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.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a device for operating a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a fuel tank, an activated carbon filter, an air filter, an intake tract, a purging line arranged between the activated carbon filter and the intake tract, a purge air pump arranged between the activated carbon filter and the intake tract, a tank purge valve arranged between the purge air pump and the intake tract, and a ventilation arranged between the fresh air filter and the activated carbon filter. The hybrid vehicle can be operated in an electric mode in which the electric motor is activated and the internal combustion engine is deactivated. In such a hybrid vehicle, in electric mode the purge air pump is activated and detection of the concentration of hydrocarbons present in the activated carbon filter is performed with the purge air pump activated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented method and to an electric control unit for a deterministic data communication in a partitioned embedded system. A software of the embedded system includes a plurality of software clusters having functional tasks and cross cluster communicational tasks. The method includes providing an execution schedule. The method also includes providing in the execution schedule, predefined functional windows for the functional tasks of the plurality of the software clusters and dedicated cross cluster communicational windows for the cross cluster communicational tasks of the plurality of the software clusters. The cross cluster communicational windows are distinct from the functional windows.

Abstract: A circuit carrier for establishing mechanical and electrical connection for at least one (power) electronics component, having a carrier plate which has at least one passage hole, and at least one electrically and thermally conductive insert element which is arranged in the passage hole and has a first contact surface for establishing electrical and thermal connections to the component and a second contact surface, which faces away from the first contact surface, for establishing thermal connections to a cooling body. The insert element further forms a bushing and has a contact side face which is situated against the bushing and is designed for establishing an electrical and thermal connection to an electrical connecting element.

Abstract: A method for detecting actuation of a handle of a motor-vehicle opening panel-vehicle, including the steps of continuously generating the request to unlock signal, detecting an increase in the value of the request to unlock signal beyond a first predetermined detection threshold representative of the presence of a hand of a user on the handle, detecting a decrease in the value of the request to unlock signal below a second predetermined detection threshold representative of the user pulling on the handle, consecutively to the detection of the decrease in the value of the request to unlock signal below the second detection threshold, triggering a time counter, stopping the time counter at the end of a predetermined “confirmation time”, and validating the detection of a request to unlock the opening panel if the value of the request to unlock signal remained greater than a third predetermined threshold throughout the confirmation time.

Abstract: A first and second substrate, and electrically conductive first and second connection parts are provided in a method for establishing an electrically conductive connection between two substrates. The first connection part is mounted on the first substrate by a first releasable connection and the second connection part is respectively mounted on the second substrate by a releasable connection. An electrically conductive connection assembly containing the first connection part and the second connection part is established by either a cohesive connection between a connection portion of the first connection part and a connection portion of the second connection part or an electrically conductive crossmember provided and a cohesive connection of a first length portion of the crossmember to the connection portion of the first connection part and a second cohesive connection of a second length portion of the crossmember to the connection portion of the second connection part being established.

Abstract: A semiconductor component having at least one semiconductor component having a first electrical connector and at least one further electrical connector, a printed circuit board, 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: The disclosure relates to a method and a device for diagnosing an internal combustion engine of a powertrain. The powertrain includes the internal combustion engine and a transmission unit, and the diagnosis is carried out using a running irregularity signal, where potentially a gear change is actively requested. The method includes ascertaining a diagnostic value of the internal combustion engine during operation using the running irregularity signal of the internal combustion engine. The powertrain is operated using a diagnostic gear of the transmission unit. The method also includes detecting the diagnostic gear which is engaged in the transmission unit while ascertaining the diagnostic value; and comparing the ascertained diagnostic value with a predefined diagnostic threshold value and comparing the diagnostic gear of the transmission unit with at least one predefined gear of the transmission unit.

Abstract: A vehicle on-board electrical system is equipped with a DC voltage charging connection, a non-configurable accumulator, a galvanically isolating DC-DC voltage converter, and an electrical drive. The accumulator is connected to a first side of the DC-DC voltage converter via a switchable connection circuit to which a DC voltage charging connection is connected. The accumulator is connected to the electrical drive and a second side of the DC-DC voltage converter via a drive switch. The connection circuit has a direct connection switch that connects the accumulator to the first side of the DC-DC voltage converter in a switchable manner. The DC voltage charging connection is connected to the direct connection switch via a charging connection switch of the connection circuit.

