Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a plurality of fixed contact terminals, a main body assembly formed by combining an electromagnetic assembly with an armature assembly, a terminal board having a plurality of pocket shaped recess portions engaged with the plurality of fixed contact terminals, and a convex band located on the terminal board so as to isolate the plurality of fixed contact terminals from each other, the convex band including a groove into which a back-stop metal or one of the plurality of fixed contact terminals is inserted, and a cover for receiving an electromagnetic relay main body formed by combining the main body assembly with the terminal board.

Abstract: A housing with an electrical circuit accommodated therein, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, includes a top housing part and a bottom housing part, at least one printed circuit board that is separated at least in part from the bottom housing part and has at least one electrical component, and at least one plug element that extends through the bottom housing part and has a plug end that extends into and/or through the printed circuit board from the side of the latter that faces the bottom housing part and is electrically contacted in the area of the printed circuit board. The at least one plug element has at least one support element that extends from the plug element in the space between the bottom housing part and the printed circuit board in such a way that a section of it rests against the side of the bottom housing part facing the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method of distance measurement for vehicles by transit time measurement of laser pulses employs a distance sensor including a transmitter (11) having a pulse generator (1A) for the generation of a laser pulse (L), and a receiver (12) having a transit time measurement circuit (3A) for the detection of a reflected laser pulse (RL) reflected by a target. A cover wall (2), which is partially transparent to laser radiation, defines an installation space in which these elements are arranged, with a transit time of a reflected portion (RT) of the laser pulse (L), reflected by the cover wall (2) to the receiver (12), being measured as a reference time signal for the distance measurement.

Abstract: An electronic device with a housing for being attached to a pane of a motor vehicle by a coupling medium of flexible rubber- or gel-like material includes an exhaust duct for connecting an area of potential bubble formation between the vehicle pane and the coupling medium to ambient air. The exhaust duct prevents the permanent trapping of air bubbles during mounting of the device on the vehicle pane.

Abstract: A circuit for operating an alternating current high pressure gas discharge lamp for a motor vehicle is described. The circuit includes a ballast, a superimposed pulse starter, a symmetrical lamp filter and a high pressure gas discharge lamp which is surrounded at least partially by a reflector, the symmetrical lamp filter being arranged between the high pressure gas discharge lamp and the superimposed pulse starter, with a filter capacitor arranged in parallel with the high pressure gas discharge lamp and with one reactance coil arranged in each of the connecting lines between this parallel circuit and the starter circuit, and with two lamp power supply lines at the input of the starter circuit, a capacitor being arranged between the reflector and at least one of the lamp power supply lines.

Abstract: A control unit for user-specific adjustment of device settings in a motor vehicle on the basis of user data according to a specific key, where the control unit recognizes the users in the seat positions in a motor vehicle on the basis of identification means assigned to each user. The control system is characterized by a great variability and convenience. Instead of allowing only driver-specific settings, the control system according to the present invention allows a person-specific selection of seat positions, climate control or multimedia entertainment. This is made possible by means of a seat-specific identification.

Abstract: A position sensor for motor vehicle is described that generates a varying pulse-width-modulated, position-dependent signal as a sensor signal, wherein an overall measuring range of the position sensor is divided into several similar,sequential measuring ranges. The position sensor according to the invention makes it possible to transfer sensor alignment to a receiver(s), so that alignment in or on the position sensor can be inexpensively replaced, without negatively influencing the resolution of the position sensor.

Abstract: A sensor device for detecting the degree of wetting and/or soiling of a pane or windshield arranged in a motor vehicle includes individual radiation guide elements integrally molded onto a wall of a housing to be separated from one another by a blocking element of the wall. This reduces the amount of ambient radiation from the environment. A radiation emitter and a radiation receiver are structured as SMD components which are arranged on a circuit board carrier. The sensor device created in this way has a simple and compact design.

Abstract: A device is provided for fastening a first part to a stationary second part, in particular to a part of a vehicle, having a fastening element which can be connected to the first part and has at least one locking element arranged so it cannot be lost, such that it can be brought into a locked position where the first part is joined to the second part and it can also be brought into an unlocked position where the first part is released from the second part, where the fastening element has a top part facing the second part and a bottom part facing the first part, where the top part and the bottom part are designed to pivot about a pivot axis, and the locking element is mounted on the top part.

