Abstract: A communication light device for vehicles having a number of light sources, having an elongated optical unit for generating a light signature, having a control unit for controlling the number of light sources such that a locally and/or temporally variable light emission and/or illuminated area is generated in the longitudinal extent of the elongated optical unit, wherein the communication light device is designed as a body styling part that is arranged on an exterior of the vehicle body and extends in the horizontal direction all the way along a front end and/or all the way along a rear end of the vehicle and/or all the way or partially along a longitudinal side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle, the thermal management system comprising: a battery circuit having a first coolant pump for a coolant, a battery, and a chiller; a drive circuit having a second coolant pump for the coolant, an electric motor, power electronics for controlling the electric motor, and a heat sink for dissipating heat to open surroundings; and a refrigerant circuit for a refrigerant for controlling the temperature of an interior of the electric vehicle having a compressor, in each case for heat exchange with the interior, an interior condenser, and an interior evaporator, a condenser, at least one throttle, and the chiller for heat exchange with the battery circuit. The thermal management system is designed such that the chiller, in relation to the battery circuit, can be operated both in a cooling mode for cooling the battery and in a heating mode for heating the battery.

Abstract: A valve for a liquid system of a vehicle having a valve housing with a multiplicity of valve housing openings, a valve body that is arranged in the valve housing so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis and has at least one flow-conducting connecting passage for the flow-conducting connection of at least two valve housing openings of the multiplicity of valve housing openings. A valve seal is arranged between the valve housing and the valve body. A valve actuator rotates the valve body about the rotational axis, and a multiplicity of flow passages corresponding to the valve housing openings for the flow-conducting connection of the valve to a remainder of the liquid system, are provided. The flow passages are jointly formed from a single first passage shell and a single second passage shell. The first passage shell is simultaneously formed as the valve housing.

Abstract: A method for operating a light-based driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, wherein via at least one headlight of the motor vehicle, a light distribution is projected onto the roadway in front of the motor vehicle. The light distribution produces a lane marking, the width of which is essentially equal to the vehicle width of the motor vehicle and the course of which corresponds to a predicted lane course when the motor vehicle is driving. The method steps are carried out continuously when driving through a curve: predicting the lane course when driving through the curve, determining the point of intersection of the inner lane boundary with the light field limitation of a light field projectable onto the roadway when driving through the curve, setting a distal boundary of the lane marking, and projecting a light distribution onto the roadway in front of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method for controlling a headlamp of a first motor vehicle traveling on a roadway, the method including: operation of the headlamp with a high beam light distribution, wherein at least a part of the high beam light distribution covers the roadway; sensing of an environment in front of the first motor vehicle with a camera; detection of a curve in the roadway located in front of the first motor vehicle; determination of whether a second vehicle traveling on the curve can be sensed by the camera; and reduction of a width of the high beam light distribution when it has been determined that the second motor vehicle cannot be sensed.

Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles with a first lighting unit having a light source and a light beam surface for emitting light and with a second lighting unit containing a light source and a flat light guide having opposite flat sides and narrow sides connecting the same for backlighting the first lighting unit. The flat light guide of the second lighting unit has a backlighting section and a linear light section. The backlighting section is arranged behind the first lighting unit and a front flat side of the flat light guide in the backlighting section serves as a light decoupling surface for the light decoupling of a first part of the light coupled into the flat light guide. The linear light section is at least partially arranged next to the first lighting unit. A narrow side of the flat light guide serves as a light decoupling line.

Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, wherein the lighting device has a circuit board with a multiplicity of light-emitting diodes arranged thereon, a transparent optical layer, and a reflector element, wherein the reflector element is arranged between the circuit board and the optical layer, wherein the reflector element has multiple segments into which the reflector element is subdivided, wherein a segment is associated with each light-emitting diode so that light emitted by the light-emitting diodes can be reflected by the reflector element and can pass through the optical layer. Two light-emitting diodes are arranged in a segment. In addition, a lighting system and a motor vehicle are provided.

Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle, having a housing, at least one light module for producing a light function, a supporting frame that is arranged in the housing so as to be pivotable. The at least one light module is mounted in the supporting frame such that it is pivoted upon a pivoting of the supporting frame. An adjuster is designed to pivot the supporting frame about a vertical axis. The adjuster being connected to the supporting frame in a first engagement region and in a second engagement region that is arranged horizontally on the opposite side of the supporting frame. The adjuster moving the supporting frame in a first horizontal direction in the first engagement region and to simultaneously move it in a second horizontal direction, which is opposite to the first direction, in the second engagement region.

Abstract: A Fresnel projection lens for a headlight of a motor vehicle having a light entry surface, wherein the light entry surface has a smooth or substantially smooth surface, and with a light exit surface. The light exit surface has a plurality of adjacent, in particular annular, flanks, wherein one flank each comprises a bottom, an effective facet, and an interfering facet arranged at a first pitch angle to the effective facet. The effective facet and the interfering facet form a cut edge opposite the bottom. A pass-through area is provided on at least one of the flanks, wherein the pass-through area is angled to the effective facet.

