Abstract: A method for averting manipulations of an onboard network of a vehicle. The method includes receiving a signature of an anomaly prevailing in the onboard network and carrying out a first countermeasure which transfers the vehicle and/or at least one of its components into a predetermined safe state. The first countermeasure is selected based on the signature. The method also includes the implementation of a second countermeasure to at least partially restore a functional scope of the vehicle. The first and/or the second countermeasure for the prevailing anomaly is/are selected dynamically from various available countermeasures based on status information with respect to the vehicle and/or the prevailing anomaly.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method. The method includes recognizing the possibility of a manipulation of the software of a first component of a plurality of components of a vehicle electrical system of a vehicle in a central device for mitigating a manipulation of software. The central device for mitigating a manipulation is part of the vehicle electrical system, and is designed to mitigate a manipulation of software in each component of the plurality of components of the vehicle electrical system. The method further includes initiating a countermeasure for mitigating the manipulation of the software of the first component and carrying out the countermeasure for mitigating the manipulation of the software of the first component. The countermeasure includes changing a functionality of the first component and at least partially shifting the functionality of the first component to one or multiple other components of the plurality of components.

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit in a network of control units, including the following features: a request to change a mode of the network is received, the request is subjected to a check, which provides a check result; a communication is disseminated to the remaining control units and a response is received in each case with respect to the check result and to a status of the network known to the control unit; and the request is complied with or rejected as a function of the responses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a manufacturing process, comprising the steps of: detecting a workpiece with a sensor unit of a portable device, sending the information acquired by the sensor unit to a database and applying a workpiece-specific data set, detecting the workpiece before, during and/or after carrying out a machining step or a handling step on the workpiece by the sensor unit of the portable device, updating the data set stored in the database before, during and/or after carrying out a machining step or handling step on the workpiece. The manufacturing process can, for example, relate to the machining of a board-shaped workpiece, such as a solid wooden board, a chipboard, a MDF board, a HDF board, or a workpiece made of another wood material.

Abstract: A communications system is described for a hydraulic brake system, including a communications bus, a connected, first control device, a connected, second control device, and a further connected communications unit. In response to a loss of its communication with the first control device in spite of its regular communication with the at least one further communications unit, at least one instance of functional impairment of the first control device and/or of a first motorized device controlled by the first control device is detectable with the aid of the second control device. A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle, a method for checking a communications system, and a method for operating a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle, are also described.

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit in a network of control units, including the following features: a request to change a mode of the network is received, the request is subjected to a check, which provides a check result; a communication is disseminated to the remaining control units and a response is received in each case with respect to the check result and to a status of the network known to the control unit; and the request is complied with or rejected as a function of the responses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a pass-through machine (1), in particular a pass-through machine which is provided for use in the manufacture of furniture and components, and to a pass-through machine. In the method, a supplied workpiece (W) is first detected and/or identified using a workpiece detection device (20); handling information (HI) is then output using an information device (30) on the basis of the detected information of the workpiece detection device (20); whereupon an operator of the pass-through machine (1) carries out a handling process on or with the workpiece (W) according to the output handling information (HI); and the handled workpiece (W) is then supplied to a machining device (50) of the pass-through machine (1) using a supply device (80).

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing machine (10) or method for processing substantially plate-shaped work pieces (W), preferably made at least partially from wood, wood materials, composite materials or plastics, wherein the processing machine (10) has a processing device (6) for processing a work piece (W) in a processing direction (R), an optical detection device (2), an evaluation unit and a control device (4), wherein: the optical detection device (2) is designed and configured in such a way that it can optically detect front and rear (in relation to the processing direction (6)) end sections (Q1, Q2) of a work piece (W) to be processed, and it provides the evaluation unit with corresponding detection results; the evaluation unit is designed in such a way that it assesses, based on the detection results, whether a coating (B) is present on the front and/or rear end section (Q1, Q2) of the work piece (W) to be processed, and provides the control device (4) with corresponding assessment results; and the c

Abstract: A sealing inner sleeve for insertion into pipes in order to seal leaks therein. The sealing inner sleeve has a locking device allowing an increase in the diameter of the sealing inner sleeve, but blocking same in the opposite direction, the sealing inner sleeve having two end sections and an intermediate section connecting said end sections to form a contiguous component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a manufacturing process, comprising the steps of: detecting a workpiece with a sensor unit of a portable device, sending the information acquired by the sensor unit to a database and applying a workpiece-specific data set, detecting the workpiece before, during and/or after carrying out a machining step or a handling step on the workpiece by the sensor unit of the portable device, updating the data set stored in the database before, during and/or after canying out a machining step or handling step on the workpiece. The manufacturing process can, for example, relate to the machining of a board-shaped workpiece, such as a solid wooden board, a chipboard, a MDF board, a HDF board, or a workpiece made of another wood material.

