Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh

Mahle International Gmbh

Mahle Behr Gmbh & Co. Kg

Bhtc Gmbh

Ralph Trapp

Otto Knittel

Bernd Stich

Michael Kohl

Harri Pankratz

Michael Steinkamp

Dirk Nagel

Rüdiger Schmidt

Hans-Dieter Röhling

Marwin Hamann

Bernd Kuhlhoff

Eduard Pankratz

Michael Frigge

The invention relates to an operating device for a vehicle, comprising a display with a touch-sensor system for inputting a command and additionally a retaining device which retains the display. The retaining device has a base face and a free area which is defined by support elements protruding from the base face. The operating device is additionally provided with at least one actuation sensor for detecting a bend of the display upon being manually actuated and an analysis unit which is connected to the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor for analyzing the signals of the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor.

Operating device for a vehicle

The operator control unit () for a device is provided with an operator control element () which has a touch-sensitive operator control surface (). The operator control element () is, for the purpose of being automatically returned to its inoperative position after being deflected out of said inoperative position, elastically mounted in said inoperative position. The mechanical excitation of the operator control element () out of its inoperative position for the purpose of tactile feedback in response to operation of the operator control element () is performed by means of an actuator (). A sensor () identifies the movement of the operator control element () and/or an acceleration and/or force acting on the operator control element (). When a movement of the operator control element () and/or an acceleration and/or force acting on the operator control element () are/is identified without sensing contact with the operator control surface (), the evaluation and actuation unit () actuates the actuator () to maintain the inoperative position of the operator control element () and/or to move the operator control element () back to its inoperative position and/or to stabilize the operator control element ().

Operator control unit for a device

A device for electrically heating a fluid, in particular for use in an electrically operated motor vehicle, comprising an induction coil, which is integrated in an oscillating circuit and produces an alternating magnetic field, and at least one first inductor, which is positioned within the alternating magnetic field. The inductor can be arranged inside a module, through which a fluid to be heated can flow, and the induction coil is arranged outside the module.

Modular induction fluid heater

The electric heating system, in particular for a hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle, is provided with a heating module. The heating module is provided with an electrically insulating, heat conducting ceramic substrate which has a heating zone and a control zone which are spaced apart from one another. The heating module comprises an electrical resistance heating element which is arranged on the ceramic substrate, in the heating zone thereof, and which is embodied as a resistance heating conductor which is mounted on the ceramic substrate. Further, the heating module comprises a transistor for controlling the current through the resistance heating conductor, wherein the transistor and other optionally present electrical components and conductor tracks are arranged in the control zone on the ceramic substrate. The heating module is provided with a first cooling element which is thermally coupled to the heating zone of the ceramic substrate.

Electric heating system, in particular for a hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle

A solar sensor for the detection of the direction of incidence and the intensity of solar radiation comprises a housing () made of a plastic material that is permeable to at least some of the solar radiation, the housing () having a curved side () facing the incident solar radiation and the housing () optically acting as a lens and having an internal focal plane () defined by the lens characteristics thereof. At least two photosensors () are embedded in the plastic material of the housing (), each photosensor () having a sensor area () sensitive to at least the part of the radiation to which the plastic material is permeable, and the sensor areas () of the photosensors () being arranged in a substantially common plane () located in front of or behind the focal plane (), seen from side () facing the incident solar radiation. The direction of incidence of the solar radiation is determinable based on the intensities of the solar radiation received by the sensor areas () of the photosensors ().

Solar sensor for the detection of the direction of incidence and the intensity of solar radiation

The device for detection of the temperature in the interior of a vehicle, particularly for an air-conditioning system of a vehicle, is provided with an interior temperature sensor () arranged in a housing () arranged in or at a wall () adjacent to the interior () of the vehicle and being at least partially adjacent to the interior () of the vehicle, and a radiation sensor () detecting solar radiation leading to the heating of the housing () of the interior temperature sensor (). Further, the device is provided with a compensation temperature sensor () arranged behind the wall () and such that it is thermally decoupled from the interior temperature sensor () and detecting the heat of air and/or assemblies behind the wall (), which leads to a falsification of the measured value of the interior temperature sensor (). The two temperature sensors () and the radiation sensor () are combined in a common assembly.

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Paderborn, Germany

Ralph Trapp