Abstract: A retaining arrangement for a mobile communication device has an accommodating means which accommodates a mobile communication device. The retaining arrangement includes a retaining setting in which the mobile communication device is retained in the accommodating means, and a release setting which allows the mobile communication device to be inserted into the accommodating means. The retaining arrangement is characterized by a locking means which can be moved into a locking setting and into an unlocking setting, wherein the accommodating means can be moved out of the release setting into the retaining setting only when the locking means is in the unlocking setting.

Abstract: A retaining arrangement for a mobile communication device has an accommodating means which accommodates a mobile communication device. The retaining arrangement includes a retaining setting in which the mobile communication device is retained in the accommodating means, and a release setting which allows the mobile communication device to be inserted into the accommodating means. The retaining arrangement is characterized by a locking means which can be moved into a locking setting and into an unlocking setting, wherein the accommodating means can be moved out of the release setting into the retaining setting only when the locking means is in the unlocking setting.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining arrangement (1) for a mobile communication device (12), having an accommodating means (2) which is intended for accommodating the mobile communication device (12) and can be moved into a retaining setting, in which the mobile communication device (12) is retained in the accommodating means (2), and into a release setting, in which the mobile communication device (12) can be inserted into the accommodating means (2), characterized by a locking means (22) which can be moved into a locking setting and into an unlocking setting, wherein the accommodating means (2) can be moved out of the release setting into the retaining setting only when the locking means (22) is located in the unlocking setting.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device comprising a receiving system for receiving a mobile telephone (30, 30?) provided with a device fort the wireless transmission of data and voice signals. Said holding device comprises a housing (1), an interface for a handsfree device, and a device for controlling the charging of a battery of the mobile telephone (30, 30?). The aim of the invention is to provide a holding device which enables different mobile telephones (30, 30?) to be held and operated. To this end, the receiving system can be adjusted in such a way as to receive different-sized mobile telephones (30, 30?), the holding device has an electrical output with an electrical power that can be used for charging the battery, and the device for controlling the charging is arranged in a cable (9) which is used specifically for the mobile telephone (30, 30?) and can be connected to the output on one end thereof and to the mobile telephone (30, 30?) on the other end thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device provided with a receiving system for receiving a mobile telephone (30, 30?), said holding device comprising a housing (1). The receiving system is formed by at least two lateral jaws (3) projecting from a rear wall of the housing (1), at least one of said jaws being laterally displaceable and both of said jaws being provided with padding (5) that can be compressed by from lateral housing walls of the mobile telephone (30, 30?). The distance between the jaws (3) can be adjusted to the width of the mobile telephone (30, 30?) by means of an adjusting device (11) provided in the rear wall (2). The adjusted jaws (3) remain fixed for the insertion and the removal of the mobile telephone (30, 30?), and the mobile telephone is fixed in the holder exclusively by means of a friction connection produced between the compressible padding (5, 6) and the mobile telephone (30, 30?).

Abstract: A hands free device for a cellular phone which has a telephone transceiving unit for a mobile radio network and in addition a communication device for the wireless transmission of audio and data signals, with a housing in which a communication device forming a wireless communication connection with the communication device of the cellular phone is located, provides for the activation by a cellular phone without or at least without voluminous permanent installations in a motor vehicle in that a telephone transceiving unit for a mobile radio network is integrated in the housing, which telephone transceiving unit is set up for receiving user-specific data from a cellular phone via the communication device and providing a user-specific cellular phone function, specified by the user-specific data, through the telephone transceiving unit, the telephone transceiving unit is connected to a display in the housing and the housing has a power supply connection and an antenna connection.

