Abstract: A trailer air supply and control module for a electronic brake system of a motor vehicle with a trailer interface, and a brake system of a motor vehicle with a trailer interface comprising the trailer air supply and control module, includes at least two electrical terminals configured to receive two independent but redundant electrical control input signals which comprise a signal for a preset brake control outlet pressure. At least one valve is configured to adjust a constant air pressure from an air pressure source to the preset brake outlet pressure. One pneumatic outlet terminal is configured to provide the preset brake supply outlet pressure to the pneumatic brake system of the trailer, and one pneumatic outlet terminal is configured to provide the preset brake control outlet pressure to the pneumatic brake system of the trailer. The air pressure source is arranged within the trailer air supply and control module.

Abstract: A system for providing power to an unpowered vehicle by a powered vehicle has a line arrangement with multiple lines representing inputs, each of which includes at least one power line for supplying power. A merging unit combines the power lines of the line arrangement to a total voltage on a common voltage line. The line arrangement and the merging unit are to be arranged on the powered vehicle to provide power to the unpowered vehicle.

Abstract: A method estimates an articulation angle between a towing vehicle and a trailer with respect to a pivot. The method determines a distance between an instantaneous center of velocity of the towing vehicle and a center of at least one axle of the towing vehicle representative for a rotation of the towing vehicle about the instantaneous center of velocity of the towing vehicle and/or a distance between an instantaneous center of velocity of the trailer and a center of at least one axle of the trailer representative for a rotation of the trailer about the instantaneous center of velocity of the trailer. The method determines at least one instantaneous speed representative for a wheel speed of at least one wheel of the towing vehicle and/or the trailer, wherein the at least one instantaneous speed refers to the at least one determined distance, and estimates the articulation angle based on the at least one determined instantaneous speed and the at least one determined distance.

Abstract: A pneumatic actuating element, an exhaust air system, a housing, and a pneumatic actuator, are provided, which are designed to provide a possibility to collect exhaust air that is discharged when the pneumatic actuating element is ventilated, which exhaust air typically includes contaminations, and to release the exhaust air in an area that is not visible during operation, in order to prevent irritation due to a contaminated housing on the one hand and, on the other hand, to protect components that might come into contact with the contaminated exhaust air.

Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle, particularly a commercial vehicle, includes at least one electronic control unit, at least one parking brake device, and at least one wheel-blocking detection device. The wheel-blocking detection device is configured to: detect at least one blocking condition of one or more wheels of the motor vehicle, generate at least one blocking condition signal in response to the detected blocking condition, and transmit the blocking condition signal to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the parking brake device such that, in a moving condition of the motor vehicle, at least one gradual actuation of the parking brake device is reduced or stopped if the blocking condition signal is generated.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a redundant communication within a vehicle architecture is disclosed. The vehicle architecture includes a plurality of commanded units, each being configured to be controlled by redundant communication lines. The apparatus includes at least a first control unit and a second control unit, which are connected by an interlink communication line and which are each configured to: communicate with the commanded units through one of the redundant communications lines; and communicate with each other through the communication lines by controlling at least one of the plurality of commanded units to act as a gateway unit and to forward information between the redundant communication lines.

Abstract: A security system is provided for an autonomous vehicle driving on a road. The autonomous vehicle has a sensor unit for collecting sensor information, and a planning unit for generating planning data for the autonomous vehicle. The security system is characterized by a reception module, configured to receive the sensor information and the planning data; a detection module, configured to detect, based on the sensor information, a driving situation of the autonomous vehicle in which one or more objects on the road cause the autonomous vehicle to slow down; an assessment module, configured to assess the driving situation based on the detection of the driving situation, the sensor information, and the planning data, as a potential plunder incident; and a reaction module, configured to execute, in case of the potential plunder incident, an emergency reaction of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A one-piece brake carrier for a vehicle disc brake is provided. The brake carrier has a frame-like disc wrap-around element which has two mutually parallel bridge struts, and two frame sections arranged parallel to a brake disc rotation axis and connecting the bridge struts. The brake carrier further has a securing flange by which the brake carrier is fixable to an axle flange. One or both of the frame sections, starting from a side of the brake carrier away from the securing flange widens toward an outer edge of the securing flange.

Abstract: A steering gear for an electromechanical steering system for a vehicle includes an input shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column of the steering system, a segment shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column lever of the steering system, an angular gear, a servo gear, and an electric motor for driving the servo gear. The angular gear is designed as a bevel gear. The input shaft and the electric motor are connected to the servo gear. The servo gear is connected to the angular gear. The angular gear is connected to the segment shaft. The angular gear is formed to transmit torque from the servo gear to the segment shaft via two transmission paths.

Abstract: A disc brake for a utility vehicle includes brake caliper which straddles a brake disc, two brake pads each arranged in a pad channel of a vehicle-side brake carrier. The brake pads are retained in the disk brake under prestress by a pad retaining spring and a pad retaining clip on the brake caliper which spans a opening of the brake caliper. The disc brake further includes a restoring device configured to bias the brake pads away from one another after having been displaced during brake actuation. The restoring device includes sprung spreader elements that engage the opposite brake pads. The sprung spreader elements preferably include V-shaped spreader elements which are supported in the connection region of their respective spring arms on the pad retaining clip, and retained via their ends on the opposing brake pads.

