Abstract: A seat arrangement is provided for an automobile comprising a vehicle seat, a longitudinal guide for displacement of the vehicle seat in the longitudinal direction, and a transverse guide for displacement of the vehicle seat in the transverse direction. A forced guidance is furthermore provided, this being configured in such a manner that during displacement in the longitudinal or transverse direction, the vehicle seat is automatically also displaced in the transverse or longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A storage compartment is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a motor vehicle seat. The storage compartment further includes, but is not limited to a movable element, a cargo space in the motor vehicle defined with the movable element that is at least partially bordered by the motor vehicle seat and situated with respect to the motor vehicle seat, and a wall bordering the cargo space in at least one direction and detachably coupled with the movable element with a coupling element so that the wall moves with the movable element.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a support structure, preferably a support structure for a vehicle seat having at least one seat shell for the seat part and/or the backrest of the vehicle seat, having the following method steps of producing a metal semi-finished product and reshaping it into an essentially flat plate, detaching a plate part from the plate, and deforming the plate part, the production of the metal semi-finished product being performed by extrusion. The semi-finished product may be already formed into a flat plate by the extrusion or the extrusion is performed with production of a curved plate, which is subsequently reshaped into a flat plate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component of a vehicle structure or vehicle seat structure is provided that includes, but is not limited to pressing a starting material through a die in order to produce an extruded product, separating a section from the extruded product, and forming the separated section into the component. A varying wall thickness of the separated section is produced during the pressing through the die.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat is provided with an adjusting device that includes, but is not limited to a longitudinal sliding device for sliding the motor vehicle seat in a longitudinal direction and a transverse sliding device for sliding the motor vehicle seat in transverse direction. The transverse sliding device includes, but is not limited to at least one swiveling lever which on the one hand is arranged on the longitudinal sliding device and on the other hand indirectly or directly on the motor vehicle seat. The swiveling lever can be swiveled from a first swiveling position, in which the motor vehicle seat is arranged in a transverse position, into a second swiveling position in which the motor vehicle seat relative to the first transverse position is arranged in transverse direction offset in a second transverse position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle, a vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, and a drive device are provided for swiveling-in and swiveling-out a vehicle seat that is swivelable about a substantially vertical axis, in particular for a front motor vehicle seat which is connected to a motor vehicle by means of a rotary frame. The drive device includes, but is not limited to a first drive unit that applies a driving force for causing a swiveling movement of the seat in at least one swiveling direction. A second drive unit is provided which acts against the first drive unit to provide a second driving force which acts simultaneously against the driving force of the first drive unit, which second driving force causes a second swiveling movement of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A seat arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle having two outer vehicle seats and a middle vehicle seat disposed between the outer vehicle seats in the transverse direction, which are displaceable independently of one another in the longitudinal direction. The middle vehicle seat has a folding backrest and can be brought from a seat position in which the backrest is aligned substantially upright into an armrest position in which the backrest is aligned substantially horizontally and can be used at least partially as an armrest for at least one of the outer vehicle seats. The middle vehicle seat has a first actuator and a second actuator for displacement of the middle vehicle seat in the longitudinal direction. At the same time, the middle vehicle seat can be displaced in the longitudinal direction by actuating one of the actuators.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat is provided with a backrest which can be pivoted from a substantially upright position of use into a substantially horizontal position of non-use. The backrest includes, but is not limited to a wing rest which in the position of non-use of the backrest can be pivoted from a lower armrest position of non-use about a pivot axis extending in seat direction into an upper armrest position of use to form an armrest. The wing rest includes, but is not limited to a support part as well as an upholstery part and between the support part and the upholstery part a height adjusting device for the height adjustment of the upholstery part relative to the support part is arranged.

Abstract: Catalyst characterized in that it contains a composition comprising palladium, tin oxide and a carrier oxide and optionally a promoter and a zeolite which is doped with a dopant, processes for producing the same, its use for the removal of harmful substances from lean combustion engines and exhaust airs as well as methods for the removal of harmful substances from exhaust gases from lean combustion engines by using said catalysts by oxidizing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and simultaneously removing soot particulate by oxidation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for exhaust-gas purification in lean-burn engines, the catalyst comprising at least ZrO2 and/or Ce/Zr mixed oxide as support material and ruthenium as active metal, on its own or together with at least one further active metal selected from the precious metals group. Rare earth oxides and transition metals are used as promoters. The invention also comprises a method for purifying the exhaust gas from lean-burn engines in rich/lean and constant lean mode, in which a catalyst as defined above is used.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing compounds of formula (I) where R is H, optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyl-aryl or heteroaryl, and, in alkyl and cycloalkyl, one or more CH2 groups may be replaced by —O—. The compounds of the formula (I) are valuable intermediates in the synthesis of PPAR agonists.

