Abstract: A frame device for a fan module for a main cooler and for a charge air cooler of a motor vehicle, comprising a main frame for the main cooler and a charge air cooler, separate from the latter, for the charge air cooler, wherein a seal is provided between the main frame and the charge air frame. Furthermore, the invention relates to a fan module with such a frame device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a frame device for a radiator fan module for a motor vehicle, including a frame opening in which a motor seat for receiving a motor is arranged. The motor seat is connected to a frame edge of the frame opening by means of connecting struts. Each connecting strut comprises an inner end connected to the motor seat and an outer end connected to the frame edge of the frame opening. The setting angle of the profile of the respective connecting struts is adapted to the outflow direction of the air flowing out through the frame opening, over the length of the connecting strut from the inner end to the outer end of the connecting strut, such that the flow resistance of the respective connecting struts is as low as possible.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for activating motors of a massage device provided in a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, wherein the activation of the motors is performed by a control unit on the basis of an acoustic entertainment signal, wherein a first motor and a second motor are activated as a pair, and wherein the activation of the motors of the pair is performed alternately. The invention further relates to a control unit, which is designed to control at least one pair of motors according to a method according to the invention, and to a seat arrangement for carrying out such a method.

Abstract: A rail assembly may include a translatable rail, a fixed rail, a gearbox assembly, and a nut. The fixed rail may include a spindle bracket that may define an aperture and the spindle may extend through the aperture. The gearbox assembly may be disposed on the spindle and configured to carry the translatable rail along the longitudinal direction and the fixed rail. The nut may be fixed to the gearbox assembly and include a first portion and a second portion that may be integrally formed with one another. A section of the first portion may be configured to be disposed in the aperture of the spindle bracket.

Abstract: The fan assembly provided with a fan ring, including a first leg and a second leg, may be arranged with a shroud that may include a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, a first ring, a second ring, and a third ring. An air passage may be formed between a distal end of the first leg and the third ring, the second ring and the first leg, the second leg and the second sidewall, and a distal end of the first leg and the first ring. The air passage may be configured to improve acoustic performance and air flow efficiency.

Abstract: The external gear pump may include a housing, a first gear, a second gear, and an end plate. The housing may define an inlet and a discharge port. The first gear may include a first tooth and a second tooth. The second gear may be disposed within the housing and include a third tooth that engages the first tooth and the second tooth to form a pressure pocket. The end plate may be disposed within the housing. The first gear and the second gear may each be rotatably coupled to the end plate. The end plate may define a discharge channel and a bridge portion. The discharge channel may extend between the discharge port and the bridge portion. The bridge portion may define a relief portion and the relief portion may be configured such that fluid is communicated from the pressure pocket to the discharge port.

Abstract: A frameless vehicle door includes a window pane, a regulator motor, and a controller. The window pane is configured to being movable between at least a first and a second open position and a closed position. The window pane is configured to extend upward from a top of the door and into a vehicle frame when the window pane is in the closed position. The regulator motor is disposed within the door and is configured to transition the window pane between the open positions and the closed position. The controller is programmed to, in response to a voltage of a battery, that is configured to power the regulator motor, decreasing to less than a threshold and the window pane being in the closed position, transition the window pane to the second open position that is between the first open position and the closed position.

Abstract: An adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, in particular for an electromotively operated tailgate, having an adjustable part. A drive unit has a first drive train and a second drive train. Each drive train has a variable-length actuation part attached to the adjustable part. The actuation part is driven by an electric motor of the respective drive train. The first drive train has at least one sensor for detection of a position of a rotating part, and the second drive train has no more than one sensor for detection of a position of a rotating part. We also describe a drive unit of an adjustment drive of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: An electronic control device for use in a motor vehicle including an electronic housing, a capacitor sensor, and a control unit. The capacitor sensor may be provided with a capacitor sensor electrode arranged inside the electronic housing. The control unit may be configured to output a trigger signal in response to receiving a measured capacitance value deviating from a threshold value, from the capacitor sensor electrode, indicative of a conductive liquid in the electronic housing.

Abstract: A fan wheel has a hub cup and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from an outer wall of the hub cup, which is in particular at least substantially cylindrical. Each blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least one blade, the progression of a relative position of the blade's leading edge and/or the progression of a relative position of the blade's trailing edge has an aperiodically wave-like shape. There is also described a radiator fan module with a fan wheel of the type described above, and a motor vehicle with such a radiator fan module.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for adjusting a flap, in particular a tailgate, of a motor vehicle, which in the mounted state is mounted on a body of the motor vehicle so as to be pivotable about a flap pivot axis and which can be adjusted between an open position and a closed position over a pivot angle. It is proposed that the drive arrangement comprises a torsion spring arrangement having a torsion spring, the torsion spring being adapted to generate a torsional torque about a torsion axis, that the torsion axis is arranged with an offset to the flap pivot axis, and that the drive arrangement comprises a first gear unit which converts the torsional torque into a supporting force or torque acting on the flap in the direction of the closed position or in the direction of the open position thereof.

