Abstract: A method for NOx and/or SOx regeneration of an NOx-storage catalytic converter arranged in an exhaust treatment system of an internal combustion engine having more than one cylinder. A mass flux of reducing agents are increased in the exhaust treatment system. A control unit operates the more than one cylinder of the internal combustion engine so that the cylinders are selectively detuned. The control unit can operate a first part of the cylinders under a lean condition where &lgr;>1 and the control unit can operate a second set of the cylinders under a rich condition where &lgr;<1.

Abstract: A valve block for at least two valves fixable in a housing having an electric cabling to electrical terminals for the valves and a pneumatic circuit to pneumatic terminals for the valves. The block has an electrical plug connected to the electrical cabling, which extends to the electrical terminals and has a pneumatic plug connected to the pneumatic circuit, which extends to the pneumatic terminals, and the pneumatic circuit proceeds at least partly in a replaceable insert of the housing that can be selected dependent on the valves and/or their function. The pneumatic plug has at least one pneumatic plug connector selectable dependent on the valves and/or their function.

Abstract: A method for controlling the shifting of a transmission uses a control device for shifting gears in two different operating modes. In a first operating mode, the transmission is operated in an automatic mode and the shifting is automatically carried out, essentially based on detected driving parameters and with the aid of the control device. A respective automatic driving program and/or a respective top selectable gear can be selected in the automatic mode. In a second operating mode, the transmission is operated according to an automated manual shifting mode by using an actuating device. The respective automatic driving program and/or the respective top selectable gear can be selected by using the actuating device when the transmission is in the automatic mode. A device for controlling the shifting of a transmission is also provided.

Abstract: A method for detecting a current density distribution in a fuel cell stack by detecting the magnetic field, which surrounds the fuel cell stack and which is caused by a current flow in the fuel cell stack, is provided. Sensors for an x-component, a y-component and a z-component of the magnetic flux density detect the magnetic flux density at several points outside the fuel cell stack. The position of the sensors for the magnetic flux density is detected in relation to the fuel cell stack. The thus detected values for the magnetic flux density and the allocated position are converted into current density values according to the position in the fuel cell stack by using a Maxwell equation which defines the magnetic field strength and the material equation which relates the magnetic field strength to the magnetic flux density.

Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle includes an airbag and a sensor element located on the side of the airbag which moves towards the vehicle occupant. The sensor element is formed of sensor strips which transmit sensed pressure changes in the form of a sensor signal to a control device. The amount of gas supplied by a filling device can be controlled in response to the sensor signal. The sensor element has resistor elements forming a matrix-type grid of spaced apart contact regions of the resistor elements. An electric resistance in a contact region of two resistor elements is dependent on the force or pressure load of the contact region. A voltage can be applied to least one of the resistor elements at least in one of the contact regions via an electrically conductive element which is in electrical contact with a resistor element at the contact region.

Abstract: A ventilation device for a vehicle includes an instrument panel having a front passenger region with a front instrument panel wall region facing a windshield and a rear instrument panel wall region as a potential head-impact instrument panel wall region. An individual vent air-feeding duct, which is covered by the instrument panel, extends below the potential head-impact instrument panel wall region and extends there essentially in a direction of the transverse axis of the vehicle. A front passenger airbag module can therefore be positioned away from the potential head-impact region in a free space formed in front of the individual vent air-feeding duct. The front instrument panel wall region has, at least in some regions, air passage openings for a diffuse ventilation of the vehicle interior. Starting from the individual vent air-feeding duct, at least one branch duct is guided to a region below the air passage openings.

Abstract: A transmission, in particular an automated shift transmission, includes a plurality of selectable and deselectable gear stages for implementing gear changes. The selection and deselection of the gear stages is achieved with the aid of coupling units, in particular with the aid of engageable and disengageable sliding collars. The coupling units are activatable via respective shift rails and respective actuators. The shifting times are reduced and a compact construction of the transmission is achieved by virtue of the fact that a plurality of gear stages is assigned to at least two different shift rails in such a way that respective successive gear stages are assigned to respective different shift rails. As a result, the respective shift rails can be activated at least partially simultaneously in the case of a sequential gear change. A method for controlling a transmission is also provided.

