Abstract: In an example method for operating a brake control system for a vehicle having a first axle and a second axle that follows the first axle in the direction of travel of the vehicle, the brake control system is provided with a thrust signal representative of a coasting mode; depending on the thrust signal, the recuperation brakes are activated; the brake control system is provided with a brake signal representative of a vehicle brake actuation; depending on the brake signal, the brake is triggered; the brake control system is provided with a lock signal representative of an active anti-lock braking control of the brake; and depending on the lock signal, while maintaining the activation of the recuperation brake associated with the second axle, the recuperation brake associated with the first axle is deactivated. Further provided are a corresponding brake control system, computer program and computer-readable storage medium.

Abstract: A sensor system including at least a first and a second sensor unit. The sensor system is designed to at least partially capture the environment of at least a first and second vehicle unit pivotably coupled to one another. The first sensor unit is positionable on the first vehicle unit and the second sensor unit is positionable on the second vehicle unit. The first and second sensor unit capture different environmental areas. The sensor system has an electronic control unit connected to the first and second sensor unit and designed such that it jointly evaluates output data from the first and second sensor unit. The first and the second sensor unit each provide their sensor data with a synchronized item of time information. The electronic control unit is designed such that it takes into account relative positioning of the first and second sensor unit when generating an environmental model.

Abstract: In an example method for operating a brake control system for a vehicle having a first axle and a second axle that follows the first axle in the direction of travel of the vehicle, the brake control system is provided with a thrust signal representative of a coasting mode; depending on the thrust signal, the recuperation brakes are activated; the brake control system is provided with a brake signal representative of a vehicle brake actuation; depending on the brake signal, the brake is triggered; the brake control system is provided with a lock signal representative of an active anti-lock braking control of the brake; and depending on the lock signal, while maintaining the activation of the recuperation brake associated with the second axle, the recuperation brake associated with the first axle is deactivated. Further provided are a corresponding brake control system, computer program and computer-readable storage medium.

Abstract: An actuator, including an electric drive for converting electrical signals into mechanical forces and/or deflections. The drive having at least one coil through which the current of the electrical signal can flow and having at least two magnets which can electromagnetically interact with the coil. The actuator being designed to excite a body which can be connected to the actuator, in particular a flat body, to vibrate, as a result of which the body can emit acoustic sound. The two magnets are arranged such that they form a substantially straight air gap between them, the coil being arranged in the air gap.

Abstract: A passive vibration damper for damping vibrations, particularly for damping vibrations of a printed circuit board, includes a chamber having a surrounding wall which defines a cavity. The volume of the cavity is at least 2% of the volume of the vibration absorber and not more than 95% of the volume of the vibration absorber. The chamber includes particles, wherein the wall and the particles have the same material composition.

Abstract: An actuator, including an electric drive for converting electrical signals into mechanical forces and/or deflections, is disclosed. The drive having at least one coil through which the current of the electrical signal can flow and having at least two magnets which can electromagnetically interact with the coil. The actuator being designed to excite a body which can be connected to the actuator, in particular a flat body, to vibrate, as a result of which the body can emit acoustic sound. The two magnets each being assigned at least one pole plate, the first and the second magnet, each with the at least one associated pole plate, forming at least one first and one second magnetic pole plate packet and the actuator having a frame in which the two magnetic pole plate packets are arranged in a substantially form-fitting manner.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a surround view of the surroundings of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a vehicle body and components which can move relative to the vehicle body, in particular deflectable components. The method includes generating a first mask which represents a silhouette of the vehicle body projected onto a background and generating a second mask which represents a silhouette of the movable components of the motor vehicle projected onto the background in the current state. The method further includes generating a mask of the motor vehicle by combining the first mask with the second mask and generating the surround view of the surroundings of the motor vehicle on the basis of camera images of vehicle cameras of the motor vehicle using the mask of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: An actuator for exciting at least one component of a motor vehicle with vibrations. The actuator includes: a housing which is configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the component, an electrical coil which is connected to the housing and is configured to generate an electromagnetic field when an electric current flows through the coil, and a magnet which is entirely or partially arranged in the housing and the magnet is arranged so as to be movable to a limited extent relative to the housing. The housing has, all around, at least one electrically conductive ring which surrounds the magnet in respect of its undeflected state.

