Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle having a manual operating means having a plurality of adjustment degrees of freedom for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure having a plurality of menu levels, and a screen display (2) having a plurality of display areas (210 to 250) for displaying the menu structure, the display areas (210 to 250) each having at least one field for displaying one of the entries, a plurality of entries (E3 to E11) being arranged in a first display area (230.2) which is in the form of a list in an active display area (210 to 250) on at least one menu level. An (n+1)th display area (230.3) can be activated and displayed by activating at least one of the entries (E1 to E11) in an nth display area (230.2).

Abstract: The invention relates to hydrolases and to polypeptides having hydrolase activity. In addition, the invention relates to the use of these hydrolase enzymes in kinetic resolution.

Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle having a manual actuating device with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for selecting and/or activating entries from a menu structure and a screen display (2) having a plurality of display areas (210 to 250) for displaying the menu structure, the display areas (210 to 250) each comprising at least one field for displaying one of the entries. In an activated display area (210 to 250) in at least one menu level, a first and/or a second of the plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment of the manual actuating means for selecting and/or activating one of the entries corresponds to an orientation of the displayed entries, and a third and/or fourth degree of freedom of adjustment of the manual actuating device for exiting the active display area (210 to 250) is respectively orthogonal to the orientation of the displayed entries.

Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle, including a manual actuating means with a number of degrees of freedom for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure and a screen display with display areas for displaying the menu structure. At least two degrees of freedom of the manual actuating means move a cursor for selecting and/or activating one of the entries in an active display area. A first degree of freedom corresponds to a turning movement, and in a clockwise direction about a z-axis a second degree of freedom corresponds to a turning movement in a counterclockwise direction about a z-axis. In addition, cursor movement in the active display area is effected by the first and/or second degree of freedom, depending on the orientation of the displayed entries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beam-guiding and/or frequency-converting optical system as well as to a method of manufacturing same, wherein a beam-emitting optoelectronic component (1), which comprises at least one beam-emerging surface (2) for the emergence of a beam, is provided and connected to a surface (5) of a base (4) in such a manner that the emerging beam extends approximately in parallel with the surface (5) of said base (4). Once the optoelectronic component (1) has been connected to said base (4), a wave-guiding stratified system (4) is deposited and structured and/or locally modified on the surface (5) of said base (4) for guidance and/or frequency conversion of the beam in such a way that a gap-free contact is created between said beam exit surface (2) and said stratified (6) and a pre-determinable beam guidance is achieved.

Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle, having a manual actuating means with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels and a screen display having a plurality of display areas for displaying the menu structure, the display areas each including at least one field for displaying one of the entries, wherein, in an active display area in at least one menu level, a plurality of entries are arranged in a display area which is configured as a list. At least one additional field for displaying the position of the currently selected entry in the list can be activated and displayed if a number of entries exceeds a maximum number of entries which can be displayed in the list.

Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle has a manual actuator with degrees of freedom for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with menu levels and a screen display having display areas for displaying the menu structure. Each of the display areas has at least field one for displaying one of the entries. In an active display area in at least one level of the menu structure, at least two entries are assigned to a settable parameter for setting with the manual actuator. A first entry is an analog display of the settable parameter, and a second entry is a digital display of the settable parameter.

Abstract: A multi-chamber system serves as a liquid equalizing tank that is suitable, by way of example, for use in a cooling system. In the novel multi-chamber system, a liquid expansion tank is provided due to the arrangement of the chambers and pipe systems whereby preventing external gases from entering the liquid system and enabling it to also be used in accelerated systems, such as a vehicle since no leveled out liquid columns are used. This makes it possible to provide a system for monitoring a volume of gas in a liquid-filled installation that, in addition to the multi-chamber system, also contains a Buchholz relay in the cooling liquid system. The use of this system for monitoring a volume of gas is thus suitable for means of transportation.

Abstract: A conical disk array for a belt-driven transmission having sets of conical friction disks on the input and output sides that are operatively coupled to each other by an endless torque-transmitting means to transmit torque. At least one friction disk of the conical friction disk sets has a friction surface structure with ground grooves that are not coaxial with each other. A grinding device for grinding the friction surface has its axis of rotation skewed relative to the axis of rotation of the friction disk being ground. A method is for producing a friction surface structure on a friction disk of a conical disk array with a grinding device with which the rotating friction disk serves to form a non-coaxially-oriented friction surface pattern as the friction surface.

