Abstract: The invention relates to an adjusting drive (1) comprising an electric motor (2), an output shaft (3), a printed circuit board (4), a housing (6) and a connection interface (5), wherein the electric motor (2) is contacted with the printed circuit board (4) and is designed to drive the output shaft (3), wherein the housing (6) accommodates the printed circuit board (4), wherein the connection interface (5) comprises a direct plug connection with contacting pads (9) directly on the printed circuit board (4), and wherein the contacting pads (9) are designed for direct contact with a connector (7), wherein the connection interface (5) comprises a housing opening (8) in the housing (6) as access for the connector to the contacting pads (9), and wherein the printed circuit board (4) is dimensioned to be narrower than the housing opening (8) such that the printed circuit board (4) can be inserted through the housing opening (8) into the housing (6).

Abstract: A brush holder (100) for an electric motor (12a; 12b), having a brush holder main body (20) which has a passage opening (25) for an armature shaft to pass through, having a first receiving region (37) for fastening a printed circuit board (35), on which electrical or electronic components are mounted, to the brush holder main body (20), wherein the first receiving region (37) extends as far as into a region between an outer boundary (23, 24) of the brush holder main body (20) and the passage opening (25), and wherein the first receiving region (37) for the printed circuit board (35) is designed to arrange the printed circuit board (35) on the brush holder main body (20) at least substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the brush holder main body (20), and having components (26, 33) which are arranged on the brush holder main body (20) and which are mechanically and/or electrically connected at least indirectly to the printed circuit board (35).

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission drive device (10) comprising a shaft (14; 14a) which is arranged in a housing (12) in a longitudinally movable manner in the direction of the shaft axis (26) and comprising a shaft end (15; 15a) which is formed on an end face and which is supported at least indirectly on the housing (12) via at least one starting element (30). Either the shaft end (15) or the starting element (30) has a rounded design at least in some regions, a bearing point (31) being formed between the starting element (30) and the shaft end (15; 15a), and the starting element (30) being coupled to a damping element (32; 32a to 32d) which allows a movement of the starting element (30) in the event of an axial application of force (FA, FA1, FA2) by means of the shaft (14; 14a).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a closing device, wherein a closing element (2), with the aid of a drive motor (4) controlled by a control unit (7), can be displaced in a closing direction up against a stop edge, wherein the control unit (7) can be shifted into a normal-operation mode, in which position-related information is sensed as the current position of the closing element (2), and into a sleeping mode, in which no sensing of position-related information takes place, the method having the following steps: —interrogating whether a wake-up condition, in which the control unit (7) goes from the sleep mode into the normal-operation mode, is present; —if the presence of the wake-up condition is established, and if the closing element (2), prior to assuming the sleep mode, last moved in the closing direction, the position-related information is subjected (S25) to a predetermined correction value in order to correct the position-related information, in respect of an actual position of the closi

Abstract: The present invention relates to a displacement drive (1) comprising an electric motor (2), an output shaft (3), a printed circuit board (4) and a connection interface (5), the electric motor (2) making contact with the printed circuit board (4) and being designed to drive the output shaft (3), and the connection interface (5) comprising a direct plug connection with contact making pads (38) directly on the printed circuit board (4), and the contact making pads being designed to make direct contact with spring contacts of a plug.

Abstract: A brush holder (100) for an electric motor (12a; 12b), having a brush holder main body (20) which has a passage opening (25) for an armature shaft to pass through, having a first receiving region (37) for fastening a printed circuit board (35), on which electrical or electronic components are mounted, to the brush holder main body (20), wherein the first receiving region (37) extends as far as into a region between an outer boundary (23, 24) of the brush holder main body (20) and the passage opening (25), and wherein the first receiving region (37) for the printed circuit board (35) is designed to arrange the printed circuit board (35) on the brush holder main body (20) at least substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the brush holder main body (20), and having components (26, 33) which are arranged on the brush holder main body (20) and which are mechanically and/or electrically connected at least indirectly to the printed circuit board (35).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a closing device, wherein a closing element (2), with the aid of a drive motor (4) controlled by a control unit (7), can be displaced in a closing direction up against a stop edge, wherein the control unit (7) can be shifted into a normal-operation mode, in which position-related information is sensed as the current position of the closing element (2), and into a sleeping mode, in which no sensing of position-related information takes place, the method having the following steps: —interrogating whether a wake-up condition, in which the control unit (7) goes from the sleep mode into the normal-operation mode, is present; —if the presence of the wake-up condition is established, and if the closing element (2), prior to assuming the sleep mode, last moved in the closing direction, the position-related information is subjected (S25) to a predetermined correction value in order to correct the position-related information, in respect of an actual position of the closi

Abstract: The invention relates to an adjusting drive (1) comprising an electric motor (2), an output shaft (3), a printed circuit board (4), a housing (6) and a connection interface (5), wherein the electric motor (2) is contacted with the printed circuit board (4) and is designed to drive the output shaft (3), wherein the housing (6) accommodates the printed circuit board (4), wherein the connection interface (5) comprises a direct plug connection with contacting pads (9) directly on the printed circuit board (4), and wherein the contacting pads (9) are designed for direct contact with a connector (7), wherein the connection interface (5) comprises a housing opening (8) in the housing (6) as access for the connector to the contacting pads (9), and wherein the printed circuit board (4) is dimensioned to be narrower than the housing opening (8) such that the printed circuit board (4) can be inserted through the housing opening (8) into the housing (6).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a displacement drive (1) comprising an electric motor (2), an output shaft (3), a printed circuit board (4) and a connection interface (5), the electric motor (2) making contact with the printed circuit board (4) and being designed to drive the output shaft (3), and the connection interface (5) comprising a direct plug connection with contact making pads (38) directly on the printed circuit board (4), and the contact making pads being designed to make direct contact with spring contacts of a plug.