Abstract: A beam light unit for vehicles, having a light module with a light source and a reflector, includes a downstream light output element to produce a predetermined light distribution. The light output element is mounted in a housing that leaves only a light outlet face of the light output element exposed, with sidewalls of the housing being in contact with jacket walls of the light output element immediately adjacent the light outlet face. Edge contours of the sidewalls correspond to a form of an edge of the light outlet face.

Abstract: An electric air-pump apparatus for motor vehicles has a mounting plate to which a housing of an electric motor and a pumping device are attached. A sound absorber is, formed by the mounting plate and a sound-absorber cap attached thereto, with the sound-absorber cap surrounding the pumping device. The sound-absorber cap is positioned on a first side of the mounting plate opposite from a second side of the mounting plate at which the electric motor is to be attached.

Abstract: A diagnostic system of an LED lamp system for a motor vehicle has a light control module for controlling an LED lamp via a supply wire and in case of malfunction, the LED lamp sends a diagnostic signal via the supply wire to the light control module. Additionally, the LED lamp, in case of malfunction, modulates a received current with a switchable current sink, whereby the light control module receives coded diagnostic information via the supply wire.

Abstract: A Joint between a first and a second assembly part has adjoining side walls, which may be tightly joined together by means of a sealing bed provided with a removable adhesive sealant, The first side wall has a first sealing surface attached thereto, the first side wall in the joined state running at a distance approximately parallel to a second sealing surface attached to a second side wall, and both of the sealing surfaces form the sealing bed with a level running direction, directed away from the side walls, in whose extension the adhesive sealing material can be withdrawn. A method for producing a joint between a first assembly part and a second assembly part, where a removable adhesive sealant is applied in the liquid state to a sealing bed area of the first assembly part, and both of the assembly parts are joined together.

Abstract: An inductive linear position sensor, particularly for use with motor vehicles has an oscillator circuit for creating a periodic alternating voltage signal, an exciting coil coupled to the oscillator circuit, a plurality of receiving coils with the exciting and receiving coils being structured as leads on a circuit board, evaluation circuitry for evaluating signals induced in the receiving coils and a movable inductive coupling element for influencing the strength of inductive coupling between the exciting coil and the receiving coils. The evaluation circuitry is arranged within the geometry of at least one of the sending (exciting) and receiving coils. Effective surface areas of the receiving coils are structured at beginning and end areas of the sensor such that, when there is no movable element present, a zero voltage results at the output taps of the receiving coils.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to hot-melt adhesives for bonding vitreous plastic materials to thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic materials, and to the use of these adhesives for making vehicle lamps or headlamps comprising lenses, especially bearing a scratch-proofing coating, made of a vitreous plastic material, and lamp bodies made of a thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic material, where the lenses and lamp bodies are bonded together with these hot-melt adhesives. The hot-melt adhesives of this invention are characterized in that they contain: a) from 0.5 to 15% by weight of optionally grafted thermoplastic elastomers; b) from 5 to 40% by weight of optionally grafted poly-&agr;-olefins except polyisobutylene; c) from 5 to 45% by weight of adhesive resins; and d) from 5 to 55% by weight of polyisobutylenes.

Abstract: A position sensor for a motor vehicle is described which, as its sensor signal, generates several pulse-width modulated signals that vary as a function of position. The position sensor transmits individual sensor signals in a defined sequence of consecutive individual pulses over the same output line to a receiver. The individual sensor signals are each encoded in the duty factor of a pulse. Therefore, the position sensor has a signal transmission system that is simple and inexpensive to implement. Particularly advantageous is the characteristic that it is possible to avoid an interconnection of the position sensor to a bus system.

Abstract: Headlamp, in particular for motor vehicles, with a headlamp housing that can be inserted into a housing receiver from the front, whereby—in the event of a defined impact in a longitudinal direction that exceeds a specific force opposite to the driving direction—the headlamp housing is displaced within the housing receiver a predetermined energy-absorption path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles that envisages a light-decoupling element in a decoupling bay of the vehicle. The light-decoupling element is fed by a light source arranged at a distance therefrom. A light guide is envisaged between the light source and the light decoupling element. An additional decoupling bay lighting device is envisaged to achieve a visually appealing appearance of the decoupling bay and to illuminate the decoupling bay of the light-decoupling element.

Abstract: A blink lamp is arranged on a comer of a motor vehicle, at a side next to a headlight, and has a housing with a light-transmissive cover panel covering the housing. A prismatic light element is arranged inside the blink lamp on a side adjacent to the headlight and adjacent to the cover panel. The prismatic light element bends beams of light coming directly from the light source toward the cover panel and toward the headlight.