Abstract: An electrical heating device comprises two heating chambers between which an electrical heating assembly is formed. Via a distributor a flow of a medium to be heated entering the electrical heating device in the inflow direction is divided into a first partial flow and a second partial flow. The first partial flow flows through the first heating chamber, while the second partial flow flows through the second heating chamber. For this purpose, the distributor has a distributing body, which may be configured as a conical bod that is rotationally symmetrical about an axis of symmetry. The axis of symmetry may be parallel to an inlet axis. Alternatively, the distributing body can also be configured as an overflow edge.

Abstract: An electrical heating device for heating a liquid medium includes a first heating chamber, a second heating chamber, and an electrical heating assembly which is provided between the first heating chamber and the second heating chamber and which is coupled to the first heating chamber and the second heating chamber in a heat-conducting manner. In order to provide an electrical heating device which can be easily adapted to different heating powers and/or operating voltages, the first heating chamber has a first channel section, and the second heating chamber has a second channel section. The first channel section and/or the second channel section form a flow connection between the two heating chambers which passes through the plane containing the electrical heating assembly and the length of which can be varied in a direction transverse to the plane containing the electrical heating assembly.

Abstract: An electrical heating device comprises an electrical heating assembly and a control device adapted to control the electrical heating assembly and a housing base part that is adapted to accommodate the control device. The housing part is connected to a housing cover to form a housing sealed from the environment. The control device and the electrical heating assembly are accommodated in the housing to create a compact design and the best possible EMC protection.

Abstract: A helical-gear transmission for an electromechanical power steering includes a shaft intermeshing with a helical gear. The shaft is arranged in a transmission housing and is rotatably mounted in the transmission housing about a longitudinal axis, having the first end thereof in a drive-side bearing arrangement and the second end thereof in a non-drive-side bearing arrangement. The transmission housing has, in extension of the shaft on a non-drive-side end, an opening which can be sealed by a cover, wherein the cover has a cover base and a surrounding cover edge, wherein the cover base has, in the region of the shaft, a bulge extending to the outside in the direction of the shaft which forms an axial lock of the shaft.

Abstract: An electromechanical steering system may include a reduction gearbox where a worm gear is mounted in first and second bearings rotatably about a longitudinal axis. Rolling elements are disposed between inner and outer rings of the bearings. The inner rings are rotationally fixed on a shaft driven by the worm gear. A spring element is disposed between the inner ring of the second bearing and the worm gear. The spring element has an at least partially annular main body that when installed extends coaxially with the longitudinal axis. Spring arms in a circumferential direction are spaced apart from the longitudinal axis emanating from an external circumferential side of the main body. A first spring arm has a first leg that points away from the longitudinal axis and a second leg on which a free end is disposed, with the second leg running at least partially parallel to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a steering shaft mounted in a casing unit so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and a feedback actuator that has an electric motor with a motor shaft that is aligned axially along a motor axis, arranged at a distance parallel to the longitudinal axis, and coupled to the steering shaft via a transmission. The motor is connected to a control unit for electrical operation. The control unit may be integrated with the feedback actuator. And the transmission may be arranged axially between the motor and the control unit.

Abstract: A worm gear for an electromechanical power steering system of a motor vehicle, includes a worm shaft that meshes with a worm wheel. The worm wheel and the worm shaft are arranged together in a gear housing. An eccentric lever and a bimetallic spring that is operatively connected to the eccentric lever are configured to compensate for a temperature-related play in the engagement between the worm wheel and the worm shaft.

Abstract: An electromechanical steering system may include a reduction gearbox where a worm gear is mounted in first and second bearings rotatably about a longitudinal axis. Rolling elements are disposed between inner and outer rings of the bearings. The inner rings are rotationally fixed on a shaft driven by the worm gear. A spring element is disposed between the inner ring of the second bearing and the worm gear. The spring element has an at least partially annular main body that when installed extends coaxially with the longitudinal axis. Spring arms in a circumferential direction are spaced apart from the longitudinal axis emanating from an external circumferential side of the main body. A first spring arm has a first leg that points away from the longitudinal axis and a second leg on which a free end is disposed, with the second leg running at least partially parallel to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A method for conditionally redeeming transportation credits through a transportation credit program having a sponsor may include verifying, through a validation network provider across a computer network, a recipient's eligibility for a transportation credit having one or more redemption conditions, issuing the transportation credit to the recipient, transmitting the transportation credit to a transportation service provider through the validation network provider across the computer network, and enforcing one or more of the redemption conditions by monitoring one or more of the redemption conditions using a mobile computing device.

