Abstract:
The invention relates to a door unit, especially a motor vehicle door unit, comprising a movement transfer member (3, 4) connected to a door leaf (1) and provided with a drive shaft (4) and a coupling member (5) acted on by the drive shaft (4) and having a variable closing force. The coupling member (5) is provided with a switchable free-wheel unit (12, 13, 15).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a charging device for an electric vehicle and to a method for charging a battery of an electric vehicle. For easy charging, a charging device for an electric vehicle comprises a charging socket or a charging connector and a drive element for connecting the charging connector to the charging socket.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a charging device for an electric vehicle which is further developed than those in the prior art. In order to achieve the object, the charging device has an electric cable. According to the invention, storage means which are movably connected to the electric vehicle and in which the electric cable can be stored are provided. These storage means can be moved, together with the electric cable and the corresponding plugs/sockets, both into the interior and out of the interior. The use of storage means which are movably connected to the electric vehicle has the advantage that the electric cable has a fixed location, is not located anywhere in the vehicle so that it has to be looked for and cannot get underneath other objects and be concealed or damaged thereby but at the same time can be grasped conveniently, in particular from above. This eliminates in particular the need to bend forward to remove the electric cable from the rear or the interior of the vehicle, which strains the back. The charging device is preferably part of an electric vehicle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a lock for a motor vehicle, comprising a locking mechanism, which has a rotary latch, which is rotatably supported on a rotary latch shaft and which can receive a locking bolt, and a pawl. Compared to prior art, the lock comprises additional means in order to transmit forces from a rotary latch into the lock case of the lock via the additional means. Altogether, this measure makes it possible to construct a compact, light lock.
Abstract:
The subject matter of the present invention is a motor vehicle door closure, the basic construction of which is equipped with a locking mechanism (1, 2) with a rotary latch (1) and pawl (2), and with a locking unit (3, 4, 5, 6). At least in its "locked" position, the locking unit (3, 4, 5, 6) inhibits automatic opening of the locking mechanism (1, 2). According to the invention, at least in the "locked" position of the locking unit (3, 4, 5, 6) and when the pawl (2) is raised from the rotary latch (1), an additional pawl (3) which additionally comes into engagement or is already engaged prevents the automatic opening of the locking mechanism (1, 2).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a display device for an electric vehicle, which display device can signal or display the state of charge of the battery of an electric vehicle by means of a lighting element or illumination means. The display device projects the information about the state of charge of a battery by means of the illumination means, in particular onto a windshield of the motor vehicle or onto the ground on which the motor vehicle is located. Information about the state of charge projected onto a window of the vehicle or onto the ground outside the electric vehicle is visible from the outside, which is desirable in particular during charging when a user is at a distance from the electric vehicle. Alternatively or in addition, the display device is part of an illuminating device that is used to illuminate and/or that undertakes a display function of a different type.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a charging device for an electric vehicle. The aim of the invention is to provide a device and a method enabling an electric vehicle to be charged in a simple manner. The charging device comprises at least one electrical contact embodied as a movable spindle. The spindle is moved in relation to a fixed counter-thread driven by a driving means, from a starting position to an end position, in order to connect to electrical contacts of another charging device.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a charging device having an interior that can be closed by means of a cover or a flap. The electrical contacts of the charging device provided for charging and an illumination means, with which the interior can be illuminated, are located in the interior. The cover or the flap is at least partially transparent in such a way that the light of the illumination means is also visible from the outside through the cover or the flap.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an actuator, by means of which thermal energy is converted into mechanical work. The aim of the invention is to create a functional actuator on the basis of a shape-memory alloy. In order to achieve said aim, an actuator comprises an actuating element, which can be moved from an initial position to a final position with the aid of a drive device, which comprises a shape-memory alloy. Due to the movement to the final position, contact is established between the shape-memory alloy and a heat sink. Alternatively or additionally, due to the movement to the final position, the current flow by means of which the shape-memory alloy is heated is stopped or at least reduced using a switching element.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a lock for a motor vehicle comprising a locking mechanism comprising a rotary catch which is rotatably mounted on a rotary catch axis and which can receive a bolt, and a pawl. Compared to prior art, the lock comprises additional means for transferring forces from the rotary catch to the lock case of the lock by said additional means thus enabling said lock to have a compact and light structure.