Abstract: An electric-motor-operated parking brake system carries out metered actuation without a force and travel sensor. A control unit initiates a primary tensioning process with observation of the current, and wherein secondary or tertiary tensioning processes with increased brake application force are executed exclusively automatically by the control unit if monitoring of the stationary state during an energization interval detects an undesired vehicle movement.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit including a motor housing for receiving components of an electric motor; having a pump housing for receiving components of a pump, which is driven in order to pump a pressure medium from the electric motor, the pump housing having at least one through-bore for fixing the motor housing to the pump housing by a screw; and having a control device which is arranged on the pump housing face opposite the motor housing. A retaining region for the screw is provided in the through-bore of the pump housing for the purpose of an efficient attachment, the retaining region having an inner thread which is cut or tapped into the retaining region by the thread of the screw during the screw-in process.

Abstract: A method for automatically establishing extrinsic parameters of a camera of a vehicle includes repeatedly establishing the extrinsic parameters of the camera during a measurement run, wherein sensor data are generated by a sensor each time the extrinsic parameters of the camera are established. The established parameters and the associated sensor data respectively are stored in a database. A convolutional neural network is trained based on the extrinsic parameters stored in the database and based on the sensor data. The extrinsic parameters of the camera are subsequently determined online by utilizing the trained convolutional neural network.

Abstract: A vehicle system including a V2X unit for operating a vehicle-to-X communication, having a communications module for wireless data transfer, and a control device for controlling a user application, having a communications module for wireless data transfer which can be coupled with the communications module of the V2X unit, wherein the V2X unit and the control unit can be activated into a data transfer mode in order to couple the communications modules of the V2X unit and of the control device with each other for a data exchange.

Abstract: A method for determining a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded, wherein a work cycle of a vehicle-to-X communication unit involves vehicle-to-X messages being received, wherein the work cycle involves a number of received vehicle-to-X messages being determined, wherein the work cycle involves an existent computation power being available and wherein the work cycle involves the number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded being determined on the basis of the number of received vehicle-to-X messages. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding system and to a use for the system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting and assessing reflections on a road (7). A camera (2) is provided and is used to produce at least two digital images of at least one point (3) of the road, wherein the images are produced from different recording perspectives (A, B) of the camera (2). Diffuse reflection and specular reflection of the road (7) are then detected by assessing differences in the appearances of the at least one point (3) of the road in the at least two digital images using digital image processing algorithms. Road reflections are particularly preferably assessed using an approximative approach. An item of road condition information is determined on the basis of the detected reflection, in particular an item of road condition information which states whether the road (7) is dry, wet, snow-covered or icy. The invention also relates to an apparatus (1) for carrying out the above-mentioned method and to a vehicle having such an apparatus (1).

Abstract: A method for coupling a motor vehicle having a trailer coupling to a coupling element of a trailer with at least partially automatic actuation of the motor vehicle based on data acquired by a surroundings sensor system, for example a surroundings sensor system of the motor vehicle is disclosed. A controlled change in level is carried out at an at least one axle by an air suspension system of the motor vehicle based on the acquired data. A control unit for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: It is the intention for a linear unit (7) for imparting an axially acting force, having a rotational-translational gear (8), in particular a ball screw, which has a threaded spindle (1) and a threaded nut (2), and having a force transmission element (3), which is in particular in the form of a thrust rod or thrust tube, to be improved such that fewer components are required and the assembly of the linear unit is kept as simple as possible. For this purpose, the threaded nut (2) and the force transmission element (3) are connected to one another by means of a positively locking, in particular play-free connection, in particular by means of clinching.

Abstract: A tandem master brake cylinder for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, which is impinged upon by a pneumatic brake booster, including at least one piston which is displaceable in a housing and has a plurality of follow-up connections the follow-up connections allowing a hydraulic connection between the pressure chamber and a pressureless follow-up chamber at the start of a braking operation. At least some of the follow-up connections are formed as transverse bores through a wall of at least one piston and are arranged at a same distance relative to the piston edge in a main plane, wherein the overtravel thereof by the sealing collar defines a closure path of the piston. In order to allow a smooth, quiet and yet sufficiently reliable braking initiation, the follow-up connections are arranged in a distributed manner on at least three planes, the planes being arranged at a distance to one another and in parallel to the piston edge.

