Abstract: In a method of repairing a solar panel having a defective solar cell or cells, a replacement cell (or cells) is glued onto a defective solar cell or cells of the solar panel, and is electrically integrated in the solar panel.

Abstract: A vehicle communication system with display and operator control unit, and having a data bus and components connected thereto, including at least one display/operator control unit and a computing unit which controls the latter. A graphic user interface, which is based on the HTML/XML page format, is implemented in the at least one display/operator control unit and/or the computing unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a peptide capable of blocking voltage-gated K+ channels and inhibiting IL-2 production, which is represented by an amino acid sequence of: Ala-Ser-Cys-Arg-Thr-Pro-Lys-Asp-Cys-Ala-Asp-Pro-Cys-Arg-Lys-Glu-Thr-Gly-Cys-Pro-Tyr-Gly-Lys-Cys-Met-Asn-Arg-Lys-Cys-Lys-Cys-Asn-Arg-Cys; in which the C-terminal is amidated and four disulfide bridges are present in the molecule, and their related peptides isolated from the venom gland of a scorpion Heterometrus spinnifer. The peptides provided by the present invention are neuropeptides which can block voltage-gated K+ channels and inhibit IL-2 production at an extremely low concentration and, therefore, are expected to contribute to application of scorpion toxins to medicines and so on.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an air-gap-insulated exhaust elbow of a motor vehicle exhaust system achieves in a simple manner a manufacturing of space-saving air-gap-insulating exhaust elbows which is reliable with respect to the process and can be precisely reproduced. The exhaust elbow is joined together from several air-gap-insulated exhaust pipes as well as the pertaining entry flanges and the exit flange, which, by way of an internal high-pressure metal forming process, are shaped in an air-gap-insulating manner from one double pipe respectively. The ends of the air-gap-insulated exhaust pipes which are to be connected with one another are first trimmed while opening the respective air insulating gap and are then fitted into one another. In such case, the ends are shaped such that the fitted connections of the outer pipes and of the inner pipes of the exhaust pipes to be connected are made with play.

Abstract: A device for driving a folding top for a convertible has at least one main bearing, which is at least indirectly connected to the vehicle body, at least one main pillar to which the folding top is attached and which is mounted in a rotatable manner on the at least one main bearing, at least one driving mechanism for driving the at least one main pillar, and a fabric-retaining bow for stretching the folding top when it is closed. The at least one main bearing has a connecting-link-type guide. The at least one main pillar is provided with a slot. The at least one driving mechanism has a bolt-like element which is intended to be accommodated in the connecting-link-type guide of the at least one main bearing and in the slot of the at least one main pillar. At least one additional lever is connected in an articulated manner via a pivot to the fabric-retaining bow, and the at least one additional lever has a recess on its side facing away from the pivot for the purpose of accommodating the bolt-like element.

Abstract: A brake pressure control device of a road vehicle has an automatic control of a starting clutch and/or of a transmission. During a stoppage of the motor vehicle achieved by a stoppage braking, the driver can, by a respective arbitrary activity, trigger a “starting assist” function for a defined time period. During this function, a continuation of the stoppage braking takes place by maintaining a brake pressure controlled into the wheel brakes by pressure maintaining valves so that, during the above-mentioned time period, the driver can change over to the accelerator pedal.

Abstract: An optical disk recording thereon compressed moving picture data and an optical disk reproduction apparatus each capable of easily effecting trick play such as high speed reproduction and a retrieval operation at a high speed. Additional information necessary for trick play is recorded in an arbitrary area of an optical disk such as a TOC (Table of Contents) or a leading sector (sector 0) of the disk, and a sector address is added to each sector. To conduct trick play, an I picture, a P picture and a B picture contained in a GOP layer inside a bit stream of compressed image data are extracted and reproduced in accordance with a reproduction speed by looking up a trick play table.

Abstract: A blowing agent composition includes a blowing agent consisting of liquified carbon dioxide and 1,1-difluoroethane, or a mixture consisting of liquid carbon dioxide and at least one other liquid or pressure-liquified component selected from the group consisting of ethers with a total of 2 to 4 carbon atoms; ketones with 3 to 5 carbon atoms; alcohols with 1 to 5 carbon atoms; aliphatic hydrocarbons selected from the group consisting of propane, butane, pentane, hexane, heptane; cyclic hydrocarbons with 3 to 12 carbon atoms; fluorohydrocarbons selected from the group consisting of trifluoromethane, 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, 1,1,2-trifluoroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane; phosphate esters and phosphonate esters containing three C1-C4-alkyl groups optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms. The composition comprises 5 to 50% by weight of liquid carbon dioxide.