Abstract: A rotor for an externally excited electric machine of a motor vehicle, including an annular yoke with a yoke outer side directed outward in the radial direction of the yoke, wherein on the yoke outer side, a plurality of pole teeth are arranged and/or formed spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the yoke, each pole tooth has a pole shaft and a pole shoe, wherein the pole shaft is formed between the yoke outer side and the pole shoe, a rotor winding is arranged on each pole shaft, and a slot wedge is arranged in a slot between the rotor windings of two adjacent pole teeth, wherein on an outer side facing the respective rotor winding, the slot wedge has a layer of an elastomer, against which the rotor winding bears at least partially and/or in portions.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a control device for triggering a high level communication between an electric vehicle and a charging station is provides. The electric vehicle includes a control unit with a first microcontroller and a second microcontroller. The method includes operating only the second microcontroller of the control unit for detecting a wake-up signal coming from a possible connection of the electric vehicle to a charging station and keeping the first microcontroller deactivated. The method also includes connecting the electric vehicle to the charging station, whereby at least one wake-up signal is sent to the control unit. Additionally, the method includes detecting the wake-up signal coming from the connection of the electric vehicle to the charging station with the second microcontroller. The method also includes activating the first microcontroller using the second microcontroller when the wake-up signal is detected.

Abstract: A method for automatically detecting a sensor coupled to an electronic computer including steps of detecting said sensor and steps of configuring a hardware interface.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an air mass sensor for determining an air mass flow rate. The sensor may include: a housing defining an electronics chamber; and sensor electronics at least partly located in the electronics chamber. The housing defines a duct providing passage for a gas to flow through the housing. The housing defines an opening connecting the duct and the electronics chamber. The electronics chamber forms a pressure compensation volume for the duct.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a sensor unit for a contactless actuator of an adjustable vehicle element. The sensor unit may include: a carrier element for mounting to a vehicle; a first sensor device attached to the carrier element and having a first capturing area; and a second sensor device attached to the carrier element and having a second capturing area. When mounted on the vehicle, the first sensor device is arranged closer to a floor of the vehicle than the second sensor device; and the first capturing area extends further back with respect to a forward direction of travel of the vehicle than the second capturing area.

Abstract: A contact arrangement with a flat contact element with an upper side and an underside, the thickness of which decreases toward three of its edges from the upper side to the underside, and with a connecting element, which is electrically and mechanically connected to the contact element and is further away from the underside of the contact element than from its upper side. Also disclosed is a device with a base plate and a contact arrangement arranged thereon and a conductor track, which is formed on the contact element and a region of the base plate.

Abstract: Various teachings of the present disclosure include an air mass sensor for determining an air mass flow rate. The sensor may include: a housing defining a chamber; sensor electronics at least partly located in the chamber; a duct passing an air mass flow through the housing to be measured, the duct comprising an inlet port and an outlet port; and at least one compensation port connecting the duct to surroundings external to the housing.

Abstract: A method for operating an idling control device for a motor vehicle. The idling control device specifies a total setpoint torque including a setpoint torque of an electric motor and a setpoint torque of an internal combustion engine which interacts with the electric motor, and sets the setpoint torques by respective control paths. In a first operating mode the idling control device sets a requested total setpoint torque only via the control path of the internal combustion engine by at least one control intervention, and in a second operating mode the idling control device sets the requested total setpoint torque by at least one control intervention via the control path of the internal combustion engine and by at least one control intervention via the control path of the electric motor.

Abstract: A device and a method for detecting living objects for inductive charging devices, the inductive charging device having a resonator coil, which is configured to generate an electromagnetic field, and a plurality of living object sensors, which are configured to detect a living object. The method has steps for determining a critical magnetic field limit of the electromagnetic field by magnetic field limit sensors, the critical magnetic field limit being defined in that a magnetic field strength outside the critical magnetic field limit falls below a limit value; and for detecting a living object within the determined, critical magnetic field limit of the electromagnetic field by the living object sensors.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a device for the feedback-controllable metering of hydrogen. The device may include: a valve seat; a sealing element; and an electromagnetic actuator having a pole core, a solenoid, and an armature coupled to the sealing element, wherein the actuator moves the sealing element along an axis as a function of an electric current in the solenoid. A surface of the pole core and a surface of the armature conjointly form a double cone.

Abstract: A device tests the function of an antenna system. The antenna system has a plurality of antennas that are interconnected with an assigned input of a selection unit. The antennas of a first antenna group are interconnected with the inputs of a first multiplexer. The antennas of a second antenna group are interconnected with the inputs of a second multiplexer. The antennas of the first and second antenna groups are arranged adjacently and/or overlap in pairs. A computing unit provides control signals for the selection unit to feed an AC signal into a selected antenna of the first antenna group and to capture the antenna signal present on each antenna of the second antenna group for the selected antenna at an output of the selection unit. A fault is inferred from the comparison of the determined antenna signals for the selected antenna and associated expected antenna signals.