Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a driver assistance system having a display unit and an evaluation unit for generating and displaying a refueling and/or recharging message which is generated in dependence on and independently of a fuel tank filling level or a state of charge of a battery and can be displayed for a defined time period. The evaluation unit is configured to check for the presence of conditions which are to be predefined, and given the presence of at least one condition, to generate a refueling and/or recharging message and to output the refueling and/or recharging message via the display unit.

Abstract: A method for controlling an accumulator, the accumulator containing a control device and being able to be used, for example, to supply electric power to a machine tool, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes determining a difference value between a first accumulator charging state and a second accumulator charging state, where the first charging state corresponds to an accumulator charging state after a charging process has ended and the second charging state has a charging state value that is lower than the first charging state, determining a third charging state which corresponds to the difference value and corresponds to a charging state value that is lower than a maximum charging state value for the accumulator, and charging the accumulator until the third charging state is reached. An accumulator for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective apparatus that can be positioned along an underside of a motor vehicle and, in many cases, near a front or rear region of the motor vehicle. The protective apparatus may include an underbody made from fiber-reinforced plastic for protecting assemblies or components arranged above it against damage as a consequence of stone chipping or ground contact. Further, the underbody may have three-dimensionally structured regions for increasing its rigidity, and the underbody may be designed to absorb chassis and/or crash loads and may include integrated holders for movably attaching chassis links.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has at least one drive unit, at least one brake device and at least one component which heats up when the drive unit and/or the brake device are operated. The component includes at least one warning device which is designed to output a visual warning information item when a component-specific limiting temperature is exceeded by the component, and/or can be actuated to output a visual warning information item when an information item which relates to a component-specific limiting temperature being exceeded is present.

Abstract: A method for automated policy-based localization of one or more virtual servers within a distributed network comprising a plurality of data centers includes the steps of: (i) receiving a policy, the policy defining at least one rule regarding localization of a virtual server within the network; (ii) storing the defined policy in a policy database; (iii) calculating, using a policy engine and the defined policy, a current policy score for a virtual server within the distributed network; (iv) optimizing, using a re-deployment engine and the defined policy, the calculated policy score for the virtual server by relocating the virtual server to a new data center within the distributed network; and (v) creating an alert, if the defined policy is violated by relocating the virtual server.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is a layered semi-finished product having a layer sequence containing at least one layer of an unconsolidated fabric of reinforcing fibers. At reduced pressure, this layer sequence is arranged between a top and a bottom film connected to each other along their periphery in a pressure-retaining manner. In advantageous modifications of the layered semi-finished product according to the invention, the preforming of the semi-finished, as well as the inclusion of metallic inserts or other components into said semi-finished is intended. Furthermore, a method for producing the layered semi-finished product according to the invention is described.

Abstract: An assembly for a counter mechanism for a drug delivery device is described comprising a drive member, wherein the drive member is adapted and arranged to be rotated in a first rotational direction and to be prevented from rotation in a second rotational direction which direction is opposite to the first rotational direction, an advancing member adapted and arranged to be axially moved and rotated with respect to the drive member, wherein the advancing member is adapted and arranged to mechanically cooperate with the drive member such that the drive member is rotated in the first rotational direction, and a display member which is configured to count a number of doses and to display the counted number of doses, wherein the assembly is adapted and arranged such that rotation of the drive member in the first rotational direction is converted into a counting movement of the display member. Furthermore, a drug delivery device comprising the assembly is described.

Abstract: A method for reproducing information in a motor vehicle (1), said information being assigned to classes of information and being presented on a display (2, 7), wherein the information is reproduced on a base display (9) arranged at the base of the windshield, Wherein each class of information is assigned a sub-area of the base display (9), and the information is reproduced in the sub-area (18, 19, 20) corresponding to the class of information assigned to the information to be displayed.

Abstract: A steering system of a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a steerable wheel mechanically decoupled from the steering wheel, a steering actuator for setting a rotational position of the steering wheel, a wheel steering drive for steering of the steerable wheel, and a controller for controlling the wheel steering drive and the steering wheel actuator. When the ignition is switched off, the steering wheel is moved with the steering wheel actuator automatically into a neutral position that is independent of a wheel angle of the steerable wheel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealing member for an inhaler and an assembly comprising the sealing member. The sealing member comprises a sealing lip. The assembly for an inhaler comprises a first part, a second part, and the sealing member which comprises the sealing lip, wherein the first part and the second part are assembled to permit relative rotational movement between the first part and the second part, and wherein the sealing lip sealingly engages a surface of the second part in order to provide a seal between the first part and the second part.

