Abstract: A driver's cab for a utility vehicle includes a preassemblable door module on at least one side of the vehicle, the door module including a door frame and a door mounted on the door frame; and a supporting structure on which the door is arranged. The supporting structure is prepared for the mounting of the door module. In the mounted state, the door frame is secured on the supporting structure. A driver's cab series, which has a driver's cab for a low-platform vehicle and a driver's cab for a high-platform vehicle, includes a plurality of drivers' cabs having structurally identical supporting structures. At least the driver's cab of the low-platform vehicle includes at least one door module which has a door frame secured on the supporting structure and a vehicle door fastened to the door frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a driver's cab for a utility vehicle, comprising two hollow profiled carriers that are connected to a carrier structure and are supported thereon in such a way that when forces (F) are applied to the front side, the hollow profiled carriers transmit said forces into the carrier structure. The aim of the invention is to improve passenger protection in a driver's cab for a utility vehicle. To this end, a crash element extending between two hollow profiled carriers is at least partially arranged in front of said hollow profiled carriers. Advantageously, in this way, impact forces are distributed between the transversal and longitudinal directions of the vehicle.

Abstract: An airflow deflector (5) guides the airflow (6) between a towing machine (1) and a transported unit (4, 32) adjoining the towing machine (1) in the travel direction (F) and is coupled with a setting system (7) for adjusting the orientation of the airflow deflector as needed. To ensure an optimal position of the airflow deflector at all times without human interference even when transported units of different external geometrical configurations are utilized, geometrical data (11) on the external geometry and/or positional data (12) are assigned to the transported unit (4, 32). This data, at least in case of a replacement of the transporting unit (4, 32) may be called up or read and forwarded to a control unit (21) that converts the geometrical and/or positional data into setting commands for the setting system (7) to adjust the airflow deflector (5).

Abstract: A magnetron sputtering source with a target having a surface to be sputtered, has a magnet arrangement for generating on the surface a magnetron magnetic field pattern, so as to generate on the surface to be sputtered an outer erosion profile along a substantially circular locus and an inner erosion profile within the outer erosion profile. The surface consists of a material with at least two elements of different weight and the magnet arrangement is adapted to form the inner erosion profile three-dimensionally cup-shaped.

Abstract: An airflow deflector (5) guides the airflow (6) between a towing machine (1) and a transported unit (4, 32) adjoining the towing machine (1) in the travel direction (F) and is coupled with a setting system (7) for adjusting the orientation of the airflow deflector as needed. To ensure an optimal position of the airflow deflector at all times without human interference even when transported units of different external geometrical configurations are utilized, geometrical data (11) on the external geometry and/or positional data (12) are assigned to the transported unit (4, 32). This data, at least in case of a replacement of the transporting unit (4, 32) may be called up or read and forwarded to a control unit (21) that converts the geometrical and/or positional data into setting commands for the setting system (7) to adjust the airflow deflector (5).

Abstract: A modularly constructed driver's cab construction series for heavy-goods vehicles can produce driver's cab variants with different length dimensions. A basic module is constructed as standard for all driver's cab variants, and a built-on module can be built on the basic module. Built-on modules can have different length dimensions for different driver's cab variants. The basic module has a front wall, two side walls, a door and door frame, a bottom and a roof, is made open to the rear, and possesses, at the rear, an annularly closed first flange-mounting region. The built-on module has a rear wall, two side-wall portions, a bottom portion and a roof portion, is made open to the front, and possesses, at the front, an annularly closed second flange-mounting region complementary to the first flange-mounting region. On the built-on module, the side-wall portions, the bottom portion and the roof portion have different length dimensions for each driver's cab variant.

Abstract: An apparatus with a magnetron sputtering-coating chamber, source, target and substrate holder, includes a magnet arrangement for generating on a surface of the target, at least two tunnel-shaped magnetron magnetic fields in the form of closed loops that are substantially concentrically to, and spaced from each other. The surface consisting of a material with at least two elements of different weight. The distance between the substrate and target surface, the substrate radius, loci of erosion patterns in the surface and the radius and placement of the loops are all related to each other.