Abstract: A communications system is described for a hydraulic brake system, including a communications bus, a connected, first control device, a connected, second control device, and a further connected communications unit. In response to a loss of its communication with the first control device in spite of its regular communication with the at least one further communications unit, at least one instance of functional impairment of the first control device and/or of a first motorized device controlled by the first control device is detectable with the aid of the second control device. A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle, a method for checking a communications system, and a method for operating a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle, are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a pass-through machine (1), in particular a pass-through machine which is provided for use in the manufacture of furniture and components, and to a pass-through machine. In the method, a supplied workpiece (W) is first detected and/or identified using a workpiece detection device (20); handling information (HI) is then output using an information device (30) on the basis of the detected information of the workpiece detection device (20); whereupon an operator of the pass-through machine (1) carries out a handling process on or with the workpiece (W) according to the output handling information (HI); and the handled workpiece (W) is then supplied to a machining device (50) of the pass-through machine (1) using a supply device (80).

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing machine (10) or method for processing substantially plate-shaped work pieces (W), preferably made at least partially from wood, wood materials, composite materials or plastics, wherein the processing machine (10) has a processing device (6) for processing a work piece (W) in a processing direction (R), an optical detection device (2), an evaluation unit and a control device (4), wherein: the optical detection device (2) is designed and configured in such a way that it can optically detect front and rear (in relation to the processing direction (6)) end sections (Q1, Q2) of a work piece (W) to be processed, and it provides the evaluation unit with corresponding detection results; the evaluation unit is designed in such a way that it assesses, based on the detection results, whether a coating (B) is present on the front and/or rear end section (Q1, Q2) of the work piece (W) to be processed, and provides the control device (4) with corresponding assessment results; and the c

Abstract: The invention is an inner seal collar for inserting into pipes in order to seal leakage points in the pipes, comprising an expandable strip which is bent into the shape of a ring and which is preferably made of steel sheet, parts of the strip at least partly overlapping in the circumferential direction, and comprising a locking device which has at least two parallel rows of teeth, wherein a separate clamping pinion engages into at least two of the rows of teeth. The invention comprises a separate blocking pinion paired with each of the at least two clamping pinions, the blocking pinion pushing against the corresponding clamping pinion via a respective spring element and being engaged with the clamping pinion, and each of the blocking pinions is also engaged with the corresponding row of teeth.

Abstract: The invention is an inner seal collar for inserting into pipes in order to seal leakage points in said pipes, comprising an expandable strip which is bent into the shape of a ring and which is preferably made of steel sheet, parts of said strip at least partly overlapping in the circumferential direction, and comprising a locking device which has at least two parallel rows of teeth, wherein a separate clamping pinion engages into at least two of the rows of teeth. The invention comprises a separate blocking pinion paired with each of the at least two clamping pinions, said blocking pinion pushing against the corresponding clamping pinion via a respective spring element and being engaged with said clamping pinion, and each of the blocking pinions is also engaged with the corresponding row of teeth.

Abstract: The invention is a sealing inner sleeve for insertion into pipes in order to seal leaks therein. Said sealing inner sleeve has a locking device allowing an increase in the diameter of the sealing inner sleeve, but blocking same in the opposite direction, the sealing inner sleeve having two end sections and an intermediate section connecting said end sections to form a contiguous component.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier component for use in a vehicle sealing assembly such as a weatherstrip assembly. The carrier is formed from a non-metallic material, and preferably from a polymeric material. Also disclosed are vehicular sealing assemblies utilizing such carriers, and related methods of forming such sealing assemblies.

Abstract: Methods for forming a composite extrusion for use as a vehicle weather strip and the products formed thereby are disclosed in which a main body member is formed from an elastomeric thermoset rubber and an abrasion resistant decorative layer comprised of a crosslinkable thermoplastic is extruded thereon. The crosslinkable thermoplastic may be an ethylene-octene copolymer or a copolymerized ethylene-styrene interpolymer. The thermoplastic contains grafted silane functional groups to allow the thermoplastic to be crosslinked in the presence of moisture. The abrasion resistant decorative layer may be extruded onto the thermoset either prior to or after the thermoset is cured and either prior to or after the abrasion resistant decorative layer is crosslinked. The material of the abrasion resistant decorative layer may be extruded into sheet form and laminated onto the main body member.

Abstract: A polymer blend of an ethylene-&agr;-olefin-diene rubber and a conjugated diene rubber suitable for use as a replacement for unblended EPDM rubber in automotive applications. The rubber blends of the present invention comprise a high molecular weight EPDM rubber, a conjugated diene rubber, and a low molecular weight, high ethylene content EPDM rubber that functions as a compatibilizer. The resultant blend exhibits physical properties, including tensile and tear strength, that are comparable to conventional EPDM rubbers, while maintaining the excellent heat and weather resistance possessed by EPDM rubbers.

Abstract: Methods for forming a composite extrusion for use as a vehicle weather strip and the products formed thereby are disclosed in which a main body member is formed from an elastomeric thermoset rubber and an abrasion resistant decorative layer comprised of a crosslinkable thermoplastic polyolefin is extruded thereon. The crosslinkable thermoplastic polyolefin includes a crosslinkable olefin homopolymer and a second polymeric component selected from the group consisting of a crosslinkable ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer and a crosslinkable copolymerized ethylene-styrene interpolymer. Both the olefin homopolymer and the second polymeric component contain grafted silane functional groups to allow the the materials to be crosslinked in the presence of moisture. The abrasion resistant decorative layer may be extruded onto the thermoset either prior to or after the thermoset is cured and either prior to or after the abrasion resistant decorative layer is crosslinked.