Abstract: At least one display device in a motor vehicle displays graphic information from graphic applications that generate, independently of one another, display contents for an information data set. The graphic applications synchronize themselves by exchanging the information data set or by mutual referencing to the information data set, with the result that firstly one of the applications generates and displays its display content for the information data set in a first region, and then another of the applications generates its display content for the information data set and displays its display content in another region in the passenger compartment. A signaling device signals the synchronization by at least one optical and/or acoustic signal, which is different from the display contents, in the passenger compartment.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a counting mechanism for a drug delivery device, comprising a first counting member comprising an interaction element, a second counting member comprising engagement elements that are configured to engage with the interaction element of the first counting member, and a separating member, wherein the first counting member is moveable relative to the separating member between a first and a second relative position, and the separating member is configured to prevent an engagement of the interaction element with the engagement elements when the first counting member is in the second relative position with respect to the separating member. Further, the present disclosure concerns a drug delivery device comprising said counting mechanism.

Abstract: Semi-finished products in the form of sheet bars or strips can undergo deep drawing and can produce three-dimensionally shaped hybrid components of metal/plastic composites. One example semi-finished product may comprise at least one metal sheet in the form of a sheet bar or a strip and at least one layer of thermoplastic applied in a material-bonding manner on the metal sheet. A side of the metal sheet on which the layer of plastic is applied may have a surface treated to improve the adherence of the layer of plastic. The layer of plastic of the semi-finished product may be formed as a coupling layer for material-bonding, adhesive-free attachment of at least one structural body produced from plastic. According to one example method, a plastic structural body may be molded in a material-bonding manner onto the layer of plastic formed as the coupling layer by injection molding or press-forming.

Abstract: One example method for producing a component from organic sheets may comprise placing a first organic sheet and a second organic sheet next to one another to form a component preform, forming at least one overlapping joining zone by tacking the first and second organic sheets together with a connecting part in the form of a third organic sheet, transferring the component preform to a joining tool, using the joining tool to form a joined component by connecting the organic sheets through melting and compression in the overlapping joining zone, and consolidating the joined component at least in the zone of the overlapping joining zone.

Abstract: Longitudinal members for motor vehicles may generally include a supporting element that is releasably connectable to an energy absorption mechanism. The supporting element may typically include a joining zone that can be used to secure the supporting element to one or more chassis or drive components of the motor vehicle. The supporting element and the energy absorption mechanism may be comprised of fiber-reinforced plastic. More specifically, the supporting element may be comprised of a plurality of length portions having different fiber orientations. For example, a first length portion may have fibers oriented substantially parallel to a horizontal longitudinal plane about which the supporting element is positioned, whereas a second length portion between the first length portion and the energy absorption mechanism may have intersecting fibers oriented oblique to the horizontal longitudinal plane.

Abstract: A mechanism for a drug delivery device, having a first and a second state, including an engagement preventing member, and a blocking member having a blocking feature and an engagement element which is engagable with the blocking member. The blocking member is configured to engage with the engagement element in a non-linear movement, thereby moving the blocking feature is moved from a first position to a second position in an arc shaped movement. In the first state of the mechanism, the engagement preventing member is configured to prevent an engagement of the blocking member with the engagement element by covering the engagement element, and wherein, in the second state of the mechanism, the engagement element is free from the engagement preventing member such that the blocking member is enabled to engage with the engagement element.

Abstract: At least one display device in a motor vehicle displays graphic information from graphic applications that generate, independently of one another, display contents for an information data set. The graphic applications synchronize themselves by exchanging the information data set or by mutual referencing to the information data set, with the result that firstly one of the applications generates and displays its display content for the information data set in a first region, and then another of the applications generates its display content for the information data set and displays its display content in another region in the passenger compartment. A signaling device signals the synchronization by at least one optical and/or acoustic signal, which is different from the display contents, in the passenger compartment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective apparatus that can be positioned along an underside of a motor vehicle and, in many cases, near a front or rear region of the motor vehicle. The protective apparatus may include an underbody made from fiber-reinforced plastic for protecting assemblies or components arranged above it against damage as a consequence of stone chipping or ground contact. Further, the underbody may have three-dimensionally structured regions for increasing its rigidity, and the underbody may be designed to absorb chassis and/or crash loads and may include integrated holders for movably attaching chassis links.

Abstract: A side panel assembly for a passenger vehicle, includes a B-pillar made of fibre-reinforced plastics material, at least one further pillar made of fibre-reinforced plastics material and following in the rear direction, and a side panel made of fibre-reinforced plastics material and defining a portion of the skin of the passenger vehicle. According to the invention, to make it possible for a side panel assembly of this kind to offer high stiffness for absorbing operating and crash loads while being low-weight, to have a high surface quality, and to be economical to produce with short production times, the B-pillar includes a hollow pillar made of metal as a core element.

Abstract: A metering element for an inhalation device is provided. The metering element comprises a plurality of openings being configured to receive a substance, wherein at least one of the openings has a different size than at least one other opening. Furthermore, an assembly for an inhalation device is provided. The assembly comprises a metering element with a plurality of openings and a powder channel which comprises an opening, wherein an arrangement of the openings is adapted to the shape of the powder channel such that each opening extends into the opening of the powder channel for a different amount.