Abstract: An image generating device is disclosed having a first light source configured to generate a first upstream light beam, a second light source configured to generate a second upstream light beam, and an array of variable transmittance elements configured to selectively receive and transmit the first upstream light beam and to selectively receive and transmit the second upstream light beam so as to form, respectively, a first downstream light beam forming a first image and a second downstream light beam forming a second image. A head-up display including an image generating device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric radiator for a ventilation, heating and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, including at least one heating element forming a heating body and an electronic control device of the at least one heating element housed in a housing, the heating body and the housing being integral with each other. The electric radiator includes a separating wall arranged between the housing and the heating body. The radiator includes at least one support for at least one temperature sensor, the support being arranged such as to at least partially overlap with the at least one heating element in the heating body. The electric radiator includes an electronic connecting element between the at least one temperature sensor and the electronic control device. The separating wall includes at least one orifice configured to be traversed by the electronic connecting element.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device including a housing with a first module for emitting a first beam, a second module for emitting a second beam, extending above the first, a third module for emitting a third segmented beam, extending above the second beam, and an optical projection system. The second module is arranged below the first module, the third module is arranged below the second module, and each of the modules includes a plurality of light sources, a collector for collecting and reflecting the rays emitted by the plurality of light sources into a beam, and a portion of the optical projection system that is arranged to project the beam, the portion forming an image of the collector.

Abstract: Heat exchanger, housing and air conditioning circuit comprising such an exchanger A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of tubes (2), arranged in a first and a second row (3A, 3B), and through which a refrigerant is intended to circulate; a first and a second header tank (4, 5) inside which tanks the tubes (2) of each of the said rows emerge; the first header tank (4) comprising a refrigerant inlet compartment (17) into which the tubes of the first row (3A) emerge and a refrigerant outlet compartment (18) into which the tubes of the second row (3B) emerge, the second header tank (5) comprising at least one return compartment (28) into which at least one tube of the first row (3A) and one tube of the second row (3B) emerge, wherein the outlet compartment (18) has a smaller volume than the inlet compartment (17).

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous device for an automotive vehicle. The illumines devices including a main bracket on which a first bracket and a second bracket are mounted, each of the first bracket and second bracket being mounted so as to be movable on the main bracket. The first bracket supporting a first lighting module and the second bracket supporting a second lighting module. The luminous device further includes a mechanical connection device which connects the first bracket to the second bracket. A first adjustment device cooperates with the mechanical connection device and being capable of causing a movement of the mechanical connection device in relation to the main bracket. A second adjustment device via which the second bracket is mounted on the mechanical connection device and that is capable of causing a movement of the second bracket in relation to the mechanical connection device.

Abstract: The present application relates to a collimator, the collimator including a light incident surface configured to allow a light ray from a light source to enter the collimator through the light incident surface and a light emitting surface configured to emit a light ray that enters the collimator through the light incident surface and is collimated by the collimator. The collimator also includes a light distribution portion. The present application further relates to a lighting device and a motor vehicle.

Abstract: According to a method for assisting reverse driving of a combination (1), an actual value for a hitch angle of the combination (1) is determined by a computing unit (6) depending on sensor data generated by a hitch angle sensor. A hitch length of a trailer (3), given by a distance between a trailer body (11) and a hitch (7) of a vehicle (2), is determined depending on environmental sensor data of the combination (1). A collision value for the hitch angle is determined by the computing unit (6) depending on the hitch length, and the safety measure is triggered by the computing unit (6) depending on the actual value and the collision value for the hitch angle.

Abstract: A hybrid driving module includes a rotor with a hub ridge provided on a rotor hub to enable vibration noise to be reduced, and the hub ridge supports the rotor in a state in which the hub ridge is fastened to the rotor hub. The hybrid driving module may further include a ridge fixing structure that prevents the hub ridge from separating from the rotor hub. For example, the ridge fixing structure may be a ridge snap ring. The hybrid driving module may further include an elastic body that elastically presses the hub ridge toward the ridge snap ring. The elastic body may elastically press the rotor in the axial direction. The elastic body may also serve as a return spring of the piston plate of the engine clutch.

Abstract: A support for a dielectric fluid circuit is for a thermal regulation assembly. The assembly includes a housing formed by a container open on a side that defines a recess and is configured to be closed by a lid. The recess is configured to receive at least one electric component. The support includes a number of nozzles for spraying a dielectric fluid. The support defines a pipe for the circulation of the dielectric fluid and the pipe is configured to supply the spray nozzles with dielectric fluid. The support is configured to be arranged and held in the housing between the component and the lid.

Abstract: A rain sensor includes an emitter, a receiver, a processor, and a printed circuit board (PCB). The emitter projects an incident beam that is reflected, as a reflected beam, by a windshield of a vehicle that includes the rain sensor. The receiver generates, based upon a received intensity of the reflected beam, a rain signal indicating a potential presence of rainwater on the windshield. The processor receives the rain signal and performs a filtering operation on the rain signal to generate a filtered signal. The PCB electronically interconnects the emitter, the receiver, and the processor. The filtering operation comprises filtering noise from the rain signal such that the filtered signal has a signal frequency within a predetermined range of frequencies and related harmonics with respective magnitudes and frequencies that are correlated with a definitive presence of the rainwater on the windshield.

