Abstract: A battery storage device, in particular a battery storage device for a vehicle, said storage device being simple and in particular inexpensive to produce and allowing a reliable seal. This is achieved in that the battery storage device comprises the following: a battery storage housing that encloses an interior in which one or more battery modules are received or can be received; and one or more temperature-controlling elements through which a temperature-controlling medium can flow in order to control the temperature of one or more battery modules which are received or can be received in the interior of the battery storage housing, wherein the one or more temperature-controlling elements comprise a temperature-controlling medium inflow connection and a temperature-controlling medium discharge connection which are arranged outside of the interior of the battery storage housing, and the one or more temperature-controlling elements are produced by roll bonding in particular.

Abstract: A plate-like component with a fastening device reaching through a fastening opening, the fastening device having: a rigid sleeve reaching through the fastening opening, through which a fastening element can be guided, The sleeve is surrounded at its outer circumference by at least one damping/decoupling body composed of a wire mesh, wherein in the region in which it passes through the fastening opening, the damping body has an outer dimension less than the inner dimension of the fastening opening so that an undersizing is produced and in the region outside where it passes through the fastening opening, at least part of the at least one damping body has an outer dimension in a circumference direction which is of such a size that with a maximum sliding within the undersizing, sufficient overlapping is still assured.

Abstract: A battery temperature regulation device having a main body; and one or more additional bodies that are arranged on and/or are arrangeable on the main body. The main body and/or the one or more additional bodies that are arranged on and/or are arrangeable on the main body each comprise one or more receiving openings for receiving battery cells, wherein receiving openings of the main body are preferably arranged to be coaxial with respective receiving openings of the one or more additional bodies that are arranged on the main body, wherein each battery temperature regulation module comprises a sealing element arrangement for sealing in the area of the receiving openings and/or for sealing between the main body and one or more additional bodies, and wherein the sealing element arrangement comprises one or more sealing elements which are arranged on, in particular are moulded onto the main body and/or onto each additional body.

Abstract: Method for producing a functional element, in particular for flat seals, wherein a functional layer with at least one screen region is formed in which through openings for the passage of a fluid lie exposed between threads of a woven or braided fabric, wherein the functional layer is provided with at least one sealing region surrounding at least the screen region, in which sealing region sealing material layers are applied thereon to both sides of the woven or braided fabric, said sealing material layers forming a cross-sectionally impermeable layer assembly with the woven or braided fabric at least with an areal application of 5 MPa or more.

Abstract: A valve device for an exhaust-gas bypass path of a turbocharger, including: a plate-like valve element, movable between a closed position and an open position and which has a shaft, which is connected to a valve element carrier for limited movement in the shaft direction; a rotatably held spindle, to which the valve element carrier is fixedly connected; a valve seat for the valve element, which valve seat surrounds an exhaust-gas through-opening; and an annular sheet-metal spring element, which has an opening through which the valve element shaft extends, an outer ring region, an inner ring region, which is axially offset relative to the outer ring region and adjoins the spring element opening, and an annular transition region therebetween; the width of the spring element transition region being variable around the spring element opening such that the valve element can be adapted to the valve seat as easily as possible.

Abstract: An ejector device having a base body that includes a suction chamber for sucking in a suction medium, a mixing channel for mixing a propelling medium with the suction medium, and a drive nozzle device for generating and directing a propelling medium jet along a jet direction from the suction chamber and into the mixing channel. The ejector device also includes a fastening device for fastening the base body of the ejector device to a suction channel. The fastening device also includes at least one of a translational locking device for avoiding a translational movement of the base body relative to the suction channel in a direction running parallel to a center axis of a connecting piece of the suction channel and a rotational locking device for preventing the base body from rotating relative to the suction channel.

Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a decoupling device relative to a hole rim of a hole opening of a shielding part; to achieve the vibration-decoupling connection of a bushing to the shielding part, the decoupling device has at least one bridge element, which, at its radially outer edge, has fasteners for producing a fastening connection of the bridge element to the hole rim of the shielding part, wherein the fasteners comprise at least four tabs which, starting from the bridge element, protrude radially outward and a subset of at least two tabs of the bridge element is provided to rest against a first outside of the shielding part and a remainder of at least two tabs is provided to rest against an opposite second outside of the shielding part and the hole rim can be immobilized with a force fit relative to the decoupling device by means of the tabs of the subset and the tabs of the remainder.

Abstract: In order to improve and in particular to more economically manufacture and/or assemble and/or maintain a sump device comprising a sump body particularly for an oil supply in a commercial motor vehicle having a pipe unit comprising a pipe body wherein the sump body is an injection moulded part of plastics material it is proposed that the pipe unit be arranged on the sump body with play.

Abstract: In order to provide a seal arrangement, in particular for sealing a first fluid space from a second fluid space or a plurality of fluid spaces, which on the one hand is producible in a simple and cost-effective manner and also enables a reliable sealing of a first fluid space from a second fluid space, it is proposed that the seal arrangement comprises the following: A sealing element for arranging between a first object and a second object, wherein the sealing element comprises two or more mutually connectible or mutually connected sealing element components, which each comprise a base body part and an elastic sealing body part arranged on the base body part, wherein the base body parts of the sealing element components form a preferably dimensionally stable base body of the sealing element, wherein the elastic sealing body parts of the sealing element components form an elastic sealing body for providing a sealing function of the sealing element.