Abstract: An actuator for exciting a component of a motor vehicle with vibrations. The actuator has a housing, an electrical coil and a magnet that is movable to a limited extent in the housing.

Abstract: A sound emission arrangement, having a seat that has a backrest surface and a headrest surface, where the sound emission arrangement has at least one first and one second actuator for vibration excitation, where each of the two actuators is arranged in the seat, so that the first and the second actuator are each arranged with their excitation surface on the inner side of a covering of the headrest surface or the inner side of a covering of the backrest surface at substantially the same height.

Abstract: A device for generating an additional reset force on the gas pedal for motor vehicles, wherein a position change of the gas pedal relative to the initial position thereof, induced by a corresponding actuating force, against a reset force leads to an increase in the motive power of the engine and, when there is a decrease in the actuating force, a reset force moves the gas pedal back in the direction of the initial position thereof, and wherein an actuator is provided, which applies an additional reset force that acts in the reset direction of the gas pedal, and wherein the motor vehicle has a unit for determining the shifting point of a manually shifted transmission. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating the device according to the invention.

Abstract: A brake pad for a partially-lined disk brake and a method for making such a brake pad. The brake pad has a back plate, a friction lining arranged fixedly on a front side of the back plate and a damping plate provided on a rear side. At least one hook-shaped guide end adjoins a body region of the back plate in a circumferential direction. The guide end has an elevation with a material thickness D increased in relation to a material thickness d of the body region. At least one abutment face for tangential abutment in a circumferential direction is provided on the guide end and a support face is provided thereon for radial support in a radial direction. The damping plate has at least one bent-over bracket which rests against the radial support face in a bracket region of the back plate. The damping plate is offset axially to the rear relative to the bracket region in the body region of the back plate.

Abstract: A method is presented for recognizing traffic-related information (I) in a driving motor vehicle, in which sensor data (B) from a sensor and map data (K) from a navigation system are interpreted for recognition purposes, wherein the sensor data (B) is inspected in a first scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant sensor data (Br), the map data (K) is inspected in a second scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant map data (Kr), and the relevant sensor data (Br) and relevant map data (Kr) is fed to a regulator for interpreting the sensor and map data, wherein the regulator evaluates the sensor data (Br) and the map data (Kr) and then issues an output signal which corresponds to the evaluation.

Abstract: A device for generating an additional reset force on the gas pedal for motor vehicles, wherein a position change of the gas pedal relative to the initial position thereof, induced by a corresponding actuating force, against a reset force leads to an increase in the motive power of the engine and, when there is a decrease in the actuating force, a reset force moves the gas pedal back in the direction of the initial position thereof, and wherein an actuator is provided, which applies an additional reset force that acts in the reset direction of the gas pedal, and wherein the motor vehicle has a unit for determining the shifting point of a manually shifted transmission. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating the device according to the invention.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for capturing the coefficient of friction from a roadway surface, wherein the sensor arrangement is arranged on a motor vehicle and includes at least one radiation emitter unit and at least one electronic evaluation circuit, wherein the radiation emitter unit emits electromagnetic radiation toward the roadway surface and the radiation is at least to some extent reflected and/or scattered at the roadway surface and the reflected and/or scattered radiation is at least to some extent captured in the radiation emitter unit and/or in one or more additional sensor units, wherein the electronic evaluation circuit is designed such that it ascertains a piece of coefficient-of-friction information for the roadway surface from the intensity of the reflected and/or scattered radiation or a variable which is dependent thereon.

Abstract: A method is presented for recognizing traffic-related information (I) in a driving motor vehicle, in which sensor data (B) from a sensor and map data (K) from a navigation system are interpreted for recognition purposes, wherein the sensor data (B) is inspected in a first scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant sensor data (Br), the map data (K) is inspected in a second scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant map data (Kr), and the relevant sensor data (Br) and relevant map data (Kr) is fed to a regulator for interpreting the sensor and map data, wherein the regulator evaluates the sensor data (Br) and the map data (Kr) and then issues an output signal which corresponds to the evaluation.