Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanical interface apparatus (1) for a motor drive unit (2) in motor vehicles, in particular in a motor vehicle door, which is firmly connected to the drive unit (2) and has holding and guide devices (4, 6) for holding a control or plug unit (3a, 3b), with a cut-out (5), which passes all the way through, being formed between the interface apparatus (1) and the drive unit (2) in order to pass through at least one plug contact (30), a component mount (31) or the like for the control or plug unit (3a, 3b); and with at least two guide devices (8, 9) being provided in or close to the drive unit (2) for guiding the plug contacts (30) and/or the component mounts (31) or various control or plug units (3a, 3b) of this type.

Abstract: Aqueous coating materials are provided. The materials comprise I) hydroxyl-free polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas, II) ionically modified, hydroxyl-containing polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas, and III) at least one crosslinker, characterized in that the components (I) and (II) comprise polycarbonate polyols which have at least 25% by weight of 1,4-butanediol as synthesis component. A process for preparing the coating materials, and their use as soft feel paint, is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanical interface apparatus (1) for a motor drive unit (2) in motor vehicles, in particular in a motor vehicle door, which is firmly connected to the drive unit (2) and has holding and guide devices (4, 6) for holding a control or plug unit (3a, 3b), with a cut-out (5), which passes all the way through, being formed between the interface apparatus (1) and the drive unit (2) in order to pass through at least one plug contact (30), a component mount (31) or the like for the control or plug unit (3a, 3b); and with at least two guide devices (8, 9) being provided in or close to the drive unit (2) for guiding the plug contacts (30) and/or the component mounts (31) or various control or plug units (3a, 3b) of this type.

Abstract: A deflection device for a motor vehicle window lift comprises a deflection element for deflecting a traction means pertaining to said window lift and spring means for tightening the traction means. The deflection element is moveably mounted on a receiving element and can be placed in a plurality of different positions on the receiving element by the spring means arranged on the receiving element. The receiving element, deflection element and spring means are fixable to the window lift in the form of a pre-mounted module.

Abstract: The invention relates to a servo drive comprising an electromechanical energy converter, which has a rotatably mounted disc rotor for generating a torque and a stepping up mechanism that is connected downstream of the disc rotor, for coupling the disc rotor to an output element and for stepping up the torque that acts on the disc rotor and comprising a locking mechanism that locks a rotational displacement of the output element, when a torque is introduced on the output side. According to the invention, the locking mechanism comprises a coil spring which can be radially expanded and compressed and which extends around the outer periphery of the stepping up mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous coating material compositions stable to hydrolysis, to a process for preparing them and to their use as soft feel paint. The compositions comprise hydroxyl-free polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas based on polycarbonate polyols and polytetramethylene glycol polyols, ionically modified, hydroxyl- and/or amino-containing polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas and at least one crosslinker, and optionally further film-forming resins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composite plastic moldings containing A) a thermoplastically formable, heat-resistant composite film having A1) a carrier film of a thermoplastic resin and A2) a layer of a heat-resistant soft touch coating on one side of the carrier film (A1) and B) a thermoplastic layer on the side of the carrier film (A1) facing away from the soft touch coating, wherein the soft touch coating (A2) is obtained from a composition containing i) polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas which are free from hydroxyl and/or amine groups, ii) ionically modified polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas which contain hydroxyl and/or amine groups, iii) at least one crosslinking agent, iv) optionally film-forming resins other than A1) or A2), and v) optionally additives. The present invention also relates to a process for the production of these composite moldings and their use in telecommunications equipment and in vehicle, ship and aircraft construction.

Abstract: The invention provides aqueous preparations having soft-feel properties, foams obtainable by mechanically foaming these preparations, and soft-feel coatings based on the foams. The preparations comprise aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, hydroxy-functional, aqueous or water-dilutable binders, polyisocyanates which may have been hydrophilically modified, and foam stabilizers.

