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Karl-Heinz Schuller

Herbert Fischer

Stephan Kramb

William A Jonardi

Uwe Vahl

Arnd K H &Uuml;berhorst

Thorsten Frank

Volker Kohl

J&uuml;rgen P Steupert

An airflow deflector () guides the airflow () between a towing machine () and a transported unit () adjoining the towing machine () in the travel direction (F) and is coupled with a setting system () for adjusting the orientation of the airflow deflector as needed. To ensure an optimal position of the airflow deflector at all times without human interference even when transported units of different external geometrical configurations are utilized, geometrical data () on the external geometry and/or positional data () are assigned to the transported unit (). This data, at least in case of a replacement of the transporting unit () may be called up or read and forwarded to a control unit () that converts the geometrical and/or positional data into setting commands for the setting system () to adjust the airflow deflector ().

Apparatus for the airflow-optimized orientation of an airflow deflector

A modularly constructed driver's cab construction series for heavy-goods vehicles can produce driver's cab variants with different length dimensions. A basic module is constructed as standard for all driver's cab variants, and a built-on module can be built on the basic module. Built-on modules can have different length dimensions for different driver's cab variants. The basic module has a front wall, two side walls, a door and door frame, a bottom and a roof, is made open to the rear, and possesses, at the rear, an annularly closed first flange-mounting region. The built-on module has a rear wall, two side-wall portions, a bottom portion and a roof portion, is made open to the front, and possesses, at the front, an annularly closed second flange-mounting region complementary to the first flange-mounting region. On the built-on module, the side-wall portions, the bottom portion and the roof portion have different length dimensions for each driver's cab variant.

Modularly constructed driver's cab construction series for heavy-goods vehicles

In a combination of a motor-vehicle door, in particular, that of a passenger car or commercial vehicle, and a storage box that is used to accommodate utensils, objects, etc., the storage box has a shell, which includes a lower segment and an upper segment. The vehicle door includes an interior trim panel, which has a storage compartment open at the top. The inner contour of the storage compartment is shaped to be complementary to the outer contour of the lower shell segment, so that the lower shell segment may be vertically inserted into the storage compartment, the upper shell segment then projecting upwards from the storage compartment, and laterally resting against an essentially vertical panel of the interior trim panel.

Combination of a vehicle door and a storage box

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Aidlingen, Germany

Karl-Heinz Schuller