Abstract: A device for measuring the level and/or the temperature of a liquid in a container, characterised by the following features: a linear resistor arrangement adapted to be immersed approximately vertically into the liquid (12), the resistor arrangement includes three serious connected resistor portions, with each resistor portion including at least one temperature depending elongated resistor element, the resistor portions having a resistance per unit length which is uniform about their length, the resistor portions or resistor elements, respectively have a pre-determined length with the upper and lower resistor portion being short relative to the intermediate portion, the resistor arrangement is connected to a voltage source, a voltage meter measures the voltages of the resistor portions, a computer calculates the immersed length of the resistor arrangement or the temperature of the liquid, respectively from the dimensions of the resistor portions and the resistor elements and from the measured voltages by m

Abstract: A plug for closing a hole in a structural member includes a shank having an upper end with a recess extending toward the lower end of the shank. The recess divides the upper end into a central portion and an outer, deformable portion radially outwardly spaced from the central portion by the recess. The deformable portion has an engagement region deformable by and sealingly engageable with a wall of the hole when the shank is pressed into and retained by the hole. The flange extends radially outwardly from the outer, deformable portion. The engagement region has an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the hole, whereby the material of the engagement region can be deformed into the recess when the shank is pressed into the hole and the wall of the hole forms a groove in the engagement region thereby retaining the shank in the hole.

Abstract: A neck rest for the seat of an automobile, comprising a neck rest body which includes a neck rest cushion and two neck rest rods connected with the neck rest body, the neck rest rods being accommodated in receipts in the back rest of the seat and being adapted to be lifted or lowered, comprising the following elements: a support portion which is fixedly attached to the both neck rest rods, the neck rest body comprising a shroud-like housing which has a front wall, the cushion being attached to the front side of the front wall and a rear wall, with the support portion being located in the housing between front- and rear wall, the shroud-like housing is moveable between a rear basic position wherein the support portion is near or adjacent to the inner side of the front wall and an extended position, wherein the support portion is remote from the front wall, a linkage is linked between the support portion or the neck rest rods respectively and the front wall, a spring arrangement biases the linkage or the housin

Abstract: A neck rest for the front seats in automobiles, a neck rest body being supported by the back rest of the front seats, characterized in that a support member being integrated in the backside of the neck rest body, the support member being movable in the neck rest body between a closed and an opened position, in the closed position the support member being substantially flush with the backside of the neck rest body and the support member having means for supporting or suspending an article at the backside of the neck rest body in the opened position of the support member.

Abstract: Neck rest for the back rest of the seats of automobiles, in particular for the back seat, the neck rest including two supporting rods which are accommodated by sockets in the back rest, by which a guiding portion and a supporting portion located above the guiding portion are provided, with the supporting portion being height adjustable relative to the guiding portion, the supporting portion includes at least a horizontal holding section provided with at least one guiding rod and having a deformable portion extending downwardly and adapted to support an upholstering portion, the guiding rod is accommodated by a hollow neck rest rod (20), in that the deformable portion with the upholstering portion and an accommodating channel of the supporting portion being designed such that the deformable portion is accommodated by an accommodating channel more or less depending upon the height of the supporting portion.

Abstract: A fuel door housing for the fueling of an automobile including a tub-like body, a flap which is hingely linked to the body, a thrust spring biasing the flap toward an opened position, a locking element having a locking and an unlocking position, and an actuating element for placing the locking element into the unlocking position. The locking element is moved towards the unlocking position through a one-way transmission of the actuating element upon a movement of the flap into its closed position or beyond thereof, respectively, and the locking element completely engages the catching element upon arrival of the flap at its closed position. A casing is formed at the inner side of the body. The locking element and parts of the actuating elements are accommodated by the casing, and a locking portion of the locking element is sealingly extended through a wall portion of the casing facing the catching element.

Abstract: A thread-forming screw includes a head and a shank, the shank having a thread and a thread-forming zone at the end opposite to the head, the thread-forming zone also having a thread portion. The shank at the end opposite to the head has a spherical portion with a maximum diameter in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the shank which corresponds approximately to the mean diameter of the thread of the shank.

Abstract: An arm rest for a door paneling in automobiles, whereby a support member for an arm rest padding has an elongated guiding member at the lower side, the guide member being liftable in guide means, the guide means being fastened to the paneling, in that further locking means for the guide member and the guide means are provided in order lock the guide member in different elevated positions in the guide means and that an actuation element is provided to release the locking means and to allow displacement of the arm rest padding.

Abstract: A fastener element for connecting a structural part, in particular a lining, to a support part having a fastening hole, in particular a body sheet of an automobile, comprising a fastener body integrally formed of plastic material, the fastener body having a head for the attachment of the structural part, a shank connected to the head and a sealing flange between head and shank, and a locking part adapted to be connected to the shank through a releasable snapping connection and having snapping portions which cooperate with an edge of the fastening hole when the shank is introduced in the fastening hole in order to secure the fastener element on the support part, characterized in that the shank has two approximately parallel spaced outer webs which are interconnected by a transverse web the transverse web extending being spaced from the free end of the outer webs, with the transverse web having a tapered portion tapering to the lower end thereof, the outer webs on the surfaces facing each other having projectio

Abstract: An inner actuator for automobile doors includes a lever-like handle adapted to be pivoted about an axis within a housing which is attached to the door, a linkage or an actuating cable which is led to a door lock and engages the handle, a spring which biases the handle into a rest position, a damper which is connected to a portion of the handle such that the movement of the handle into the rest position is damped, whereby a linear damper is provided which is linked to the door with one end and to a portion of the handle with the other end.

