Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Mannesmann Vdo Ag

Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh

Herbert Breinich

Georg Bogner

Jörg Erich Sorg

Heinrich Noll

Bernd Ludewig

Ralf Mayer

Kai Hohmann

Karl-Heinz Mittenbühler

Oliver Jakoby

Sabine Vorberg

Peter Schmidt

Jörg-Erich Sorg

Jochen Blume

Bertram Eschenbach

The invention relates to a light source () comprising at least one light module () and one control module () provided with a control electronics system. The invention also relates to an image-generating unit () for a head-up display provided with an inventive light source (). Traditional solutions require too much construction space or cannot be mass-produced in order to obtain sufficient brightness. The aim of the invention is to combine a high degree of brightness, little construction space and mass-producibility, particularly for a head-up-display. According to the invention, the light module () and the control module () respectively comprise their own carrier element ()and are firmly connected to a common carrier (). The light module () is connected to the control module () by means of first electrical lines which are configured in such a way that thermally induced relative movements between the control modules () and light module () are received in a trouble-free manner by modification of the form of the lines.

Light source for an image-generating unit

A straw holder for supporting a drinking straw in the mouth of a bottle is presented. The holder includes a straw support portion dimensioned for placement across the mouth of a bottle. The straw support portion includes an aperture designed to receive a straw therethrough and to vertically support the straw with respect to the support portion. The holder further includes a bottle retaining portion that includes at least one turn extending around the retaining portion. The at least one turn includes a first turn having an end attached to the straw support portion.

Head-up display

A display instrument with two illuminated pointers, in which instrument the illuminated pointers () are supplied with light via a light splitter (). The latter has a frustum-shaped depression () so that a portion of the light is radiated in the axial direction and passes into the upper illuminated pointer (). A further portion is scattered radially at the generated surface () of the frustum () and passes into the lower illuminated pointer ().

Display instrument

In an operating device having an actuator ( ) with at least two adjustment degrees of freedom, provision is made for said device to have a device ( ) for evaluating the position of the actuator ( ) optically.

Operating device having an actuator with at least two adjustment degrees of freedom

In a control device for manually inputting information into a device, having a final control element whose position can be changed under the effect of an activation force and which is connected to a converter for generating electrical signals which characterize the position of the final control element, and having a motor element which is connected to the final control element and which exerts, under the control of the electrical signals, a force on the final control element, the size and direction of which force is dependent on the position of the final control element and/or on the information which is to be input, there is provision for the converter to be composed of the rotor ( ) of the motor element and sensors ( ) which respectively emit an electrical signal as a function of the position of the rotor.

Final operating element positioning device

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Wiesbaden, Germany

Herbert Breinich