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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6523376 | Lock, in particular for motor vehicle doors A lock suitable for use in a motor vehicle door has a rotary latch, a locking wedge, a pawl, a setting device, and a transmission device wherein the rotary latch cooperates with the locking wedge to be locked in a locking position by the pawl. Upon actuat... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6279361 | Lock in particular for motor vehicle doors A lock, suitable for use in a car door, has a rotary latch which cooperates with a locking wedge, or the like, and can be locked by a locking pawl in a locking position. The pawl is actuatable by a setting device for bringing the rotary latch at least int... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6070337 | Passive magnetic position sensor A passive magnetic position sensor, has a substrate with a resistance network arranged on it, and a contact structure which is associated with the resistance network and which can be deflected under the action of a magnet device. An electric connection wh... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6067081 | Method for producing tactile markings on an input surface and system for carrying out of the method A method of producing tactile markings on an input surface, in which information is transmitted to the input member in the form of movements of the input surface and an arrangement for the carrying out of the method. In order to produce a large number of ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6055966 | Intake device for a supercharged engine which can be installed in the rear of a motor vehicle An intake device for a supercharged internal combustion engine is installed in a motor vehicle. In particular, the engine is a supercharged otto engine which can be installed in the rear of a motor vehicle, and has an air filter box which receives an air ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6003404 | Accelerator pedal assembly for controlling the power of an internal combustion engine An accelerator pedal, for controlling the power of an internal combustion engine, has a pedal lever which is acted on manually by force on an outer end region, and is swingably mounted on an inner end region around a swing shaft within a bearing housing. ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6003904 | Plastic closure cap produced by injection molding A plastic closure cap (1) produced by injection molding for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle is provided, within the region of fuel lines which extend through it, with bushings (6, 7) of a temperature-resistant material of low thermal conductivity. Polyphen... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6004001 | Illumination for a display An illumination for a display and/or a part of a display in an illumination color with a display and/or a part of a display which can be transilluminated by a source of light of a different color than the illumination color. The source of light is arrange... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6005465 | Coil assembly and method for contacting the coil on a support body A coil assembly has a coil form on which the coil winding is arranged as well as a method of contacting the coil assembly on a support member. The coil assembly is easy to produce and also permits electrical contacting, namely, the provision of electrical... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6002328 | Tank display system and method for determining the remaining volume in a tank A tank display system for a tank filled with fuel, the tank being divided into a main tank and a supplementary tank, has a level limit switch which responds when the main tank is almost empty. If the switch gives off a signal, then a valve is opened, allo... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5992194 | Device for unlocking doors A lock including a device for unlocking the door of a motor vehicle in case of a malfunction of the lock, as in the event of an accident of the motor vehicle, to open the lock or allow the lock to be reliably opened manually. The unlocking is triggered by... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5986613 | Electric contact and process for producing electric contact An electric contact for connecting a conductive system present on an insulating substrate, in particular for automobile windshields, in which the conductive system is connected via a conductive path with an electric mating contact. A moisture-resistant el... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5963445 | Method for the production of actuator signals In a method for the production of actuator signals as a function of sensor signals in an open-loop and/or closed-loop control system, the sensor signals are read into a data processing device and converted into internal input signals. The internal input s... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5959457 | Circuit arrangement for measuring the resistance of a resistance sensor In a circuit arrangement for measuring the resistance of a resistance sensor, for instance a wetness sensor, which is connected to an evaluation circuit, there is a galvanic separation, formed preferably by an isolating transformer, between the resistance... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959844 | Instrument cluster An instrument cluster having a housing, a system support (21) to receive indicating instruments, and a circuit board (6) which is connected by fastening elements (35) to the system support (21) and mounted in floating fashion.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5955658 | Device for measuring changes in pressure A device for measuring pressure changes, and preferably for testing the tightness of a fuel tank, wherein a high-pass filter, the time constant of which is greater than the time constant of the pressure changes to be measured and less than the time consta... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5944151 | Operating device An operating device with haptic response for the manual entering of information into a device comprises a setting member having a position which is variable under the action of an actuating force, and with which there is connected a transducer for produci... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5936315 | Driving data recording device for motor vehicle mounted directly on or in the drive gear housing shell A driving data recording device for a motor vehicle for collecting at least one of time- and speed-dependent data and including, housing having an element for securing the housing to a housing shell of a motor vehicle drive gear, a control module for proc... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5900821 | Rain sensor system for a motor vehicle In a rain sensor system for a motor vehicle, a sensor element is provided as separate part for attachment in the vicinity of a vehicle window. The sensor element is wiped by a separate wiper blade which is fastened to a windshield wiper or driven by the l... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5900704 | Process and system for controlling an electrohydraulic pressure supply for an auxiliary power device for an automotive vehicle A process and a system for controlling an electrohydraulic pressure supply for an auxiliary power device of an automotive vehicle in which a hydraulic pump system is operated by means of an electric motor the speed of rotation of which is controlled by op... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5886266 | Tank insert for insertion in an opening in a fuel tank A sensor chamber (7) is provided in a holder (5) of a tank insert (4), a pressure sensor (8) being inserted into said chamber. This pressure sensor (8) rests on a circumferential packing (9) of a shoulder (10) of the sensor chamber (7).... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5861758 | Process and system for the operation of a resistive moisture sensor A process and a system for the operation of a resistive moisture sensor, in particular on the windshield of a motor vehicle, wherein the conductivity of the moisture sensor is measured shortly after a sudden change in a signal fed to the moisture sensor a... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5854545 | Method for the positioning of an actuator An acknowledgement-free method for the positioning of an actuator by means of an electric motor which is controlled as a function of time by a microprocessor, wherein there are proportionality constants K1, K2 of a formula Adjustment... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5836153 | Method for controlling the fuel-air ratio of an internal combustion engine A method for controlling the fuel-air ratio of an internal combustion engine in which the output signal of a first lambda probe, which is arranged in front of a catalytic converter in the exhaust pipe of the internal combustion engine, is fed to a control... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5825115 | Electric motor and indicating mechanism, in particular for indicating instruments in motor vehicles An electric motor has two exciter windings, independent of each other, on a stator, by which windings a resultant magnetic field can be produced. The motor includes a permanently magnetized rotor which has at least one pair of poles, the rotor changing it... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5823798 | Electric center for motor vehicles An electric center for motor vehicles has an electric part by which different electric power levels are connected to each other. The electric center is arranged on an insulating part holder, and connectors of the electric part engage into the insulating p... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5821863 | Rain sensor In a rain sensor, a sensor field is arranged between two windshield wiper blades which lie one above the other on a windshield. The sensor field is thus located outside of the field of view of the driver and is wiped by the lower windshield wiper blade. T... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5799516 | Apparatus for unlocking doors of a motor vehicle In an apparatus for the unlocking of doors of a motor vehicle in the event of an accident, at least one device for tensioning a safety belt is, in the case of an accident, operatively connected with at least one door-unlocking device. Operation of the bel... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5801539 | Moisture sensor for a windshield A moisture sensor has two spaced main electrodes which are arranged on the outer side of the windshield of a motor vehicle in a region which is passed over by the windshield wiper and are connected to an evaluation circuit for the determination of resista... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5798640 | Passive magnetic position sensor A passive magnetic position sensor is constructed of an electrically non-conductive, non-magnetic substrate on which a resistance layer and a soft-magnetic, electrically conductive bending-beam structure are arranged. The resistance layer and bending-beam... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5791317 | Flow valve A flow valve for a fuel supply system is arranged in a supply line leading to an internal combustion engine and, in a basic position upon the start of the internal combustion engine, closes a branch line which leads to a sucking-jet pump. For this purpose... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5791926 | Plug-in connector for an electrical system, in particular for motor-vehicle instrument clusters A plug-in connector for an electric system, in particular for motor-vehicle instrument clusters, in which an electrical contact arranged in a first connector part can be detachably connected by an actuating device with a mating contact which is fastened i... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5793451 | Display device In a display device having a TN liquid crystal cell which can be illuminated by transmitted light from a source of light, the nematic liquid crystal substance of which cell contains a coloring substance. The control regions of the TN liquid crystal cell c... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5787366 | Communication interface between a computer and a vehicle device A communication interface between a computer and a vehicle device employs at least one large-area function element of the vehicle device which is developed as counter-electrode for an electrode of a capacitive coupling adapter. The adapter is connected to... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5783743 | Moisture sensor A sensor for detecting moisture on a non-conductive support, in particular a windshield of a motor vehicle, has one or more metallic, electrically conductive layers which are arranged in a given pattern on the outer surface of the support. The metallic, e... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5783817 | Device for detecting a position of an object moving in rotation or translation relative to a base In a device for detecting a position of an object (linear or circular strip) moving in rotation or translation relative to a base, an incremental track bearing periodically recurring marks and two index tracks bearing a plurality of index marks are scanne... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5780718 | Moisture sensor A rain sensor for the windshield of a vehicle has one or more electrically conductive layers which are arranged in a given pattern upon the outer surface of such windshield, and is constructed as a laminate of conductive and resistive layers formed by pro... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5777395 | Safety actuation of vehicle door-handle operated door locks using series connected switches and electric actuator In a circuit having an electric actuator in which the electric actuator and at least one operating device for the electric actuator are connected to a control device, a taking of safety-relevant aspects into account in the normal operation of the actuator... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5775292 | Load adjustment device A load adjustment device for an actuating member which determines the power of an internal combustion engine has a rotatably mounted stop lever (10) on a setting shaft (2). A torsion spring (13) is tensioned between said stop lever (10) and the setting sh... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5771687 | Method for the calibration of a lambda probe in an internal combustion engine A method for the calibration of a lambda probe in an internal combustion engine in which the lambda probe is arranged in front of and/or behind a catalytic converter in order to control a fuel-air mixture of the internal combustion engine. The lambda prob... | 06/30/1998 |
