Robert Boschgmbh

Frank Gottwald

Klaus Voigtlaender

Dirk Steinbuch

Michael Schlick

Jens Haensel

Thomas Binzer

Markus Schmitt

Rene Schepp

Uwe Apel

Benjamin Kopp

Johann Wehrmann

Jens Schick

Tore Toennesen

Stefan Gaier

Ralph Glemser

Stefan Baumann

Roman Marx

Elmar Giehler

Thomas Dufaux

Peter Crowhurst

Rainer Heinrich Hoerlein

Hubert Straub

Klaus Voigtländer

Hans Lubik

Slava Tihovsky

Andreas Moeller

Thomas Haalboom

Siegfried Zerbin

Linus Ferlinz

Maximilian Auracher

Dalton De Paula Cavalcanti

Thomas Fruehschuetz

Mirza Hamzic

The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical energy store, comprising a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit, wherein a safety switch is provided which is designed to interrupt an electrical line of the electrical energy store, wherein a current flowing through the electrical line is detected and an actuation of the safety switch only occurs if the current is below a predefinable threshold value.

Method for operating an electrical energy store

A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (), which are each electrically conductively interconnected with one another in series and/or in parallel, and a switching device (), which has a first terminal () and a second terminal (), wherein a first connecting element () of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the first terminal () to a voltage tap () of a battery cell () arranged at an end and a second connecting element () of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the second terminal () to a voltage tap () of the battery module (), wherein the first connecting element () and/or the second connecting element () are received in a thermally conductive manner in a receptacle () of the housing () of the battery module ().

Battery module having a plurality of battery cells and method for producing same

A battery module having at least one battery cell is disclosed, in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, comprising a housing, in which the at least one battery cell is accommodated, and a temperature-regulating element, wherein a Peltier element is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, which Peltier element is thermally conductively connected in each case to the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, and which Peltier element is furthermore connected to a voltage source in such a way that heat transfer between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element is able to be formed by means of the Peltier element, wherein a compensation element for homogenizing the temperature, said compensation element being formed from a metallic material, is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the Peltier element, wherein preferably the at least one battery cell is directly or cohesively connected to the compensation element.

Battery module including Peltier element and compensation element between temperature regulating element and battery cell

A metering arrangement () is proposed for a liquid exhaust-gas aftertreatment medium for the aftertreatment of the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine which has an exhaust-gas system, in particular for a urea/water solution, having a delivery pump () and a metering module (), wherein the delivery pump () is connected to a suction line () for sucking the exhaust-gas aftertreatment medium out of a tank (), wherein the delivery pump () and the metering module () are connected to one another via a pressure line (), and the exhaust-gas aftertreatment medium can be fed via the metering module () to the exhaust-gas system, wherein a recirculation pump () is arranged parallel to the delivery pump (), wherein the recirculation pump () is connected on the suction side to the metering module (). Furthermore, a corresponding method for metering is proposed.

Metering arrangement for a liquid exhaust-gas aftertreatment medium and metering method

The invention relates to a device for injecting a fluid (), in particular into the exhaust-gas section of an internal combustion engine, having a reservoir () for storing the fluid () to be injected; an injection and metering module (); a pump () which is configured for conveying fluid () during operation out of the reservoir () to the injection and metering module (); and a return line () which makes an outflow of fluid () out of the injection and metering module () possible, wherein a switchable throttling valve () which is suitable for pumping fluid out of the injection and metering module () is arranged in the return line ().

Injection device

The invention relates to a device () for supplying to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system a reducing agent (), in particular a urea-water solution for the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust-gas flow of a diesel engine, having a tank () for the reducing agent () and having a delivery module () for delivering the reducing agent () out of the tank () via an in particular electrically heatable suction line (). According to the invention, a) the suction line () which runs outside the tank () is connected to a pump sump () situated in the region of the tank base (), b) an in particular electrically operated pump sump heater () is arranged in the region of the pump sump (), c) at least one in particular electrically operated heating rod () extends into the tank (), and d) at least one fill level sensor () runs outside the tank (). The pump sump heater (), the heated suction line (), the heating rod () and an optional elastic compensating element () in the region of the pump sump () permit a substantially temperature-independent supply of the reducing agent () to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system of a diesel engine. The pump sump () which is mounted on the bottom of the tank () furthermore makes it possible for the reducing agent (), which must be available in the exact dose for correct execution of the SCR method, to be supplied virtually completely independent of position, and nevertheless uniformly, to the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system.

Device for supplying a reducing agent to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system

A method for producing an objective lens mount for an objective lens of a camera suitable for use in motor vehicles includes the following method steps: The objective lens mount and a front housing half-shell of the camera are produced as one component in a single working process. The objective lens mount and the front housing shell are made of metal materials or plastic material having glass fiber components. The objective lens mount built in one piece with the front housing shell is adapted to the length of the objective lens by chip-forming machining.

Lens stack, mounted in a gas-tight manner, for a camera housing

A carrier system for a high-frequency antenna having at least two electrodes situated at a predefined distance from one another and implemented as essentially flat, a dielectric being situated between the at least two electrodes, is distinguished in that the at least two electrodes are situated on a frame part which is as difficult to deform as possible. The frame part preferably has recesses or openings in such a way that air having &#x3b5;=1 is essentially situated between the at least two electrodes as the dielectric.

Carrier system for a high-frequency antenna and method for its manufacture

A radar system for motor vehicles, having a least one radar sensor having a range of less thanm for monitoring traffic in an adjacent lane, wherein the radar sensor has a phase-controlled antenna and a control device for setting a plurality of radar lobes having different geometries.

Radar system for motor vehicles

For suppressing secondary lobes in pulsed radar systems, the antenna characteristics of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna are designed so that the dominant secondary lobes appear mutually offset and their maximums and minimums are mutually suppressed. This increases the safety against detection of false targets.

Radar antenna array

For an angle-resolving antenna system, only two radar sensors are provided including separate transmitting and receiving antennas. The receiving antennas of the two radar sensors are switchable with reference to their main beam direction as well as to their beam width.

Angular resolution antenna system

A pulse radar system has a high-frequency source, which supplies a continuous high-frequency signal and is connected on the one side with a transmission-side pulse modulator and on the other side with two separately controllable pulse modulators in at least one receive path. Mixers are situated downstream from pulse modulators, respectively. The mixers evaluate a radar pulse reflected by an object together with the signal of the high-frequency source. The pulse radar system allows different modes of operation that may be changed in a simple manner.

Pulse radar arrangement

An apparatusfor detecting and evaluating objects in the vicinity of a vehicle, having transmitting and receiving means for electromagnetic radiation in the Gigahertz range, includes at least one antenna protected by a radome. The radomeis designed as lens-shaped in such a way that beam focusing and/or beam pivoting of the broadcast electromagnetic radiation is made possible.

Device for detecting and evaluating objects in the surroundings of a vehicle

In a microwave antenna a dielectric carrier having a strip line is provided. A funnel-shaped or horn shaped waveguide radiator is integrated into a metallic cover, and it is situated above the strip line. A transformation element is provided for the transition from the strip line to the aperture of the waveguide radiator.

Microwave antenna

The present invention provides an antenna array for ascertaining the distance between vehicles and their speed, which includes devices for receiving or transmitting signal waves, a multi-layer carrier situated underneath the devices, a first potential surface, which is at ground and which is situated on the surface of the carrier facing the devices, coupling devices located in the first potential surface, electrical connecting sections disposed as closely as possible underneath the first potential surface, and a second potential surface which is located underneath the connecting sections and is at mass.

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Frank Gottwald