Abstract: A side panel arrangement for a vehicle having a cladding arrangement including a first cladding element covering at least one pillar section made from a flexible and/or bendable material, and an airbag module with an inflatable airbag. The airbag module is arranged so as to be concealed behind the first cladding element. A first end side of the first cladding element is configured to border a door opening and to be fastened to the vehicle pillar. The first end side is releasable from the vehicle pillar 4 to create an outlet for the inflating airbag when the airbag module activated, or wherein the outlet for the inflating airbag is created in a base material of the first cladding element.

Abstract: A motor vehicle, encompassing a body, a drive motor, in particular an internal combustion engine and/or an electric motor, a crash detection device, a computing unit, at least one front seat with a seat part and a back part, at least one rear seat with a seat part and a back part, at least one rearward displacement device for the at least partial rearward displacement of the at least one front seat during a pre-crash phase acquired by the crash detection device, wherein the seat part of the at least one rear seat has built into it a first means for lifting up the legs of an individual on the at least one rear seat during the pre-crash phase, and the back part of the at least one front seat has built into it a second means for the rearward movement of the legs of the individual on the at least one rear seat during the pre-crash phase.

Abstract: An air vent assembly for use with a vehicle having a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and a controller includes an air vent and an HVAC control head. The control head partially or fully surrounds the air vent and includes HVAC setting selection mechanisms. Activation of a respective one of the selection mechanisms causes a desired setting of the HVAC system to be communicated to the controller to request a particular control setting of the HVAC system. The control head may include a bezel adjacent to the selection mechanisms and display screens which flank the vent. The control head may be a touch screen device having a touch control surface, and may be operable for displaying the HVAC setting selection mechanisms via the touch control surface. A vehicle includes a body defining a vehicle interior, the air circulation device, the controller, and the air vent assembly.

Abstract: Friction-weld assemblies and methods of spin-welding are provided, where the components being joined are polymeric components. Designs provided for the polymeric components enable the use of relatively low speeds and pressures to achieve superior friction weld joints between the components. Further, large surface area polymeric components can be successfully friction welded with such designs. In certain variations, at least one polymeric component has a weld surface with a plurality of surface features that are concave (e.g., grooves) or convex. In other variations, the first component in the weld region has a distinct non-complementary shape from the second component, thus creating a progressive advancing weld line that avoids high temperatures that might incur damage to the polymeric component and weld joint. Such component designs additionally provide for improved flash management at the weld joint.

Abstract: A vehicle door includes a window area and a hollow door body underneath the window area. A web divides the window area into a front and rear window, and extends into the door body. At least one of the windows has a movable pane, one edge of which engages into a groove of the web. A web holder is anchored on a wall of the door body, and plug connected with a lower end of the web in the longitudinal direction of the web.

Abstract: A method and diagnostic facility for checking a plurality of magnetic valves in a high-pressure tank system of a motor vehicle is described. A magnetic valve is activated for opening the magnetic valve. A pressure in a high-pressure tank system is measured while activating the magnetic valve. A valve is determined to be defective if during measuring the pressure a drop in pressure is found.

Abstract: A two stage turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, the two stage turbocharger comprising a high pressure turbine fluidly connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine through a high pressure turbine inlet duct and a low pressure turbine fluidly connected to the high pressure turbine through a low pressure turbine inlet duct, wherein the low pressure turbine is a variable geometry turbine, wherein the two stage turbocharger comprise a bypass duct system to bypass the variable geometry low pressure turbine, wherein the bypass duct system comprises a bypass valve.

Abstract: An interior trim for a motor vehicle involves a plastic interior trim, which is made to face the vehicle interior. The interior trim exhibits a trim part, for example which can have a plate-shaped design, and a gripping part, which may have an essentially cup-, trough-, pot- or shell-shaped design. The gripping part is designed as a single piece with the trim part, yielding a gripping trough in the interior trim.

Abstract: A vehicle body is disclosed having a roof materially joined to the vehicle body via adhesive bonding. A locking structure is provided that holds the roof on the vehicle body, securing it against detaching in the vertical direction of the vehicle and allowing a movement by the roof relative to the vehicle body, in particular a temperature-induced expansion movement, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or transverse direction of the vehicle. The locking structure includes a latching element and a counter-latching element such as a stop element that is engages with the latching element.

Abstract: Motor vehicle headlamps are disclosed with at least one illuminant for a low-beam light, a high-beam light and an ambient light, which are designed for emitting light upwards relative to a road plane, wherein the ambient light is emittable combined with low-beam light and/or high-beam light.

