Abstract: A container is provided for a liquid operating medium of a motor vehicle. The container includes: i) an outer container which forms a container volume; ii) at least one heating device which is designed to thaw frozen operating medium, and iii) a partition which divides the container volume into a proximal region and a distal region. The proximal region is arranged closer to the at least one heating device than the distal region. The partition is designed to let through more operating medium between the proximal region and the distal region in the installation position of the container than in an oblique position of the container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A method is provided for operating a fluid conveying device of a motor vehicle having at least one aerodynamic bearing. The method reduces the rotational speed of the aerodynamic bearing to a rest speed, wherein the rest speed is below a lifting speed, in which case the bearing builds up an air film for bearing free of mixed friction, and wherein the rest speed is above a lowering speed, in which case the bearing has reduced the air film such that mixed friction occurs. The fluid conveying device is operated at the rest speed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Johannes Schmid, Simon Grilc, Fabian Brandl
Abstract: A ground connection for an aluminum component has grounding bolt which is fastened to the component, with an adapter over the surface, and which is composed of a material having greater strength than the aluminum component and differs from the aluminum component in electrochemical series and has a thread element which clamps the cable shoe of the ground conductor on a corresponding contact area of the grounding bolt. Permanently high functional reliability is obtained by the grounding bolt and the adapter being composed of materials matched to one another so as to prevent corrosion and connected to one another in a cohesive manner, and the adapter is zinc-plated on the component side and is fastened to the component over a large surface area by a welded/soldered connection which is established using aluminum as an additional material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A method for providing aid after a vehicle accident involving a vehicle includes establishing a wireless connection between the vehicle and a rescue center. First sensor data, which is ascertained via a first sensor in the vehicle, is transmitted to the rescue center, while second sensor data, detected by the first sensor and/or by a second sensor of the vehicle, is transmitted to and stored at a data storage unit independent of the rescue center. Contact information assigned to the data storage unit is transmitted from the vehicle to the rescue center via the wireless connection. The second sensor data and/or data derived therefrom stored in the data storage unit is retrieved by the rescue center using the contact information, where the retrieved data is usable to select aid appropriate to a type of the vehicle accident.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 5, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Markus Kaindl, Michael Gruffke, Ingrid Pilkington
Abstract: A corrosion-resistant, hot and cold formable and weldable steel for use in hydrogen-induced technology with high resistance to hydrogen embrittlement has the following composition: 0.01 to 0.4 percent by mass of carbon, ?3.0 percent by mass of silicon, 0.3 to 30 percent by mass of manganese, 10.5 to 30 percent by mass of chromium, 4 to 12.5 percent by mass of nickel, ?1.0 percent by mass of molybdenum, ?0.2 percent by mass of nitrogen, 0.5 to 8.0 percent by mass of aluminum, ?4.0 percent by mass of copper, ?0.1 percent by mass of boron, ?1.0 percent by mass of tungsten, ?5.0 percent by mass of cobalt, ?0.5 percent by mass of tantalum, ?2.0 percent by mass of at least one of the elements: niobium, titanium, vanadium, hafnium and zirconium, ?0.3 percent by mass of at least one of the elements: yttrium, scandium, lanthanum, cerium and neodymium, the remainder being iron and smelting-related steel companion elements.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 1, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Joerg Naumann, Wolfgang Leistner, Werner Theisen, Sebastian Weber, Thorsten Michler, Mauro Martin
Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a gear change in the case of a non-synchronized dog-shift transmission having at least one shift fork controllable by way of a selector drum, wherein, by way of a position sensor on the selector drum, the rotational position of the selector drum is sensed and is transmitted to an electronic control unit for controlling a drive motor. By use of the sensed rotational position, the control unit detects whether the/a shift fork is in an intermediate position, in which none of the two possible gears associated with the shift fork is engaged. If the shift fork is in the intermediate position, the rotational speed of the drive motor is controlled to a middle value between the target rotational speeds of the two possible gears if in addition the clutch between the drive motor and the dog-shift transmission is open.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A single-track and engine-operated motor vehicle is provided. The motor vehicle includes a frame support structure that receives at least one engine in a fastening manner. The frame support structure includes frame elements and at least one supporting cladding part made of fiber reinforced plastic. The overall stiffness of the frame support structure is determined by the at least one supporting cladding part.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2019
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft