Abstract: A motor vehicle member including a support, an electrically conductive coating deposited on the support and having an outer edge, and a near field communication antenna. The electrically conductive coating includes: at least a first opening, having an inner edge and arranged at least partially opposite the near field communication antenna; and at least a second opening, extending from the inner edge of the at least first opening to the outer edge of the electrically conductive coating. A cover partially covers the electrically conductive coating, so as to conceal the openings and to reveal at least a part of the electrically conductive coating.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a device for diagnosing coking of a secondary air system of an internal combustion engine. The secondary air system has an intake air line for providing secondary air, a secondary air pump for compressing the secondary air, a secondary air valve for controlling the secondary air injection, a pressure sensor that is arranged in the secondary air system downstream of the secondary air pump and upstream of the secondary air valve, and an injection line for injecting the secondary air into an exhaust tract of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A check valve includes: a housing having a main body, which has an inlet opening, a valve body, which has a passage having an outlet opening and which is at least partly arranged in the main body and is axially movable relative to the main body, a valve element, which is at least partly arranged in the valve body for axial movement relative to the valve body and which has a through-opening, a valve member, which is arranged in the valve body between the outlet opening and the valve element and has a sealing element and a valve stem, which is axially movable relative to the valve body, a preloading element, which is designed to preload the valve member toward the valve element with a preload force, wherein the check valve also includes: a further preloading element, which is designed to preload the valve element toward the valve member with a preload force of the further preloading element, and/or another preloading element, which is designed to preload the valve body toward the inlet opening with a preload fo

Abstract: A method for checking the functionality of a high-voltage protective device for an on-board vehicle electrical system is provided. The protective device has a varistor or a different voltage limiting element. The method provides that the capacitive component of the alternating current impedance of the varistor or the voltage limiting element is detected. The capacitive component is further compared to a rated capacitance value, where the rated capacitance value is characteristic of the capacitance of a functioning varistor or voltage limiting element. A defective state of the varistor or the voltage limiting element is determined when the comparison determines that the capacitive component deviates from the rated capacitance value by more than a predetermined magnitude. Furthermore, a high-voltage protection circuit for a vehicle and a high-voltage on-board vehicle electrical system is provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blocking mechanism, such as of a vehicle. A form-fitting element positioned between a blocking actuator and a blockable shaft of a drivetrain. The form fitting element can be actuated in an axial stroke movement and longitudinally in relation to the shaft, and, in a state in which the form-fitting element bears against an end face of a shaft-mounted complement to which the form-fitting element can be partially form-fittingly coupled and be biased longitudinally in relation to the shaft and in defined fashion against the shaft-mounted complement by way of at least one elastic force transmission portion so as to be able to enter a latching engagement.

Abstract: A battery connection circuit is equipped with a first and a second battery terminal, a first and a second load terminal, a configuration circuit and with a DC-DC converter. The DC-DC converter has a first side which is connected to the first battery terminal and a second side which is connected to the second battery terminal. The DC-DC converter is set up to perform DC-DC conversion between the sides. The first load terminal is connected to the first side. The second load terminal is connected to the second side. The configuration circuit is connected to the battery terminals and set up to selectively provide a series state or a parallel state. The configuration circuit selectively connects the battery terminals to one another: in series in the series state, or in parallel in the parallel state. Furthermore, a vehicle on-board electrical system having such a battery connection circuit is described.

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for identifying a malfunction of a DC voltage charging connection in an electric vehicle. An example includes: driving two contactors into an open or closed state without applying a charging voltage; applying an internal reference DC voltage of the electric vehicle between both contactors, including applying a positive pole of the reference DC voltage at the first contactor and a negative pole at the second; measuring a first voltage potential between the contactors on a respective output side; measuring a second voltage potential between the contactors on a respective input side of the contactors; and identifying a malfunction of the two contactors based at least in part on the first voltage potential and the second voltage potential.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a locking mechanism for a vehicle. Between a locking actuator and a rotatable, lockable element with a recess, into which an actuable form-fitting element FE of the locking actuator can be moved in portions in a form-fitting manner in an axial stroke movement in order to lock the element.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blocking mechanism of a vehicle. A form-fitting element positioned between a blocking actuator and a blockable shaft of a drivetrain. The form-fitting element can be actuated in an axial stroke movement and longitudinally in relation to the shaft. The form fitting element can bear against an end face of a shaft-mounted complement to which the form-fitting element can be partially form-fittingly coupled and be biased longitudinally in relation to the shaft and in defined fashion against the shaft-mounted complement by at least one elastic force transmission portion so as to be able to enter a latching engagement.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger. The exhaust gas turbine has a turbine housing and a bearing bore passing through the housing wall thereof, having a bearing bush, which is arranged in a fixed manner in the bore and in which a valve spindle of the wastegate valve device is passed outward from the interior of the turbine housing through the bearing bore of the housing wall and is mounted so as to be rotatable about its spindle axis. The bearing bush in each case intermeshes in the axial direction in the manner of a labyrinth seal, at least at one of its axial ends, with an adjusting lever connecting flange and/or a valve spindle shoulder by at least one axially extending sealing web and at least one sealing groove, complementary thereto, which are circumferential with respect to the spindle axis.

Abstract: A distributing device having a housing having an inlet connection and a plurality of outlet connections, and an electromotively drivable, rotatably adjustable distributor which is arranged therein in the form of a disk, on which a liquid receiving and liquid guiding device is formed. The distributing disk is rotatably adjustable into defined positions relative to the housing. The liquid receiving and liquid guiding device includes a front radial groove which controls the liquid to the desired locations of the distributing device. The radial groove is in the form of an open profile and extends from an external face, on the radial circumference, of the distributing disk into the distributing disk. The inlet connection supplies pressurized liquid to a radial gap which the distributing disk forms with the housing at the radial circumference and which guides the liquid to the radial groove. A liquid-distributing actuator includes such a distributing device.

Abstract: A device for preventing a parked vehicle, such as an electric or hydraulic vehicle, from rolling away. The device includes a blocking device, which can be activated by electronic actuation, for immobilizing a movement of the vehicle. The device also includes a determination device configured to determine whether the vehicle is moving or not, and a control device configured to determine whether the blocking device has been activated or not. If the blocking device has been activated, the control device prompts the determination device to determine whether the vehicle is moving or not. If the determination device determines that the vehicle is moving, the control device actuates an electric motor of the vehicle for driving the vehicle to stop the movement of the vehicle and maintain the stopped state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and a device for diagnosing a ventilation line of a motor vehicle are provided. The ventilation line is arranged between a fuel tank and an activated carbon filter. The motor vehicle has a control unit (ECU) and is powered by an internal combustion engine. The state of a vacuum switch is evaluated for the diagnosis.

Abstract: A capacitive proximity sensor including a detection circuit, including a detection capacitor, a storage capacitor and switches, a DC voltage generator and a microcontroller which is configured to control the switches and to: obtain a voltage value across the terminals of the storage capacitor and across the terminals of the detection capacitor; calculate a first average defined by the average of the voltage values which are obtained at the end of each iteration of a first acquisition phase and a second average defined by the average of the voltage values at the end of each iteration of a second acquisition phase; and detect a human presence when the difference between the first average and the second average is above a predefined detection threshold.

Abstract: A method for predictive charging control for an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle, wherein an energy exchange between the energy store and an electrical energy source is controlled by a charging device. This provides that a future time profile of a non-energy requirement resulting from a respective parking phase of the motor vehicle is predicted and, independently of an availability of a charging power of the energy source, a state of charge of the energy store is kept below a limit value by the charging device if the predicted time profile of the non-energy requirement satisfies a predetermined rest criterion for a predetermined next time interval.

Abstract: A diagnostic device for a sensor for measuring the position of a motor-vehicle drive shaft. The sensor includes a first wired communication link and a second wired communication link, via which wired communication links the sensor sends the signal, and being characterized by an average reference voltage. The diagnostic device for a sensor being intended to be electrically connected between the first wired communication link and the second wired communication link and being configured to: a) receive a first voltage value corresponding to the average voltage in the first wired communication link and a second voltage value corresponding to the average voltage in the second wired communication link; b) detect a short circuit on the first wired communication link; or c) detect a short circuit on the second wired communication link.

Abstract: A seal for use in a fluid valve, or multi-path fluid valve, has a cylindrical, resilient base member, a plurality of first sealing portions arranged at an outer side of the base member for sealing abutment against a valve housing of the fluid valve, and a plurality of second sealing portions, arranged at an inner side of the base member, for sealing abutment against an adjustable valve body of the fluid valve. A respective first sealing portion and respective second sealing portion are arranged circumferentially around a respective sealing opening of the base member. There is arranged at the inner side of the base member a first layer having a sliding friction coefficient which is less with respect to the valve body and/or static friction coefficient which is less than the base member, and which is at least partially in contact with the valve body during use of the seal.

Abstract: A distributing device for supplying pressurized liquid to individual cleaning locations of a vehicle is proposed, the distributing device defining individual positions into which a distributor is selectively adjustable relative to a housing in which the distributor is arranged and driveable. Here, the individual positions of the distributor include a multiplicity of distributing positions and a bypass position and a shut-off position. In the bypass position, the distributor forms a bypass for preventing a discharge of the liquid to one of the cleaning locations and for returning the liquid to a tank. By contrast, in the shut-off position, the distributor prevents both the discharge and the return. Also proposed are a liquid-distributing actuator, a cleaning device, a vehicle, and a method for operating the cleaning device.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device for soldering onto a printed circuit board for a semiconductor component arrangement. The device includes a semiconductor component a first electrical connector and at least one further electrical connector and a prefabricated metal block group. The metal block group has a first metal block arranged between the semiconductor component and the printed circuit board, connected to a first electrical connector of the semiconductor component by a solder joint and connected to at least one conductor track of the printed circuit board by a further solder joint. The metal block group includes at least one further metal block interposed between the further electrical connection and the printed circuit board by a solder joint. The metal blocks of the prefabricated metal block group are arranged laterally next to one another and have their lateral outer surfaces partially or completely encased by an electrically insulating casing common to them.

Abstract: A distributing device for supplying a pressurized liquid to individual cleaning locations of a vehicle. The distributing device has a housing having an inlet connection, a plurality of outlet connections for the individual cleaning locations and a return connection, and an electromotively drivable, rotatably adjustable distributor which is arranged therein and which is in the form of a disk, in which liquid receiving means and liquid guiding means are formed. The distributor is rotatably adjustable relative to the housing in defined positions in order to allow or to prevent the supply of liquid. The disk controls or guides the liquid to the desired locations of the distributing device via a liquid receiving means and liquid guiding means at the front side in the form of a radial groove.