Abstract: A pedal unit for actuating a vehicle function includes a pedal head, which has a pad support and a replaceable pedal pad releasably connected to the pad support for receiving an actuation force of a driver's foot. A housing cover and fastening assembly is movable along a vertical direction of the pedal unit. The housing cover has a hat-shaped connection cap on a face facing the pedal head, and the pad support has, on a face facing the housing cover, a receiving opening with a contour adapted to the connection cap. The fastening assembly includes at least one undercut on the connection cap and at least one retaining element on the pad support, which are arranged in the assembled state to form a releasable catch connection between the pad support and the housing cover, which prevents or at least impedes movement of the pad support in the direction of disassembly.

Abstract: An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and/or acceleration request, with a first and a second housing portion is disclosed. The first housing portion includes an actuating surface on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion, or a cover with the actuating surface is arranged on the top surface. The housing portions are connected to each other by a hinge. An axis of rotation of the hinge is arranged laterally spaced apart from the actuating surface.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for an actuation device of a motor vehicle is disclosed which has a force transfer element and which can be assigned or is assigned in particular to an actuating surface of the actuation device for transferring an actuating force applied to the actuation device, in particular on the actuating surface. The sensor arrangement further has a measuring head arranged in a printed circuit board. The measuring head has a measuring membrane. The measuring membrane has a force sensor element at one end and is assigned to the force transfer element at the other end, in particular abutting the force transfer element.

Abstract: A steering rod for a steer-by-wire steering system is disclosed. The steering rod is designed to move in the axial direction over a distance S. The steering rod includes a first target lane with first conductive segments. Gaps exist between the first segments such that the first segments and gaps form a first pattern along the first target lane which repeats itself with a first period length p1. The steering rod includes a second target lane with second conductive segments. Gaps exist between the second segments such that the second segments and gaps along the second target lane form a second pattern that repeats with a second period length p2. The period lengths p1 and p2 are selected such that the least common multiple of the period lengths p1 and p2 is greater than or equal to the distance S.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic actuator for a brake system. The actuator includes: a housing defining an interior space and having first and second openings; a master brake cylinder positioned in the first opening and attached to the housing so that the first opening is sealed in a fluid-tight manner; an electric motor arranged on the housing; and a transmission in the interior space and kinematically coupled to the master brake cylinder. The transmission includes a transmission intermediate part which is moveable along a longitudinal axis and subdivides the housing, into a first housing region in which the master brake cylinder is arranged, and a second housing region facing the second opening. The actuator includes a compensating membrane closing the second opening in a fluid-tight manner and elastically deformable to reduce a pressure difference between the first and second housing region when an axial displacement of the transmission intermediate part occurs.

Abstract: A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function includes a pedal head, which receives an actuating force of a driver's foot, an outer housing which is open in the direction of the pedal head, an inner housing connected to the outer housing and which is open in the direction of the pedal head, a movable housing, and a sensor assembly. The movable housing is closed in the direction of the pedal head, arranged between the outer housing and the inner housing, mounted on the inner housing displaceably in the longitudinal extension of the inner housing with a small stroke against the force of a return spring, and is connected to the pedal head. The sensor assembly includes at least one measuring circuit having at least one sensor module arranged inside a sensor housing to detect a stroke movement of the movable housing caused by the actuating force.

Abstract: An actuation device for a brake system. The actuation device includes: an electric machine, wherein a rotor of the electric machine is arranged on a rotatably mounted drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner; a displaceably mounted pressure element; and a transmission device, using which the drive shaft is operatively connected to the pressure element, wherein the transmission device has a displaceable threaded spindle, wherein a rotation-locking element is rotationally fixed to the threaded spindle, and wherein the rotation-locking element interacts with a housing of the actuation device and/or with an element of the actuation device that is arranged on the housing in a fixed manner, in order to form an anti-rotation device for the threaded spindle. The rotationally-fixed connection between the rotation-locking element and the threaded spindle is formed by a form-fitting connection.

Abstract: A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function is disclosed. The pedal unit includes a tread plate that has a support surface configured to receive an actuating force of a driver's foot. The tread plate is connected to a housing cover that is movable via a small stroke along a vertical direction of the pedal unit. The housing cover is connected to a sensor housing in which at least one sensor arrangement is formed. At least one deflection device is included and designed to deflect a small stroke movement of the movable housing cover extending along a vertical direction of the pedal unit caused by the actuating force into a measuring movement extending along a longitudinal direction of the pedal unit. The at least one sensor arrangement is designed to detect the measuring movement based on the small stroke movement in a contactless manner.