Abstract: A window lifter assembly includes a window pane which includes a connecting portion to which an adapter is molded, the adapter thereby being an integral part of the window pane, the adapter forming a driver element for moving the window pane along an adjustment direction and forming a supporting structure which extends in the adjustment direction and in a transverse direction and running generally perpendicular to the adjustment direction and parallel to a pane plane defined by the window pane, wherein an extension of the supporting structure along the transverse direction is at least twice as large as an extension of the driver element along the transverse direction.

Abstract: A window regulator may include a first guide rail assembly, that may be coupled to the door panel and including a first guide rail, a first pulley and a second pulley. The first slider may be configured to receive the window pane and translate along the first guide rail to move the window pane between an open position and a closed position. The first cable may be coupled to a drive and engaged with the first pulley and may be fixed to the first slider such that actuation of the drive moves the first slider and the window pane into the opening. The spring may be disposed between an end of the first cable and a portion of the first slider. The spring may be configured to bias the slider and an edge of the window pane towards the A-side beam or the B-side beam.

Abstract: It is provided a cooling fan module having: a fan shroud; a fan propeller cutout, which is formed in the fan shroud; a motor mount which is mechanically connected to the fan shroud by means of struts which are located at the rear viewed in the flow direction; a motor, which is mounted at least partially in the motor mount; a fan propeller which is arranged in the fan propeller cutout and which is driven rotationally about a rotational axis R by the motor. The fan propeller has a plurality of blade elements. All the elements of a group which has at least one of the struts and at least one of the blade elements are forward-sickled or rearward-sickled.

Abstract: Center console provided with a fixed rail, extending in a longitudinal direction, a translatable member, a gearbox assembly and first and second cables. The translatable member may be coupled to the fixed rail and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The gearbox assembly may include a cable drum configured to rotate in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction. The first and second cables may each be coupled to the translatable member and a cable drum. As the cable drum rotates in the first rotational direction, the first cable may translate the translatable member towards the first position. As the cable drum rotates in the second rotational direction, the second cable may translate the translatable member towards the second position.

Abstract: An adjusting device for a vehicle seat is provided, the adjusting device may include, comprising: a first element; a second element having guide slots; and guide bolts, each of which being fixedly connected with the first element, slidably engaging one of the guide slots such that the second element is adjustable relative to the first element, and securing the second element to the first element; wherein the guide slots are engaged by the guide bolts and at least one other component.

Abstract: A shelf arrangement for a vehicle, which shelf arrangement forms a shelf surface and can be adjusted relative to a vehicle subassembly. The shelf arrangement has a plurality of slat elements, which are accommodated on the vehicle subassembly in a retracted position and can be pivoted toward each other for this purpose, wherein the slat elements are movable along a direction of movement relative to the vehicle subassembly in order to transfer the slat elements from the retracted position to an extended position, in which the slat elements are supported on one another in such a way that the slat elements form the shelf surface. In this way, a shelf arrangement for a vehicle is provided, which shelf arrangement can be used in an overall space-saving manner, in particular in the area of a dashboard of a vehicle.

Abstract: A guide rail assembly for a longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising a lower rail, which can be connected to a vehicle floor and which has a first profiled guide, and an upper rail, which can be connected to a vehicle seat and which has a second profiled guide that is guided on the first profiled guide along an adjustment direction. The lower rail or the upper rail has a third profiled guide which extends along the adjustment direction for guiding an assembly in addition to the vehicle seat. In this manner, a guide rail assembly is provided which allows a flexible adjustability of an assembly in addition to a vehicle seat.

Abstract: It is provided a break-out element for a module support, which is designed as a wet/dry area separation, of a door or flap of a motor vehicle, wherein the break-out element is integrally connected to the adjacent material of the module support via at least one region of weakness of lesser material thickness, and wherein the region of weakness acts as a predetermined breaking point and forms at least part of the edge of an access opening. The break-out element is in the shape of a cup, wherein the region of weakness is arranged between the free edge of an edge-side cup ring and the base of the cup.

Abstract: An electric water pump provided with a housing that includes a cover. The cover may extend from the sidewall and may be fixed to the volute. The cover may include a main portion, a first protrusion, extending from a first side of the main portion towards the impeller, and a second protrusion extending from a second side of the main portion, opposite the first side, towards the base member. The first and second protrusions may define a first aperture. The second protrusion may define a second aperture that may form a first communication passage. The first communication passage may be configured to receive a portion of the first flow of fluid from a first space, disposed between the impeller and the cover, and expel the same to towards the base member.