Abstract: A motor vehicle seat with a seat frame (20) and with a back rest (22), which can be mounted onto this seat frame (20) in the state of completion, whereby a back rest joint (24) is provided opposite the seat frame for the adjustment of the tilting of the back rest (22), which has a first arm (26), which is allocated to the seat frame (20), and a second arm (28), which is allocated to the back rest (22), and which have an angular adjustment toward each other. A piece of fitting means, which is arranged in a centric manner to the articulated axle (30) of the back rest joint (24) effects a connection between the back rest (22) and the seat frame (20). Furthermore, a lever (32) for an unlocking device for the tilting forward motion is provided at the back rest (22). The back rest joint (24) is arranged at the back rest (22) with both its arms in the state of completion of the back rest (22).

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat comprising a seat carrier, which is connected on one hand via a height adjustment device, to which belongs a back link, with an underframe and to which on the other hand a back rest support of a back rest is arranged, which on one hand is coupled via a joint to the seat carrier and on the other hand is normally connected via a detachable stop device with a seat carrier in such a way that after the stop device has been released the back rest is moved around the joint in a swinging motion and can thereby be shifted forward. At the same time a locking device has been released, which is preferably allocated to the back link. The seat carrier can be shifted forward in such a way that on the whole the space behind the motor vehicle seat is made larger and the access to this space is made easier. The back rest support has an extension, which extends the back rest support over the joint.

Abstract: An operational control for use with a ventilation, heating, or air conditioning unit of a vehicle, that can be actuated by a turn knob comprises: a guide member for being attached to and manipulated by a turn knob, the guide member defining a guiding groove; an adjusting lever for actuating a Bowden cable to which the adjusting lever is linked, the adjusting lever being mounted adjacent the guide member to pivot; a guide pin attached to the adjusting lever for extending into the guiding groove for cooperating with the guiding groove to cause the adjusting lever to pivot when the guide member is manipulated. The adjusting lever is made of a material that can be welded to steel and the guide pin is a weld-on steel ball welded to the adjusting lever.

Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal guide for a motor vehicle seat with a pair of carries comprising a seat carrier and a sliding bottom carrier, which are movable towards each other in their longitudinal direction and which are in contact with each other by means of sliding devices and/or rollers, whereby each carrier a) possesses at least two guide areas and each guide area of one carrier is adapted in a form to the related guide area of the other carrier in such a way that sliding devices and/or rollers are each taken up between two guide areas of different carries and b) possesses at least one area of gearing, which is modelled in such a way that it does not come into contact with at least one area of gearing of the corresponding other carrier under normal circumstances, but comes into contact, if the two carriers are separated from each other, and obstructs such a separation by means of gearing.

Abstract: The structure relates to a belt integral seat of a motor vehicle with a back rest, which has a back rest frame, onto which a carrier of a neck rest and a device for the safety belt guidance is arranged at the top. The device for a safety belt guidance is attached to the carrier. The carrier is located between the device for a safety belt guidance and the neck rest.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat with a back rest and a seat which is supported by an adjustable underframe, which itself is supported via seat carriers of a longitudinal adjustment device. The back rest is supported by a back rest support, which is connected with the back rest via a back rest mounting. The back rest support is joined in a hinge with the seat carriers via front and back brackets of the back rest support and the seat is joined in a hinge with the seat carriers via front and back brackets of the seat support in an adjustable way.

Abstract: A control knob (1) includes a companion part (2) as a base of the control knob and a control-knob top part (3) having a grip handle (4). The control-knob top part (3) includes a plate (9) having a flexible elastic material coated thereon to form sidewalls (5.1) of the grip handle (4) which can be flexibly deformed when the grip handle (4) is manipulated. This provides improved manipulation and quiet operation of the control knob (1). Additional push-button and switch functions can be included via a flexible facing wall (5.2) on the grip handle (4).