Abstract: A piston assembly for an unloader valve of an air compressor includes an unloader piston having an end portion with a first bore of a first bore diameter, an intermediate portion with a second bore of a second bore diameter and an opposite end portion with a third bore of a third bore diameter; a coil spring having a central opening, one end portion disposed in the second bore of the unloader piston and an opposite end portion extending into the first bore of the unloader piston; and a balance piston including a head portion having a diameter to be disposed in the first bore of the unloader piston, and a stem portion extending from the head portion into the central opening of the coil spring and having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the head portion. The diameter of the stem portion at an end portion facing away from the head portion substantially corresponds to an inner diameter of the central opening of the coil spring. The balance piston includes a heat protection element.

Abstract: A shift track selection rod and a shifting element are provided which can be connected to one another without additional fastening elements. A system consists of the shift track selection rod and the shifting element. A transmission actuator includes the system. A transmission includes the system or the transmission actuator.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle in particular a commercial vehicle having electric energy storage and an electric driving machine, includes determining an absorbable amount of energy of the electric energy storage, determining a driving route drivable by the vehicle at least partially in an overrun mode, and determining a recuperation power by which the vehicle may by operated along the driving route and/or determining a target speed at which the vehicle is to be driven on the driving route, such that at the end of the driving route the energy content of the energy storage has been increased by the determined absorbable amount of energy. Also provided is a device, a computer program product and a storage medium for the energy management of an electrically driven vehicle as well as such vehicle.

Abstract: A disc brake for a utility vehicle includes a brake caliper, designed as a sliding caliper and engaging over a brake disc, which is secured to a stationary brake carrier. Two brake pads, which are arranged in the brake caliper, can move inversely and have a respective pad carrier plate and a friction lining secured thereon, of which an action-side or application-side brake pad can be pressed against the brake disc by an application device via at least one brake piston. The brake pads are each accommodated in a pad housing of the stationary brake carrier, wherein the pad housing is formed by two opposing brake carrier horns and a longitudinal connector connecting the brake carrier horns. At least one of the brake pads is assigned a pad return device, with which the at least one brake pad can be returned after a brake-dependent shifting and releasing of the brake.

Abstract: An anti-rotation safeguard of an axially moving element is provided with an anti-rotation safeguard, the anti-rotation safeguard being suited for use in a ball screw drive in an automated manual transmission. The ball screw has nut which rotates on balls on a spindle, at least one securing element protruding radially from the spindle, and at least one guide element with a longitudinal a groove which guides the securing element. During translation of the spindle, rotation of the spindle is prevented by the securing element in the guide element groove. The guide element is accommodated in a cutout of the ball screw drive enclosure and can rotate about its longitudinal axis so that force transfer from the securing element to the groove is over a large surface area to reduce wear of the groove and of the securing element.

Abstract: A method and device for determining a possible deceleration variable of a brake system of a vehicle, wherein the brake system has at least one brake, includes providing a possible control variable value that corresponds to an actual control variable value that can be set by the brake system, wherein the at least one brake is designed to generate a deceleration variable in response to a control variable of said actual control variable value; providing a brake system model that is designed to determine a deceleration variable of the at least one brake from an input control variable value; inputting the possible control variable value into the brake system model; and determining a possible deceleration variable of the at least one brake that corresponds to the possible control variable value by way of the brake system model.

Abstract: A steering assistance device includes an input shaft, a torque sensor, and output shaft, a gear unit, a steering housing, and a drive unit. The drive unit and the torque sensor are arranged so as to be in mechanical contact with the steering housing. The drive unit has a pump for conveying the working medium and a motor for driving the pump. The drive unit has a reservoir for containing working medium, wherein at least the pump is arranged within the reservoir. The input shaft, the torque sensor, the gear unit, and the drive unit are arranged in a row along a longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A shaft arrangement for a steering gear has an input shaft, an output shaft and a torsion rod. The torsion rod is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the input shaft in an input-side connection region of the shaft arrangement. The torsion rod is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the output shaft in an output-side connection region of the shaft arrangement. The input-side connection region is spaced apart from the output-side connection region. The shaft arrangement has a rotation prevention member, wherein the rotation prevention member limits a rotation of the input shaft relative to the output shaft to a maximum rotation angle and, when the maximum rotation angle is reached, can transmit a torque from the input shaft to the output shaft.

Abstract: A parking brake device with at least one first connector line to a compressed air source and with at least one second connector line to a compressed air source, includes at least one electronically actuable bistable valve arrangement for the actuation of a spring brake cylinder and at least one further electronically actuable redundancy control valve arrangement for the actuation of a redundant brake system. At least one first control electronics module and at least one second control electronics module are provided which can be operated independently of one another. The bistable valve arrangement can be actuated via the first control electronics module, and, independently thereof, the redundancy control valve arrangement can be actuated via the second control electronics module.

Abstract: A steering knuckle of a utility vehicle, composed of a cast material, has a main body, a steering knuckle bearing, a hub-type, cup-shaped receiving portion, open towards a rim of a vehicle wheel and suitable for receiving an anti-friction bearing and a bearing journal, and a pad-receiving portion for receiving a brake pad. The pad receiving portion has a support and two supporting elements provided one behind the other in the rotational direction of the vehicle wheel. A control arm attachment for linking an axle guide is formed on the main body.