Abstract: The invention describes a radar system (12) for a vehicle (10), a vehicle and a method for operating a radar system (12). The radar system (12) comprises at least one transmitting antenna arrangement that has at least one transmitting antenna element (Tx) for transmitting radar signals, at least one receiving antenna arrangement that has at least one receiving antenna element (Rx) for receiving radar echo signals, and at least one control and detection device (36) for actuating at least the transmitting antenna elements (Tx) and for detecting radar echo signals received by the at least one receiving antenna element (Rx), wherein the radar system (12) has at least one adjustment means (38) having at least one control scheme (44, 46) for adjusting at least one main beam axis of the at least one transmitting antenna arrangement.

Abstract: A torsional damper disposed between a rotor sleeve, which is configured to receive a rotational force of an engine, and a rotor hub, which is disposed rearward of the rotor sleeve, and configured to transmit the rotational force of the engine to the rotor hub, and a hybrid drive module to which the torsional damper is applied, includes: a first damper, and the first damper includes a first cover plate provided at a driving side and having a first stopper, a first stopper accommodation portion provided at a driven side and configured to accommodate the first stopper, and shield members configured to cover an opening of the first stopper accommodation portion to restrict a movement of a fluid in a radial direction through the first stopper accommodation portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of an electric power supply module and of a protective device for said module, said assembly being intended to equip an air-conditioning unit, in particular for a motor vehicle, said power supply module comprising a housing provided with regions allowing penetration of liquid into the housing, the protective device extending at least partially facing said regions so as to cause the liquid to flow beyond said regions, depending on the orientation of said power supply module.

Abstract: An adjustment device for adjusting an orientation of a reflection device of a head-up display, to an adjustment unit, to a head-up display and to a vehicle is disclosed. The adjustment device includes a support structure and a clamping device, wherein the clamping device is configured to be displaced along a first axis and comprises a first clamping element and a second clamping element arranged opposite to the first clamping element and forming a clamping gap together with the first clamping element, wherein the clamping device is configured to receive and clamp an adjustment lever of the reflection device between the first clamping element and the second clamping element, wherein the first clamping element and the second clamping element are made of separate parts, and wherein the first clamping element and the second clamping element are rotatably coupled to each other about a second axis.

Abstract: A protection system for portable electronic devices may include a first impact absorbing panel, a second impact absorbing panel, and multiple spacers adapted to hold the panels apart to accommodate the thickness of a portable electronic device inserted between the panels. The system may include a first rigid shell having multiple attachment slots around its periphery, a first impact absorbing material on the inner side of the first shell, a second rigid shell having multiple attachment slots around its periphery, a second impact absorbing material on the inner side of the second shell, multiple spacers adapted to attach to the shells at the attachment slots. The spacers hold the panels apart with their inner sides facing each other to form a protected space for the portable electronic devices between the shells and spacers.

Abstract: The invention provides an electrical connection assembly comprising a connector and a printed circuit board for a light module for motor vehicles, and a diagnostic method for checking the hold of a connector in a socket by means of a check electrical signal, using minimal electronic components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid driving module, in which an input member is aligned in a radial direction and/or an axial direction by a rotor hub, and thus the hybrid driving module may be easily assembled and ensure the high axial balance and the operability and durability of the engine clutch. In the hybrid driving module, the input member may be aligned at least in the radial direction or in the axial direction by a central shaft extension part of the rotor hub. A bearing configured to support a rotation and thrust may be installed between the central shaft extension part and the input member. The input member may be supported to be rotatable relative to a housing. The input member may be aligned in the radial direction and/or the axial direction by the housing.

Abstract: A method for managing image data in an automotive lighting device. This method includes the steps of providing an image pattern, dividing the image pattern in rows or columns of pixels, and providing for each row pattern, a plurality of linear segments, each linear segment is characterized by two values. The data of the linear segments is compressed, and the compressed data is sent to the light module. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device for performing the steps of such a method.

Abstract: The object of the invention is, among others, a heat exchanger (1) for a motor vehicle comprising: at least two manifolds (10, 20) comprising covers (11, 21) and headers (12, 22), a plurality of tubes (30) deployed in parallel to each other between the manifolds (10, 20), the tubes (30) comprising open ends received in the headers (12, 22), the length of the tubes (30) being smaller than the distance between the covers (11, 21), characterised in that, the covers (11, 21) comprise an elongated portions (13, 23) long enough to form an abutting point for one end of the tube (30), so that the second end of the tube (30) is distanced from the elongated portions (13, 23) on the opposite cover, while still maintaining fluid-tight connection with both manifolds (10, 20).

Abstract: A method for capturing at least particle compositions (21) in a monitoring region (14) that exhibit a temporally dynamic behaviour with an optical detection apparatus (12), and an optical detection apparatus (12) are described. In the method, during at least one measurement, optical transmission signals (22) are transmitted into the monitoring region (14) and transmission signals (22) that are reflected at particle targets (28) of any particle compositions (21) present in the monitoring region (14) are received as particle reflection signals (30). The presence of dynamic particle compositions (21) is concluded from the particle reflection signals (30). At least two measurements are performed with a temporal distance. A particle target density or a variable characterizing the particle target density is ascertained for at least one partial volume (48) of the monitoring region (14) from the particle reflection signals (30) of each measurement.