Abstract: A method for monitoring the adjustment movement of a component, in particular a window pane or a sunroof in motor vehicles, which is driven by a drive device and can be adjusted in a translatory or rotary fashion. A plurality of input signals which can be derived from the drive device and which represent a deceleration of the adjustment movement of the drive device are input at input neurons of an input layer of a neural network with at least one hidden layer having hidden neurons. Said network outputting, at at least one output neuron of an output layer, an output value which corresponds to the adjusting force or to a trapped state or nontrapped state.

Abstract: A control device of an adjustment apparatus of a motor vehicle for controlling a driven adjustment element of the motor vehicle in an adjustment movement along an adjustment path includes a memory unit with a non-volatile digital memory with more than 108 writing cycles and is configured to acquire a plurality of adjustment data items which are assigned to a position or a speed of the adjustment element along the adjustment path. The control device continuously stores the acquired adjustment data items in the non volatile digital memory when triggered by a triggering process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat and to a method for producing said vehicle seat, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a plurality of structural or retaining parts which are joined together or to a further part in at least one joining region, the join being produced by friction welding in at least one of the joining regions.

Abstract: A window pane for a motor vehicle including plastic for closing a pane opening of a motor vehicle and which is moveable with a window lifter out of the pane opening includes a pane element enclosed by an outer edge and a device provided on the pane element for coupling the window pane to an adjusting mechanism of the window lifter. For coupling the window pane to the adjusting mechanism of the window lifter, a guide region is formed on a surface of the pane element via which the window pane is engageable with a guide device of the adjusting mechanism, displaceable in a direction of adjustment. The guide region forms at least one stop, which counteracts a pivoting of the window pane about an axis extending perpendicular to a plane of the window pane.

Abstract: In a force transmission system with a wrapping spring-type wraparound element and with a frictional surface assigned to the wraparound element, a switching device is provided for switching the wraparound element between two switching states is provided. In the first switching state, the wraparound element is operatively connected in a force-transmitting manner to the frictional surface. In the second switching state, it is operatively connected thereto in a non-force-transmitting manner. In the second switching state, the wraparound element is fully lifted off the frictional surface. The force transmission system is suitable in particular for a drive system of an adjusting element of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A loading base for load spaces in motor vehicles includes two loading base segments arranged one behind the other in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis. A first loading base segment adjacent to the back seats is connected to a rail system, which may be pivoted about a pivot axis aligned in the direction of the transverse axis of the motor vehicle with a lifting device arranged in the region of a rear loading edge, and adjusts the first loading base segment in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis in a translatory manner, so that irrespective of the height of the loading edge easy loading and unloading of loads is possible. The rail system and the lifting device are configured in the manner of a longitudinal seat adjustment device and seat height adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat.

Abstract: A unit carrier for fitting into a door structure of a motor vehicle door, on which functional components of the motor vehicle door may be premounted, so that the unit carrier, together with the functional components, may be fitted as a door module into the door structure, includes a surface of the unit carrier on the door structure side and fastening elements provided on the unit carrier. The fastening elements protrude from the surface of the unit carrier on the door structure side and engage in associated fastening points of the door structure, when the unit carrier is fitted into the door structure. The fastening elements are retained in a mounted position on the unit carrier before fitting the unit carrier into the door structure such that they do not protrude from the surface of the unit carrier on the door structure side.

Abstract: A deflection device includes a support, at least one deflection element which is arranged on the support, a receptacle which is integrally formed on the support and protrudes from the support for the deflection element, an undercut which is formed on the receptacle and an elastic element which is integrally formed on the support or the deflection element and acts on the deflection element in such a manner that the deflection element tends to engage in the undercut of the receptacle. The deflection device is configured for an adjustment device of a motor vehicle for the deflection of an elongate, flexible traction means which can be moved along a direction of extent by means of an adjustment drive and to which a motor vehicle part which is to be adjusted with the adjustment device can be connected.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a base element to be arranged in a manner fixed on the seat framework, a supporting element which is mounted in a longitudinally movable manner on the base element and is intended for supporting a seat user and guide device by means of which the supporting element is guided movably on the base element along an adjustment direction. The guide device includes a first guide mechanism, in the vicinity of which the supporting element is supported on the base element and at which the supporting element and the base element interact with play in a direction perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction, and a second guide mechanism with which the supporting element is guided on the base element in an essentially play-free manner perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction.

Abstract: A drive device for moving a covering element for covering an opening in a motor vehicle such as a roller blind, a baggage space cover or a sunroof cover, includes a drive, a guide device and a thrust element which is coupled to the drive. The thrust element is guided in the guide device and is connectable to the covering element in order to move the covering element. The drive for driving the thrust element is coupled to the thrust element via a transmission device being subjected to tensile stress, wherein the transmission device extends at least in certain sections in the guide device.