Abstract: A rotary switch has a control knob (3) that is mounted on at least three balls (6) that move, guided by a cage disk (7), in a housing groove (8) formed by a radial wall (9) and an axial wall (10), against which the balls (6) are urged by an outward or inward conical bearing surface (11) or (12). The radial and axial wall bearing surfaces have contact segments and contact paths (13, 14) that are shorted by at least one of the balls (6). The control knob has a stop lug (15), an operational adjustment angle (4) of which is limited by housing lugs (16) and which, during operational adjustment, contacts at least one of two stop lugs (17) of the cage disk, which are positioned at an angle that corresponds approximately to one-half the maximum operational adjustment angle (4) and to a maximum contact adjustment angle (5). This structure results in reduced cost and functional improvement.

Abstract: There is provided a joint fitting of a backrest for a motor vehicle seat, which has a first part of a joint, which is arranged at a seat frame (22) and a second part of a joint, which is arranged at a back of the seat (24), whereby both parts of the joint are adjustable towards each other via an adjustment device, for the reason of which one axis (32) of one part of the joint protrudes into a recess of the other part of the joint, the recess is a long hole (30), within which the axis (32) is guided on a dictated path.

Abstract: Rotary potentiometers known in the art having sensitive adjustment of the control knob require a stepdown gearing and have differing moments of friction that vary between devices. By contrast, in a rotary potentiometer of this invention a control knob (3) is mounted on at least three balls (6) that move, guided by a cage disk (7), in a housing groove (8) formed by a radial wall (9) and an axial wall (10), against which the balls (6) are urged by a load pressure of a conical bearing surface (11 or 12) of the control knob (3). The radial and axial wall bearing surfaces have contact and resistive strips (13, 14) that are short circuited by the balls (6).

Abstract: A longitudinal guide apparatus for a motor vehicle seat having two rails for slidably supporting the motor vehicle seat for fore-aft position adjustment. The guide apparatus includes first fixation devices arranged at one of the two rails for fixing one rail to the motor vehicle seat. Second fixation devices are arranged at the other of the two rails connecting the other rail to a platform of a motor vehicle. Guiding devices are arranged between the two rails. Each rail is provided with at least one hooked part which is in reciprocal engagement with the hooked part of the other rail. One of the two rails is formed as an encompassed rail, the other rail being formed as an encompassing rail, the encompassing rail encompassing the encompassed rail wherein each of the two rails is equipped with a sliding section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a seat area of a motor vehicle seat with a seat cushion adjustable in its incline by height adjustment of the front edge of the seat consisting of a seat support, a pillow spring system and an upholstery part, the seat support comprising a support unit and a swivelling bridge which among others defines the front edge of the seat. Between the swivelling bridge and the support unit and a swivelling bridge which among others defines the front edge of the seat. Between the swivelling bridge and the support unit an adjustment regulation device is planned for an incline adjustment of the swivelling bridge opposite the support unit. A rear support unit, with which the swivelling bridge is connected on both ends via joints is allocated to the swivelling bridge by formation of a cushion support, which can be upholstered. Between the part of the swivelling bridge which is forming the front part of the seat and the rear support unit the pillow spring system is bent.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component for improved distribution of light in a horizontal plane has an elongated body (2) with a central hollow (6) at a top portion (3) thereof, a base (4), and an electrical connection (5). An internally emitted luminescent beam (7) is deflected by the central hollow (6) through transparent portions of the body into the horizontal plane. A height of the component (1) is thereby reduced, and light is fed into light guides more efficiently. Light distribution on all sides is made possible by a conical central hollow. The luminescent beam (7) can be concentrated into four beams by using a pyramidal hollow (6), so that the luminescent beam (7) can be efficiently fed into four light guides that cross at that location.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of control elements (3) on a dashboard (1) of a motor vehicle which are framed and covered by face plates (6) which are mounted after the control elements are mounted. Control element bodies of the control elements (3), are resiliently held relative to fixed attaching eyes (7), and spacings between control element bodies of individual control elements (3) and control element bodies and framing edges of the dashboard (1) are set by spacers (10) on the face plates (6). This arrangement achieves an uncomplicated mounting and a pleasing visual appearance.

