Abstract: An arrangement of at least two engine-compartment exhaust system components is provided for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The at least two engine-compartment exhaust system components are arranged one behind the other downstream from the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle and are connected to one another by means of a first connecting body, so that exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can be directed in succession through the at least two exhaust system components in the direction of an exhaust system. In addition, the two exhaust system components are also arranged behind a manifold device of the internal combustion engine by means of a second connecting body. A motor vehicle is also provided which comprises at least one such arrangement.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrode stack for an energy store of a motor vehicle; as electrodes, cathodes and anodes being alternately stacked on top of one another with the interposition of a separator strip, the separator strip first having the cathodes and anodes laid thereon, thereby forming an electrode strip, and, subsequently thereto, the electrode strip being folded numerous times to stack the cathodes and the anodes on top of one another. It is provided that the electrode strip be oriented in a horizontal plane for the folding process, and, on that basis, be folded in sections or, as a whole, between the electrodes.

Abstract: The invention relates to an energy store (1), in particular a high-voltage energy store, for motor vehicles, comprising a cell stack, which has a plurality of cell units (3) stacked one on the other and which has a plurality of cell holders (15, 16) of plastic, each of which is arranged between two cell units (3) lying one on the other in order to hold and align the stacked cell units (3), and comprising at least one flat heat sink (10, 17). According to the invention, the at least one heat sink (17) is arranged within the cell stack (2) on at least one of the cell units (3).

Abstract: A method for operating a heat pump of a motor vehicle comprising a compressor, an expander, an ambient heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger. The method comprises initiating a defrost mode for defrosting the ambient heat exchanger, wherein the defrost mode comprises the steps of: Compressing a refrigerant to a high pressure by means of the compressor, transferring thermal energy to the ambient heat exchanger, expanding the refrigerant to a low pressure by means of the expander, and absorbing thermal energy. The method is characterized by monitoring a defrosting process of the ambient heat exchanger triggered by the defrost mode, wherein the monitoring of the defrosting process comprises monitoring a pressure difference between the high pressure and the low pressure and/or monitoring a pressure gradient of the pressure difference between the high pressure and the low pressure and/or monitoring the high pressure.

Abstract: A stator for an electric machine having slots for receiving conductors used for generating a magnetic field; in the slots, at least two mutually parallel, adjoining conductors being provided, which are electrically insulated from one another by insulation means; the insulations means being formed at least partially by a partition inserted between the conductors. It is an object of the present invention to provide a stator, respectively a method for manufacturing such a stator, which, on the one hand, will make it possible to achieve a high fill factor and, on the other hand, to reliably prevent partial discharges. The objective is achieved by the use and/or characteristics of the partitions being a function of the particular maximum voltage potential between the mutually parallel, adjoining conductors in the slots.

Abstract: A method for processing an electrode sheet, wherein the electrode sheet has a carrier layer and an electrode material that is applied to the carrier layer only in a material region of the electrode sheet, so that a free region, which is free of electrode material, remains for the formation of diverters, wherein the electrode sheet is guided in a conveying direction by a processing device, so that the material region and the free region (run side by side, wherein the processing device has a calender through which the electrode sheet is guided and with which the material region is calendered, wherein the processing device additionally has at least one roller that is designed in such a way that it exerts a transverse tensile stress on the electrode sheet. A corresponding processing device is also specified.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission structure for a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine, a first electric machine, and a second electric machine. In this case, a first electric machine shaft which is assigned to the first electric machine can be driven by a drive shaft which can be driven by the internal combustion engine via a first gear set. In this case, a travel drive gear of a differential gearing of the vehicle can be driven by a second electric machine shaft assigned to the second electric machine via a second gear set. The transmission structure can thereby be compactly designed and in particular, the use of the installation space and/or the efficiency of the electric machines can be improved in that the first gear set has a ring gear with inner teeth and a spur gear which engages with the inner teeth of the ring gear.

Abstract: A drive system for driving a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine and an operating mode coordination device for determining and controlling the operating mode of the internal combustion engine. The drive system has a function coordination device for coordinating secondary functions of the drive system, the function coordination device being designed for generating, based on the coordination of the secondary functions, an operating mode request for the operating mode coordination device for controlling the operating mode of the internal combustion engine, and transmitting it to the operating mode coordination device. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle having a drive system, and a method for operating a drive system of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, which has an internal combustion motor, which forms at least two combustion chambers, which are bounded by cylinders formed in a cylinder housing and by pistons guided up and down cyclically in said cylinders and in which thermodynamic cycles can be performed during operation of the internal combustion engine, wherein then a gas exchange in the combustion chambers is controlled by means of at least one intake valve (28) and one exhaust valve in the case of each combustion chamber, which valves are actuated by means of cams, and wherein a first operating state is provided, in which the thermodynamic cycles are performed both in a first combustion chamber and in a second combustion chamber and a second operating state is provided, in which the thermodynamic cycles are performed in the first combustion chamber and the thermodynamic cycles are not performed in the second combustion chamber, is characterized in that, in order to switch

