Abstract: A motor vehicle having a high-voltage battery. The high-voltage battery has a battery housing with a trough defined at least by sidewalls and a cover to cover the trough at an upper region of the sidewalls, and a plurality of battery cells mounted for suspension in the trough such that electrical contacts of the battery cells are oriented downwards and bases of the battery cells are oriented upwards.

Abstract: A cryostorage system that includes a cryocontainer operable to store liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen, the cryocontainer having an inner tank and an outer container, and at least one cryopump, operable to operate at low temperatures, arranged in the inner tank to be fully surrounded, during normal operation, by cryogenic fluid, the cryopump delivering liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen in one or more stages to a consumer at a pressure greater than a pressure in the inner tank.

Abstract: A cryostorage system that includes: a cryocontainer operable to store hydrogen, the cryocontainer having an inner tank and an outer container; at least one cryopump, arranged in the inner tank, to deliver liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen in one or more stages via an extraction line to a consumer at a pressure greater than a pressure in the inner tank; and a filling interface to facilitate filling of the inner tank at least in part via the extraction line and a spring-loaded non-return valve into the inner tank.

Abstract: A multi-cryostorage system that includes at least two cryocontainers for storing hydrogen. The at least two cryocontainers are connected in hydraulic communication via a cryogenic connecting line, and include a primary storage system having a primary inner tank and a primary outer container, and at least one secondary storage system having a secondary inner tank and a secondary outer container. A heat exchanger is operable to heat the hydrogen, and at least one cryopump is arranged in the primary inner tank to supply unpressurised liquid hydrogen and/or unpressurised gaseous hydrogen in one or more stages at low temperature, to the heat exchanger for delivery to a consumer at a pressure higher than the pressure in the primary inner tank.

Abstract: A motor vehicle that includes a carrier structure formed from longitudinal beams, cross-beams, and a battery frame ring that integrally forms at least a radially inner portion of the longitudinal beams and/or the cross-beams. The motor vehicle further includes a battery housing formed at least partially by the battery frame ring, and a high-voltage battery arranged in a battery housing, the high-voltage battery being arranged in a space delimited by the longitudinal beams and the cross-beams.

Abstract: A motor vehicle component, in particular, a sill, and a method for producing such a motor vehicle component. The motor vehicle component includes a first profile having a first connecting surface; a second profile having a second connecting surface that is connected to the first connecting surface; and at least one connector member operable to form, at an end of the first connecting surface and at one end of the second connecting surface, an interlocking connection between the first profile and the second profile.

Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle, and a motor vehicle having such a high-voltage battery. The high-voltage battery includes a battery housing including a housing cover and at least one housing base having one or more conjoined double-crosspiece panels, each crosspiece panel in the double-crosspiece panel formed by two flat panels oriented parallel to one another, and a plurality of crosspieces arranged substantially parallel to one another at substantially regular intervals in order to connect the crosspiece panels; and battery cells arranged in the battery housing between the housing base and the housing cover.

Abstract: A motor vehicle component includes a first profile have a first bonding surface with at least one groove, and a second profile have a second bonding surface with at least one groove. The first bonding surface and the second bonding surface are bonded by an adhesive that completely covers the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface in non-grooved regions and does not cover the at least one groove of the first bonding surface and the at least one groove of the second bonding surface.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a high-voltage battery that includes a frame which delimits the high-voltage battery laterally, a plurality of battery cells mounted in the frame so as to be suspended in a manner such that electrical contacts of the battery cells are directed in a downwards orientation and the cell bases are directed in an upward orientation; and a floor panel that forms a cover of the high-voltage battery to cover the frame at its top side. The battery cells, in an installed position in the motor vehicle, are spatially oriented so as to be “upside down” in a manner such that the electric contacts of the battery cells point downwards, and thus, towards the driving surface/road, and the cell bases are formed at the top of the battery cells.

