Abstract: A firewall assembly for a motor vehicle has a firewall defining a plurality of mounting spaces. At least one module containing electronic control devices is mountable to the firewall. At least one functional assembly is mountable in either of a first of the mounting spaces located on a left-hand drive side of a center plane of the firewall or a second of the mounting spaces located on a right-hand drive side of the center plane of the firewall. At least one module containing electronic control devices is mounted in the firewall such that an outside contour thereof is located laterally outside of the first and second mounting spaces.

Abstract: A self-supporting body for an automobile with mixed construction is disclosed with an area of the body support structure associated with a set area for an engine assembly and other heavy vehicle assemblies, as well as the body parts of the body cladding surrounding this area are made asymmetric with respect to the longitudinal center of gravity of the vehicle and at least partially of a material whose weight is reduced by comparison with the rest of the body support structure and with respect to the rest of the body cladding.

Abstract: A car battery terminal clamp comprises two clamping jaws which are closed on one end and can be squeezed together at opposite free ends to provide a clamping effect at a clamping receiver between the closed end and the free ends. The clamping movement is produced by a tensioning device which produces a tensioning force acting perpendicular to the plane of the clamping movement. Sloping surfaces and corresponding counter-surfaces of the free ends and/or tensioning device interact in a sliding manner, to convert the tensioning force into a clamping force perpendicular thereto. The sloping surfaces are designed in such a way that the slope angle is smaller in a region farther away from the closed end than in a region which is nearer thereto. The sloping surfaces and counter-surfaces thus maintain maximum contact in all positions during the entire clamping movement, which minimizes point-type contact pressure loading.

Abstract: A casing for holding electronic components and the like, is provided on each of its side walls facing away from one another with two fastening lugs which project laterally therefrom and are each provided with an opening for the passage of a screw, and which are associated with casing side edges corresponding to one another. The openings for the passage of a screw which are provided in fastening lugs lying opposite one another and associated with the same side wall of the casing are in each case free from overlap, in their projection, with the fastening lug lying opposite. The arrangement of the fastening lugs makes possible the installation of the casing in both right-hand and left-hand drive vehicles without being mounted with mirror inversion. This provides advantages, for example, when there is restricted space to accommodate the cable leading out of the casing.