Abstract: A method, comprising: forming a dielectric structure, the structure comprising a first terminal surface, a second terminal surface and a through-hole that extends from the first terminal surface to the second terminal surface, applying an electrically conductive material to at least a portion of the dielectric structure, removing a first portion of the electrically conductive material from the first terminal surface, and removing a second portion of the electrically conductive material from the second terminal surface, a remaining portion of the electrically conductive material constituting at least an inner conductor of a first generally coaxial conductor pair and a first shielding conductor of the first generally coaxial conductor pair, and the inner conductor extending through the through-hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing at least one high-frequency contact element or a high-frequency contact element arrangement comprising at least one such high-frequency contact element. The method includes producing a basic body part of each high-frequency contact element from a dielectric material by means of an additive manufacturing method, wherein the basic body part has a bushing between a first end and a second end of a longitudinal extent of the basic body part. In addition, the method includes coating the dielectric basic body part with an electrically conductive layer and removing the electrically conductive layer in a region surrounding the bushing at the first end and at the second end of the basic body part so as to form an electrically conductive coating on the outer conductor side and an electrically conductive coating on the inner conductor side. The present invention also relates to a high-frequency contact element or a high-frequency contact element arrangement.

Abstract: A wind deflector for a sliding roof system is disclosed herein, the wind deflector having: a wind deflector element that is adjustable between a lowered position and an extended position; and a pair of raising arms that are each connected with the wind deflector element at one end and with an abutment at the other end, wherein the abutment is vehicle-fixed, that the raising arms are configured to be telescopically length-adjustable, and that an adjustment mechanism is provided by which the distance of the wind deflector element from the abutments is reduced when it is moved from the lowered position to the extended position.

Abstract: A wind deflector for a sliding roof system is disclosed herein, the wind deflector having: a wind deflector element that is adjustable between a lowered position and an extended position; and a pair of raising arms that are each connected with the wind deflector element at one end and with an abutment at the other end, wherein the abutment is vehicle-fixed, that the raising arms are configured to be telescopically length-adjustable, and that an adjustment mechanism is provided by which the distance of the wind deflector element from the abutments is reduced when it is moved from the lowered position to the extended position.

Abstract: In order to impart a permanent out-of-plane configuration to a flexible diaphragm, for example a diaphragm used as the valve closing member in a multiple fuel metering valve, the invention provides that the diaphragm material, which may preferably be a rubberized textile web, is held by friction between two cooperating plates while a punch and die set causes deformation of parts of the diaphragm. In order to provide permanence to the deformation, the punch and/or die are heated during the deformation process while the remaining parts of the diaphragm are unheated and may be cooled. In a particular embodiment, the punch and die set imparts a plurality of dish-shaped depressions to the diaphragm; these serve to hold valve closing members for a multiple fuel distribution valve. The permanent depressions serve to hold the valve closing plates without mechanical attachment and/or perforation of the diaphragm and do not add undesirable rigidity to the diaphragm.