Abstract: A plastic door module for a motor vehicle door includes interfaces for connecting or receiving functional elements of a motor vehicle door, such as window lifter rail and a speaker. The interface for connecting the window lifter rail is connected to the interface for receiving the speaker.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a seat depth adjustment part which is movable relative to a seat lower part of the motor vehicle seat substantially in the direction of travel, an adjusting unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as a guide device for cushion material covering the seat depth adjustment part. The adjustment unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as the guide device for the cushion material form one unit.

Abstract: An adjusting system for a motor vehicle door includes a window winder for adjusting a window, at least one guide area of the window winder for guiding the window along a direction of adjustment, a door lock and a lock support. The one guide area of the window winder and the lock support are fixedly connected to one another, such that the guide area and the lock support form a structural unit. The guide area which is combined with the lock support into a structural unit includes at least one overlap area for a lateral window edge of the window to be adjusted and a further guide area of the window winder is provided, which is extended in the direction of adjustment of the window, and is positively engaged with a carrier being forcibly guided along the direction of adjustment of the window to be adjusted.

Abstract: A method for controlling a belt hand-over device during a delivery movement for taking up and delivering a seat belt into a presentation position ergonomically favorable for a user includes extending a belt finger taking up the seat belt into an extended position substantially oriented transversely to the moving path of the belt hand-over device, and during a return movement, retracting the belt finger into a retracted position substantially coinciding with the moving path and wherein the belt hand-over device is moved in a rest position. The extending and retraction of the belt finger during the delivery and return movements of the belt hand-over device are triggered at different positions in the moving path of the belt hand-over device between the rest position and the presentation position.

Abstract: A control system for controlling an adjustment device which is operated by electric motor in a motor vehicle includes an indirect anti-trapping system for detecting a trapping situation between an adjustment element, which is moved by the adjustment device in an adjustment movement along an adjustment path, and a vehicle element. The anti-trapping system stops or reverses the adjustment movement of the adjustment element if a defined threshold value for a mechanical running parameter—which results from the adjustment movement is exceeded. The anti-trapping system operates with an analysis unit for analyzing the adjustment movement of the adjustment element, wherein the control system is configured and embodied in such a way that by means of the analysis unit, in an analysis mode, the running parameters of the adjustment device can be checked for mechanical functional faults of the adjustment device.

Abstract: A support with a lumbar adjuster device for a motor vehicle seat includes a front side which, in the installed position, faces a seat user's back and a lumbar adjuster device which is arranged on the front side of the support and is intended for setting the position of the lumbar support perpendicular to the plane of extent of the backrest frame. The lumbar adjuster device has at least one adjuster element to be brought into operative connection with the lumbar support, and at least one slide which is movable with respect to the adjuster element. The slide can be moved, firstly, along a tensioning direction along which it is pretensioned, and, secondly, along a drawing direction along which a drawing force can be transmitted to the slide via a drawing means coupled to the slide.

Abstract: A housing for receiving a cable drum of an adjustment device for a motor vehicle includes a bearing point for rotatably mounting a cable drum, at least one wall encompassing the cable drum along the peripheral surface thereof when the cable drum is mounted in the housing, and a securing element arranged in a region of the wall of the housing and serving to secure a tractive device extending along the peripheral surface of a cable drum. The securing element is elastically configured and may be moved by deformation in the radial direction in relation to the bearing point.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for an adjusting device in a motor vehicle comprises a bearing point in the form of a bearing opening of a base part and a bearing element extending through said bearing opening. The base part arranged on the edge of the bearing opening comprises at least one deformation area which protrudes in a radial manner from the edge to the inside and which acts as radial supports for the bearing element.

Abstract: A manual adjustment of a back support on a vehicle seat includes a cable pulley which is selectively rotatable in a drive direction or in a driven direction oriented counter to the drive direction, and a tensile device associated with the cable pulley, which may be rolled up onto the cable pulley by rotating the cable pulley in the drive direction. The tensile device is able to be coupled to a back support of a vehicle seat such that the rotation of the cable pulley in the drive direction and/or driven direction affects an adjustment of the back support. A pretensioning acts on the cable pulley -which produces a torque of the cable pulley in the driven direction.

Abstract: An armrest arrangement for a motor vehicle door includes an armrest which is adjustable in a direction of adjustment, a guide device, at least one slide movably guided on the guide device in the direction of adjustment, at least one coupling element, via which the armrest is connected to the slide, a locking mechanism, by which the armrest is lockable in a previously set position of adjustment along the guide device, and a door lining, which extends two-dimensionally between the slide and the armrest and which is penetrated by the at least one coupling element. The locking mechanism is unlockable by a movement of the armrest in an unlocking direction. The armrest is mounted such that an unlocking movement of the armrest is coupled in the unlocking direction to a second movement by which the armrest is moved away from the door lining.