Abstract: The invention relates to methods and a system for operating electrical drive units of seat components in a motor vehicle, preferably in the case of a detected pre-crash situation, wherein an optimum target position of a passenger for an imminent crash case is moved to (S1, S2) depending on a current position of the passenger, wherein, for this purpose, a rule strategy for coordinating the adjustment of the seat components is determined (S3) in order to actuate at least two of the drive units at the same time or directly in succession such that the required power of the drive units is minimized (S4).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the area of producing aliphatic aldehydes with 5 to 31 carbon atoms, in particular by microbial conversion of corresponding aliphatic fatty acids with 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to enzymes for catalyzing a conversion reaction of this type and nucleic acids coding for this.

Abstract: The invention relates to microbial terpene production. Known methods for microbial production of terpenes are mostly based on the direct conversion of sugars. Therefore alternative substrates, in particular alternative carbon sources, for use in microbial terpene production were desirable. The invention relates to a methylotrophic bacterium containing recombinant DNA coding for at least one polypeptide with enzymatic activity for heterologous expression in said bacterium, wherein said at least one polypeptide with enzymatic activity is selected from the group consisting an enzyme of a heterologous mevalonate pathway, a heterologous terpene synthase and optionally a heterologous synthase of a prenyl diphosphate precursor. The invention further relates in particular to a method for de novo microbial synthesis of sesquiterpenes or diterpenes from methanol and/or ethanol.

Abstract: A method and a device for protecting a vehicle occupant. In the event of an impact in which the vehicle occupant is moved in an impact direction prior to the impact. During a first phase, the vehicle occupant is stabilized by a first actuator as a function of a pre-crash signal. During a second phase, which follows the first phase, the vehicle occupant is moved by a second actuator in the impact direction as a function of a signal characterizing a starting or an inevitable crash.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the area of producing aliphatic aldehydes with 5 to 31 carbon atoms, in particular by microbial conversion of corresponding aliphatic fatty acids with 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to enzymes for catalysing a conversion reaction of this type and nucleic acids coding for this.

Abstract: The invention relates to a seat adjuster (100) especially for a seat (105) in a motor vehicle, comprising an adjusting element (115), an electric adjusting device (110) and a transmission device (120) for transmitting adjusting forces between the electric adjusting device and the adjusting element, the transmission device comprising a transmission element (320) for transmitting adjusting forces and the transmission element being flexible at a right angle to the direction of the adjusting forces.

Abstract: A holding device (195) for holding a vehicle occupant (180) in a vehicle seat (190); the center of mass (S) of the vehicle occupant (180) being in a predetermined center-of-mass region (330) over a vehicle seat surface when the vehicle occupant (180) sits on the vehicle seat (190); and the holding device (195) including a holding element (195) that is designed to hold the vehicle occupant (180) in a predetermined position on the vehicle seat (190) in the event of a collision of the vehicle. In addition, the holding device (195) includes a positioning unit (305, 710) that is designed to bring the holding element (300, 700) from a starting position into a target position on a side of the vehicle seat in response to an activation signal; in the target position, the holding element (300, 700) being situated at an elevation over the vehicle seat surface, so that in the target position, it laterally covers at least a part of the center-of-mass region (330).

Abstract: Delivery units are already known which have a drive rotor and an output rotor driven by the drive rotor, which are supported in a housing, interact in a meshing manner through a spur toothing in each case and draw fluid through at least one inlet and push said fluid out through an outlet, wherein the inlet and the outlet are separated from each other by two separating webs. In order to control the flow rate through the delivery unit, a rotational speed control, a bypass control, or, for gases, a suction throttling, for example, can be carried out. A rotational speed control is energy efficient, but very expensive, because an electric motor must be used, the rotational speed of which can be controlled. In the bypass control, the fluid is delivered from the outlet through a bypass back to the inlet, which however is energetically unfavorable and connected to hydraulic losses.

Abstract: A method for the submerged cultivation of filamentous organisms is described, where the formation of cell agglomerates, mycelial assemblages and pellets, and the adhesion to abiotic surfaces is reduced or prevented during the cultivation through the presence of particles which are insoluble or only partly soluble in the cultivation liquid and have a size of up to a few millimetres. With this method it is possible to overcome the problems hitherto in the biotechnological use of filamentous organisms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic open- and closed-loop control apparatus (10) for flows of pressure fluid, having one inlet conduit (14), two outlet conduits (16, 18), and one venting conduit (20), and also having a valve piston (90) mediating between these conduits and mounted in a valve chamber (92), and to a method for open- and closed-loop control of flows of pressure fluid. It is proposed that by means of a pneumatically driven valve piston (92), with a predeterminable time constant, one outlet conduit (16, 18) each of the pneumatic open- and closed-loop control apparatus (10) is connected to the single inlet conduit (14), while the other outlet conduit is simultaneously connected to the venting conduit (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable valve that has a magnet part, a moveable armature element, a spring element, and a valve part. The magnet part has at least one coil form with a magnetic coil wound on it, a flux concentrating element and a center pole. The valve part has a closing element that cooperates with the armature element and controls the opening and closing of the valve on a valve seat. The armature element is designed as a clapper-type armature and cooperates with the center pole by way of a damping element.

Abstract: In order to produce very complex fluidic connections of valves in an extremely small amount of space, a multivalve unit for flowing media such as air, water, or another fluid, has a sandwich-like plate structure (12) composed of two outer conduit plates (13, 15) and a central sealing plate (14) situated between them, as well as a housing (11) enclosing the plate structure (12). Front plate surfaces (131, 151) of the conduit plates (13, 15) oriented toward the sealing plate (14) are provided with flow conduits (16) that are covered by the sealing plate (14), and the back plate surfaces (132, 152) of the conduit plates (13, 15) are provided with inlet and outlet openings (17, 18) that communicate with flow conduits (16) (FIG. 1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic open- and closed-loop control apparatus (10) for flows of pressure fluid, having one inlet conduit (14), two outlet conduits (16, 18), and one venting conduit (20), and also having a valve piston (90) mediating between these conduits and mounted in a valve chamber (92), and to a method for open- and closed-loop control of flows of pressure fluid.

Abstract: The invention creates a vehicle pneumatics overpressure regulating circuit 1 of a supply device of a pneumatic consumer 5 in a vehicle with an operating pressure. The overpressure circuit 1 has a compressed air source 3, which furnishes compressed air for the consumer 5; a pressure switch 8, by means of which the compressed air source 3 is turned on and/or off to supply the consumer 5 with compressed air; and a supply line 4, by way of which compressed air can be carried from the compressed air source 3 to the consumer 5. The pressure switch 8 can be subjected to a measured pressure via a pneumatic measurement line 7, which is separate from the supply line, and this measured pressure characterizes a state of the operating pressure of the consumer. As a result, extremely precise regulation of the requisite operating pressure is successfully achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable valve that comprises a magnet part, a moveable armature element, a spring element, and a valve part. The magnet part has at least one coil form with a magnetic coil wound on it, a flux concentrating element and a center pole. The valve part comprises a closing element that cooperates with the armature element and controls the opening and closing of the valve on a valve seat. The armature element is designed as a clapper-type armature and cooperates with the center pole by way of a damping element.

Abstract: The invention relates to an orientation aid for visually impaired and particularly blind persons. In this connection, at least one signal device (5, 6) for the indicating of a change in the direction of walking is associated with a memory (7) for the storing of a selectable direction of walking.