Abstract: A vehicle data recording unit for installation in a motor vehicle having a housing. Within the housing is an electronic memory and control unit and a battery receptacle for receiving a buffer battery for the memory and control unit. The battery receptacle has a battery compartment delimited by a first stop and a second stop, situated opposite the first stop, for holding a first buffer battery between the first stop and the second stop. To make it easy to use buffer batteries of different physical sizes, a third stop is arranged between the first stop and the second stop, which has a smaller length than the first buffer battery, in the battery compartment between the third stop and the first stop, such that optionally the first buffer battery or the second buffer battery can be held in the battery compartment.

Abstract: A vehicle data recording device wherein the housing is connected to a first supporting limb and a second supporting limb of the supporting bracket in such a way that it can pivot about a pivoting axis, wherein the pivoting axis is arranged above a housing central axis with respect to the height of the housing, and wherein the smallest distance between the pivoting axis and a mounting plate, connecting the supporting limb, of the supporting bracket is larger than the largest distance between the pivoting axis and a rear-side housing wall of the housing, with the result that the supporting bracket can be pivoted through an angle of 180° over a housing rear side, between a first position in a region underneath a housing lower side and a second position in a region above the housing upper side.

Abstract: An onboard information system having an antenna for receiving satellite-based geoposition data. The onboard information system includes a housing that can be installed in a vehicle interior and a module for processing satellite-based geoposition data. The antenna for receiving satellite-based geoposition data is arranged on the housing such that in the installed state a reception direction of the antenna points toward the vehicle interior. The onboard information system can be used particularly in a vehicle as a tachograph, preferably as a digital tachograph, and/or toll collection appliance.

Abstract: An onboard information system for vehicles, including a housing in which a computation unit and a first mass memory are arranged and are connected to one another for the purpose of data transfer. The system includes a support that can at least to some extent be moved out of the housing and which has a data interface for a second mass memory, which data interface is connected to the computation unit for the purpose of data transfer.

Abstract: A vehicle data recording unit for installation in a motor vehicle having a housing. Within the housing is an electronic memory and control unit and a battery receptacle for receiving a buffer battery for the memory and control unit. The battery receptacle has a battery compartment delimited by a first stop and a second stop, situated opposite the first stop, for holding a first buffer battery between the first stop and the second stop. To make it easy to use buffer batteries of different physical sizes, a third stop is arranged between the first stop and the second stop, which has a smaller length than the first buffer battery, in the battery compartment between the third stop and the first stop, such that optionally the first buffer battery or the second buffer battery can be held in the battery compartment.

Abstract: A vehicle data recording device with a housing, having a housing front side that faces a user with a housing upper side and a U-shaped supporting bracket for mounting the housing. The housing is connected to a first and a second supporting limb of the supporting bracket such that it can pivot about a pivoting axis. The pivoting axis is arranged above a housing central axis with respect to the height of the housing. A smallest distance between the pivoting axis and a mounting plate, connecting the supporting limb, of the supporting bracket is larger than a largest distance between the pivoting axis and a rear-side housing wall of the housing, so that the supporting bracket can be pivoted through an angle of 180° over a housing rear side, between a first position in a region underneath a housing lower side and a second position in a region above the housing upper side.

Abstract: A vehicle data recording device including a vehicle data recording unit which has a housing, a data memory arranged outside the housing, and a unit interface with a connection for the data memory is provided in an outer wall of the housing. The data memory is connected to the unit interface by a connecting cable. To ensure not only that the data memory is reliably arranged in the vehicle data recording device but also that the data memory can be easily removed from the device, the housing has, on a housing outer side, a mount that detachably supports the data memory.

Abstract: A data card insertion device, in particular for a tachograph of a motor vehicle, with a front panel having a slot-shaped receiving opening through which a data card can be inserted. The device also has a sealing device behind, in the direction of insertion of the data card, which has an insertion slot behind the receiving opening, in the direction of insertion, for the sealed insertion of the data card.

Abstract: An onboard information system having a mobile radio antenna for capturing at least one vehicle-related variable. The onboard information system includes a housing that can be installed in a vehicle interior and a mobile radio module. The mobile radio antenna is positioned in a recess in the housing, and its radiating plane is at a distance from the housing. The onboard information system can be used particularly in a vehicle as a tachograph, preferably as a digital tachograph, and/or a toll collection appliance.

Abstract: An onboard information system for vehicles, including a housing in which a computation unit and a first mass memory are arranged and are connected to one another for the purpose of data transfer. The system includes a support that can at least to some extent be moved out of the housing and which has a data interface for a second mass memory, which data interface is connected to the computation unit for the purpose of data transfer.

