Abstract: A hill-hold control system for a vehicle. The hill-hold control system includes a first wheel brake (120A, 120B), a second wheel brake (120C, 120D), a braking indicator (brake pedal), a drive away indicator (accelerator), and a controller (130). The controller is configured to determine that the vehicle is at standstill, detect from the braking indicator that braking is no longer desired, adjust a braking pressure at the first wheel brake, adjust a braking pressure at the second wheel brake, detect from the drive away indicator an operator's desire to drive away, and when the operator's desire to drive away is detected, removing the braking pressure at the first wheel brake and the braking pressure at the second wheel brake.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic servo brake includes a master brake cylinder, which is controlled by a push rod. The push rod is configured to be actuated by a first auxiliary piston via a reaction disk. A plunger piston presses on the reaction disk. An end of the push rod is connected to the first auxiliary piston by a connection apparatus. The connection apparatus includes a rest for a rated compression spring, which rest is rigidly connected to the push rod, and a central piston, which rests against the reaction disk along an axis and is surrounded by a second auxiliary piston, which is placed against the reaction disk and is moved by the spring and is held in an end position by the central piston. The second auxiliary piston is configured to recede in relation to the central piston rigidly connected to the push rod.

Abstract: A method for determining a modeling value of a physical variable in a gas guiding section of an engine system including an internal combustion engine, includes the following steps: operating the engine system in such a way that an air mass flow is present in the gas guiding section; determining instantaneous values of other physical variables; and determining the modeling value of the physical variable by solving a differential equation, which results as the discretization of a differential equation, with the aid of the previously ascertained instantaneous values of the other physical variables.

Abstract: A sensor mounting for a sensor for object detection includes a housing for the sensor, a holder on which the housing is pivotably held, an adjusting device for an angular orientation of the housing and an angular gear mechanism for controlling the adjusting device. The angular gear mechanism includes a drive wheel and a driven wheel, the drive wheel being connected to an engagement contour for the transmission of torque to the drive wheel, and a gear mechanism housing of the angular gear mechanism being set up so as to permit mounting of the drive wheel at different sides of the angular gear mechanism.

Abstract: A device is described for metering fuel in internal combustion engines is provided, which includes a fuel distributor provided with a flow channel and at least one discharge orifice connected thereto, a valve which is connected to the fuel distributor for metering the fuel and has a pipe connection that is able to be attached to the discharge orifice, and connection means, which connects the fuel distributor and the valve to each other in the attachment region of the pipe connection and the discharge orifice in a pressure-tight manner.

Abstract: A battery includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series between a positive terminal and a negative terminal and a resistor connected in series with the battery cells. The battery also includes a plurality of cell voltage detection units which each include a plurality of voltage measurement inputs connected to a respective group of the battery cells. The battery is configured to determine cell voltages of the battery cells connected to the respective cell voltage detection unit. The cell voltage detection units are connected to each other by a communication bus and are configured to transmit, via the communication bus, the determined cell voltages to a microcontroller which is galvanically decoupled from the cell voltage detection units by an electrical isolation device. The resistor includes a first connection connected to a selected voltage measurement input of one of the cell voltage detection units.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a number of revolutions of a rotatable shaft, is proposed, which apparatus encompasses a magnet disposed on the shaft, and a micromechanical device. A detection element of the micromechanical device, which element interacts with the magnet, is advanced stepwise upon each movement of the magnet past the micromechanical device in accordance with the movement direction of the magnet.

Abstract: In a contact element for direct electrical contacting of a contact surface on a circuit board, a front insertion portion is constituted by a metal sheet having two multiple-ply lateral edges located opposite one another, and having a center portion located therebetween and having fewer plies, in particular one ply, the two lateral edges extending with their outer peripheral edges parallel to one another and each being turned over at least once; and at least one of the two outer lateral edges having a projecting contacting protrusion for direct electrical contacting of a contact surface.

Abstract: A method for starting up a vehicle includes driving a first wheel with an internal combustion engine vehicle drive and driving a second wheel with a hydrostatic additional drive. The hydrostatic additional drive has an adjustable hydraulic pump driven by the internal combustion engine, and at least one hydraulic motor coupled hydraulically thereto. The method further includes increasing and regulating a supply pressure of the at least one hydraulic motor in dependence on an accelerator pedal; determining a non-zero rotational speed of the first wheel; and synchronizing a rotational speed of the second wheel with the determined rotational speed of the first wheel. The method further includes increasing and regulating a supply pressure of the at least one hydraulic motor in dependence on an accelerator pedal; determining a non-zero speed of the vehicle; and adapting a rotational speed of the second wheel to the determined speed.

