Motherson Innovations Company Limited

Volkswagen Ag

Torsten Weingärtner

Romeo Wieczorek

Yann Buchet

Jan Dormanns

Andreas Herrmann

Ilka Rötzer

Matthias Koller

Alf Liesener

Stefanie Göttlicher

Mukesh Patel

Reinhold Langbein

Thomas Agung Nugraha

David-Kenneth Jaeger

Gianluca Caretta

Uwe Lüsebrink

Simone Wilsdorf

Miodrag Conic

Yijun Zhao

An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air channel between the air inlet and the air outlet; a rigid air directing body arranged within the air channel and pivotably arranged within the housing by being affixed to a first axis; an actuator arranged within the housing in order to act on the rigid air-directing body to determine a direction of an air stream exiting the air outlet, the actuator comprising a transmission element affixed to a second axis and pivotable around the second axis.

Air vent and vehicle with an air vent

An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air channel between the air inlet and the air outlet; at least one rigid air directing body arranged within the air channel; and an actuator arranged within the housing in order to act on the rigid air-directing body to determine a direction of an air stream exiting the air outlet, where the actuator includes a shape memory alloy element, and the rigid air-directing body is pivotably arranged within the housing by being affixed to a first axis which runs parallel to a second axis to which the actuator is affixed to be pivotably arranged within the housing.

Air vent for a vehicle

A vehicle includes one or more sensors arranged on at least one of a dashboard, a roof, and a center console of the vehicle, or one or more image capturing devices for capturing one or more images from a left side and a right side of the vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to communicate with the one or more sensors or the one or more image capturing devices, and at least one of a morphing surface, a windshield display, and one or more displays configured to be controlled by the ECU, where the one or more sensors are arranged under a black panel surface.

Autonomous vehicles and methods of using same

The present invention relates to a self-supporting carrier structure for an instrument panel in a vehicle, comprising a network of a plurality of hollow support elements and solid support elements arranged according to the results of a load path analysis, wherein the hollow support elements form at least one manifold used as an air duct comprising at least one air inlet for introducing air into the hollow support elements and at least one air outlet for guiding the air into a passenger compartment of a vehicle. Furthermore, the invention is directed to an instrument panel comprising such a carrier structure and is directed to a vehicle equipped with such an instrument panel.

Self-supporting carrier structure for an instrument panel in a vehicle, instrument panel comprising such a carrier structure and vehicle with such an instrument panel

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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Torsten Weingärtner