Abstract: Traversing rods in textile machines producing crosswound bobbins are often made of carbon fibers for the purpose of reducing the inertia force. These kinds of traversing rods are prone to wear at their bearing points. For this reason, the traversing rod whose bearings have a distance between them which corresponds to at least twice, preferably three times the traversing stroke, is so far displaced in its longitudinal direction in order to re-new the bearing points that other areas of the traversing rod than before now act together with the bearings.

Abstract: A head restraint for a vehicle seat which has a seat back or backrest, having a head cushion and a retaining device. The retaining device secures the head cushion pivotably to the backrest. The retaining device is designed such that the head cushion can be pivoted between an upper functional position and a lower-lying rest or non-functional position. For the purpose of simplifying the retaining device in terms of design and manufacture, the head cushion and retaining device are connected to each other via a pivot which is aligned transversely with respect to the backrest front surface and passes eccentrically through the plane of symmetry of the head cushion.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a vehicle with an internal-combustion engine for supplying driving energy, has an exhaust gas turbocharger which has a turbine and a compressor. The turbine is driven by exhaust gases of the internal-combustion engine, and the compressor is driven by the turbine. An air guiding system supplies fresh air to the compressor, in which the fresh air is compressed to form charge air. The air guiding system guides the charge air from the compressor to the internal-combustion engine, and the power of the internal-combustion engine is to be increased at low rotational speeds by an additional compressor which generates compressed fresh air which, as a function of the requirements, can be supplied to the air guiding system upstream of the internal-combustion engine. As the additional compressor, a compressor is used which is already present in the vehicle for other purposes.

Abstract: In the mounting of working parts, especially the vehicle's axles, it is difficult to weld on the female threaded parts. To overcome this problem, the female threaded part is configured as an internally threaded stud. This stud is passed through a bore disposed in the lower flange of the beam. A flange fixedly attached to the stud is spot-welding to a cage whose walls are spot-welded to the upper and lower flanges of the beam. The welding procedure is thereby greatly simplified.

Abstract: A compact and light weight axle unit with good durability and reliability for driving a vehicle wheel is provided wherein the splined bore 28 of the hub 6a is engaged with the splined shaft 30 of the drive shaft member 29, and a stop ring 35 is held between the outer engagement groove 25 on the inner peripheral surface of the splined bore 28 and the inner engagement groove 24 on the outer peripheral surface of the splined shaft 30 to prevent the splined shaft 30 from being removed.

Abstract: Paint-ball playing fields are characterized by empty envelope elements fastened together creating a continuous interior volume filled with air, under a predetermined pressure of approximately 1.5 bars. A motor furnishes air to compensate for losses of pressure in the elements of the field.

Abstract: A method for tensioning shaped parts, with a frame and a plurality of tensioning elements which are formed by a holding part and a clamping part. The holding part abuts the shaped part pointwise and a clamping part pushes the shaped part in the direction of the surface normal against the holding part.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the ride height of a wheeled vehicle, the distance between a vehicle body and a wheel suspension unit for at least one wheel provided with a gas-filled tire is adjusted to a distance setpoint value which can be predefined in a variable fashion at least as a function of the vehicle payload. The tire pressure is sensed and the distance setpoint value is additionally predefined in a variable fashion as a function of the sensed tire pressure. For this purpose, in the wheeled vehicle, the tire is assigned a tire-pressure sensor, and the distance setpoint value can additionally be predefined in a variable fashion as a function of the sensed tire pressure.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a zig-zag folded filter element from a web of material (18), which is supplied through a feeding device to a stamping unit (10). To define the folding line, the stamping unit is fitted with an anvil roll (21) and a stamping die (24), the stamping unit being ultrasound activated and thereby improving the stamping operation.

Abstract: An arrangement for coupling the vertical position of a headrest assigned to a backrest of a motor vehicle seat with the withdrawal and retraction movement of a seat belt system with a belt retractor. When the seat belt is put on by a vehicle occupant sitting in the vehicle seat, the withdrawal movement of the belt strap is transformed into a movement of the headrest from a lower inoperative position into an upwardly displaced operative position. When the seat belt is taken off, the retraction movement of the belt strap is transformed into an opposite movement of the headrest back into the inoperative position. The arrangement comprises a locking unit for fixing the headrest can be fixed in its operative position. Starting from its operative position, the headrest can be vertically displaced with respect to the backrest and can be locked in the respective adjusted position.