Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one polyfunctional aziridine compound and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and a process for its preparation. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of this composition as a curing component for formulations in the area of leather treatment, of coatings, of textile printing and of surface coatings.

Abstract: An operating device for a motor vehicle lock having a door lock actuator includes a grip plate and a grip with one bearing arm that extends through the grip plate and is swivellably linked to a rear side of the grip plate by means of a bearing block by way of a plug-type shaft. A securing element for the plug-type shaft secures the latter against sliding-out. A protective covering, which at least partially covers the rear side of the grip plate, has at least one extension that serves as a securing element and is situated next to an end of the plug-type shaft.

Abstract: A rear wing for a motor vehicle has a wing roof and a wing bottom formed as a hollow body. A reinforcing structure is arranged inside the hollow body and has several upright webs, of which at least one cross web extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle is connected with the interior surface of the wing bottom. At least one drainage opening is provided in the wing bottom. In order to be able to drain water penetrating into the hollow body, the at least one cross web has a plane web surface which forms a wall of a water channel, and the at least one opening is arranged in the course of the water channel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for unlocking a trunk lid of a motor vehicle is suggested which ensures that a person in the interior of the trunk can free himself from this trunk. For this purpose, an unlocking handle is provided in the interior which, when it is operated and the vehicle is standing still, unlocks the trunk lid. If, when the unlocking handle is operated, the vehicle is driving, a delay time is started after whose expiration the trunk lid is released.

Abstract: A top coating composition for leather comprises

Abstract: A door lock for a motor vehicle has an operable driving element and an output element forming a closure of the door lock. A torque transmitting device connects the driving element with the output element and has a bendable shaft section and drivers each arranged at the ends of the shaft section. One driver is non-rotatably connected with the driving element and the other driver is non-rotatably connected with the output element. For obtaining a cost-effective door lock, the torque transmitting device is constructed in one piece of a plastic material together with its drivers and the flexible shaft section.

Abstract: Described is the use of polyisobutene and polyisobutene derivatives as a replacement for raw and refined and optionally chemically modified wool grease and wool grease mixtures in preparations, especially fatliquoring compositions, for leather manufacture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor for detecting substance concentration or activity or for determining the presence of substances based on electrochemical reactions. The electrochemical sensor comprises an electrode with surfaces inside the electrode, wherein electrochemical detection reactions occur. Said sensor guarantees high flow densities and is suitable for miniaturization. A substance-recognizing agent is advantageously placed in the electrode in contact with the inner surfaces. This enables not only short response times and long service life but also measurements with excellent linearity.

Abstract: An air guiding device for a motor vehicle includes an air guiding element that is displaceable by a deployment device, between operative and inoperative positions. In its inoperative position, it is lowered with respect to a stationary vehicle body shell and, in its operative position it is deployed outward, projecting beyond the vehicle body shell. The deployment device has at least one deployment element with a deployment arm that is displaceably disposed in a guide housing. The air guiding element is arranged on the fastening end of the deployment arm. The deployment element is equipped with a manually operable adjusting device in order to align the air guiding element in its inoperative position relative to the vehicle body shell. To adjust the air guiding element in its inoperative position relative to the vehicle body shell, the deployment element has an internal or external-thread section on its fastening end as an adjusting arrangement.

Abstract: An air guiding device for a motor vehicle includes an air guiding element that is displaceable by means of the deployment device, between operative and inoperative positions. In its inoperative position, it is lowered with respect to a stationary vehicle body shell and, in its operative position it is deployed outward, projecting beyond the vehicle body shell. The deployment device has at least one deployment element with a deployment arm that is displaceably disposed in a guide housing. The air guiding element is arranged on the fastening end of the deployment arm. The deployment element is equipped with a manually operable adjusting device in order to align the air guiding element in its inoperative position relative to the vehicle body shell. To adjust the air guiding element in its inoperative position relative to the vehicle body shell, the deployment element has an internal or external-thread section on its fastening end as an adjusting arrangement.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for unlocking a trunk lid of a motor vehicle is suggested which ensures that a person in the interior of the trunk can free himself from this trunk. For this purpose, an unlocking handle is provided in the interior which, when it is operated and the vehicle is standing still, unlocks the trunk lid. If, when the unlocking handle is operated, the vehicle is driving, a delay time is started after whose expiration the trunk lid is released.

Abstract: A process for producing CFC-free polyurethane rigid foams having reduced thermal conductivity comprises reactinga) isocyanate semiprepolymers modified with urethane groups and containing from 31 to 20% by weight of NCO, based on aromatic polyisocyanates and at least one aromatic and/or preferably aliphatic polyester-polyol having a hydroxyl number of from 22 to 400,b) at least one relatively high molecular weight compound containing at least two reactive hydrogen atoms, which advantageously have arylene units bonded to them, and, if desired,c) low molecular weight chain extenders and/or crosslinkersin the presence ofd) blowing agents, preferably cyclopentane and/or cyclohexane in combination with water,e) catalysts and, if desired,f) additives.The CFC-free polyurethane rigid foams are preferably used as insulation material in refrigeration appliances and as insulation in composite and heating elements, for example for insulating remote heating pipes.

Abstract: A process for producing CFC-free polyurethane rigid foams having reduced thermal conductivity comprises reactinga) isocyanate semiprepolymers modified with urethane groups and containing from 31 to 20% by weight of NCO, based on aromatic polyisocyanates and at least one aromatic and/or preferably aliphatic polyester-polyol having a hydroxyl number of from 22 to 400,b) at least one relatively high molecular weight compound containing at least two reactive hydrogen atoms, which advantageously have arylene units bonded to them, and, if desired,c) low molecular weight chain extenders and/or crosslinkers in the presence ofd) blowing agents, preferably cyclopentane and/or cyclohexane in combination with water,e) catalysts and, if desired,f) additives.The CFC-free polyurethane rigid foams are preferably used as insulation material in refrigeration appliances and as insulation in composite and heating elements, for example for insulating remote heating pipes.

Abstract: A composite element which comprisesA) at least one top layer of polyvinyl chloride or a polyvinyl chloride-containing polymer mixture, andB) a preferably semirigid or rigid polyurethane foam, the top layer (A) or the polyurethane foam (B) or the two constituents (A) and (B) containing units of an .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated polyester having a molecular weight factor per double bond of from 150 to 3000,a process for the production of composite elements of this type, and liquid, urethane-containing polyisocyanate mixtures based on diphenylmethane diisocyanates and higher homologs thereof and .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated polyesters for the preparation of the polyurethane foam (B) are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to highly reactive polyoxyalkylene-polyols prepared by oxyalkylation of an initiator molecule containing, in bonded form, at least 2 reactive hydrogen atoms and at least one tertiary amino group bonded via a spacer bridge, which preferably comprises an alkylene radical having at least 3 carbon atoms, by means of at least one alkylene oxide, preferably ethylene oxide and/or 1,2-propylene oxide, to a process for the preparation of these polyoxyalkylene-polyols, and to their use for the production of compact or cellular, preferably flexible polyisocyanate polyaddition products.

Abstract: A composite element which comprisesA) at least one top layer of polyvinyl chloride or a polyvinyl chloride-containing polymer mixture, andB) a preferably semirigid or rigid polyurethane foam, the top layer (A) or the polyurethane foam (B) or the two constituents (A) and (B) containing units of an .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated polyester having a molecular weight factor per double bond of from 150 to 3000,a process for the production of composite elements of this type, and liquid, urethane-containing polyisocyanate mixtures based on diphenylmethane diisocyanates and higher homologs thereof and .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated polyesters for the preparation of the polyurethane foam (B) are described.