Abstract: A method and control unit for cylinder equalization of an internal combustion engine having at least two cylinders, and includes the following steps: Determination of exhaust gas back pressure values of the individual cylinders over at least two operating cycles, correlation of the exhaust gas back pressure values with the camshaft position and/or the operating cycle, determination of the exhaust gas back pressure maxima for each cylinder, comparison of the exhaust gas back pressure maxima between the individual cylinders and detection of differences, adjustment of the cylinder-specific charge quantities of fresh air and/or fuel. In addition, the invention relates to a controller for carrying out the method and a motor vehicle having such a controller. The method improves the previously known methods and makes them more efficient, especially with regard to the efficiency of the combustion process and thus also of exhaust-gas aftertreatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive train for a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine, with a transmission and with an electric machine, wherein the electric machine is arranged between the internal combustion engine and the transmission. The drive train can be provided in a simple, economical and/or space-saving manner in that the transmission comprises at least one overrun-enabled forward gear transmitting traction torque only and at least one overrun-free forward gear. A hybrid vehicle can be operated with a drive train of this kind easily and efficiently in that, when an overrun-enabled forward gear transmitting only traction torque is engaged and while the vehicle speed lies below a certain engagement speed for an overrun-free forward gear and at least one criterion for the presence of a driving torque is established or satisfied, the transmission is shifted into the overrun-free forward gear.

Abstract: A backrest part for a vehicle seat having a seatback frame in which is arranged an upper seatback adjustment device that allows continuous adjustment in the upper region of the backrest part. Provision is made that the upper seatback adjustment device includes at least one surface element that is movably mounted in the seatback frame and at least one elastic impact absorber integrated into the at least one surface element, which are arranged so as to be jointly adjustable opposite to and in a direction of travel (+/?x-direction) with respect to the top section of the seatback frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing an environmental image of an environment of a mobile apparatus, comprising the following steps: Receiving and/or recording environmental data using an input apparatus, wherein the environmental data image the environment and comprise information on static objects and/or dynamic objects in the environment, executing the following steps for a current and for at least one future point in time by means of an estimating apparatus: estimating a state probability distribution for at least one of the static objects and/or dynamic objects based on the received and/or recorded environmental data, creating a risk potential field map of the environment based on the estimated state probability distribution of the at least one static object and/or dynamic object, wherein this is done taking into account at least one potential risk enhancement, and combining the risk potential field maps into a risk potential field map sequence, and outputting the risk potential field map sequ

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting an advanced driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a map, wherein categorized objects are stored in associated positions in the map, capturing environment data using at least one environment sensor system of the advanced driver assistance system, analyzing the captured environment data using an analysis apparatus of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the captured environment data are analyzed for object recognition according to the categorized objects stored in the map. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated device.

Abstract: A battery disconnecting device has a first input and a second input to which a battery can be connected, whereby the disconnecting device also has a first output and a second output to which an electric component can be connected, whereby at least one first circuit breaker is arranged between the first input and the first output, and at least one second circuit breaker is arranged between the second input and the second output, whereby the first circuit breaker is at least a transistor and the second circuit breaker is a relay.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device, a method and a computer program for a vehicle for providing an accident notification regarding an accident to an emergency call center. The device includes at least one sensor interface designed to receive sensor data from internal sensors and external sensors of the vehicle. The device furthermore includes at least one communication interface designed to communicate with the emergency call center. The device furthermore includes a control module designed to control the at least one sensor interface and the communication interface. The control module is furthermore designed to determine information about occupants in the vehicle based on the sensor data. The control module is furthermore designed to determine information about other road users that are involved in the accident based on the sensor data. The information about the other road users involved in the accident is subdivided into several categories.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for steering a vehicle with an automatic operating mode, in which a steering angle for a steering device of the vehicle is automatically determined and converted by the steering device. In this case, based on the automatically determined steering angle, a value of an output parameter is determined and the value of the output parameter is output by an output device by means of a light effect. The invention further relates to a vehicle with an automatic operating mode, comprising a control unit by which a steering angle for a steering device of the vehicle is automatically determined, wherein the steering angle can be converted by the steering device, a determination unit, by means of which a value of an output parameter can be determined on the basis of the automatically determined steering angle, and an output device, by means of which the value of the output parameter can be output by means of a light effect.

Abstract: User interface and method for contactlessly operating a hardware operating element in a 3-D gesture mode. The invention proposes a user interface and a method for contactlessly operating a hardware operating element (12), called “button” below, of a user interface in a 3-D gesture mode, by means of which the user interface can be operated using gestures freely carried out in space, called 3-D gestures below. The method comprises the steps of: —detecting (100) a user's hand (4), —assigning (200) the hand (4) to an area of the user interface (I) assigned to the button (12), and, in response thereto, —outputting (300) a suggestion (14, 16) to the user.