Abstract: A process and an arrangement for shutting down a vehicle by means of a shut-down signal is the result of a shut-down request. During a vehicle-side analysis, a conclusion is drawn from a current vehicle operating condition and/or a current vehicle location according to defined criteria regarding a shut-down site which is safe with respect to traffic and/or a traffic-safe shut-down site is recognized, in which case the shut-down signal is not generated before the current vehicle operating condition represents a traffic-safe shut-down site and/or before the current vehicle location corresponds to a traffic-safe shut-down site.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a brake lining made of a fiber-reinforced ceramic C/SiC material includes (1) producing a carbon fiber body having at least one of a defined volume of pores and capillaries; (2) infiltrating the carbon fiber body with at least one of carbon or a carbon precursor; (3) pressing the infiltrated carbon fiber body, thereby forming a green compact; (4) pyrolyzing the green compact, thereby forming a porous C/C body; (5) adjusting at least one of a pore and a capillary volume of the porous C/C body to maximally approximately 60% by volume; and (6) infiltrating the C/C body with liquid silicon so that carbon, at least in an area of pores and capillaries which is close to the surface, becomes silicon carbide.

Abstract: An air bag system, for example for a steering wheel, in which a surface of the cushioning arrangement facing the vehicle interior is at least partially covered by a thin-walled sheet metal unit. The sheet metal bar unit is fixedly connected with the surface of the cushioning arrangement. The sheet metal unit is provided with at least one turned-in edge toward the inside of the cushioning arrangement in the area of lateral edges of the cushioning arrangement as well as in the area of the at least one tear edge.

Abstract: A secondary battery improved in its cathode composite, electrolyte and anode composite in order to accomplish an excellent charge/discharge characteristic, a long-term reliability and a high performance. The secondary battery is characterized in that the electrolyte is composed of an ion-conductive high-molecular compound including one or more kinds of ionic compounds in a dissolution state, and both the cathode composite and the anode composite have the ion-conductive high-molecular compound as their component material.

Abstract: The case (1) comprises a receptacle (41) with two detachably interconnected receptacle parts (42, 43). The receptacle (41) contains a dental implant (11) and a holder (61). The dental implant (11) has an anchoring section (15) designed to be anchored in a bone, i.e., an outside thread, and an outer section (16) indented to jut out from the bone. The holder (61) engages the outer section (16) of the dental implant (11) and detachably secures it using clamping and/or locking means (67). The dental implant (11) and the holder (61) are connected to each other by anti-rotation means (31, 72) preventing rotations around a common axis (13). Once the case has been opened (41), the holder (61) can be gripped manually or using a tool or instrument and the dental implant (11) held by the holder (61) can be inserted into a bone in the mouth of a patient by screwing, pushing or pressing said implant into the bone.

Abstract: A motorcycle has a seat arrangement for at least a driver, of which at least one seat bucket forms a seat with a seat cushion mounted on this seat bucket. The seat, which is firmly mounted on the vehicle and can be swiveled up by way of a hinge, can be fixed in the usage position by means of a locking device. The upwardly swivellable seat is fastened on the motorcycle by way of a holding device which also forms the hinge, and the holding device comprises a gas pressure spring which holds the seat in a swiveled-up position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a seat, particularly a vehicle seat, having a cushion support and a cushion which is supported on the cushion support. The cushion has a seat surface and an edge area surrounding this surface and is composed of a cubical cushion body which encompasses the seat surface and of a foamed-to-shape edge part which rests on the lateral surfaces of the cushion body and fills the edge area. This provides optimal seat pressure distribution and the air-conditioned sitting comfort, while reducing the required proportion of manual work. The cushion support, which accommodates the cushion body as well as the edge part, is constructed in an air-permeable manner and the other hand, the cushion body consists of an air-permeable nonwoven material, while the edge part is manufactured of polyurethane foam or another material having the same characteristics, and is connected with cushion body.

Abstract: A problem which occurs in the sputtering of a substance by means of a high-frequency discharge between two electrodes, is that both electrode surfaces are sputtered away when the electrode surface that is actually not to be sputtered is not at least ten times as large as the surface of the electrode carrying the substance. To prevent an undesirable cosputtering, in on embodiment, a vacuum recipient at a selected gas pressure has first and a second electrodes which are selected so that their surface areas form a ratio RA 12 such that 0.3≦RA12≦3. A discharge space in the vacuum recipient is confined to the electrode surfaces. An RF plasma discharge is generated in the discharge space by applying an electric RF field between the electrode surface, so that a first dark space region with a first drop of time-averaged electric potential and a second dark space region with a second drop of time-averaged electric potential, are respectively provided adjacent each electrode.

Abstract: A deposition material for an electrostatic deposition apparatus such as an ink for an electrostatic ink jet printer, the material comprising a carrier liquid having insulative properties, a charging agent which is soluble in the carrier liquid, and a charge augmenting additive which is soluble in the carrier liquid. The charge augmenting additives are carrier soluble materials that assist in the dissociation of the charging agent. Generally it is found that they are materials which contain nitrogen groups, e.g. amine functionality.

Abstract: A fuel injection diesel internal-combustion engine, having a fuel injection nozzle and having a spring chamber for the pressure spring acting upon the nozzle needle. The spring chamber is constructed as a closed chamber without a leak oil connection and forms a space which is under a fuel pressure. The spring chamber fills with fuel, by way of a slide guide for the pressure linkage of the nozzle needle constructed as a throttling point. As the fuel pressure in the spring chamber rises above an operating pressure corresponding to the control position of the injection pump for the defined driving condition, the delivery time of the pump is prolonged for compensating the lowering of the injection quantity connected with the pressure rise in the spring chamber.

Abstract: In the case of a process for deactivating pyrotechnic actuators in vehicles, the actuators are triggered jointly if a code signal provided for this purpose and stored in the vehicle is fed from the outside. The two code signals are checked with respect to their conformity.

Abstract: The depositing possibilities of a depositing space of a center console between seats of a motor vehicle are improved by configuring the overall depositing space so that it has a first depositing space and a second depositing space formed by a depositing tray situated within the first depositing space. The depositing tray can be pushed out of the first depositing space in the sliding direction of the lid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus regulates the pressure in the intake duct of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine has a control unit, in which a desired pressure value is determined. The current pressure in the intake duct is adjusted to the desired value by a valve device, and the valve device is acted upon by an actuating signal from the control unit. In order to build up the pressure in the intake duct with a suitable dynamic response for each load state, particularly when using a number of valve devices, the actuating signal is used as a control signal, as a function of a relative desired pressure valve, from a control characteristic map stored in the control unit. A controller signal produced in a controller is superimposed on the control signal if required.

Abstract: A passenger carrying motor car with a stowage space includes a movable endless belt disposed at a floor of the stowage space. The belt is carried by a rigid supporting member which has a semicircular arc shaped belt guide surface at one end and a belt and driving shaft at the other end. The maximum diameter of the belt during shaft is no greater than the thickness of the supporting member. A second endless belt can be carried by a backrest of a folding seat bordering the stowage space.

Abstract: In order to supply a sufficient quantity of lubricating oil to the entire valve operating mechanism, we designed a lubrication device for an overhead valve engine. A first breather passage goes from the valve operating mechanism chamber to the crankcase, passing through the cylinder head and cylinder. The first breather passage opens in the vicinity of the spring retainer for the intake valve on the surface of the cylinder head which faces the valve operating mechanism chamber for the valve operating mechanism. The opening of the first passage and the vicinity of the exhaust valve are connected by a second breather passage. This second passage comprises a groove formed by cutting in the valve operating mechanism chamber surface of the cylinder head, and a tunnel formed between an oil guide wall which goes up from the valve operating mechanism chamber surface of the cylinder head and the peripheral wall of the head. One end of this groove connects to the opening of the first breather passage.

Abstract: In a process and a system for controlling the longitudinal dynamics of a motor vehicle, a drive train actuating signal is determined from actual vehicle condition data, controller-internal desired longitudinal velocity values, and desired longitudinal acceleration values determined by means of fed input data concerning the desired longitudinal acceleration and the actual driving condition. According to the invention, as a function of the controller-internal desired longitudinal velocity values and desired longitudinal acceleration values as well as of actual driving condition data, by means of an inverse characteristic vehicle longitudinal dynamics diagram, a desired drive train actuating signal is determined and the drive train actuating signal is determined therefrom.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming an epitaxial layer on a semiconductor wafer supported on a suscepter in an epitaxial growth furnace. Ther wafer to be processed is placed on the suscepter outside the furnace. The suscepter carrying the wafer is transferred into the furnace from the outside thereof and mounted in a loading position within the furnace. An epitaxial growth process is then performed on the wafer on the suscepter mounted in the loading position. After the completion of the growth process, the suscepter carrying the wafer thereon is removed from the furnace loading position and transferred to the outside of the furnace.

Abstract: A ventilation assembly for installing in the dashboard of a motor vehicle has having a housing which has an air-inlet opening for fitting on an air-feed duct and also two air-outlet openings which are arranged one above the other in the installation position and lie in two planes at an angle to each other. Two air ducts are formed in the housing, each connecting one of the two air-outlet openings to the air-inlet opening. The quantities of air flowing into the two air ducts is metered. The end side of the lower air duct which leads to the lower air-outlet opening encloses the air-inlet opening, and the upper air duct, which leads to the upper air-outlet opening, encloses a wall opening in the lower air duct. The air-quantity is metered by a pivotable air-discharge flap which is assigned to the wall opening and is arranged in the lower duct in such a manner that its pivot axis lies on that side of the wall opening which is remote from the air-inlet opening.

Abstract: A device for embossing the edge of round blanks, in particular coins, has a forming wheel which is provided with roll-forming segments. The forming wheel has associated abutment elements which may likewise be mounted on forming wheels. A positioning device guides the round blanks, in coordination with the equally directed synchronous rotation of the forming wheels between the forming wheels and, after edge embossing has taken place out of the wheel interspaces.