Abstract: A controller for actuating a micromechanical actuator, including a first signal input which is designed to receive a reference signal, a second signal input which is designed to receive a measuring signal which denotes a recorded response by the micromechanical actuator to a control signal, a first controller element which is designed to filter and/or to attenuate predefined frequency modes and/or predefined frequency components in the received reference signal and to output a filtered and/or attenuated reference signal, a second controller element which is designed to modify the received measuring signal in order to minimize the quality of the first mode of the received measuring signal and to output a modified measuring signal, a third controller element which is designed to minimize the deviation between the filtered and/or attenuated reference signal and the received measuring signal and to output a minimized reference signal, a fourth controller element which is designed to modify the bandwidth of the re

Abstract: A sensor system having a sensor element, a housing in which sensor element is situated and which seals the sensor element from the outside world, at least one first electrical contact element which is electrically coupled with the sensor element; a plug connector, which has at least one second electrical contact element, and at least one spring element which is coupled between the at least one second electrical contact element and the at least one first electrical contact element for electrical contacting, so that the sensor element is electrically connected to the second electrical contact element of the plug connector.

Abstract: A chargeable energy store includes a chargeable electrical accumulator, an interface for connecting the accumulator to a device for the exchange of energy and a control unit for controlling the energy exchange of the accumulator. The control unit includes a supply voltage terminal, which is connected to the accumulator when a device is connected to the interface for the exchange of energy, and which is otherwise disconnected from the accumulator.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle brake having a brake servo unit and a parking brake actuator. In the case of a failure of the brake servo unit, the distance between brake linings of the vehicle brake and brake disk is reduced by actuating the parking brake actuator.

Abstract: An electronics apparatus having a housing, an inverting device, a first circuit board connected to the inverting device via at least one line, and a second circuit board connected via a first galvanic connection to the first circuit board and connected via a second galvanic connection to at least component, and having a first filter situated on the first circuit board and upstream from the first galvanic connection, the first filter having a first discharge connection to the housing, and having a second filter situated on the second circuit board and downstream from the first galvanic connection, the second filter having a second discharge connection to the housing, and having a third filter situated on the second circuit board and upstream from the second galvanic connection, the third filter having a third discharge connection to the housing. A method for producing an electronics apparatus is also described.

Abstract: A method is described for controlling a multiphase machine which is connected to a battery, the multiphase machine having a DC link which is provided with a DC link capacitor, phase windings, and a high side switch and a low side switch for each phase. The switches associated with the individual phases are controlled by a control unit in such a way that sinusoidal phase currents are predefined, at least one phase current is connected at any point in time in each control cycle, and a fixed, pulsed control pattern is present for each control cycle. The control widths of the actuating signals associated with the phases are constant in the pulsed control pattern. The control pulses associated with the individual phases are predefined in such a way that the DC link current which arises is minimized.

Abstract: A microsystem for fluidic applications includes a substrate with a reservoir, a first microchannel, connected to the reservoir, and a second microchannel, separated from the first microchannel by a fixed member. The microsystem furthermore has an elastic film on the substrate, which film has a joint to the substrate around the reservoir and seals the reservoir. Here, the joint has a permanent joining area and, on the fixed member, a fixed member joining area that can be broken open and adjoins the permanent joining area at both ends of the fixed member. Such a microsystem forms a processing chip with reagent receptacle.

Abstract: A method for activating an injector in a fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system including a plurality of injectors and a quantity of fuel injected with the aid of an injector being a function of the activation period of the injector. An injector-individual correction value for the activation period is ascertained for at least one injector as a function of a pressure and a temperature of the fuel to be injected and the activation for this injector takes place under consideration of the injector-individual correction value.

Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a vehicle with at least a partial electric drive while the vehicle is connected to a charging station includes setting up a data link for bidirectional communication between the vehicle and charging station. Vehicle-side data is acquired with vehicle-side means for acquiring data, and charging-station-side data is acquired with charging-station-side means for acquiring data. Optimum temperature control parameters of the battery and passenger cell are determined using a logic by processing the acquired vehicle-side and charging-station-side data. The temperature control of the battery and of the passenger compartment of the vehicle is carried out with temperature control means. A motor vehicle and a charging station carry out the method.

Abstract: A method for transferring the drive torque from the wheels having a low traction to the wheels having a higher traction, the method being configured for vehicles in which not all driven wheels are equipped with a rotational speed sensor. In order to be able to perform a starting aid function, it is provided to measure the rotational speed of the cardan shaft and to put it in relation to the wheel rotational speed of at least one wheel which has a rotational speed sensor. If the deviation between the cardan shaft rotational speed and the measured wheel rotational speed is too high, at least one of the wheels, which does not have a rotational speed sensor, is braked automatically so that the vehicle is able to start.