Abstract: A telephone hands-free system for a mobile telephone, having a holder (1) which has electronics, for holding a mobile telephone which is designed for wire-free communication, and having a control arrangement for controlling at least one hands-free function for the mobile telephone can be designed with a universal holder (1) for different mobile telephones in that the control arrangement is accommodated in the holder, in that the holder is designed for wire-free communication with the mobile telephone, and in that the holder can be adjusted for mechanically holding mobile telephones of different size.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device comprising a receiving system for receiving a mobile telephone (30, 30?) provided with a device fort the wireless transmission of data and voice signals. Said holding device comprises a housing (1), an interface for a handsfree device, and a device for controlling the charging of a battery of the mobile telephone (30, 30?). The aim of the invention is to provide a holding device which enables different mobile telephones (30, 30?) to be held and operated. To this end, the receiving system can be adjusted in such a way as to receive different-sized mobile telephones (30, 30?), the holding device has an electrical output with an electrical power that can be used for charging the battery, and the device for controlling the charging is arranged in a cable (9) which is used specifically for the mobile telephone (30, 30?) and can be connected to the output on one end thereof and to the mobile telephone (30, 30?) on the other end thereof.

Abstract: A hands-free installation for mobile telephones, having a holder (2) which has a contact unit and which uses a contact unit to set up a connection to a mobile telephone and which is connected to a central device to which external devices can be connected allows convenient handling without the central device being in a form which has an individual telephone transmission and reception unit by virtue of a control unit (1) being able to be inserted into the holder (2), said control unit having an identification device for SIM data from the mobile telephone and an individual telephone transmission and reception unit and being able to be connected by means of the contact unit in the holder (2) to a power supply and to the external devices which can be connected to the central device.

Abstract: A combined navigation and communication device (1) with mobile telephone module (2), integrated into the device (1), with telephone hands-free function, with a navigation unit (3) for route guidance and with a display unit (5), activated jointly by the mobile telephone module (2) and the navigation unit (3), is constructed in such a manner that the mobile telephone module (2) is used for receiving user-specific data from an external mobile telephone (20) and subsequently providing a user-specific mobile telephone function by means of the combined navigation and communication device (1).

Abstract: An electromechanical functional module having a receptacle holder (1a, 1b) and an appliance holder (2a, 2b) for an electronic appliance, in which the receptacle holder (1a, 1b) has mechanical locking elements (3a, 3b) for engagement in the appliance holder (2a, 2b) and locking of the appliance holder (2a, 2b) on the receptacle holder (1a, 1b), and has a receptacle contour which corresponds to the shape of the appliance holder (2a, 2b), has type-specific projections (6) and/or depressions (7) on the receptacle contour, which is standardized for all types and is otherwise identical for different receptacle holder types (1a, 1b) in a range, of the receptacle holders (1a, 1b) and on the appliance holders (2a, 2b), in such a manner that an appliance holder (2a) which is intended for a first receptacle holder type (1a) is no longer suitable to be accommodated by a second receptacle holder type (1b) in the same range.

Abstract: A navigation system includes a housing incorporating an electrical connector, a display, a memory reading device, and a computing means connected to the display. The computing means calculates a route from a selectable starting location to a selectable end location. A user is lead along the calculated route to the selected end location by displaying route information on the display. The housing is removably attached to a base member. The base member is mounted to a dashboard of a vehicle. A power supply cable is led out of the base member and has a plug at its end which projects outwardly for connecting to a respective power supply socket of the vehicle. A satellite position detection receiver is connected to the base member for determining actual location. An electrical connector leads at least a signal of the satellite position detection receiver and the supply power into the housing.

Abstract: A navigation unit having a data decryption algorithm is connected to a data storage and reading unit having a storage medium storing map data, the data storage and reading unit having a nonalterable access number, and the navigation unit connects to a broadcast radio receiver. The navigation unit receives, through the broadcast radio receiver, broadcast radio signals having encrypted information. The navigation unit reads the nonalterable access number, processes the number through a hash algorithm, and compares the processed access number to another access number to decrypt the encrypted information.

