Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a supporting structure provided at one end of a safety passenger compartment with a crumple zone and two wheel arches located in the vicinity of the crumple zone on the sides. A wheel is located in each respective wheel arch held by wheel guide members. A deflecting area extends diagonally to a central lengthwise axis of the motor vehicle for the associated wheel, between the safety passenger compartment and the rolling circumference of the two wheels in the straight-ahead position of the deflecting surface for the associated wheel against which the wheel moved by the crash-produced deformation of the crumple zone against the deflecting surface is deflected past the end of the safety passenger compartment. The deflecting surfaces are diagonally downwardly directed deflecting ramps by which the wheels are directed toward the safety passenger compartment and below the floor of the motor vehicle as the crumple zone collapses.

Abstract: A support structure for a vehicle is comprised primarily of multi-walled lightweight panels with plane-parallel flat sides, and at least one fitting can be fastened to the support structure. An opening is cut out of a lightweight panel of the support structure that is designated for the fitting, and the fitting can be installed in this opening, covering the opening completely. A support arrangement attached to the fitting operates in conjunction with the edge of the opening in the lightweight panel as an installation stop for the fitting.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air jet weaving machine 1 with compressed air supply components for supplying air nozzles 3, 4, 5 and 6 with compressed air. The compressed air supply components comprise a compressed air infeed line with a main shut-off valve and an air filter as well as solenoid valves and pressure regulators for controlling and regulating the compressed air which is supplied to the air nozzles, with some of the compressed air supply components being collected in a separate compressed air supply unit 10 which is arranged to be separate from the rest of the weaving machine.

Abstract: In a method for restraining vehicle occupants in which the loads on the vehicle occupants are reduced during the restraining process, a method for restraining vehicle occupants by dissipating kinetic energy provides that firstly a possible accident is sensed and then a force which acts in the direction of the impact is applied to the vehicle occupant at the latest at the time of the first contact between the vehicle and the obstacle, the force being set over the entire braking distance so that a constant acceleration acts on the vehicle occupant so that the dissipation of the kinetic energy occurs uniformly.

Abstract: A head restraint for a motor vehicle has a fixed support part and a movable, prestressed part. The parts are connected to each other via at least one upper and one lower lever, in which case the movable part can be moved from a normal position into a protective position and vice versa. The movable head-restraint part can be shifted forwards in a simple manner in that the levers are arranged parallel to each other. In order to prestress the movable part at least one spring is provided that engages at its one end on the fixed support part and at its other end directly or indirectly on one of the two levers.

Abstract: The weaving machine for the manufacture of leno cloths (1), has an element with ground needles (31), in particular a needle bar (3). The ground needles form a row in the direction of the longitudinal extent (A) of the element. The side surfaces of the ground needles include an acute angle (&agr;) which is greater than 1° with a normal (N) to the named longitudinal extent.

Abstract: The apparatus for the manufacture of leno fabrics (1) in a weaving machine comprises a needle bar (3) for ground threads (13), at least one insertion element (4) for leno threads (4) and means for the insertion of weft threads (12). A pivotal arrangement (5, 6, 7) is connected directly to a main drive (51) of the weaving machine. The insertion element and the needle bar can be moved by means of this pivotal arrangement, so that the movement sequence which is required for the ground thread and leno thread results.

Abstract: The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.

Abstract: An air bag system for a passenger car, in particular a convertible, with at least one inflatable air bag is disclosed. To increase the protection of the passengers, the air bag is housed in a roof frame of the car enclosing at the top a windshield of the passenger car. When the air bag is actuated, it unfolds in the opposite direction of travel of the car in such a manner that, after it unfolds, the air bag is located above the head of the driver and/or the passenger.

Abstract: The apparatus for the manufacture of leno fabrics (1) in a weaving machine comprises a needle bar (3) for ground threads (13), at least one insertion element (4) for leno threads (4) and means for the insertion of weft threads (12). A pivotal arrangement (5, 6, 7) is connected directly to a main drive (51) of the weaving machine. The insertion element and the needle bar can be moved by means of this pivotal arrangement, so that the movement sequence which is required for the ground thread and leno thread results.

