Mahle International Gmbh

Jochen Schaudt

Florian Klein

Markus Michael

Anja Reiter

Oliver Schultze

Ralf Berndt

Frank Nastoll

Nico Held

Hilmar Hegner

Sushant Bhoi

Anabel Gaule

An HVAC unit for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The HVAC unit includes a housing, a sensor device through which air is flowable and an air duct arrangement through which air is flowable. The sensor device is attached to the housing and airflow-connected to the air duct arrangement at an interface. The interface is provided by two connecting pieces of the sensor device aligned in a Z-direction and two receptacles of the air duct arrangement corresponding with the two connecting pieces. The two connecting pieces are disposed on the sensor device and the two receptacles of the air duct arrangement are disposed in the housing. The respective connecting piece engages in the respective receptacle at the interface and is airtight-connected to the respective receptacle.

HVAC unit

An air duct system for conducting air within an HVAC equipment of a motor vehicle may include a housing of the HVAC equipment, a sensor through which air is flowable, and at least one air duct connected to the sensor in an air-conducting manner. The housing may include (i) a first housing part with a first connecting surface and (ii) a second housing part with a second connecting surface. The first housing part and the second housing part may abut one another and may be fixedly connected to each other via the first and second connecting surface. The at least one air duct may be formed, at least in regions, between the first and second connecting surface. The at least one air duct may have at least one constriction point at which a cross-section of the at least one air duct is reduced.

Air duct system

A gripping unit for the automated assembly of a component having at least one holding region may include at least one assembly gripper configured to grip the component in the at least one holding region. The at least one assembly gripper may include two gripping fingers that may be axially adjustable towards one another into a gripping position where the component is securable between the two gripping fingers, and that may be axially adjustable away from one another into a released position where the component is releasable from the two gripping fingers. The two gripping fingers may include a first gripping finger having a first gripping contour and a second gripping finger having a second gripping contour. The first gripping contour and the second gripping contour may be structured complimentary to the at least one holding region of the component.

Gripping unit and component as well as releasable connection of both

An air filter element with a filter cover and a filter body, whereby the filter body is connected to the filter cover with a water drainage duct, whereby the filter cover has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, whereby the filter body is connected to the first side and the water drainage duct is connected to the second side.

Air filter element and air filter

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Hechingen, Germany

Jochen Schaudt