Abstract: A drive unit (10) actuates drives in a motor vehicle with a first housing part (12), in particular a pole pot (12), and a second housing part (14), in particular a gear housing or electronic housing (14, 15), which can be connected with connecting elements (40), wherein the first housing part (12) features receptacles (38) for the connecting elements (40), wherein the receptacles (38) are embodied as centering holes (36) for corresponding centering pins (48), which are arranged on the second housing part (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox drive unit (2), particularly for adjusting moving parts in a motor vehicle, comprising a gearbox housing (1), in which an output gear is rotatably supported on a bearing axle (4) extending perpendicular relative to a housing bottom (13). According to the invention, the bearing axle (4) is designed at least in sections as, at least in sections, a hollow metal bolt and/or as a multi-part, combined plastic/metal axle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor (10) and to a method for producing said electric motor, especially for adjusting mobile parts in a motor vehicle. Said electric motor comprises a collector (36), arranged on an armature (38) and electrically contacted via hammer brushes (12). The armature (38) is surrounded by a lower housing part (32) and an upper housing part (34) which can be assembled in a radial direction (50) in relation to the armature (38). The hammer brushes (12) comprise one fastening element (26) each which engages directly in a seat (30) of the lower or upper housing part (32, 34).

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit (10) and to a method for producing the same, in particular for adjusting moveable parts in a motor vehicle, having a metal driveshaft (17) which is mounted in a housing (11) by means of at least one radial bearing element (28), wherein the driveshaft (17) has two end sides (42), at least one of which, as an axial stop, is supported on the housing (11) by means of a stop disk (44), wherein the stop disk (44) is produced from a self-lubricating material (49) which lubricates the axial stop over the entire service life of the drive unit (10) without the use of additional, separate lubricants.

Abstract: A biogas collection system and method for collecting and utilizing biogas that is produced as a byproduct of anaerobic digestion in a wastewater treatment system having one or more wastewater sources. The biogas collection system comprises an interceptor or septic tank hydraulically connected to the wastewater sources to receive wastewater therein and to generate effluent and biogas from the anaerobic digestion of the wastewater. The system has a wastewater treatment facility hydraulically connected to the interceptor tank by one or more effluent lines and a biogas processing facility hydraulically connected to the interceptor tank by one or more biogas pipelines. Biogas inside the effluent lines is compressed and transported to the biogas processing facility to be utilized as a fuel for power generation or processed to reduce the greenhouse gas effect of the biogas. The biogas collection is a closed system that does not vent biogas to the atmosphere.

Abstract: Gear drive unit (10) with a plug-in electronics module (44), in particular for adjusting moving parts in a motor vehicle, comprising an electric motor (12) which has an armature shaft (18), a lower housing shell (14) and an upper housing shell (16), which housing shells can be joined together radially with respect to the armature shaft (18) at a separating plane (32) and enclose the electric motor (12), wherein an electronics interface (42) for receiving a plug-in electronics module (44) is arranged on the lower housing shell (14), and the electronics interface (42) has a sealing plane (54) between an outer face (40) of the lower housing shell (14) and the plug-in electronics module (44), this sealing plane been arranged at least approximately parallel to the separating plane (34).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor (10) and to a method for producing said electric motor, especially for adjusting mobile parts in a motor vehicle. Said electric motor comprises a rotor (12), a lower housing part (16) and an upper housing part (18) which can be radially assembled in relation to the rotor (12), and at least two permanent magnets (22) that are coupled to each other by means of a magnetic feedback element (24). Said feedback element comprises a lower feedback sheet (28) and an upper feedback sheet (30), the upper feedback sheet (30) having a stop face (40) that rests on a mating stop face (42) of the lower housing part (16).

Abstract: A drive unit, in particular for adjusting movable parts in a motor vehicle, has a housing including an opening to the surrounding, in which a gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable diaphragm is installed, the housing includes a first housing part with a circumferential collar, and a second housing part which closes off the first housing part, on the second housing part the opening is integrally formed with a circumferential mating surface, which presses the diaphragm against the collar of the first housing part after the housing is closed, and a sealing element located between the diaphragm and the mating surface is integrally non-detachably formed on the first and/or second housing part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit (10) and to a method for producing said drive unit, especially for adjusting mobile parts in a motor vehicle. Said drive unit comprises a drive shaft (12), received in a housing (24) by means of at least one bearing element (22). Said housing comprises a lower housing part (26) and an upper housing part (28) which can be radially assembled in relation to the drive shaft (12). The bearing element (22) is configured as a plain bearing bush (38) that positively engages in a peripheral direction (33) in a corresponding bearing seat (30) of the housing (24) in order to form a rotational lock (42).

Abstract: Gear drive unit (10)—combinable with various plug-in modules (34, 82, 94, 110)—with an electric drive motor (12) featuring an armature shaft (16) and at least one housing part (18) accommodating the armature shaft (16) and an electronic interface (36) to accommodate various plug-in modules (34, 82, 94, 110), which can be inserted into the electronic interface (36) in the insertion direction (55), wherein the electronic interface (36) features walls (38) that are spaced apart from each other, which walls form an opening (42) perpendicular to the armature shaft (16) and an opening (44) axial to the armature shaft, and at least one first sealing surface (50) and guides (64) are arranged on the walls (38) along the insertion direction (55) to seal various plug-in modules (34, 82, 94, 110) vis-à-vis the at least one housing part (14, 18).

Abstract: An electric machine includes brushes and a brush-holder support in which an electrical connection of components of the brush-holder support is realized with the aid of a flex foil. Furthermore, a method for producing a brush-holder support for an electric machine.