Abstract: A motor vehicle combined instrument panel has a front housing directed towards a vehicle occupant and a plate which is provided on the housing and has a loudspeaker.

Abstract: An airbag module having a first shell (10) forming a first gas chamber (GI), a first inflator for the first gas chamber (GI), an adaptive influencing device for influencing the ventilation or shape of the first gas chamber (GI), and an actuation unit (40) for the influencing device. The actuation device (40) has a second shell (44) forming a second gas chamber (G2), and a gas source. The state of the influencing device changing upon actuating the gas source. A tensioning element having a first end (62) is coupled to the adaptive influencing device or forms the device, and a second end (64) is coupled to the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is not filled and is decoupled from the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is filled.

Abstract: A fastening device for detachably fastening an automotive airbag component. The fastening device has a holding device (10), a connecting element (20) extending from a first end (21a) to a second end (22a), which, is normally connected to a fastening section of the holding device (10), and a pyrotechnic charge, which, on ignition, causes an end (22a) of the connecting element (20) to be detached from the fastening section. The holding device (10) has a bearing through which the connecting element (20) extends with a section spaced from the first end (21a). This bearing has at least two bearing surfaces (16a, 18a) separated differently from the fastening section and arranged on different sides of the connecting element, so that the separated section of the connecting element (20) can tilt in the bearing after the ignition of the pyrotechnic charge.

Abstract: An airbag module having a first nozzle (10) enclosing a first gas compartment (G1), and a first inflator. At least one adaptive ventilation device for the first gas compartment (G1) is provided with a ventilation opening (12) bordered by flexible material and at least one throttle device with a tear seam, which, in a first state, throttles the gas flow more strongly than in a second state. A second cover (44) surrounding a second gas compartment (G2) and a gas source for the second gas compartment (G2) are provided, wherein the tear seam (49) extends through the second gas compartment and, upon filling of the second gas compartment (G2) by the gas source, the seam ruptures and the adaptive ventilation device passes from the first, to the second state.

Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated fentanyl derivatives that function as opioid receptor agonists, which activate target opioid receptors in a pH-dependent manner, and are thus selective for the receptors in inflamed (acidic) milieu; uses thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: An airbag module having a first shell (10) forming a first gas chamber (GI), a first inflator for the first gas chamber (GI), an adaptive influencing device for influencing the ventilation or shape of the first gas chamber (GI), and an actuation unit (40) for the influencing device. The actuation device (40) has a second shell (44) forming a second gas chamber (G2), and a gas source. The state of the influencing device changing upon actuating the gas source. A tensioning element having a first end (62) is coupled to the adaptive influencing device or forms the device, and a second end (64) is coupled to the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is not filled and is decoupled from the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is filled.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for identifying compounds that bind and preferably activate a target opioid receptor in a pH-dependent manner.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a base unit and a communication circuit that communicate, while implanted in a patient, signals between the patient and at least one device located external to the patient. The base unit also includes a transducer that communicates ultrasound (US) signals between the base unit and the at least one device located external to the patient, and harvests energy carried by the US signals.

Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated fentanyl derivatives that function as opioid receptor agonists, which activate target opioid receptors in a pH-dependent manner, and are thus selective for the receptors in inflamed (acidic) milieu; uses thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: An airbag module for installation in a motor vehicle has an airbag made of an airbag fabric and folded up before being triggered by an inflation device. The airbag fabric has at least one slit forming an adaptive ventilation opening and a retaining strap, which at one end is held releasably on a retainer on the airbag module and at the other end is connected fixedly to the airbag. The slit (11) is cut into the airbag fabric and has two ends configured to prevent the slit (11) from tearing when pressure is applied. The retaining strap is arranged on the inside of the airbag and is guided through a securing loop (17) attached to the airbag fabric opposite the fixed end (14) of the retaining strap across the slit (11) toward the retainer.

Abstract: A fastening device for detachably fastening an automotive airbag component. The fastening device has a holding device (10), a connecting element (20) extending from a first end (21a) to a second end (22a), which, is normally connected to a fastening section of the holding device (10), and a pyrotechnic charge, which, on ignition, causes an end (22a) of the connecting element (20) to be detached from the fastening section. The holding device (10) has a bearing through which the connecting element (20) extends with a section spaced from the first end (21a). This bearing has at least two bearing surfaces (16a, 18a) separated differently from the fastening section and arranged on different sides of the connecting element, so that the separated section of the connecting element (20) can tilt in the bearing after the ignition of the pyrotechnic charge.

Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.

Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.

Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may be varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.

Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle occupant protective system comprises an inflatable cushion, a cinch tube circumventing a vent aperture disposed in the cushion, and a draw element guided in a circumventing channel of said cinch tube and being coupled to a surface of said cushion such that deployment of said cushion causes said draw element to contract said cinch tube. The airbag comprises a contraction limiting arrangement adapted to limit the contraction of said cinch tube by said draw element to a predetermined minimum free diameter d of at least 20% relative to the free diameter D of the open cinch tube.

Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may be varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.

Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.

Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.

Abstract: An airbag module for installation in a motor vehicle has an airbag made of an airbag fabric and folded up before being triggered by an inflation device. The airbag fabric has at least one slit forming an adaptive ventilation opening and a retaining strap, which at one end is held releasably on a retainer on the airbag module and at the other end is connected fixedly to the airbag. The slit (11) is cut into the airbag fabric and has two ends configured to prevent the slit (11) from tearing when pressure is applied. The retaining strap is arranged on the inside of the airbag and is guided through a securing loop (17) attached to the airbag fabric opposite the fixed end (14) of the retaining strap across the slit (11) toward the retainer.

Abstract: A knitting machine needle having at least at one point S2, S3, S4 or S5 of its hook, a cross-section that is asymmetrical with respect to a longitudinal center plane M. Preferably, this cross-section is an oval cross-section and, more preferably, an elliptical cross-section. Using this measure, the robbing-back effect can be affected in a targeted manner during the knitting operation.