Abstract: A method for initiating a charging process of an electrically drivable vehicle parked at a charging space by an automated charging system. The method includes determining a charging intention of a user in an automated manner based on performing behavioral pattern recognition of a behavioral pattern of the user including at least one movement of the user, authenticating the charging process, and after the authenticating, initiating the charging process by the automated charging system.

Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle. In particular a machine housing in which a lubricant consumer, a lubricant tank and a lubricant pump are arranged. The lubricant pump is fluidically connected on the suction side via a suction channel to the lubricant consumer and on the pressure side via a pressure channel to the lubricant tank and the lubricant tank is fluidically connected to the lubricant consumer via a flow channel. The suction channel, the pressure channel and the flow channel are each formed open with an opening in a base body of the machine housing and the openings are covered fluidically separate from one another by an end cover attached to the base body.

Abstract: A subframe for a vehicle, with a unit mounting, in which a unit support is pivotably connected to a unit bearing on the subframe about a bearing axis. The unit bearing is axially fastened on both sides to a respective bracket wing of a bearing bracket of the subframe. The unit bearing is arranged in an inner corner region of the subframe, at which a first subframe member and a second subframe member converge. One of the bracket wings is formed directly by a wall of the first subframe member.

Abstract: A method for adding or removing a rotor having at least one permanent magnet of a permanently excited synchronous machine in a motor vehicle, which also includes a stator having one or more stator windings, wherein the permanently excited synchronous machine and a pulse inverter connected to the one or more stator windings form a motor arrangement, wherein upon adding or removing the rotor the stator windings are energized for generating a stator field acting against the permanent magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet of the rotor by the pulse inverter in a maintenance mode, such that the forces occurring between the stator and the rotor are reduced and/or at least partly canceled.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to establishing bidirectional communication between a brain wave processing device and a vehicle to control at least one vehicle component of the vehicle. For this purpose, a brain-computer communication channel is provided between the brain wave processing device and the respective vehicle component. Subsequently, a control signal is determined as a function of a brain wave of the operator of the brain wave processing device and transmitted via the brain-computer communication channel to adapt at least one operating parameter of the respective vehicle component. This causes a change in the operating state of the respective vehicle component. Depending on this, an output signal is generated and is assigned to the change in the operating state of the vehicle component. This output signal is transmitted back to the brain wave processing device via the brain-computer communication channel and is output to the operator by means of an output unit of the brain wave processing device.

Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst-coated membrane includes: preparing and/or providing a first ink having a first ink composition, comprising substrated catalyst particles, proton-conducting ionomer and dispersing agent, in which the fraction of the substrated catalyst particles remains behind the fraction of the proton-conducting ionomer; preparing and/or providing at least one second ink having a second ink composition, comprising the substrated catalyst particles, the proton-conducting ionomer and the dispersing agent, in which the fraction of the proton-conducting ionomer remains behind the fraction of the substrated catalyst particles; unwinding a weblike proton-conducting membrane material provided on a roll; applying at least one layer of the first ink with a first application tool onto at least one section of the membrane material; and applying at least one layer of the second ink with a second application tool onto an outermost layer of the first ink, deposited onto the membrane material.

Abstract: A front-end module for a vehicle includes a bumper cover having at least one recess for fastening the front-end module to a vehicle structure along a longitudinal direction (X-direction) of the vehicle, at least one fastening structure which is configured to fasten the front-end module to the vehicle structure in the longitudinal direction, and at least one cover which is attachable to the bumper cover from the outside in order to close the at least one recess after the fastening of the front-end module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for preconditioning of heatable charging points of a charging station as needed.

Abstract: An energy storage device for a motor vehicle includes a battery module and at least one thermally insulating filling element, which is preferably designed as a thermally insulating cell separator element arranged between two battery cells of the battery module. The filling element is designed to be soluble here, so that it dissolves at least in part when it comes into contact with a specific minimum amount of a specific liquid.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for evaluating an electric connection of an electric energy storage device to an onboard electrical system of a vehicle. A voltage converter which is connected to the energy storage device is used to supply at least one component of the onboard electrical system with an output voltage of the voltage converter. The method comprises changing the specified voltage of the voltage converter in a specified time interval, whereby the battery voltage and the battery current of the energy storage device can be influenced, detecting the battery voltage of the energy storage device within the time interval, detecting the battery current of the energy storage device within the time interval, comparing the time curve of the battery voltage and the time curve of the battery current, and evaluating the electric connection on the basis of the compared time curves.

Abstract: An encoder wheel for an internal combustion engine, having six indicator elements, which are arranged spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction with respect to a rotational axis of the encoder wheel on a main body of the encoder wheel. Flanks arranged in the same direction of the indicator elements are arranged equidistantly to one another in the circumferential direction. The indicator elements each have one of three different indicator element extensions in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A motor vehicle with two wheel suspensions, each with a control arm and a subframe. The control arms are each formed in a tension strut arrangement and have a tension strut, at least one wishbone and at least one steering bearing with a bearing axis. The subframe has longitudinal members in the vehicle longitudinal direction and at least one cross member in the vehicle transverse direction. The longitudinal members are rigidly connected to the at least one cross member in a connecting region. The wishbones are each mounted between the wheel suspension and a longitudinal member. The cross member has a central base region, which is perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal direction and, at each end of the base region, a cantilever region formed obliquely forward with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A method for joining two electronic circuits with the aid a connection system includes the steps of a) mechanically processing a busbar of a first electronic circuit producing a bending point in the busbar, b) arranging the at least one mechanically processed busbar of the first electronic circuit to overlap with a busbar of a second electronic circuit, c) applying a uniformly distributed joining force to the busbars arranged to be overlapping one another, both in the region of the first electronic circuit and in the region of the second electronic circuit, d) pressing down on the busbars in the region of the bending point, e) deforming at least the busbar of the first electronic circuit in the region of the bending point, and f) producing a firm connection between the busbars of the at least two circuits.