Abstract: A ball joint includes a base body, a ball socket formed in the base body, and a ball pivot having a joint ball which is received in the ball socket. The joint ball is held in the ball socket by a locking ring which has a flange portion bearing upon the base body. The flange portion has an outer periphery formed with a circumferential groove, with a groove flank of the groove providing a welding area. A welding seam running about the flange portion connects the locking ring to the base body.

Abstract: An arm rest arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The arm rest arrangement includes an arm rest. The arm rest has a receptacle device displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position in a displacing direction. An arm rest carrier is arranged upon the arm rest. The arm rest is displaceable relative to the arm rest carrier between an initial position and a final position in an adjusting direction that is equidirectional to the displacing direction.

Abstract: A ball joint includes a base body, a ball socket formed in the base body, and a ball pivot having a joint ball which is received in the ball socket. The joint ball is held in the ball socket by a locking ring which has a flange portion bearing upon the base body. The flange portion has an outer periphery formed with a circumferential groove, with a groove flank of the groove providing a welding area. A welding seam running about the flange portion connects the locking ring to the base body.

Abstract: A door impact beam for a motor vehicle includes a pot-shaped member made from a metal sheet and extending over a major part of a length of the beam to define two legs and a bridge interconnecting the legs. The bridge has a central length portion which is formed with an embossment defined by a depth, with a ratio of the depth of the embossment to a height of the pot-shaped member in midsection ranging between 1:3 and 1:6. The pot-shaped member has side flanges extending transversely from lower longitudinal edges of the legs in the central length portion.

Abstract: A door impact beam for a motor vehicle includes a pot-shaped member made from a metal sheet and extending over a major part of a length of the beam to define two legs and a bridge interconnecting the legs. The bridge has a central length portion which is formed with an embossment defined by a depth, with a ratio of the depth of the embossment to a height of the pot-shaped member in midsection ranging between 1:3 and 1:6. The pot-shaped member has side flanges extending transversely from lower longitudinal edges of the legs in the central length portion.

Abstract: In a method of making a hybrid structure, at least one support body is fixed in a tube component which is then placed in an injection molding tool. An injection-molded part is injection-molded to an outer surface of the tube component in an area of the support body. As a result, the tube component is inwardly deformed, when regions adjacent to the support body are exposed to an injection pressure, and forms indentations for engagement of the injection-molded part.

Abstract: A process for making a biodegradable composition involving: (a) providing from about 20 to 80% by weight of C8-22 fatty alcohol; (b) providing from about 20 to 80% by weight of a ring opening product of a C8-18 1,2-epoxyalkane with ethylene glycol; (c) combining (a) and (b) to form a reaction mixture; and (d) reacting the reaction mixture with ethylene oxide, with the proviso that the ethylene oxide is used in an amount of from about 5 to 100 mol ethylene oxide per mol of free OH groups present in the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a compressed-gas tank which is disposed in a wheel well of a spare wheel. The compressed-gas tank has a circular-cylindrical configuration defined by an axis of rotation and includes tie elements in parallel relationship to the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A dielectric insulating fluid composition for a transformer including a trimethylol propane ester corresponding to general formula I: where R1, R2, and R3 are the same or different and each represents a linear or branched alkyl group containing 5 to 11 carbon atoms, where an ester having a viscosity of <23 mm2/s at 40° C. and a fire point of >300° C. is provided.

Abstract: A dashboard for a motor vehicle includes a support beam extending between windshield pillars of a motor vehicle body, and an active arrangement which interacts with the support beam for vibration damping. The active arrangement includes plural actuators which are disposed on the support beam and a controller which is operatively connected to the actuators. Further provided is an alert system for recognizing a fatigue state of a driver, with the actuators operatively connected to the alert system via the controller.

Abstract: A process for making a biodegradable composition involving: (a) providing from about 20 to 80% by weight of C8-22 fatty alcohol; (b) providing from about 20 to 80% by weight of a ring opening product of a C8-18 1,2-epoxyalkane with ethylene glycol; (c) combining (a) and (b) to form a reaction mixture; and (d) reacting the reaction mixture with ethylene oxide, with the proviso that the ethylene oxide is used in an amount of from about 5 to 100 mol ethylene oxide per mol of free OH groups present in the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Processes for removing unwanted plants by application of hot foam compositions in which selected surfactant mixtures of alkyl (oligo)glycosides, optionally in combination with other auxiliaries and additives, are added to the hot foam.

Abstract: A dashboard support for a motor vehicle, includes a support beam extending between windshield pillars of a motor vehicle body. Associated to the support beam is an active arrangement, which includes ceramic piezoelectric elements and a controller operatively connected to the piezoelectric elements, for implementing a vibration damping.

Abstract: A dashboard support for a motor vehicle, includes a support beam extending between windshield pillars of a motor vehicle body. Associated to the support beam is an active arrangement, which includes ceramic piezoelectric elements and a controller operatively connected to the piezoelectric elements, for implementing a vibration damping.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the separation of gases from liquids, in particular from the water of a heating system, the separating device being united constructionally with the heating pump, the pump housing being divided into chambers by the provision of liquid guiding webs, a turbulence chamber being produced.