Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for a seat element of a vehicle seat, the strength structure of said seat element being connected to a guide device which substantially oriented in a first spatial direction and on which a support and a slide are arranged in a longitudinally adjustable manner relative to each other by means of a first drive device. A support lever which changes the contour of the seat element and which is hinged to the support and a toggle lever which is hinged to the slide and to the support lever via a connection joint are pivotable about axes which are oriented in a second spatial direction running perpendicularly to the first spatial direction and pivot on a plane defined by the first spatial direction and a third spatial direction running perpendicularly to the first and second spatial direction when the first drive device is actuated.

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: An electric refrigerant drive, in particular a refrigerant compressor for an air conditioner of a motor vehicle, has an electric motor drive module and a compressor module coupled to the drive module. The drive module has a motor housing which houses an electric motor with a rotatable motor shaft and is joined to an end shield. The drive module also comprises a fluid-tight housing partition opposite the end shield, thereby forming an electronic housing that receives an electronic motor unit and is closed by a housing cover. The compressor module has a compressor housing which is attached to the end shield of the motor housing of the drive module and which receives a compressor part that is coupled or can be coupled to the drive module so as to be driven.

Abstract: It is provided an assembly for adjusting an adjustment element relative to a stationary section of a vehicle, in particular a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body, which comprises a drive motor for electromotively adjusting the adjustment element, an electrically actuatable coupling device, a sensor device for measuring an acceleration value of the adjustment element during an adjustment of the adjustment element, and a control device for controlling the drive motor and the coupling device. The control device is configured to calculate a force value or torque value acting on the coupling device with reference to an acceleration value obtained via the sensor device during an adjustment of the adjustment element in a slip state of the coupling device.

Abstract: A sliding center console may include a mounting member, a carrier, and a gearbox assembly. The carrier may be configured to receive a container and translate between a first position and a second position. The carrier may include a plurality of teeth. The gearbox assembly may be fixed to the mounting member and include a pinion configured to rotate in a first rotational direction or second rotational direction to translate the carrier from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat comprises construction elements that are movable relative to one another and at least one force transmission element which transmits activation forces and/or stress forces that result from the use of the vehicle seat from one construction element to the other. The force transmission element by way of at least one joint is connected to both construction elements, and conjointly with the at least one joint is an integral component part of at least one of the two construction elements.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat subframe, a cushion carrier for a seat part of the vehicle seat, wherein the cushion carrier is adjustably mounted on the seat subframe in order to lower at least one section of the cushion carrier, and a backrest which can be pivoted, relative to the seat subframe, in a comfort region for adjustment of a usage position of the backrest and in a transition region outside of the comfort region toward the cushion carrier into a loading position, wherein there is a locking mechanism which, during adjustment of the backrest in the comfort region, locks the cushion carrier against adjustment and permits adjustment of the cushion carrier by the adjustment of the backrest when the backrest is pivoted beyond the comfort region toward the loading position.

Abstract: A collapsible steering wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising a steering wheel rim having a number of segments that can be moved in relation to each other between a first position and a second position. A first angle is formed between respectively adjacent segments in the first position and a second angle different from the first angle is formed between respectively adjacent segments in the second position. The disclosure also relates to a steering device of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive assembly of a closure element assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive motor and, connected to the drive motor, a feed gearing for generating linear drive movements along a geometrical drive axis, wherein the drive motor and the feed gearing are arranged in a drive train of the drive assembly and the drive train extends between two mechanical drive connections for putting out drive movements and wherein the drive assembly comprises a brake for braking at least a portion of the drive train. It is proposed that the brake is designed such that the braking action of the brake is reduced with an increasing load in the drive train.

Abstract: It is provided a head restraint arrangement for a vehicle seat, with a head restraint which is adjustable along two spatial axes and with an actuating device, by means of which at least one locking device which, in a locked state, blocks the head restraint against adjustment in at least one spatial direction along one of the spatial axes, is manually actuatable in order to remove a block and to permit an adjustment of the head restraint. The actuating device comprises an actuating element which is provided on the head restraint and, for actuation of the locking device, is mounted displaceably along at least one of the spatial axes.

Abstract: An assembly group of a vehicle seat, comprises a lower guide rail attachable to a vehicle floor and an upper guide rail coupled to the lower guide rail and movable with respect to the lower guide rail along a longitudinal axis, the upper guide rail comprising a top wall and a pair of side walls connected by the top wall. A link arm is pivotably connectable to the upper guide rail for coupling a frame assembly to the upper guide rail. A first fastener for pivotably coupling the link arm to the upper guide rail is disposed between the pair of side walls and being at least partially positioned below a top surface of the top wall.