Abstract: To provide a flow element which in particular is used as a component of a bipolar plate in electrochemical devices, which is stable and permits efficient flow guiding, it is proposed that the flow element comprises a plate-like main body that is formed as a shaped sheet metal product and has a channel structure, wherein the channel structure comprises a plurality of channels which are formed by recesses in the main body and are separated from one another by raised portions of the main body, wherein there is provided at least one region with normal level difference that defines, with respect to a height direction running perpendicular to two main directions of extent of the main body, a height difference between a recess and an adjoining raised portion, wherein there is provided at least one region with reduced level difference, in which a height difference between a recess and an adjoining raised portion is less than the normal level difference, wherein the at least one region with reduced level difference co

Abstract: An electrochemical device is provided that includes a stack of a plurality of electrochemical units that succeed one another in a stacking direction and each include an electrochemically active membrane electrode assembly, at least one gas diffusion layer and a bipolar plate having at least one flow field, in which at least one flow field is sealed off simply and reliably and the occurrence of parasitic flows is prevented, wherein at least one bipolar plate has at least one edge web, which borders a flow field of the bipolar plate and is in contact with a gas diffusion layer adjacent to the bipolar plate, and wherein the electrochemical device further includes at least one flow field seal element that seals off the flow field bordered by the edge web and is in contact with the edge web and in contact with the gas diffusion layer.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing an electrically conductive bond between an electrical line, which includes a plurality of individual conductors, and an electrically conductive component, including producing from a crimp element blank a crimp element enclosing portions of the individual conductors, the crimp element including a continuous side and a discontinuous side, at which edge regions of the crimp element lie opposite one another, and substance-to-substance bonding of the crimp element with a contact surface of the component, which is simple to carry out and nevertheless always results in a robust substance-to-substance bond between the crimp element and the component, it is proposed that the crimp element be produced in such a way that the continuous side of the crimp element includes two bearing surfaces which are spaced from one another, at which the crimp element is substance-to-substance bondable to the contact surface of the component.

Abstract: In order to provide a separating device which has a simple design and is operable reliably and efficiently, it is proposed that the separating device comprises the following: at least one separating body for separating the impurities; an ejector device for producing a suction effect on an exit side of the at least one separating body; a supply device for supplying a drive medium to the ejector device, wherein, by means of the supply device, selectively a) compressed supply air from a supply air tract of the combustion engine, b) exhaust gas from an exhaust gas tract of the combustion engine and/or c) a mixture of compressed supply air and exhaust gas is suppliable as drive medium to the ejector device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of electrical energy storage devices and in particular enables simplified manufacture and/or optimised operation thereof in that a cooling module, a cell stack, the entire electrical energy storage device and/or a method for cooling cells are optimised.

Abstract: A cell contact-making system for an electrochemical device that includes a plurality of electrochemical cells is provided. The cell contact-making system includes a signal conductor system having one or more signal conductors for electrically conductively connecting a signal source to a signal conductor terminal connector or to a monitoring arrangement of the electrochemical device, wherein the signal conductor system includes at least one flexible printed circuit, wherein the flexible printed circuit includes at least one flexible insulating film and at least one conductor track that is arranged on the insulating film.

Abstract: A wastegate assembly for a turbocharger having a turbine casing has a wastegate flap, a wastegate flap lever, a wastegate spindle and a bearing bush for the wastegate spindle. In addition, the wastegate assembly has a sealing unit formed from a soft-material volume sealing ring and a diaphragm spring that contacts the volume sealing ring.

Abstract: In order to provide a sealing element which ensures a reliable seal and which can be produced easily and economically, it is proposed that a main body of the sealing element is preferably formed from a partially fluorinated or fully fluorinated thermoplastic material and has obtained at least part of its final outer shape or only part of its final outer shape in particular in a high-pressure process and/or in a high-temperature process.

Abstract: In a machine or vehicle component comprising a first housing part, a second housing part covering the first housing part, an opening which is provided in the second housing part, a functional attachment unit incorporating a mounting element consisting of a structurally rigid material which extends through the opening, it is proposed that the problem that the functional attachment unit can only be mounted on the second housing part if the structural rigidity thereof is sufficient to hold the functional attachment unit permanently in a stable position be solved in that the second housing part is formed from a thermoplastic material of low structural rigidity and in that there is provided a carrier which incorporates a carrying element consisting of a structurally rigid material and is fixed relative to the first housing part and upon which the attachment unit is held by means of the mounting element.

Abstract: In order to provide a connecting device for connecting two components which enables two components to be connected, it is proposed that the connecting device include the following: a decoupling element; a sleeve for accommodating and guiding a connecting element, wherein the sleeve includes a base body which includes the following: a hollow cylindrical guidance section in which a connecting element is guidable; an axially limiting section which projects outwardly away from the guidance section in a radial direction; a radially outward limiting section which adjoins the axially limiting section and which together with the guidance section and the axially limiting section forms an annular seating section for accommodating the decoupling element.

Abstract: In order to provide a component, in particular, a vehicle component for a motor vehicle which is producible simply and economically and which in particular is mountable reliably, it is proposed that the component comprises the following: a separating and/or covering element by means of which a first space, in particular an interior of a motor vehicle is separable from a second space, in particular the surroundings of a motor vehicle, and/or by means of which an object, in particular a supporting structure of a motor vehicle is coverable; and/or a mounting device which comprises one or more mounting elements and by means of which the component is arrangeable on and in particular fixable to an object, in particular a supporting structure of a motor vehicle, wherein the separating and/or covering element comprises one or more cover layers which comprise a plastic material or are formed therefrom and which are transparent at least in sections thereof and/or at least at times.