Abstract: An onboard information system having an antenna for receiving satellite-based geoposition data. The onboard information system includes a housing that can be installed in a vehicle interior and a module for processing satellite-based geoposition data. The antenna for receiving satellite-based geoposition data is arranged on the housing such that in the installed state a reception direction of the antenna points toward the vehicle interior. The onboard information system can be used particularly in a vehicle as a tachograph, preferably as a digital tachograph, and/or toll collection appliance.

Abstract: An electrical device, particularly an installed device for a vehicle, having a housing and having a data carrier receptacle device disposed in the housing, the data carrier receptacle device having a data carrier locking device for locking a data carrier disposed in the data carrier receptacle device. In order unlock the data carrier, even in case of operational fault, the housing has a housing recess allowing access from outside the housing to the data carrier receptacle device for unlocking the data carrier locked in the data carrier receptacle device and a non-relockable housing recess closure that can be removed from the housing recess for opening the housing recess. A method for unlocking a data carrier locked in a data carrier receptacle device having a data carrier locking device in an electrical device having a housing having a housing recess and a housing recess closure.

Abstract: A trip recorder having an open or openable housing, in which a printing device comprising a thermoprinting strip and a receptacle for a roll, rotatable about an axis of rotation, of a ribbon-like print material printable by the printing device are disposed. The thermoprinting strip is parallel to and opposite a transport roller rotatably drivable about a roller axis, by which the print material fed past the thermoprinting strip can be applied against the thermoprinting strip. The region of the receptacle of the printable print material is accessible from the outside. The housing has an opening facing an operator side. The thermoprinting strip is disposed in a stationary manner in the housing and the transport roller can be lifted away from the thermoprinting strip. The axis of rotation of the roll of printable print material and the transport roller are directed toward the operator side.

Abstract: In a tachograph for a motor vehicle, an electrical line for connecting two electronic subassemblies is routed to form a loop and has respective run-off edges between the loop and the electronic subassemblies. Moisture which condenses on the electrical line is passed from the loop to the run-off edges and can drip off. Damage to the electrical subassemblies is thus avoided.

Abstract: A tachograph for a motor vehicle comprises a guide element for guiding a paper strip in relation to a printing group. The guide element requires no pretensioning means and is connected to the printing group via a carrier. As a result, the paper strip is reliably aligned in relation to the printing couple.

Abstract: In a tachograph for a motor vehicle having a holder for a paper strip, which is wound onto a paper roll, and a printing unit, means for prestressing the paper strip against a stop are provided. This reliably keeps the paper strip in an envisaged position with respect to the printing unit. A printout produced by the printing unit is thus oriented on the paper strip with respect to a zero line.

Abstract: A data card insertion device, in particular for a tachograph of a motor vehicle, with a front panel having a slot-shaped receiving opening through which a data card can be inserted. The device also has a sealing device behind, in the direction of insertion of the data card, which has an insertion slot behind the receiving opening, in the direction of insertion, for the sealed insertion of the data card.

Abstract: A paper strip (6) for a tachograph (1) has a series of marks (17, 18) which extend transversely with respect to its direction of movement in the tachograph (1). The marks (17, 18) are of different lengths and are sensed by a sensor (10, 11). The sensor (10, 11) generates a signal sequence which provides definitive information about an offset of the paper strip (6) in the printing unit (7). A control device (12) actuates a printing unit (7) of the tachograph (1) and compensates for the offset.

Abstract: A printer with an elongated media output port is disclosed. The printer may be used for a digital tachograph of a motor vehicle. The printer includes at least one bearing surface which limits the media output in the transverse direction and along which the printing medium slides during output. The boundary conditions for the operation of a small-format printer in a digital tachograph of a motor vehicle makes it necessary that the media output port has to be sealed off against the ingress of harmful media. Therefore, the media output port includes an elongate sealing closure which is movable in the transverse direction and presses elastically against the bearing surface by a sealing feed guide. The printing medium is capable of being outputted between the bearing surface and the sealing closure in an output direction.

Abstract: In a tachograph (1) for a motor vehicle, a drawer (10) can be extended through an opening (8) in a front panel frame (2). When the drawer (10) is in the closed state, a recording disc (9) in the drawer (10) is situated in the opening (8) in the front panel frame (2) and holds a circumferential sealing lip (14). A second sealing lip (16) seals off the recording disc (9) from a drawer panel (3). When the drawer (10) is in the closed state, the sealing lip (14) sealing off the recording disc (9) abuts an inwardly pointing edge (15) of the opening (8) in the front panel frame (2).