Abstract: In a combination of a motor-vehicle door, in particular, that of a passenger car or commercial vehicle, and a storage box that is used to accommodate utensils, objects, etc., the storage box has a shell, which includes a lower segment and an upper segment. The vehicle door includes an interior trim panel, which has a storage compartment open at the top. The inner contour of the storage compartment is shaped to be complementary to the outer contour of the lower shell segment, so that the lower shell segment may be vertically inserted into the storage compartment, the upper shell segment then projecting upwards from the storage compartment, and laterally resting against an essentially vertical panel of the interior trim panel.

Abstract: A target of an alloy of metals having different specific weights is used in a method for producing substrates that are coated with a layer comprising the same two metals by magnetron sputtering of the target. When sputtering such a target material, the metals of the alloy will sputter off with different sputtering characteristics with regard to a static angle &agr; at which the sputtered off material leaves the target. For this reason, at the substrate to be sputter-coated, there occurs a demixing effect of these metals which will be deposited with a varying local ratio of the metals, that differs form the ratio of the metals in the alloy of the target. To counter-act this demixing phenomenon, the location of an electron trap formed by the magnetron field of the sputter source at the target with respect to the location of the substrate, is selected.

Abstract: A modularly constructed driver's cab construction series for heavy-goods vehicles can produce driver's cab variants with different length dimensions. A basic module is constructed as standard for all driver's cab variants, and a built-on module can be built on the basic module. Built-on modules can have different length dimensions for different driver's cab variants. The basic module has a front wall, two side walls, a door and door frame, a bottom and a roof, is made open to the rear, and possesses, at the rear, an annularly closed first flange-mounting region. The built-on module has a rear wall, two side-wall portions, a bottom portion and a roof portion, is made open to the front, and possesses, at the front, an annularly closed second flange-mounting region complementary to the first flange-mounting region. On the built-on module, the side-wall portions, the bottom portion and the roof portion have different length dimensions for each driver's cab variant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of a motor-vehicle door, in particular, that of a passenger car or commercial vehicle, and a storage box that is used to accommodate utensils, objects, and the like. The storage box has a shell, which includes a lower segment and an upper segment. The vehicle door includes an interior trim panel, which has a storage compartment open at the top. The inner contour of the storage compartment is shaped to be complementary to the outer contour of the lower shell segment, so that the lower shell segment can be vertically inserted into the storage compartment, the upper shell segment then projecting upwards from the storage compartment, and laterally resting against an essentially vertical panel of the interior trim panel.

Abstract: A target of an alloy of metals having different specific weights is used in a method for producing substrates that are coated with a layer comprising the same two metals by magnetron sputtering of the target. When sputtering such a target material, the metals of the alloy will sputter off with different sputtering characteristics with regard to a static angle a at which the sputtered off material leaves the target. For this reason, at the substrate to be sputter-coated, there occurs a demixing effect of these metals which will be deposited with a varying local ratio of the metals, that differs form the ratio of the metals in the alloy of the target. To counter-act this demixing phenomenon, the location of an electron trap formed by the magnetron field of the sputter source at the target with respect to the location of the substrate, is selected.

Abstract: A heating disk is located inside a vacuum chamber between a substrate holder inside the chamber and a lamp outside the chamber. The lamp emits radiation in a wavelength range which passes through a glass plate in the chamber wall but is absorbed by the heating disk, which may consist of graphite. When the disk is heated to 1000.degree. K. it emits radiation in a wavelength range which can be absorbed by a transparent substrate in the holder.

Abstract: In a sputtering cathode on the magnetron principle with a target consisting of at least one piece and composed of the material to be sputtered, there is disposed in back of the target a magnet system having a plurality of magnet units of alternately different polarity. These form at least two endless magnetic tunnels of arching lines of force situated one within the other. The poles of the magnet units that face away from the target are joined together by a magnet yoke of soft-magnetic material. To solve the problem of being able to deposit coatings of uniform thickness with only one source of power per cathode, provision is made such that the strength of at least one magnetic field forming a magnetic tunnel can be varied relative to the strength of at least one additional magnetic field forming an additional magnetic tunnel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cathode system for sputtering apparatus which includes a target plate of ferromagnetic material. A magnet system is situated behind the target plate and has opposed poles positioned so that at least a portion of the lines of force emerging from the poles passes out through the target and returns thereto. The target is placed on a floor which includes strips of ferromagnetic material in the area of the poles of the magnet system. These strips close the magnetic circuit between the magnet system and the target plate. The remainder of the floor is made of nonmagnetic material.