Itw-ateco Gmbh

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Itw Automotive Products Gmbh Co. Kg

Itw Automotive Products Gmbh & Co.

Uwe Stapf

Edward F Bulgajewski

Rainer Gramss

Piotr Sliwa

John Healey

Matthias Gans

A heater system for clearing moisture (frozen and liquid) from a windshield () around a through-windshield vehicle sensor () provides a chamber between the sensor and the windshield containing air that may be heated by a chamber supported heating element (). The warm air within the chamber applies heat over the windshield in the critical viewing area () without obstructing the sensor ().

Dual plane heater for vehicle sensor system

A battery pack assembly interleaves pouch cells with thin flexible heater elements to provide for distributed low-power heating with reduced thermal resistance between the heater elements and the cells. The heater elements may include terminals for direct attachment to pouch cell electrodes and to each other to facilitate power distribution among the heater elements.

Heater for electric vehicle batteries

A sleeve arrangement for a neck rest, including a sleeve body adapted to be inserted into an opening in a frame of a vehicle seat, the sleeve body having a through going axial passage adapted to accommodate a rod of the neck rest, and the sleeve body having further a head portion which includes internal locking elements to fix the axial position of the rod in the sleeve body and a shank portion joining the head portion, the sleeve body having an external side which includes fixing elements the sleeve body in the opening of the frame, wherein in upper and lower end portions the passage has radially annular enlargements, and a preferably radially expandable sliding bushing of anti-frictional plastic material is accommodated by the enlargements which encircle the rod, and an elastomeric material is accommodated in the intermediate space between the sliding bushing and a wall of the passage.

Sleeve arrangement for a neck rest

A closing mechanism for a filling tube of a fuel tank in an automobile, including: a first housing portion adapted to be fastened in an opening of the body of the automobile, a closing slide member which supported for linear or pivotal, movement transverse to the axis of the opening, the closing slide member and a portion of the housing portion together form a funnel-like guide means such that upon a movement of a fuel nozzle towards the guide means the closing slide member is moved into an open position whereby the nozzle can be moved further into the opening, a second housing portion having a first end connectable to the first housing portion and a second end attachable to the end of the filling tube, the second housing portion having a second opening aligned with the first opening, and a closing flap for the second opening.

Closing device for a filing tube of a fuel tank in an automobile

Actuation means for actuating a functional part in an automobile by means of a handle portion or the like, whereby at least a portion, e.g. a stripe of an electro luminescence sheet is applied to a surface of the handle portion or adjacent to the handle portion and connected to an electric source.

Actuation means for actuating a functional part in an automobile by means of a handle portion or the like

Inner door lock actuator for automobiles comprises a lever-like handle which is pivotally supported in a housing about an approximately vertical shaft. The housing is attached to the door. A linkage or an actuation cord connects the handle to the door lock. A spring is arranged on the shaft for biasing the handle toward a non-actuated position. A portion of the handle is provided with a gear segment. A rotary damper is located in the housing and has a rotor shaft, a pinion being attached to the rotor shaft and meshing with the gear segment.

Inner actuation for automobiles door locks

Automotive fuel filler pipe valve

A refueling flap for a refueling trough on a vehicle body, wherein a damper is in operating connection with the refueling flap via a gear.

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Röttingen, Germany

Uwe Stapf