Abstract: A liquid hydrogen reservoir and a method for operating a liquid hydrogen reservoir. The liquid hydrogen reservoir includes a cryostatic container operable to hold liquid hydrogen; a discharge line operable to discharge gaseous hydrogen in the cryostatic container; a boil-off management system (BMS), a return line, and a boil-off valve (BOV). The BMS that includes a mixing chamber operable to mix the gaseous hydrogen with ambient air, a catalyst arranged downstream of the mixing chamber and operable for a catalytic conversion of the gaseous hydrogen with the ambient air, and an exhaust gas line arranged downstream of the catalyst and operable to discharge the gas stream to the environment. The return line is operable to connect the exhaust gas line to the mixing chamber to facilitate a return flow of at least a partial stream of the exhaust gas line into the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A cryogenic tank apparatus includes an inner container for holding a cryogenic medium, an outer housing surrounding the inner container, an insulation space disposed between the inner container and the outer housing, and at least one heat exchanger. The at least one heat exchanger includes at least one cold flow line through which flows the cryogenic medium held in the inner container, and at least one hot flow line in thermal contact with the at least one cold flow line and through which flows a temperature control medium in such a manner that a transfer of heat takes place between the temperature control medium and the cryogenic medium. The at least one cold flow line is arranged on an inner side of the outer housing and the at least one hot flow line is arranged on an outer side of the outer housing so that a portion of the outer housing acts as a heat transfer surface of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A precision coupling for securing a component to an apparatus. The precision coupling includes a first coupling half for connection to the apparatus and a second coupling half for connection to the component. The first coupling half has a clamping lever configured for pivoting about a pivot axle, the clamping lever having at least one lateral flap with a first inclined tightening face. The second coupling half has at least one locking finger with a second inclined tightening face so that when the clamping lever is pivoted and the first coupling half and the second coupling half are placed against each other in an open position, the at least one lateral flap engages behind the at least one locking finger and the first inclined tightening face slides along the second inclined tightening face and to thereby pull the first coupling half and the second coupling half against each other in order to assume a locking position.

Abstract: A passenger transport vehicle includes a vehicle body having at least one left passenger compartment arranged in a travel direction on a left side of the vehicle, and at least one right passenger compartment arranged in a travel direction on a right side of the vehicle. Each passenger compartment has at least one passenger space and an access door to permit ingress into and egress from the at least one passenger space. A partition wall is arranged between the at least one left passenger compartment and the at least one right passenger compartment to restrict entry of passengers between the left passenger compartment and the right passenger compartment.

Abstract: A method for checking a safety area of a robot with an augmented reality human machine interface (AR-HMI) that comprises a display and a video camera. The method includes: acquiring, at the AR-HMI, a robot type of the robot, displaying, in the display of the AR-HMI, a virtual robot image of at least part of a robot of the robot type in a manner such that the virtual robot image overlays an actual robot image of the robot of the robot type in the video camera of the AR-HMI, aligning a position of the virtual robot image with a position of the actual robot image by moving the AR-HMI in three-dimensional space, confirming the alignment of the position between the virtual robot image and the actual robot image, and displaying a virtual first safety cell area around the virtual robot image in the confirmed position as an overlay of the actual robot image in the display of the AR-HMI.

Abstract: A motor vehicle including a battery which includes a plurality of battery cells, a frame component having at least one hollow profile with a plurality of intake apertures, and a plurality of gas-discharging elements arranged on the plurality of battery cells to guide a flow of gas from the battery cells through the intake apertures into the hollow profile.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a preservation layer of a motor vehicle component during the manufacture of a motor vehicles. A preservation medium is applied having fluorescent additives to a component of the motor vehicle in a coating region. An inspection head having at least one camera and a UV light source is then caused to move adjacent to an inspection region that is a partial region of the coating region. The UV light source is the caused to emit radiating light onto the inspection region and the at least one camera is concurrently caused to record at least one image of the inspection region. An examination of the at least one recorded image is then conducted for a faulty coating with the preservation medium.

Abstract: A storage system for storing a cryogenic medium. The storage system includes a storage container operable to receive the cryogenic medium; a first removal line forming a fluid-conducting connection from an interior of the storage container to a first consumer connection for connecting a consumer device that uses the cryogenic medium; a first controllable line shut-off valve arranged in the first removal line; a first heat exchanger arranged in the first removal line; a second removal line, redundant to the first removal line, forming a second fluid-conducting connection from the interior of the storage container to a second consumer connection for connecting the consumer device; a second controllable line shut-off valve, redundant to the first controllable line shut-off valve, arranged in the second removal line; and a second heat exchanger, redundant to the first heat exchanger, arranged in the second removal line.