Abstract: A neck rest includes first and second supports having first and second positions where the supports are at approximately the same level and the second support is elevated relative to the first support, respectively. A first spring is supported by the first support and rotatably connected to the second support to bias the second support into the second position. A movable locking element biased by a second spring on the first support automatically blocks the second support in the second position. A locking element is movably supported by the first support and cooperates with a projection of the second support to lock the second support in the first position. A releasing element is movably supported by the first support and releases the locking element when actuated. A supporting member is located between the supports in the second position for transferring shock forces from the second support to the first support.

Abstract: Adjustable assembly of a first structural part and a second structural part, in particular for automobiles having a flap and a pivotable arm for the flap, including the following features: the first structural part is displaceable along two orthogonal axis with respect to the second structural part and is approximately fixedly secured against movement along a third axis extending perpendicular to the first and second axis a first adjusting element is moveably supported on the second structural part, an actuation of the first adjustable element moves the first structural part along the first axis a second adjustable element being movably supported on the second structural part, an actuation of the second adjustable element moves the first structural part along the second axis and means are associated with the first and second adjustable element for releasable fixation thereof.

Abstract: Neck rest for the back rest of the seats of automobiles, in particular for the back seat, the neck rest including two supporting rods which are accommodated by sockets in the back rest, by which a guiding portion and a supporting portion located above the guiding portion are provided, with the supporting portion being height adjustable relative to the guiding portion, the supporting portion includes at least a horizontal holding section provided with at least one guiding rod and having a deformable portion extending downwardly and adapted to support an upholstering portion, the guiding rod is accommodated by a hollow neck rest rod (20), in that the deformable portion with the upholstering portion and an accommodating channel of the supporting portion being designed such that the deformable portion is accommodated by an accommodating channel more or less depending upon the height of the supporting portion.

Abstract: A fastening clip has an annular portion and two legs extending therefrom, each leg having a locking element. Two identical clips can be fastened together with the locking elements securing against separation. The clips can be used to fasten a panel to opposite walls of an accommodating member by inserting the clips from opposite sides in aligned through bores formed in the panel and the opposite walls, and pushing the clips toward each other until the locking elements engage. The annular portions of the clips have shoulders engaging the panel, while the legs have resilient projections engaging a surface of the through bore of the panel. The legs of each clip are barb-shaped and have distal ends snuggly fitted in spaces formed in the annular portion between the legs of the other clip.

Abstract: A seat for an automobile includes a backrest fitted with a frame, an adjusting device inside the backrest in the region of the lumbar vertebral column, an elongated, resiliently bending element running transversely inside the frame, two bowden cables each with a sheath and a traction wire, a drive device at the backrest one rest for each bowden cable sheath in each end zone off the elongated element and through which the traction wire is made to pass in longitudinally displaceable manner, an affixation of the free end of the traction wire at a part of the backrest frame facing it whereby the elongated element is suspended in such manner in the frame that, when a tension is exerted on the traction wire, the elongated element shall be moved forward.

Abstract: A neck rest includes a first support, a second support pivotably supported on the first support, and third support displaceably supported on the second support between a lower and an upper position. A controllable locking mechanism retains the third support in the lower position, the locking mechanism being unlocked when the second support has a attained a predetermined pivot angle. A stop is placed between second and/or third support and first support to prevent a pivoting of the second and the third supports towards the first support when the second and third supports have a attained their extended position.

Abstract: A plastic fastening element is configured to be fastened on a threaded bolt welded to a support member. The fastening element includes a first hollow element portion made of plastic material and having an axial through hole. The through hole has a polygonal cross section and radially resilient wall portions that will be radially outwardly deformed if the first element portion is pushed onto the threaded bolt. The fastening element also includes a second hollow annular element portion which is connected to one end of the first element portion by a breakable connecting portion. The second element portion has an inner cross section dimensioned such that the second element portion can be pushed over the first element portion under radial deformation of the resilient wall portions, whereby a thread of the threaded bolt is partially formed into the resilient wall portions of the first element portion.

Abstract: A neck rest for the seats of automobiles comprising a fixed support member and a fixed cushion member enclosing the fixed support member and two rods connected to the support member, the rods being adapted to be accommodated by sleeve members in the back rest of the seat, a second support member for a movable cushion member which is movably supported by the first support member whereby the movable cushion member can be moved between a position wherein it is accommodated by the fixed cushion member and an extended position and vice versa in the extended position the movable cushion member is moved relative to the fixed cushion member towards the head of the person seating on the seat, and actuating means for the actuation of the movable cushion member into the extended position, characterized by the further features:

Abstract: A system for attaching a structural member to a supporting member, the supporting member having at least one stud which extends through an opening of the structural member, the system comprising a sleeve having as radial flange at one end adapted to be introduced into the opening, an annular sealing element positioned on the sleeve and adapted to engage the associated surface of the structural member, an integral nut arrangement, preferably of spring steel, which has a nut portion adapted to be threaded onto the stud, a fastening portion adapted to be secured to the flange, the fastening portion being rotatable with the flange and engages axially the radial flange of the sleeve, and a deformable portion between the nut portion and fastening portion which allows a certain axial deformation if the nut arrangement is threaded onto the stud with a predetermined torque into engagement with the radial flange, the deformable portion and the fastening portion forming a passage for the stud.

Abstract: An automobile-seat headrest has a fixed support enclosed by a fixed pad and two rods which are connected to the support and which are received in the headrest bushes in a seat backrest, a second support for a displaceable pad being displaceably resting in the fixed support and allowing to set the displaceable pad between a retracted position at least partly received in the fixed pad and an advanced position, and vice-versa, wherein the displaceable pad is advanced relative to the fixed pad toward the head of the seated person, a drive device being provided to set the displaceable head pad into the advanced position.