Abstract: A drive device provided for operating adjusting devices in motor vehicles includes an axial-field motor equipped with rotor discs. A gear mechanism is connected to the motor shaft and to a drive element of the adjusting device. The motor shaft is supported on the periphery of the axial-field motor by radial webs that are part of a supporting element. A bearing bush for accommodating the motor shaft is integrated inside the body of the supporting element.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyester-polyurethane resin dispersions that includes: A) reacting one or more polyol components i) having an average molecular weight of at least 300, at least one of the components being a polyester polyol and the fraction of polyester polyol based on aromatic polycarboxylic acids being more than 50% by weight with a polyisocyanate to form a prepolymer, B) dissolving the prepolymer in an organic solvent; C) reacting the prepolymer with aliphatic polyamines having a molecular weight of 60 to 300 or hydrazine and a hydrophilicized aliphatic diamine, D) precipitating the product from C) by adding water to form a dispersion, and E) removing the organic solvent. The resulting polyester-polyurethane resin dispersions can be used in coating compositions and in coating systems that include a substrate and one or more coating films, at least one of which includes the polyester-polyurethane resin dispersion.

Abstract: Coating compositions that are stable to thermal yellowing that include coating materials containing I) one or more dispersions of hydroxyl-free polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas, II) one or more aqueous solutions or dispersions of ionically modified, hydroxyl-containing polyurethanes and/or polyurethane-ureas, other than the constituents of component I), and III) at least one crosslinker.

Abstract: The invention relates to solvent-borne polyurethane resins with a high carbonate group content which are dilutable in water, to aqueous coating compositions prepared thereof, to a process for preparing them and to their use.

Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, stabilized with respect to thermal yellowing, which have excellent mechanical properties and also to their preparation and use.

Abstract: Gear unit and a motor-driven gear unit for cable window lift systems of motor vehicles, including drive and gear mechanism which cooperates with the drive and is coupled to rotatably mounted cable drum for winding and unwinding cable of the cable window lift system. According to the invention a diameter of the cable drum of the gear unit or motor-driven gear unit is in a range from about 22 mm to about 30 mm, wherein a gear ratio of the gear mechanism ranges from about 1:38 to about 1:55. A cable drum has, on its end side, claws which engage in correspondingly designed recesses on the end side of a worm wheel. Electric motors having a maximum driving torque of only about 5.7 Nm can be used. Overall, the size of the gear unit or motor-driven gear unit can be reduced by about 40-50%.

Abstract: A device for adjusting a window pane displaced by a double stranded cable window lifter comprises two cable turning devices arranged at the front and rear, relative to the driving direction of the vehicle along the adjusting direction of the window pane, and a cable, driven by the drive unit, which runs between the cable turning devices along the adjusting direction of the window pane in the two crossed bowden cables. Said cables are at least partly arranged in bowden sheaths, the length of which can be adjusted relative and opposed to each other by means of an adjustment device for altering the lengths of the bowden sheaths, which is arranged in the crossing region of the crossing bowden cables. The length of the bowden sheaths on the drive side bowden cable are changed inversely to the length of the bowden sheath on the non-driven bowden cable.

Abstract: Coating compositions based on aqueous polyurethane dispersions, a process for preparing such compositions and their use for producing soft feel coatings having low fog and VOC values. The aqueous coating compositions include at least one aqueous formulation of an ionically modified, substantially hydroxyl-free poylurethane and/or polyurethaneurea, at least one aqueous formulation of an ionically modified, hydroxyl-containing polyuerthane and/or polyurethaneurea, and at least on crosslinker.

Abstract: The invention relates to solvent-borne polyurethane resins with a high carbonate group content which are dilutable in water, to aqueous coating compositions prepared thereof, to a process for preparing them and to their use.

Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersions containing i) a polyol component with a molecular weight above 300 daltons, containing a polyether diol initiated on an aromatic diol, ii) a polyol component with a molecular weight of 62 to 299 daltons, iii) a monofunctional isocyanate-reactive compound with an ethylene oxide content of at least 50 wt. % and a molecular weight of at least 400 daltons, iv) a polyisocyanate v) an aliphatic polyamine with a molecular weight of 60 to 300 daltons or hydrazine, and vi) a hydrophilic aliphatic diamine, a process for making the dispersion and substrates primed with the dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to blocked polyisocyanate cross-linking agents and their use in one-component stoving lacquers, in particular in solvent-containing or predominantly water-based plastics coatings having a soft-feel effect.

Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersions containing