip is disposed in a stationary manner in the housing and the transport roller can be lifted away from the thermoprinting strip. The axis of rotation of the roll of printable print material and the transport roller are directed toward the operator side. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100170245 | TURBOCHARGER CONFIGURATION AND TURBOCHARGEABLE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A turbocharger configuration, particularly in or for a motor vehicle, includes at least one turbocharger stage, which has a turbine and a compressor that are mechanically decoupled from each other. A turbochargeable internal combustion engine having such a turbocharger configuration, is also provided. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100164327 | Solid State Bending Actuator Comprising an Extension Element - A solid state actuator arrangement comprising an actuator which is configured as a solid state bending actuator and which has a first and a second end section opposite each other, a fastening device for fastening the first end section of the actuator in such a manner that it can still be adjusted, and connections for applying a driver signal to the actuator for adjusting the second end section by bending the actuator between at least two positions, an extension element being fastened to the free second end section of the actuator. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100154751 | Fuel Delivery Device - In a fuel delivery device ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100153308 | Method and Device for Ascertaining Minimum Costs from a Starting Location to a Destination for the Purpose of Planning a Route - The aim of the invention is to determine the minimum costs (MIN KOST) from a starting location (STO) to a destination (ZIO), in order to plan a route from said starting location (STO) to the destination (ZIO). To achieve this, a starting node (STK) is determined in accordance with the starting location (STO). Corresponding starting node costs (STK_KOST) to starting map markers (LM_ST) are determined in accordance with the starting nodes (STK). A destination node (ZIK) is determined in accordance with the destination (ZIO). The destination node costs (ZIK_KOST) to destination map markers (LM_ZI) are determined in accordance with the destination nodes (ZIK). In addition, map marker costs (LM_KOST) from each starting map marker (LM_ST) to each destination map marker (LM_ZI) are determined with the aid of a table, which comprises the map marker costs (LM_KOST) of all map markers to all other map markers. The minimum costs (MIN_KOST) are determined in accordance with the previously determined starting node costs (STK_KOST), destination node costs (ZIK_KOST) and map marker costs (LM_KOST). | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100141476 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION - An evaluation device for a driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an input for receiving image information recorded by a camera, a first component for locating an image section present in a predefined shape in first image information received from the camera, and a second component for requesting second image information. The second image information corresponds to a renewed image of an image section found by the first component, with improved contrast in relation to the first image information. A third component is present for identifying a traffic sign in the second image information, and an output for emitting a signal relating to a traffic sign identified by the third component. There is also provided a computer program product and a method for operating a driver assistance system. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100139394 | Level Indicator - A level indicator having a support, a thick-film resistor network arranged on the support, a bow that carries a contact structure that produces, depending on the position of the bow, an electrical signal in the thick-film resistor network, a lever arm that is retained in the bow and has a float on its other end. The float having has a seat for the lever arm. The lever arm has a pivoting range in a first plane. The float has a second plane that is perpendicular and that extends perpendicular to the first plane and through the center of mass of the float. The float is mounted on the lever arm to be positionally immobile. The seat for the lever arm is arranged in a region of the float which is arranged on the side of the second plane that faces away from the seat of the bow and that is delimited by the second plane and the outer periphery of the float. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100139269 | TURBOCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD - A turbochargeable internal combustion engine contains a motor which has an exhaust manifold on the exhaust gas side, a turbocharger which has at least two turbocharger stages and, on the exhaust gas side, has an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet. The engine further has a primary catalytic converter, which is arranged on the exhaust gas side between the exhaust manifold of the engine block and the exhaust gas inlet of the turbocharger. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100133001 | Electronic Housing - An electronic housing, which includes at least two housing parts, has at least one housing base, a housing cover, and at least one electronic connection in the form of a printed circuit board between electronic substrates disposed in the housing interior and components positioned outside the housing, with the electronic connection being fixed on the housing base. The housing cover has a filling port for a casting compound, and the filling port is closed by a label. A method for the production of such an electronic housing and the use thereof for transmission control of a motor vehicle, are also provided. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100130037 | GROUND CONNECTION COMPRISING A VIBRATIONAL DAMPER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A ground connection system for electronic components that are exposed to vibrations, wherein the system is mounted on a ground carrier, has a metal bushing and an elastic damping element. One or more electrically conductive spiral springs are fitted inside the metal bushing together with the elastic damping element. The springs form an electrically conductive connection between the electronic component and the ground carrier. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100129205 | COMPRESSOR HOUSING AND TURBOCHARGER - The present invention relates to a compressor housing ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128459 | STANDARDIZED SUPPORT ELEMENT WITH INTEGRATED INTERFACE - A support element for an electronic control device includes receivers for peripheral electronic components and at least one path region for guiding electrical connections. The electrical connections lead to an integrated standardized interface for connection to central control electronics. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100126473 | Delivery Unit - A delivery unit for delivering fuel from a fuel reservoir to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The delivery unit includes a fuel pump arranged in a swirl pot, a fuel filter arranged downstream of the fuel pump, and a valve arranged in the swirl pot. The valve is arranged downstream of the fuel filter and in a zone of the swirl pot that is continuously filled with fuel. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100122837 | Circuit Board and Method of Producing a Circuit Board - A rigid circuit board is provided which contains at least one integral limb shaped to provide predetermined movement at a free end of the limb in at least two mutually perpendicular planes. The rigid circuit board provides a rewiring structure at a low cost and is adaptable for use in a wide range of applications. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100122056 | Method and Device for Securely Storing and Securely Reading User Data - User data is stored in at least one record in at least one predefined, logic data storage area. One respective record ID is assigned to the at least one record. The record ID includes a uniqueness stamp that is unique in the respective predefined data storage area, a unique ID of the predefined data storage area in which the respective record is stored, and a logic position of the respective record within the respective predefined data storage area. A record test value is determined and stored for the user data and the respective associated record ID of the respective record. Data storage area information containing the ID of the respective predefined data storage area and data on at least one value range of the uniqueness stamps of the records currently stored in the respective predefined data storage area is assigned to the respective predefined data storage area. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100119391 | Centrifugal Pump Comprising a Spiral Housing - The invention relates to a centrifugal pump comprising a spiral housing consisting of a first housing part and a second housing part, the latter being tubular and delimited in a region facing away from the inlet E of the inflowing medium in order to receive the rotor in its interior in a wet chamber N. A stator surrounds the second housing part and is situated in the dry chamber T in the vicinity of the exterior of the rotor ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100111687 | Centrifugal Pump Comprising a Spiral Housing - A centrifugal pump includes a spiral housing with a first housing part and a second housing part. The central region of the second housing part is cup-shaped in order to receive the rotor situated in a wet chamber and forms a bearing at the base of the cup-shaped region rotatably mounting the rotor. A stator surrounds the second housing part and is situated in a dry chamber in the vicinity of the exterior of the rotor. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110644 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component for an integrated mechatronic system has at least two housing parts with at least one housing base, a housing cover, and an electrical connection between the components disposed in the interior of the housing and components located outside the housing. The electrical connection is fixed on the housing base. The housing cover is glued directly to the electrical connection and/or the housing base and, in this manner, enables lasting hermetically sealed protection for the sensitive electronic components. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100100749 | Single-Chip Computer and Tachograph - A single-chip computer includes at least one first processor core and at least one second processor core constructed on a common chip. The at least one first and the at least one second processor cores are interconnected via a processor interface. Data can be read via a separate or common memory interface from a separate or common data memory respectively and/or stored in said data memory. The single-chip computer includes an encryption and decryption unit which is assigned to the at least one processor core and which is constructed and functionally arranged between the at least one second processor core and the memory interface in such a way that the data which can be exchanged between the at least one second processor core and the data memory can be encrypted and decrypted by the encryption and decryption unit. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100096575 | Device for the Linear Displacement of a Valve Member - The device includes a spindle rotatably supported perpendicular to a value displacement direction and is made of a first spindle part and a second spindle part. The two parts are provided with outside threads configured in opposite directions to each other. On the first spindle part, a first nut having a complementary inside thread is applied. On the second spindle part, a second nut having a complementary inside thread is applied. The first nut includes a first bearing for the rotatable support of one end of a first connecting rib. The second nut comprises a second bearing for the rotatable support of one end of a second connecting rib. The other end of the first connecting rib and the other end of the second connecting rib are rotatably supported on a third bearing. Parallel to the spindle, on the side thereof facing away from the valve member, a stop is provided for the first nut and for the second nut, the stop surface extends perpendicular to the displacement direction of the valve member. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100094804 | Method and Device for Updating a Database, and Computer Program Product - A database system includes a database management system and a database. The database comprises at least one file to be updated (OLD_FILE) which is stored on a storage device. To update the database, the file to be updated (OLD_FILE) is deleted. A new file (NEW_FILE) from the database with current data is transferred to the storage device using a transfer command (SQL_COPY) which is authored in a database language of the database system. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090842 | Signal Transmitter for a Filling Level Sensor - A signal transmitter for a filling level sensor has two sliding contacts which are manufactured integrally with a holder and with spring elements. This leads to the manufacturing costs of the signal transmitter being particularly low. The sliding contacts are arranged on spring tongues and are connected to one another via a link. The spring tongues and the spring elements are therefore arranged in a row and allow the sliding contacts to be prestressed particularly uniformly against sliding tracks of the signal transmitter. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100089057 | Axial Bearing, in Particular for a Turbocharger - An axial bearing for a turbocharger contains a through hole for a shaft and at least one at least partially or completely circulating segment section on a first and second side of the axial bearing. At least one bearing surface is disposed in the segment section. At least one oil pocket is on the first side of the axial bearing. The oil pocket is connected to at least one recess opening outwards, the recess being configured such that it connects the oil pocket for oil supply purposes to the respective segment section and the bearing surface(s) thereof on the first and second side of the axial bearing. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100083747 | METHOD AND MONITORING UNIT FOR MONITORING A TIRE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and a monitoring unit for monitoring a tire of a vehicle record a first measured value of revolutions of a tire with a first sensor. In addition, a second measured value of the revolutions of a tire is recorded with a second sensor. Alternatively, a second measured value of a second, different measured variable of a tire can also be recorded. In a further step, the directly measured or derived measured values of a measured variable are compared and an error signal is generated if a determined deviation is greater than a predefinable tolerance value. | 04-08-2010 |