Abstract: An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and/or acceleration request is disclosed. The actuation device has a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion is displaceably mounted on the second housing portion in the longitudinal extension of the second housing portion. The first housing portion has an actuating surface on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion, or a cover having an actuating surface is arranged on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion. The housing portions are each formed at least in sections in a cylindrical shape with a closed casing wall. The actuation device further has a first sliding element and a second sliding element arranged between the housing portions. The first sliding element and the second sliding element each abut axially against at least one of the housing portions.

Abstract: A brake booster device. The brake booster includes a reservoir and a master brake cylinder having at least one chamber and at least one piston arranged in the chamber. The chamber can be connected to the pressure regulator so that the piston can be at least partially by returned via the pressure regulator, wherein the chamber can be connected to the reservoir, wherein a valve is arranged between the chamber and the reservoir.

Abstract: A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function has a modularly constructed pedal head which includes a pad support and a replaceable pedal pad for receiving an actuation force of a driver's foot and connected to a small stroke movable housing cover along a vertical direction of the pedal unit. The pedal pad is releasably connected to the pad support. A fastening arrangement is configured to connect the pad support to the movable housing cover in a releasable and form-fit and/or friction-fit manner as well. A method for assembling such a pedal unit and a method for disassembling a pedal head from such a pedal unit is also disclosed.

Abstract: A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function is disclosed. The pedal unit includes a tread plate that has a support surface configured to receive an actuating force of a driver's foot. The tread plate is connected to a housing cover that is movable via a small stroke along a vertical direction of the pedal unit. The housing cover is connected to a sensor housing in which at least one sensor arrangement is formed. At least one deflection device is included and designed to deflect a small stroke movement of the movable housing cover extending along a vertical direction of the pedal unit caused by the actuating force into a measuring movement extending along a longitudinal direction of the pedal unit. The at least one sensor arrangement is designed to detect the measuring movement based on the small stroke movement in a contactless manner.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for an actuation device of a motor vehicle is disclosed which has a force transfer element and which can be assigned or is assigned in particular to an actuating surface of the actuation device for transferring an actuating force applied to the actuation device, in particular on the actuating surface. The sensor arrangement further has a measuring head arranged in a printed circuit board. The measuring head has a measuring membrane. The measuring membrane has a force sensor element at one end and is assigned to the force transfer element at the other end, in particular abutting the force transfer element.

Abstract: An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and/or acceleration request, with a first and a second housing portion is disclosed. The first housing portion includes an actuating surface on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion, or a cover with the actuating surface is arranged on the top surface. The housing portions are connected to each other by a hinge. An axis of rotation of the hinge is arranged laterally spaced apart from the actuating surface.

Abstract: An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and/or acceleration request, includes a first housing portion which is slidably mounted on a second housing portion in a vertical extension of the second housing portion. The first housing portion includes an actuating surface on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion, or a cover having the actuating surface is arranged on the top surface. The first housing portion includes a bar-shaped projection on an inner side facing the second housing portion. Further, the second housing portion includes a guide receptacle for the projection for the guided, slidable mounting of the first housing portion on the second housing portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a camera module. The method includes: a) mounting an image sensor on a circuit board, b) inserting and fixing the circuit board into a housing, c) aligning an objective lens accommodated in the housing and including an electrical interface with respect to the image sensor, d) fixing the objective lens in the housing. In step b) spring contacts, which are movable with respect to the circuit board, are inserted into the housing together with the circuit board and, in a step e), i.e., after the fixation of the objective lens in the housing, are brought into contact with the electrical interface with the aid of clamping and/or fixing elements.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a camera module. The method includes: a) mounting an image sensor on a circuit board, b) inserting and fixing the circuit board into a housing, c) aligning an objective lens accommodated in the housing and including an electrical interface with respect to the image sensor, d) fixing the objective lens in the housing. In step b) spring contacts, which are movable with respect to the circuit board, are inserted into the housing together with the circuit board and, in a step e), i.e., after the fixation of the objective lens in the housing, are brought into contact with the electrical interface with the aid of clamping and/or fixing elements.

Abstract: A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.

Abstract: A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.

Abstract: A slide valve is described, in particular, for an automatic transmission for motor vehicles. The slide valve includes a valve slide displaceable in a sliding channel and at least two adjacent connecting channels. The sliding channel and the valve slide are configured so that the valve slide in an opened slide position establishes a fluid connection between the two adjacent connecting channels, and the valve slide in the opened slide position is guided in a section of the sliding channel between the adjacent connecting channels.