Abstract: A helical-gear transmission for an electromechanical power steering includes a shaft intermeshing with a helical gear. The shaft is arranged in a transmission housing and is rotatably mounted in the transmission housing about a longitudinal axis, having the first end thereof in a drive-side bearing arrangement and the second end thereof in a non-drive-side bearing arrangement. The transmission housing has, in extension of the shaft on a non-drive-side end, an opening which can be sealed by a cover, wherein the cover has a cover base and a surrounding cover edge, wherein the cover base has, in the region of the shaft, a bulge extending to the outside in the direction of the shaft which forms an axial lock of the shaft.

Abstract: A method for conditionally redeeming transportation credits through a transportation credit program having a sponsor may include verifying, through a validation network provider across a computer network, a recipient's eligibility for a transportation credit having one or more redemption conditions, issuing the transportation credit to the recipient, transmitting the transportation credit to a transportation service provider through the validation network provider across the computer network, and enforcing one or more of the redemption conditions by monitoring one or more of the redemption conditions using a mobile computing device.

Abstract: A worm gear for an electromechanical power steering system of a motor vehicle, includes a worm shaft that meshes with a worm wheel. The worm wheel and the worm shaft are arranged together in a gear housing. An eccentric lever and a bimetallic spring that is operatively connected to the eccentric lever are configured to compensate for a temperature-related play in the engagement between the worm wheel and the worm shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag arrangement, comprising a carrier of an airbag covering, an airbag module which is arranged on a rear side of the carrier and which is fastened on the carrier at at least one location, by way of a screw connection, as well as a reinforcement part which is formed from a sheet-metal piece in a single-piece manner, is involved in the screw connection and comprises at least one rim-hole provided with an inner thread, for screwing a screw of the screw connection and with which a holding force provided by the screw may be introduced into the carrier, wherein the reinforcement part is supported on a front side of the carrier and wherein the airbag module is screwed to the reinforcement part through a hole in the carrier which is aligned with the at least one rim-hole.

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag arrangement, comprising a carrier of an airbag covering, an airbag module which is arranged on a rear side of the carrier and which is fastened on the carrier at least one location, by way of a screw connection, as well as a reinforcement part which is formed from a sheet-metal piece in a single-piece manner, is involved in the screw connection and comprises at least one rim-hole provided with an inner thread, for screwing a screw of the screw connection and with which a holding force provided by the screw may be introduced into the carrier, wherein the reinforcement part is supported on a front side of the carrier and wherein the airbag module is screwed to the reinforcement part through a hole in the carrier which is aligned with the at least one rim-hole.

Abstract: A thermal spray gun having an advanced, streamlined design which simplifies assembly of the gun components and reduces maintenance downtime. The thermal spray gun has a fuel/oxidant gas nozzle with a plurality of oxygen outlets arranged in a ring upon a discharge face. Three alternative fuel gas outlet configurations provide a combustion flame within a barrel having an inlet adjacent the fuel/oxidant gas nozzle discharge face. Powdered feedstock is supplied through a centrally disposed feedstock injector and is heated by the combustion flame. Oxidant gas, fuel gas and power feedstock are simultaneously discharged into the barrel, through a single plane perpendicular to the direction of gas and feedstock flow.

Abstract: In order to improve a multi-conductor control cable comprising conductor bundles utilized in container loading devices (spreader cables) so that it can transmit video signals, a stranded unit is provided in place of a conductor bundle. This stranded unit consists of only four stranded elements: an optical waveguide cable; a stranded element with a diameter equal to the diameter of the optical waveguide cable; and two additional stranded elements of smaller diameter.