Abstract: A device for controlling the representation of information on a vehicle screen includes an actuator which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis and deflected transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The portion (2) of the information which is represented on the vehicle screen displaced by a deflection movement of the actuator transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis (z), and discrete markable elements can be marked by a rotational movement of the actuator about the longitudinal axis. The information includes the discrete markable elements.

Abstract: A plate-link chain for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission. The chain has a large number of link plates that are articulatingly connected with each other by rocker members, which link plates are positioned one behind the other and are offset from each other transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the plate-link chain, and also partially overlap each other. The chain has a plurality of link plates of two different lengths in the longitudinal direction of the chain, with openings to receive the rocker members. The arrangement of the link plates in the longitudinal direction of the chain is such that a long link plate is followed by a short link plate.

Abstract: Biological purification device with a multi-chamber tank with separating walls to divide the tank into at least one pretreatment chamber containing activated sludge and at least one purification chamber, as well as pump installations (14, 44) for transporting and treating wastewater, includes a distributor (16, 18, 20; 46, 56, 60) for dividing the a pump output into at least one main flow and at least one secondary flow and which is connected downstream of at least one pump installation (14, 44).

Abstract: A chain including rocker arm pressure plates and links that are displaced in a staggered pattern next to each other in the longitudinal direction of the chain. The chain generates less noise than conventional chains when contacting the conical surfaces of conical disk pairs because of the configuration of the rocker arm pressure plates or the links.

Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. After coloring, a stainblocker composition having a temperature from twenty to ninety-five degrees Celsius (20 to 95° C.) is applied. If the articles are carpet tiles, the stainblocker is applied using a flood process. The article is dried in a drying zone having a temperature in the range from seventy-five degrees Celsius to ninety-five degrees Celsius (75-95° C.) for a time sufficient to allow the stainblocker composition to react with the nylon yarn in the textile surface. Preferably, an infra-red oven is used to define the drying zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beam-guiding and/or frequency-converting optical system as well as to a method of manufacturing same, wherein a beam-emitting optoelectronic component (1), which comprises at least one beam-emerging surface (2) for the emergence of a beam, is provided and connected to a surface (5) of a base (4) in such a manner that the emerging beam extends approximately in parallel with the surface (5) of said base (4). Once the optoelectronic component (1) has been connected to said base (4), a wave-guiding stratified system (4) is deposited and structured and/or locally modified on the surface (5) of said base (4) for guidance and/or frequency conversion of the beam in such a way that a gap-free contact is created between said beam exit surface (2) and said stratified (6) and a pre-determinable beam guidance is achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to hydrolases and to polynucleotides encoding the hydrolases. In addition, the invention relates to the use of these hydrolase enzymes in kinetic resolution.

Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. A pile surface structure having pile elements containing nylon yarns having both acid dyeability and cationic dyeability is dyed with both acid dye and cationic dye and then passed through a hot stainblocker treatment bath and a cooling zone. Substantially the entire height of each pile element is coated with a stainblocker composition whereby the pile surface structure has a stain resistance of 9 or higher on the AATCC Red 40 Stain Scale. The resulting pile surface has good color separation and stability, and no color loss from the catatonically dyeable yarns.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detection or screening method for identifying hydrolases, based on an optical detection of liberated acetic acid, which is suitable in particular for high throughput screening (HTS) of prokaryotic or eukaryotic samples; to test kits for carrying out the method; to methods for isolating hydrolases with a modified profile of properties, such as, for example, with improved enantioselectivity, using this detection method; and to hydrolases isolated with the aid of this method.

Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. After coloring, a stainblocker composition having a temperature from twenty to ninety-five degrees Celsius (20 to 95° C.) is applied. If the articles are carpet tiles, the stainblocker is applied using a flood process. The article is dried in a drying zone having a temperature in the range from seventy-five degrees Celsius to ninety-five degrees Celsius (75-95° C.) for a time sufficient to allow the stainblocker composition to react with the nylon yarn in the textile surface. Preferably, an infra-red oven is used to define the drying zone.

Abstract: A continuously variable, conical disk transmission including a torque-transmitting member in the form of a plate-link chain or a thrust link band. The chain includes plate links that are interconnected by pairs of rocker members that extend transversely relative to the chain movement direction. The thrust link band includes a number of thrust links that are in face-to-back contact and that extend transversely relative to the band movement direction. Each of the rocker members and the thrust links have ends that contact surfaces of the conical disks of the transmission for transmitting torque between the sets of disks. The ends of the rocker members and of the thrust links have a carbon-nitrided outer layer having a thickness of at least about 50 &mgr;m for increased durability. The surfaces of the conical disks that are contacted by the chain or the thrust link band can also be similarly treated.