Abstract: A door drive assembly including: a drive arm including a first end configured to be rotatably coupled to the body and a second end configured to be rotatably coupled to the door. The door drive assembly also includes a drive mechanism coupled to the drive arm and configured to rotate the drive arm between an open position and a closed position. The door drive assembly also includes a control arm including a first end configured to be rotatably coupled to a vehicle body and a second end configured to be rotatably coupled to the door. The door drive assembly also includes a race configured to be disposed between the body and the first end of the control arm where the first end of control arm is configured to translate by a first distance along the race as the drive arm rotates between the open and closed positions.

Abstract: It is provided a carrier for a vehicle window lifter comprising a pane holder that comprises two opposed clamping parts between which a gap is provided for receiving a portion of a window pane and which are to be connected to each other via at least one fastening element when the window pane is inserted into the gap. The pane holder forms a bearing portion for one of the clamping parts, on which a swivel axis for the one clamping part is defined, and a swivel element protruding into the gap is provided, by means of which the one clamping part is pivotable in the direction of the other clamping part about the swivel axis by inserting the window pane into the gap.

Abstract: A rail slide may include a base member having guiding faces for the guide rail of the cable-type window lifter and a curved retention member which is connected via a base to the base member in a resilient manner and which has a locking hook which is arranged at the upper end. The curved retention member has two lateral webs which are connected to the base and a transverse connection element which carries the locking hook.

Abstract: A lumbar mat for a backrest structure for use in a vehicle seat, the lumbar mat adapted to be arranged between a lumbar support structure and a backrest cushion of the backrest structure, including a front surface adapted to face towards a backrest cushion of a backrest structure, when the lumbar mat is arranged in the backrest structure, a plurality of first spring elements arranged at the front surface of the lumbar mat, each of the first spring elements adapted to apply a first elastic force towards the backrest cushion via a first contact area of the first spring element, respectively, and a plurality of second spring elements, each of the second spring elements associated with a respective one of the plurality of first spring elements and adapted to apply a second elastic force towards the backrest cushion via a second contact area of the second spring element, respectively.

Abstract: A vehicle-door assembly including at least a window pane that is adjustable by a vehicle window lifter, wherein the window pane, in a closed state, is flush with upper and/or lateral body parts that bound a window opening to be closed by the window pane of a vehicle door, a door-frame support which defines a door case beneath the window opening, the window pane configured to be lowered into said door case in order to be opened, the door-frame support having at least two lateral frame parts that are located opposite one another above the door case at the window opening, a first frame-side guide element for laterally guiding the window pane at one of the lateral frame parts, and a second frame-side guide element for laterally guiding the window pane at the other of the lateral frame parts, and first and second pane-side guide elements.

Abstract: A method for operating a door module of a motor vehicle, having a door which is driven by means of a motorized door adjuster, and having a windowpane which is driven by means of a motorized window lift. A first request for adjusting the windowpane is detected, and the window pane is adjusted depending on the first request. A second request for adjusting the door is detected, and the door is adjusted depending on the second request. The adjustment of the windowpane is ended at least temporarily while the door is adjusted. A door module of a motor vehicle is also provided.

Abstract: It is provided a window lifter assembly, comprising an adjustable window pane for a vehicle window lifter, in which the window pane in a closed state is flush with upper and/or lateral body parts which border a window opening, to be closed by the window pane, in a window frame. The window lifter assembly furthermore has at least one pane guide element which is fixed on the window pane in the region of a lateral pane edge and at least one frame-side guide element at which the pane guide element is held displaceably on the window opening. The at least one pane guide element is of multi-part design with at least one first guide part and a second guide part.

Abstract: A cooling fan module is provided. The cooling fan module may include a frame, a fan assembly, a number of guide vanes, and a cylindrical deflector. The frame may include a sidewall that defines an opening and an outer periphery. The fan assembly may be disposed within the opening and include fan blades extending from a hub and terminating at a fan ring. The fan ring may have a curved profile. The number of guide vanes may be disposed radially around the opening. The cylindrical deflector may extend axially from the sidewall and radially surround the number of guide vanes. The cylindrical deflector may be disposed radially between the number of guide vanes and the outer periphery.

Abstract: A switching element for the contactless activation of an electric-motor adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, in particular an electric-motor-operated liftgate, having a profile strip, which extends in a longitudinal direction. The profile strip has a channel, which extends in the longitudinal direction and which transitions into a slit, which extends in the longitudinal direction. An electrode is arranged within the channel. The invention further relates to an electric-motor-operated liftgate having a switching element and to a method for creating a switching element.