Abstract: A UWB band pass filter that is formed by a circuit board. The circuit board includes a first dielectric layer made of a dielectric substrate, a filter structure made of electrically conductive material, on a first side of the first dielectric layer, a first ground layer made of electrically conductive material, on a second side of the first dielectric layer. The filter structure has an input terminal and an output terminal between which a line extends that includes multiple first line sections and second line sections, and wherein the filter structure has multiple stubs that are situated between the first line sections and that branch off from the second line sections. The first line sections and the stubs are situated in parallel. The longitudinal line of the middle first line sections is inserted, from which two open stubs that are rotationally symmetrical about the middle first line sections branch off.

Abstract: A cooling system and method for a motor vehicle for circulating a coolant, having, on the one hand, a battery sub-circuit, which includes a first coolant pump and a battery, and having, on the other hand, a heating sub-circuit for heating a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, which includes a second coolant pump, a heating air radiator, and a coolant heater for heating coolant flowing within the heating sub-circuit. The cooling system additionally includes a chiller sub-circuit having a chiller. The battery sub-circuit and/or the heating sub-circuit, and/or the chiller sub-circuit are optionally connectable to each other in a coolant-conducting manner with the aid of a multi-way valve of the cooling system.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus for vehicles having a light source, a support plate for receiving the light source, and an optical unit arranged in front of the light source in the main emission direction to deflect light emitted by the light source onto a roadway in front of the vehicle in accordance with a predetermined light distribution. The light source has a light-emitting surface and a light source frame surrounding the same. The light source is surrounded by a shielding frame with a wall that is raised in the main emission direction and encloses an intermediate space between the light source and the optical unit.

Abstract: A multiway valve for an electric vehicle, having a housing with at least six housing openings and a valve body. A seal with seal openings, corresponding to the housing openings, is arranged between the housing and the valve body. The valve body has a first plane, which comprises at least two first connection channels, and a second plane, which is parallel to the first plane and which comprises at least two second connection channels. The connection channels can be fluidically connected to at least two of the housing openings of the housing by rotating the valve body into a respective previously determined rotational position. At least one pair of housing openings and the corresponding seal openings extend over the first and second planes such that the aforementioned pair is fluidically paired with the first plane including the first connection channels and with the second plane including the second connection channels.

Abstract: A sensor assembly is provided comprising two rotational angle sensors of different type. The sensor assembly has a rotor and a stator. The first rotational angle sensor has an antenna comprised by the stator and a modulator comprised by the rotor. The second rotational angle sensor having a magnet comprised by the rotor and a magnetoresistive element or a hall sensor comprised by the stator.

Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle, having a plurality of light sources, which are arranged in an array, in particular in line-by-line and column-by-column fashion, and can be operated independently of each other at least in part, wherein the light sources emit light during operation; an exit face through which the light emanating from the light sources passes; and a plurality of extensive boundary elements, which extend at least partly in a region between the light sources and the exit face and serve to separate the light emanating from different light sources, wherein at least some, preferably all, of the extensive boundary elements have a reflector which at least partly reflects the light emanating from one of the light sources in the direction of the exit face.

Abstract: A method for operating a high-resolution headlamp of a vehicle, the headlamp being configured to project an image into the outer region of the vehicle. At least two regions are selected in the image to be projected which have the same brightness gradients. The brightness gradients of the at least two regions are analyzed in the projection to be carried out. If, during the analysis, a difference in the brightness gradients between individual ones of the selected regions is detected in the projection to be carried out, the headlamp is controlled in such a way that the brightness gradients of the selected regions in the projection to be carried out are matched to each other.

Abstract: A headlight for a motor vehicle having at least one light source which emits light during operation of the headlight. A primary optical system has at least one light entry surface for the light emitted by the at least one light source and at least one light exit surface. A secondary optical system, which, during operation of the headlight, projects the light emitted from the at least one light exit surface of the primary optical system into the space outside the motor vehicle where it produces a light distribution which has a horizontal cut-off line and light portions located above the cut-off line in order to implement an OS function (overhead sign function). The headlight being designed such that a portion of the light emitted by the primary optical system is reflected back to the primary optical system by the secondary optical system.

Abstract: A method for real-time estimation of temperatures of electric components in a power electronics system, the method including the steps of: obtaining a current reference temperature; obtaining current power loss values of the electric components; determining self-heating coefficients of the electric components for the obtained current power loss values; determining external heating coefficients of the electric components; and estimating the temperatures of the electric components in real-time based on the obtained current reference temperature, the determined self-heating coefficients and the determined external heating coefficients.

Abstract: A headlight for a vehicle with a light source and a lens arrangement associated with it, containing a light entry surface on a side facing the light source and a light emission surface on a side facing away from the light source, wherein light emitted by the light source is mapped by means of the lens arrangement to a predetermined light distribution. A scattering optic part is assigned to the lens arrangement for scattering the light emitted by the lens arrangement. The surface structuring of the scattering optic part has a plurality of cone-shaped optical elements arranged in a row, which are arranged alternately curved in the row direction, wherein a second cone-shaped optical element adjacent to a first cone-shaped optical element is formed by twisting the first cone-shaped optical element on two perpendicular axes.

Abstract: A process is provided for controlling a headlamp of a motor vehicle. The headlamp includes a first light source module and a second light source module. The light source modules each feature several light sources that emit light. The light emitted by the light sources of the light source module represents a first light distribution, and the light emitted by the light sources of the second light source module represents a second light distribution. The first light distribution and the second light distribution partially overlap. The first light distribution and the second light distribution together form an overall light distribution. A subarea of the overall light distribution is formed only by the first light distribution, and the subarea is a vertical edge area of the overall light distribution.