Abstract: An axle drive device for a motor vehicle, having at least one drive assembly that is in operative connection with an input shaft of a shift transmission connecting the drive assembly to a wheel axle. The shift transmission a multiple-speed draw key transmission, having a draw key that, in different positions, establishes different transmission ratios between the input shaft and an output shaft of the shift transmission, wherein the draw key is connected to a centrifugal force regulator that shifts the draw key in dependence on a rotational speed of the input shaft or a rotational speed of the output shaft.

Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle, with a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and a planetary gearing, via which the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly, which has a drivable axle of the motor vehicle, can be operatively connected. In this case, it is provided that the first drive assembly can be operatively connected to the planetary gearing via a first clutch coupling, and the drivable axle can be operatively connected to the planetary gearing via a second clutch coupling, and the second drive assembly and an auxiliary assembly are permanently operatively connected to the planetary gearing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for a hybrid-powered motor vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine (11) and at least one electric machine (16) arranged axially parallel to same, which separately or together provide, output to the input shaft (38) of a speed change transmission (14), wherein the electric machine (16) is connected to the force delivery shaft (30) of the internal combustion engine (11) via a torque transmission connection (28) and same is connected in a driving manner to the coaxially aligned transmission input shaft (38) by intermediately connecting at least one coupling (K0). According to the invention, the electric engine (16) is mounted directly onto the internal combustion engine (11) or integrated therein. In addition, the cylinder crankcase (12a) is extended by a housing portion (12b) in which the torque transmission connection (28) is arranged.

Abstract: A drive device and method for a motor vehicle, provided with a combustion engine machine, with a first electric machine and with a second electric machine, wherein a drive shaft of the combustion engine machine can be coupled by a first clutch to a drive shaft of the first electric machine, which is connected via a transmission drive to a drive shaft of the drive device. At the same time, the gear device is permanently coupled to the drive shaft of the first electric machine and provided with a planetary gear that can be coupled by a second clutch to the drive shaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the second electric machine is permanently coupled to the drive shaft.

Abstract: Hybrid drive for a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric engine and an output shaft. The hybrid drive is designed as a parallel hybrid and provided with at least one operating state, in which both the internal combustion engine and the electric engine are coupled to the output shaft. Between the internal combustion engine and the electric engine is arranged a shifting element, which can be operated either connected in a first shifting position, in which the electric engine is connected to the output shaft and the internal combustion engine is decoupled, or in a second shifting position, in which both the electric engine and the internal combustion engine are connected to the output shaft.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, includes two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a shifting unit that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft.

Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle, with a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and a planetary gearing, via which the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly, which has a drivable axle of the motor vehicle, can be operatively connected. In this case, it is provided that the first drive assembly can be operatively connected to the planetary gearing via a first clutch coupling, and the drivable axle can be operatively connected to the planetary gearing via a second clutch coupling, and the second drive assembly and an auxiliary assembly are permanently operatively connected to the planetary gearing.

Abstract: An axle drive device for a motor vehicle, having at least one drive assembly that is in operative connection with an input shaft of a shift transmission connecting the drive assembly to a wheel axle. The shift transmission a multiple-speed draw key transmission, having a draw key that, in different positions, establishes different transmission ratios between the input shaft and an output shaft of the shift transmission, wherein the draw key is connected to a centrifugal force regulator that shifts the draw key in dependence on a rotational speed of the input shaft or a rotational speed of the output shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for a hybrid-powered motor vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine (11) and at least one electric machine (16) arranged axially parallel to same, which separately or together provide, output to the input shaft (38) of a speed change transmission (14), wherein the electric machine (16) is connected to the force delivery shaft (30) of the internal combustion engine (11) via a torque transmission connection (28) and same is connected in a driving manner to the coaxially aligned transmission input shaft (38) by intermediately connecting at least one coupling (K0). According to the invention, the electric engine (16) is mounted directly onto the internal combustion engine (11) or integrated therein. In addition, the cylinder crankcase (12a) is extended by a housing portion (12b) in which the torque transmission connection (28) is arranged.

Abstract: Hybrid drive for a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric engine and an output shaft. The hybrid drive is designed as a parallel hybrid and provided with at least one operating state, in which both the internal combustion engine and the electric engine are coupled to the output shaft. Between the internal combustion engine and the electric engine is arranged a shifting element, which can be operated either connected in a first shifting position, in which the electric engine is connected to the output shaft and the internal combustion engine is decoupled, or in a second shifting position, in which both the electric engine and the internal combustion engine are connected to the output shaft.

