Abstract: The invention relates a method for producing a component from a fiber-reinforced material, wherein a fibrous preform which consists of fibers and an uncured polymer matrix is positioned on a mold, and a thermoelectric film is positioned on the fibrous preform and/or on the mold, and said thermoelectric film is heated up by exposure to microwaves when a negative pressure or vacuum is applied and, as a consequence of this, heats up the fibrous preform while curing the polymer matrix.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an internal combustion engine having horizontally arranged cylinder banks which are arranged on remote sides of a crankcase, which accommodates a crankshaft, of the internal combustion engine, and also having at least one exhaust-gas turbocharger with exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft. In an internal combustion engine of this type, it is provided that the at least one exhaust-gas turbocharger is arranged above the crankcase, and the axis of the exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft is arranged so as to be aligned horizontally and at 90° to the crankshaft axis. An internal combustion engine of this type has particularly good thermodynamic characteristics while being of compact design.

Abstract: A door stopper for a motor vehicle door has a piston-cylinder unit arranged basically longitudinally inside the motor vehicle door. The unit is connected in a swiveling manner at a first end with the motor vehicle door and is able to interact at a second end with a stationary structural section of the motor vehicle. In order to ensure that the door stopper requires only a small installation space, the door stopper includes a multi-part lever mechanism, which transforms a swiveling motion of the motor vehicle door chiefly into a back and forth thrusting motion, upon door opening or closing, on the piston-cylinder unit. A first lever of the lever mechanism can be guided out of the motor vehicle door and can be connected with the stationary structural section on a first swiveling axis.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the control of an engine having at least two control units, which is constructed of at least two cylinder rows or of two partial engines is provided. A control unit is assigned to each cylinder row or each partial engine, which control unit, on the basis of detected operating parameters, controls the function of the respective cylinder bank assigned to it or of the partial engine assigned to it. The control units mutually exchanging their control variables, and the detected operating parameters and the control variables emitted by the control units being monitored jointly to determine their credibility.

Abstract: An interior covering part, particularly an instrument panel for motor vehicles, has a member which is covered by a foil and is constructed integrally with a flap covering an opening for passage of an air bag when the air bag is triggered. The flap is also covered by the foil and is marked by a weakening and/or perforation along its edge. On its side facing a vehicle occupant compartment, the interior covering part is provided with a laminated-on decorative layer which is slotted on the side situated opposite a hypothetical folding axis as well as in areas on both adjoining upright sides of the flap. The slotted areas of the decorative layer are covered by a fitted-on strip.