Abstract: In the embodiments described in the specification, a spark-ignited internal combustion engine has an exhaust line containing an oxide gas absorber for absorbing NOx and SOx and desorbing NOx and SOx at elevated temperatures. The support member for the oxide gas absorber is a metal foil or a thin walled ceramic support to permit rapid heating and is coated with a layer of a gas absorbing material at least 50 microns thick to permit longer intervals between regeneration, thereby providing effective storage of oxide gases even with fuel consumption-optimized engines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle and the distance of the motor vehicle to least one motor vehicle driving ahead, where at least the speed v of the motor vehicle and the distance a to the motor vehicle driving ahead are determined with the aid of a detector having a distance sensor, where the traveling speed v is adjusted in response to the measured distance a deviating from a setpoint trailing distance as, and where the engineering problem of controlling the speed and the distance of a motor vehicle to least one preceding motor vehicle is solved in both a simple and reliable manner, in that an intervention distance ai′ is determined which is less than the range of the distance sensor, and that the traveling speed v is adjusted at a distance a which is less than the intervention distance ai.

Abstract: A collapsible container has a bottom formed of a plastic preform with grooves along the peripheral edge wall of the plastic preform. The side walls of the container are inserted into the grooves. A supporting base is fastened as a folding part or as folding parts to one or more side walls. The number of parts to be manipulated is reduced by the fact that the supporting base is no longer provided as a separate part. The labor associated with the supporting base is limited to folding the folding part or parts against the side wall or walls when collapsing the container, and is limited to folding out the folding part or parts when assembling the container. In addition, the container is stabilized when filled. The items placed therein press against the folding part or parts such that the side walls are pressed into the grooves.

Abstract: A method for a shift control of a power shift transmission includes closing an incoming, engaging clutch unit assigned to a new gear and opening the outgoing, disengaging clutch unit assigned to an old gear such that the closing and the opening overlap in time. The incoming clutch unit is closed after performing a filling operation for providing a filling pressure for the incoming clutch unit. The filling operation is concluded by a filling end. In case of a manually triggered power shift, the filling operation for the incoming clutch unit is performed with an increased filling pressure corresponding to an order of magnitude of the clutch capacity of the outgoing clutch unit. After the filling end is identified, the outgoing clutch unit is opened and, overlapping in time, a clutch capacity of the incoming clutch unit is adapted.

Abstract: An airbag configuration provides an airbag outlet opening in a front instrument panel wall region. A given safety distance is provided between the airbag outlet opening and a potential head impact region of a vehicle occupant. The potential head impact region is provided in a head-impact instrument panel wall region adjoining the front instrument panel wall region in a direction away from a windshield and towards the vehicle interior. The safety distance is provided in such a manner that the airbag, after advancing in the direction of the vehicle interior by a distance corresponding to the safety distance between the airbag outlet opening and the potential head impact region, has a filling pressure which is reduced in accordance with predetermined limit values in comparison with the initial filling pressure in the airbag at the beginning of the airbag activation.

Abstract: A device for transmitting the deflection of an actuator (2), comprising at least one transmission element (4) that has a first, a second and a third support zone, said first support zone (6) being associated with a counter-support, said second support zone (8) being associated with the actuator, and said third support zone being associated with a control element (20). The at least one transmission element rests on the counter-support with the first support zone under the action of the actuator and displaces the control element with the third support zone by way of a rotational movement about a center of rotation. The at least one transmission element is substantially configured as a plate (5) that is disposed substantially perpendicular to the movement of adjustment and the first, the second and the third support zone are configured as substantially plane surfaces on the plate, further relates to a method for producing the inventive transmission element.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for producing a boride layer on a surface by plasma boronizing includes supplying a gas mixture containing a boron-releasing gas to a reactor and generating a glow discharge in the reactor using a pulsed DC voltage. The parameters of the production of the plasma produced by the glow discharge in a treatment chamber of the reactor are selected so that an increased quantity of excited boron particles is generated in the plasma to produce non-porous boride layers, for example, for boride coating of components which need a surface that is highly resistant to wear, for example, gears, camshafts and the like. Parameters with which the production of the boride layer can be controlled are, for example, voltage, pulse-duty factor, frequency, temperature, treatment chamber pressure during the production of the plasma, and the content of boron-releasing gas and of the remaining components in the gas mixture which is fed to the reactor.

Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an airbag deployable in a direction to protect a vehicle occupant and an arrangement for limiting the unfolding impulse of the airbag upon an obstacle placed in a deployment path of the airbag to reduce the unfolding impulse transferred to the obstacle. The limitation arrangement, which can be, for example, a sheath, aperture in the airbag, can respond to the resistance of the occupant located in the deployment path, which is outside a normal seating position, or respond to a lack of resistance from the passenger. As the limitation arrangement limits the unfolding impulse of the airbag, it reduces the maximum unfolding impulse transferable to the occupant located outside the normal seating, in the deploying path.

Abstract: A control valve for installation in a wobbleplate compressor with a changeable working volume is provided with an inlet for a connection to a pressure chamber, a first outlet for connection to a crank chamber, and a second outlet for connection to a suction chamber. A closing element cooperates with the second outlet and is acted upon by a device for controlling the gas mass flow.

Abstract: A method is for producing a display and control environment of a human-machine interface having connected devices and/or applications, the human-machine interface having directly or indirectly assigned to it a processing unit. A device is for producing a display and control environment of a human-machine interface corresponding to connected devices and/or applications, the human-machine interface including at least one input device and at least one output device, and includes a processing device and/or is connected to a processing device. Stored generic data of the display and/or control environment of the human-machine interface are retrieved and/or transmitted automatically to the processing unit as a function of defined parameters. Furthermore, stored data, e.g., functional data, of the connected devices and/or applications are retrieved or transmitted.

Abstract: A magnesium-based alloy containing at least 92 wt % magnesium, 2.7 to 3.3 wt % neodymium, 0.0 to 2.6 wt % yttrium, 0.2 to 0.8 wt % zirconium, 0.2 to 0.8 wt % zinc, 0.03 to 0.25 wt % calcium, and 0.00 to 0.001 wt % beryllium. The alloy may additionally contain up to 0.007 wt % iron, up to 0.002 wt % nickel, up to 0.003 wt % copper, and up to 0.01 wt % silicon, and incidental impurities. The alloy may contain from 0.2 to 0.5 wt % Zn, and from 0.03 to 0.15 wt % Ca, and 2.9-3.2 wt % Nd, 1.9-2.1 wt % Y, 0.3-0.5 wt % Zr, 0.2-0.4 wt % Zn, and 0.03-0.12 wt % Ca.

Abstract: A method is for regulating the speed of an automobile and the distance of the automobile from at least one automobile driving in front during a docking process, the driving speed of the automobile being greater than that of the automobile in front. According to the method, a detection device with a distance sensor is used to determine at least the speed of the automobile, the relative speed and the distance from the automobile in front, and the value of a normal acceleration for a braking operation of the vehicle is calculated according to the difference between a predetermined normal desired following distance and the distance and the relative speed.

Abstract: A dual battery system includes a starter battery and a battery of the vehicle electric system, a starter and electric consumers that are divided up into start-relevant consumers and consumers of the vehicle electric system. At least one starter switch is interposed between the starter and the starter battery. A first, electronically fully locking switch element is interposed between the starter battery and the start-relevant consumers and a second electrically fully locking switch element is interposed between the battery of the vehicle electric system and the start-relevant consumers. An element is interposed between the starter battery and the battery of the vehicle electric system that prevents the flow of current from the starter battery to the battery of the vehicle electric system and the consumers of the vehicle electric system.