Abstract: A drive device and method for a motor vehicle, provided with a combustion engine machine, with a first electric machine and with a second electric machine, wherein a drive shaft of the combustion engine machine can be coupled by a first clutch to a drive shaft of the first electric machine, which is connected via a transmission drive to a drive shaft of the drive device. At the same time, the gear device is permanently coupled to the drive shaft of the first electric machine and provided with a planetary gear that can be coupled by a second clutch to the drive shaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the second electric machine is permanently coupled to the drive shaft.

Abstract: A miniature optical biosensor and biosensor array where high sensitivity for detection of biomolecular interaction does not require a fluorescent label. Non-linear frequency-shifts of optical resonators (‘nanobeams’) provide a digital all-or-nothing response to equilibrium binding of a biomarker to surface-immobilized bio-recognition elements, a signal suitable to identify active components in genetic and proteomic circuits, as well as toxic substances. The threshold level for the digital response is adjustable to accommodate for varying receptor affinities. A bistable cavity sensing (BCS) method can be used to track the shift of the resonance induced by the analyte more precisely than the conventional cavity sensing method, where the resolution is limited by the cavity linewidth. BCS method can be used to quantitate the concentration of the analyte, and their binding kinetics, affinities and etc.

Abstract: A shifting device for a dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, including two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an axially parallel output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a planetary gear train that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft.

Abstract: A hybrid drive device for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and two planetary gear trains which are shiftable into different gear stages by shifting elements and brakes and which are connectable via input elements and output elements with a driven input shaft and an output shaft and have reaction elements which can be coupled or braked. The internal combustion engine is in driving relation to a first input shaft and the electric machine is in driving relation to a second coaxial input shaft. The two planetary gear trains are coupled to each other such that via the clutches and brake shifting of four forward gears can be implemented via the internal combustion engine and shifting of three forward gears or reverse gears can be implemented via the electric machine.

Abstract: A shifting arrangement for a dual clutch transmission as a change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, with two coaxially arranged input shafts, each of which can be activated via a respective clutch, an axially parallel output shaft and gear sets arranged on the shafts and shiftable by means of synchronous clutches to form a plurality of forward gears and one reverse gear, wherein the gear sets are subdivided into a first subtransmission with one of the input shafts and a second subtransmission with the other input shaft. A pre-shifting unit and/or post-shifting unit shiftable into at least two transmission ratio stages is associated with the first subtransmission and/or the second subtransmission.

Abstract: A heat transfer arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a heat exchanger, a heat sink, and a heat pipe, with the heat pipe connected to the heat sink and connected via the first heat exchanger to a heat source of the motor vehicle. A latent heat accumulator is further operatively connected to the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A sensor device, which is adapted for detecting target molecules having a target nucleic acid sequence, comprises an optical whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonator having a resonance frequency, wherein the WGM resonator is functionalized with a double-strand DNA precursor compound and the resonance frequency depends on a mass load provided by the double-strand precursor compound, the double-strand precursor compound is capable of a target-specific strand displacement reaction with the target molecules, and in response to the strand displacement reaction, the double-strand precursor compound is capable to be partially decoupled from the WGM resonator, wherein the mass load can be decreased and the resonance frequency of the WGM resonator can be increased. Furthermore, a sensing method for detecting target molecules including nucleic acid sequences is described.

Abstract: A hybrid drive device for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and two planetary gear trains which are shiftable into different gear stages by shifting elements and brakes and which are connectable via input elements and output elements with a driven input shaft and an output shaft and have reaction elements which can be coupled or braked. The internal combustion engine is in driving relation to a first input shaft and the electric machine is in driving relation to a second coaxial input shaft. The two planetary gear trains are coupled to each other such that via the clutches and brake shifting of four forward gears can be implemented via the internal combustion engine and shifting of three forward gears or reverse gears can be implemented via the electric machine.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, includes two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a shifting unit that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft.

Abstract: A shifting arrangement for a dual clutch transmission as a change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, with two coaxially arranged input shafts, each of which can be activated via a respective clutch, an axially parallel output shaft and gear sets arranged on the shafts and shiftable by means of synchronous clutches to form a plurality of forward gears and one reverse gear, wherein the gear sets are subdivided into a first subtransmission with one of the input shafts and a second subtransmission with the other input shaft. A pre-shifting unit and/or post-shifting unit shiftable into at least two transmission ratio stages is associated with the first subtransmission and/or the second subtransmission.