Abstract: A method for dynamically monitoring temperature of a fluid at a heat generating device includes monitoring, using a temperature sensor, temperature of the fluid held in a fluidic sump. A first fluidic flow rate and a second fluidic flow rate are determined. A third fluidic flow rate and a temperature drop of the fluid across the heat exchanger in the active coolant circuit are determined based upon the temperature of the fluid and the third fluidic flow rate through the active coolant circuit. A fluid temperature supplied to the electric machine through the active coolant circuit is determined based upon the third fluidic flow rate and the temperature drop of the fluid across the heat exchanger. An effective temperature of the fluid is determined based upon the temperature of the fluid in the sump and the temperature of the fluid supplied to the electric machine through the active coolant circuit.

Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine is described, which includes executing a warm up strategy of an engine aftertreatment system, wherein the warm up strategy includes injecting fuel into the engine according to a multi-injection pattern having at least one after injection.

Abstract: A fuel unit pump for an internal combustion engine, said fuel unit pump comprising a fuel unit pump body, a pumping plunger and a follower assembly for following the movement of a cam lobe of a camshaft of the internal combustion engine. The follower assembly may have a follower body connected to the pumping plunger and a roller rotatably mounted on a roller carrier and having a roller rotation axis, wherein said roller carrier is rotatably mounted on said follower body and having a roller carrier rotation axis.

Abstract: A method for deep-drawing a work piece includes recording an image arrangement with at least one image of a deep-drawn work piece arranged on a lower part of a deep-drawing tool while opening or after opening the deep-drawing tool. A characteristic arrangement with at least one characteristic in the image arrangement is detected and compared with a predefined reference arrangement.

Abstract: A cover device for covering an opening in a bumper for a motor vehicle is provided, which can be used as a passage for a detachable trailer hitch component, features a frame that forms an opening and a cover part to cover the opening of the frame.

Abstract: A motor vehicle with a wheel, a wheel case enveloping the wheel, and an air duct leading to the wheel case, wherein the air duct incorporates an adjustable element, which in a first position steers the air entering into the wheel case through the air duct into a gap between an inner flank of the wheel and an inner wall of the wheel case, and in a second position diverts the air by an outer flank of the wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp system with at least one headlamp, wherein the headlamp is designed to emit a variable light distribution, at least one driver monitoring device for detecting the viewing direction of a driver, an environmental monitoring device for monitoring the environment of the motor vehicle and detecting at least one object in the environment of the motor vehicle, a memory connected with the environmental monitoring device for storing information about the objects, and a controller that is connected with the memory and driver monitoring device, which is set up to compare the location of the object with the viewing direction of the driver, wherein the controller is set up to alter the light distribution of the at least one headlamp so as to illuminate the object when the viewing direction of the driver is turned toward the object. Also described are a motor vehicle, a method for operating a motor vehicle headlamp system, as well as a computer program product.

Abstract: Methods for pre-lithiating negative electrodes for lithium-ion electrochemical cells (e.g., batteries) are provided. The methods include disposing a lithium metal source comprising a layer of lithium metal adjacent to a surface of a pre-fabricated negative electrode. The lithium metal source and electrode are heated (e.g., to a temperature of ?about 100° C.) to transfer a quantity of lithium to the pre-fabricated negative electrode. This lithiation process adds excess active lithium capacity that enables replacement of irreversibly lost lithium during cell formation and cell aging, thus leading to increased battery capacity and improved battery life. The methods may be batch or continuous.

Abstract: A device is provided for influencing the passenger compartment noise in a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a noise signal generator for generating an offsetting noise signal, which includes, but is not limited to a control input for receiving a control signal that is representative of the engine load of the motor vehicle, and a loudspeaker for receiving the offsetting noise signal and emitting an offsetting noise into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The noise signal generator furthermore includes, but is not limited to an input for a temperature signal of a temperature sensor and is equipped to generate the offsetting noise signal as a function of a signaled temperature.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for thermal management of a battery cell or a battery assembly including a plurality of battery cells. One or more fins are in thermal contact with one or more battery cells. A fluid is caused to flow from a high pressure side of a plenum fluidly coupled to each fin, through a cavity in each fin, and back to a low pressure side of the plenum. The fins are fluidly coupled to the plenum using flexible connections that can accommodate movement of the fins with respect to the plenum.