Abstract: A remote control for electronic devices in motor vehicles, having a holding part with attachment elements for mounting the holding part on a steering wheel in a releasable manner, having operator control keys on a housing of the remote control means, and having a unit for transmitting control signals, which are triggered by operating the operator control keys, to the at least one electronic device, has at least one operator control key which is arranged on the rear face of the housing of the remote control, which rear face points away from the driver when the remote control is mounted on the steering wheel, in such a way that a driver can use his fingertips to operate the operator control key when gripping the steering wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device provided with a receiving system for receiving a mobile telephone (30, 30?), said holding device comprising a housing (1). The receiving system is formed by at least two lateral jaws (3) projecting from a rear wall of the housing (1), at least one of said jaws being laterally displaceable and both of said jaws being provided with padding (5) that can be compressed by from lateral housing walls of the mobile telephone (30, 30?). The distance between the jaws (3) can be adjusted to the width of the mobile telephone (30, 30?) by means of an adjusting device (11) provided in the rear wall (2). The adjusted jaws (3) remain fixed for the insertion and the removal of the mobile telephone (30, 30?), and the mobile telephone is fixed in the holder exclusively by means of a friction connection produced between the compressible padding (5, 6) and the mobile telephone (30, 30?).

Abstract: A combined navigation and communication device (1) with mobile telephone module (2), integrated into the device (1), with telephone hands-free function, with a navigation unit (3) for route guidance and with a display unit (5), activated jointly by the mobile telephone module (2) and the navigation unit (3), is constructed in such a manner that the mobile telephone module (2) is used for receiving user-specific data from an external mobile telephone (20) and subsequently providing a user-specific mobile telephone function by means of the combined navigation and communication device (1).

Abstract: A navigation device (1) with a housing (2), an antenna (3), forming a part of the device (1), for position signals, an internal conversion unit (11) for evaluating and converting the received position signals into digital position information, a central processing unit (4) with a navigation interface (12) for receiving and for processing the digital position information, and with a data input (8) via which an external receiving antenna (in 9) with an external conversion unit (in 9) can be connected for generating digital position information, provides for preferred processing of externally formed digital position information in a very simple manner in that the processing unit (4) is preceded by a switching device (13), the output of which is connected to the navigation interface (12) and which switches from the internal conversion unit (11) to the data input (8) when externally formed digital position information reaches the device (1) via the data input (8).

Abstract: A mount for a phone holder comprising a rear projecting housing part with an extension provided with contacts. An accommodating pocket for a cell phone having a recess is adjoined by a contact chamber with mating contacts. The housing part being inserted into the recess, having a displaceable wall component which bounds the recess on the side located opposite the contact chamber, which allows the housing part to be introduced into the recess. The housing part butts against a base of the recess. A covering of the contact chamber extends over the opening of the contact chamber and can be pushed down by means of the phone holder in order to release the opening of the contact chamber. Locking being activated by the locking means when the covering is in the pushed-down state.

Abstract: A remote control for electronic devices in motor vehicles, having a holding part with attachment elements for mounting the holding part on a steering wheel in a releasable manner, having operator control keys on a housing of the remote control means, and having a unit for transmitting control signals, which are triggered by operating the operator control keys, to the at least one electronic device, has at least one operator control key which is arranged on the rear face of the housing of the remote control, which rear face points away from the driver when the remote control is mounted on the steering wheel, in such a way that a driver can use his fingertips to operate the operator control key when gripping the steering wheel.

Abstract: A handsfree device for conducting a telephone call which can be established by means of a mobile telephone, comprising a controller which is connected to a microphone and a loudspeaker, and with a communication link to a receiver which can be deposited in a holder with an electrical connection, wherein the telephone call is only conducted via the receiver by removing the receiver from the holder, enables the receiver to be used very flexibly due to the fact that the controller has a wireless communication device for communicating with a corresponding wireless first communication device of the receiver and the receiver is also provided with a wireless second communication device for communicating with a corresponding wireless communication device of the mobile telephone, with a device for processing access authorization data to a mobile radio network and with a telephone transmitting and receiving unit.