Abstract: A modular television system may include a display subsystem and a television module subsystem. The display subsystem has a housing that contains a display panel for displaying images and display subsystem port. The television module subsystem has a housing that contains a main board and a television module port in communication with the main board. In another embodiment, the modular television system may include a main module. The main module may include a main module processor, a display controller, an audio output device, and at least one computing module port. Each of the display controller, audio output device and computing module ports are in communication with the main module processor. The main module processor functions to present audio and video received by the main module processor. In addition, the main module processor is configured to communicate with a removable computing module.

Abstract: An electronic arrangement in a motor vehicle, in which at least one sensor is connected to a first electronic control unit by a current interface for transmitting signals and/or for supplying power. A connection of the current interface to at least one supply potential is provided via a second electronic control unit.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an arrangement for protecting electronics from interference radiation includes a housing and a circuit carrier for accommodating the electronics in an interior of the housing. The housing defines an opening for compensating the different pressures inside and outside the housing. The arrangement of the exemplary embodiment is also distinguished by a contact-making element of an electronic component of the electronics arranged between the opening and the circuit carrier in such a manner that the electronics are at least partially screened from interference radiation entering the housing through the opening.

Abstract: A tool for the primary shaping of a housing for a sensor which is designed to capture, via a sensing element, a physical area that is dependent on a variable to be measured, and to emit an electrical output signal on the basis of the captured physical area, including: —a mold cavity for receiving a material that molds the housing, and the sensing element, and —a box having a wall that bounds the mold cavity, wherein at least a part of the wall that bounds the mold cavity is mounted in a displaceable manner.

Abstract: A method for controlling and/or regulating a motor vehicle brake system. The system at least one electric regenerative brake and wheel brakes. A pressure medium is supplied from a first pressure source actuated by the driver. At least one brake circuit has a pressure accumulator, a second pressure source connected to the pressure accumulator, and at least two actuatable valves. When an activation condition is met, the first pressure source is separated from the wheel brakes by closing a first valve in at least one active brake circuit, and pressure medium is conducted from the pressure accumulator into at least one wheel brake. A second valve of an active brake circuit(s), is between the pressure accumulator and the first pressure source, and the first valve of the same brake circuit are opened during the operation of the second pressure source if a ventilation condition is met.

Abstract: A filter method for adapting a computing load to a computing capacity of a car-to-x communication system, in which method car-to-x messages are received and/or sent using the car-to-x communication system and the received car-to-x messages require processing by the car-to-x communication system. The filter method decides which of the received car-to-x messages to process and which of the received car-to-x messages to discard.

Abstract: A method for producing an electronic assembly in which an electronic component supported on a wiring support is encapsulated with an encapsulation material, the method including: —arranging the electronic component on the wiring support in such a manner that a stress applied onto the electronic component by the encapsulation material falls below a predetermined value; and —encapsulating the electronic component with the encapsulation material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor circuit for a pneumatic control device of a motor vehicle, including: a compressor, and a pressure regulator, the pressure regulator being arranged between an input side of the compressor and the pneumatic control device, wherein the pressure regulator is designed to measure an upstream pressure of air from the pneumatic control device present on its side facing the pneumatic control device and to supply this air at an input pressure to the input side of the compressor, the pressure regulator being designed to control the input pressure on the basis of said measurement.

Abstract: A method for relaying a data packet containing at least positional data, the data packet being carried in a transmission signal and received via a vehicular ad hoc network. The method includes the following steps: filtering the received data packet based on a predetermined filter condition; and relaying the filtered data packet to an additional receiver based on an identification of whether the filtered data packet should be relayed to the additional receiver.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the operation of a compressor, the compressor is switched off by a controller in order to prevent thermal damage if an estimated temperature value calculated by the controller exceeds an upper threshold value. The controller calculates a cooling function as a state variable utilizing the estimated temperature value, the cooling function representing the chronological course of the cooling of the compressor. The controller determines the cooling function based on at least one first and one second estimated temperature value which are associated with points of the compressor that are at spatial distances to each other. The calculation of the cooling function is based on a temperature difference between the first and second estimated temperature values.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic pressure control device for vehicle brake systems, including at least one electronic control unit, at least one hydraulic unit and at least one electric motor for driving a hydraulic pump, wherein the electronic control unit is mechanically connected to the hydraulic unit and is sealed off from the outer environment in at least one connection zone to the hydraulic unit by a circumferential, in particular elastic sealing material, and the sealing material extends along an edge of the substantially cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit, wherein the edge is formed by a face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit facing the electronic control unit and at least one face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit not facing the electronic control unit, and the sealing material at least partially covers both cuboid faces in the connection zone and/or sealing zone.