Abstract: An effervescent preparation of glucosamine sulfate or a mixed salt thereof, suitable for preparing a drinkable medicine and applying a patient's daily dosage in a single dose. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the preparation comprises a fruit acid, preferably citric acid, as acid component and for the improvement of storage-stability. A further preferred dosage form is effervescent tablets.

Abstract: A fuel injector, particularly a fuel injector for fuel injection systems in internal combustion engines, has a valve needle, which cooperates with a valve-seat surface to form a sealing seat, and an armature, which engages with the valve needle, the armature being movable along the axis of the valve needle and being damped by a damping element made from an elastomer. In this context, a first intermediate ring is situated between the armature and the damping element. The damping element rests on the flange, which is connected in a force-locking manner to the valve needle. The intermediate ring and/or the flange is furnished with radial and/or axial channels which connect an interior volume located between the valve needle and the damping element to a central cutaway of the fuel injector.

Abstract: A fuel injector (1), particularly a fuel injector for fuel injection systems in internal combustion engines, has a valve needle (3), which cooperates with a valve-seat surface (6) to form a sealing seat, and an armature (20), which engages with the valve needle (3), the armature (20) being movable along the axis of the valve needle (3) and being damped by a damping element (32) made from an elastomer. In this context, a first intermediate ring (34) is situated between the armature (20) and the damping element (32). The damping element (32) rests on the flange (31), which is connected in a force-locking manner to the valve needle (3). The intermediate ring (34) and/or the flange (31) is furnished with radial and/or axial channels which connect an interior volume (36) located between the valve needle (3) and the damping element (32) to a central cutaway (42) of the fuel injector (1).

Abstract: To eliminate radiation from the mercury high-pressure discharge lamp of wlengths below 365 nm, the lamp includes a discharge vessel of quartz glass which is doped with vanadium in a quantity of up to about only 250 ppm, by weight, with respect to 1 mm of wall thickness of the quartz glass. This absorbed radiation also heats the quartz glass, so that the outside wall temperature of the vessel can be maintained between about 400.degree. and 950.degree. C. The effect can be enhanced by adding, additionally, titanium and/or tin to provide metal ions to the doping substance, in an overall quantity of up to 500 ppm, by weight. Alternatively, the quartz glass can be coated with TiO.sub.2 or SnO.sub.2. Suitable wall thicknesses for the discharge vessel are between 1 and 5 mm, and the fill therein is preferably mercury in a quantity of between 0.5 and 15 mg/cm.sup.3 and xenon with a cold fill pressure of 0.1 to 2.5 bar. Electrode spacing of the lamp is preferably between 2 and 5 mm.

Abstract: To improve the arc stability of high-pressure discharge lamps, particularly f power ratings of up to about only 250 W, the cathode (4) is formed as an elongated, essentially cylindrical base body (8) having a tapering, conical region (9) terminating in a tip (10). The base body (8), only, is covered with a carbide coating along its length, except for an end portion for electrical connection; the carbide coating starts at the junction or transition between the cylindrical base body portion and the conical end portion. This cathode construction is easier and cheaper to make than prior art cathodes, by coating an essentially cylindrical cathode and then etching or grinding and polishing the tapering end region (9). The electrode is preferably made essentially of tungsten, doped with thorium oxide present up to about 0.6%, optionally also potassium, aluminum and silicon in tiny amounts. The electrode spacing is between 0.4 to 0.

Abstract: To essentially eliminate short ultraviolet (UV) radiation from a mercury high-pressure short-arc discharge lamp, that is, wavelengths below the radiation band of 365 nm, the lamp includes a discharge vessel of quartz glass which is coated with a selectively reflective outer coating (2a) and, at the inside, with a selectively absorbing inner coating (2b). The outer coating (2a) is formed by a multi-layer interference reflection filter which preferentially reflects wavelengths between about 240 and 300 nm with a filter cut-off, corresponding to 50% transmission, in the wavelength region between about 290 and 330 nm. The inner coating (2b) is a titanium dioxide coating which, preferentially, absorbs radiation below about 250 nm, with a 50% transmission at about 240 nm. In accordance with a preferred feature of the invention, a radiation absorbing titanium dioxide/silicon dioxide mixed-layer coating (2c) is applied at the outside over the multi-layer interference reflection filter (2a).