Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat part and a partitioned back rest. The back rest has a first segment and a second segment. The segments are each equipped with an inclination adjuster. The adjusters include means for limiting the inclination of one segment relative to the other.

Abstract: A vehicle seat back having a vehicle seat back frame and a method of producing the seat back frame can be used in multiple vehicles and includes a stamped first vertical frame member having a varying depth u-shaped and a roll formed second frame member having a constant depth u-shaped cross section and the first frame member is a common part used in multiple vehicles having a substantially constant height vehicle seat backs and the second frame member is cut to length used in multiple vehicles having different width vehicle seat backs.

Abstract: A visual mapping system and method facilitate communication and collaboration among users sharing visual maps or topics in visual maps. The visual mapping system tracks user presence in individual topics in the visual mapping system. User presence is tracked for users that are online. If an online user is present in a topic, the system displays an indication of such presence in the topic to other online users currently sharing the same topic. The visual mapping system also provides an interface in the visual map through which an online user can initiate communications with other online users that are present in a shared topic. Types of communications that can be initiated through the visual map include chat sessions, instant meetings, telephone calls, and email messages.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for storing, searching, and retrieving topics in a visual map. The visual mapping system of the present invention is based on a client-server architecture. Client visual mapping applications on users' computers enable users to create, edit, and view visual maps. The storage and retrieval of data associated with such visual maps is managed by a server in the visual mapping system. The server stores the topics in the visual map in a database. The topics are stored individually and not as part of a visual map file. The topics are indexed to enable the system to quickly perform searches for the topic. The client visual mapping application includes an interface through which a user can enter search criteria for a topic search. Because topics are stored individually in the database and indexed, user can search for topics individually and separately from the visual map file associated with the topics. Topics can be shared across users and across maps.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved system and method for integrating external system data into a visual map. The visual mapping system of the present invention is based on a client-server architecture. A server in the visual mapping system communicates with one or more external systems to import data from such external systems. The server organizes the data into topics for a visual map and stores the topics individually in a database. The server provides the topics to a client visual mapping application to enable users to view external system data through a visual map. The client visual mapping application need not be running for the server to obtain the external system data, and, thus, the present invention provides “backend” integration of external system data. The server can also export data in topics to external systems.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a structural element of a backrest. A through-loading opening is provided in the element. The element includes a metal plate with a reinforcing plate secured to it. A channel in the element is provided in at least some of its circumference or periphery. The channel is hollow and a reinforcing profile is inserted into the channel.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for pre-processing a network, wherein the network comprises nodes and edges, each edge having a length measured according to a given metric, comprises the steps of selecting a source and a target node; determining a transit node for the selection; determining a length of a shortest path between the source node and the transit node; and storing it. A method for determining the length of a shortest path in the network may use the pre-processed network to answer the shortest path query in constant time.

Abstract: A system and method enable automatic importation of data from an external data source into an electronic workspace in the form of a visual hierarchy. To display data from a data source, data is retrieved from the external data source, and a visual presentation format for the data is created based on characteristics of the data (e.g., the field to which the data is assigned in the data source, the type of data, the value of the data, etc), where the visual presentation format is hierarchical. The data is then displayed in an electronic workspace in the form of visual hierarchy that is accordance with such visual presentation format. In the electronic workspace, a user can manipulate and supplement the data without affecting the data source, unless there is a trigger event that causes modifications to the data to be written back to the data source.

Abstract: In a stabilizing device provided for jointly raising and lowering and also pivoting the steering wheel or steering column and the instrument panel, toothings (45, 46) assigned to guide rails (37, 38) are formed directly on the guide rails (37, 38). At the same time, the guide rails (37, 38) are shaped in such a way that the toothings (45, 46) point toward the guide plane or a supporting shaft (50), said guide plane being determined by slots (39, 40). Twist-preventing profiles are formed at the ends of the supporting shaft (50), and gearwheels (51, 52) which are assigned to the supporting shaft and are assigned means for axial securing are connectable to the supporting shaft (50) solely in a pluggable manner.