Abstract: A side-impact damping device for a vehicle is provided for arrangement in an area of a B-column of the vehicle. A panel faces the vehicle occupants, and an airbag is present between the panel and the vehicle body. A sensor unit activates the airbag in the event of a side impact. The vehicle occupants sitting on the impact side are impacted with an acceptable force through the activated airbag and as a result are accelerated in the direction of the center of the vehicle.

Abstract: The snaffle bit for a horse has two side rings and a shackle arranged between the two side rings. The shackle is provided with tow side portions and has at least one joint. The at least one joint defines an articulation axis. A bore is arranged in the end area of each of the side portions that is remote from the at least one joint and receives with play a respective one of the two side rings. The axes of the two bores defines a plane that is inclined at an angle of 45°±20°, preferably of 45°±10°, to the articulation axis of the at least one joint.

Abstract: The stirrup has a crossbar that supports a rider's shoe in riding. The stirrup further has an upper portion that is provided with a fastener for a carrying belt of the stirrup. The stirrup also has a damping body, which is arranged on the stirrup between the crossbar and the rider's shoe.

Abstract: A spur comprises a U-shaped heel section and a neck. The heel section shows a basis, at which the neck is fitted to and which heel section shows two lateral legs starting from the basis. Also, the heel section is cut to size out of a sheet metal and is bent in a U-shape. The heel section is also embossed so that the legs have a profile deviating from a rectangular cross-section shape of the blank.

Abstract: A heat exchanger arrangement on a front carrying structure of a motor vehicle, with a passage orifice for the cooling-air stream which is largely overlapped by a heat exchanger module of the arrangement and which extends in a vehicle transverse plane and is delimited on two mutually opposite sides by wall regions of the carrying structure, the wall regions belong to the deformable zone of the forward structure. The heat exchanger module is mounted on the front carrying structure in such a way that, in the event of head-on collisions subjecting the region of the passage orifice to stress, said heat exchanger module, while absorbing impact energy, co-operates reinforcingly with the wall regions of the carrying structure.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a lamp unit which is arranged on the outwardly facing end of a supporting structure of the vehicle, the arrangement of the lamp unit including an energy-absorbing deformation element which surrounds the circumference of an associated reflector and as a consequence of being supported axially on an opposite surface of the supporting structure collapses, with a reduction in length, when subjected to excessive impact stress, and the reflector forming a constructional unit together with a transparent lens and a lamp housing. The lamp housing itself is designed as an energy-absorbing deformation element.

Abstract: The stirrup has a crossbar that supports a rider's shoe in riding. The stirrup further has an upper portion that is provided with a fastening means for a carrying belt of said stirrup. A damping body is provided, which damping body is arranged on the stirrup between the crossbar and the rider's shoe.

Abstract: The snaffle bit for a horse has two side rings and a shackle arranged between the two side rings. The shackle is provided with tow side portions and has at least one joint. The at least one joint defines an articulation axis. A bore is arranged in the end area of each of the side portions that is remote from the at least one joint and receives with play a respective one of the two side rings. The axes of the two bores defines a plane that is inclined at an angle of 45°±20°, preferably of 45°±10°, to the articulation axis of the at least one joint.

Abstract: The compressor contains at least one piston (5) guided in a dry-running manner which, together with a cylinder insert (33), bounds a ring gap which is open over the common longitudinal section in each case and permits a leakage flow of the compressed medium. The piston (5) is coupled via a piston rod (42) to a support part (38) which is displaceably guided in the direction of its longitudinal axis (6) and is connected to a drive device. The piston rod (42) cooperates with the piston (5) and the support part (38) via support surfaces (43) which are convex at the end faces and permit relative movements of the support part (38) with respect to the piston (5) which extend transversely to the longitudinal axis (6). Accordingly, a parallel guidance of the piston (5) in the cylinder insert (33) is achieved which is not influenced by oscillations of the driving parts.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying substantially uniform tension to warp threads along a warp thread path in a weaving machine. The apparatus has a carrier element (5), a tensioner element (7) for the warp threads which is multiply supported thereon, said tensioner element being pivotal about the axis of the carrier element, and a drive apparatus (8) which is connected drivewise to the carrier element. The drive apparatus (8) consists of a motor (9) and a kinematic chain which is connected to the carrier element (5) in such a manner that the introduction of the forces into the carrier element takes place substantially symmetrically with respect to its longitudinal extent.