Abstract: A compression apparatus which is operated in association with at least two mold parts which can move relative to one another. The compression apparatus is formed of at least one compression units having a working chamber and a working element which can move in it. A gaseous medium can be provided to the working chamber under any initial pressure. During the closing motion of the parts of the mold, the working element is moved in the working chamber, such that the volume in the working chamber is reduced, and in this way, in the course of the closing motion, the gaseous medium is compressed in the working chamber. The compressed gaseous medium can then be sent to a consumer with or without intermediate storage. A compression apparatus of this type is intended for an injection molding machine in which gas pressurization is to take place in a cavity.

Abstract: Dextran esters with a molecular weight of 10,000-10,000,000 and ester side chains which are derived from acids with 6-18 carbon atoms, where the degree of esterification is adjusted, depending on the number of carbon atoms in the side chains and the molecular weight, to a value of 0.04-1.1 so that the dextran esters are insoluble in water at room temperature and are broken down by colonic bacteria, and their use for coating and/or embedding pharmaceutical active ingredients or drug formulations.

Abstract: The invention relates to polysaccharides which are crosslinked with bifunctional crosslinkers and are no longer water-soluble but are still biodegradable, have a swelling of from 100 to 1000%, where the swelling, which means the percentage gain in weight, is determined by the following equation: ##EQU1## in which A is the percentage gain in weight, W.sub.o is the weight of the dry polymer and W.sub.t is the weight of the swollen polymer saturated with water. It likewise relates to a process for preparing the crosslinked polysaccharides and to the use of the crosslinked polysaccharides for coating and/or embedding medicinal active substances or drug compositions. The invention furthermore relates to a drug which contains an active substance which acts in the large intestine or an active substance which is broken down on passing through the stomach or small intestine, coated with or embedded in one of the crosslinked polysaccharides.

Abstract: A child seat for a motor vehicle is adjustable between a lower retracted state at the normal seat height of the motor vehicle seat, and an unfolded position in which the child seat stands out from the normal seat height for occupation by a child. A frame and a supporting structure are connected and hinge-jointed to each other by front and rear parallelogram arms. At least one diagonal locking brace is hinged on one side to one of the frame, the supporting structure and one of the parallelogram arms, and on an other side is guided by a tranverse part in a longitudinal guide. A locking segment has at least one holding notch to accommodate the transverse part, with flanks extending transversely to the longitudinal guide and a handle for releasing the tranverse part from the holding notch. The handle extends over a region of a front surface of the child seat.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat with a longitudinal guide that has a locking device. The seat has a backrest which has a release lever for tilting the seat forward. The operation of the release lever releases the backrest from a normally upright position and allows it to be tipped forward. The backrest is connected to the locking device of the longitudinal guide by means of a release mechanism so that when backrest is tipped forward, the locking device can be released and the motor vehicle seat can be moved manually in the longitudinal guide. Alternatively, if the backrest is in the upright position, the locking device is either ready to be operated, or in the process of operating. A memory device is provided for finding a position where the locking device was previously engaged following the longitudinal movement of the seat along the guide.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a wobble-hinged metal fitting suitable for adjustable motor vehicle seats, and more particularly, for back seat gears. The fitting includes two hinged brackets connected together by an eccentric, a carrier and shaft running therethrough. Each bracket contains an internal gear and an external gear associated with the internal gear. The eccentric is positioned next to one of the gears and is turnably connected to the shaft. The eccentric includes means for compensating play in the seat which consist of an eccentric part having a receiving inlet, at least one rolling body, at least two jamming planes and at least one spring. The spring is positioned such that it pressures the rolling body to come in contact with the jamming plane on one side and the gear on the other side. The carrier is positioned such that when the rolling body is in a locked position, an initial turning movement of the shaft results in the release of the locked rolling body before the eccentric starts to move.