Abstract:
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for masking an in-coming call from a portable communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a controller that is configured to receive a driver status signal indicative of a driver being one of a primary driver and a secondary driver. The controller is further configured to transmit a first signal to a PCD to block a notification of an incoming call in the event the driver status signal indicates that the driver is the secondary driver.
Abstract:
In various embodiments, a user interacts with remotely executing mobile applications from a vehicle. The vehicle may include at least one computer that includes a human machine interface (HMI) for control by the user. The mobile applications may be executing on an application server that is remote from the vehicle and communicating with the at least one computer. Further, the mobile applications may be configured to receive inputs from and transmit outputs to the at least one computer. An HMI application executing on the at least one computer may enable the provisioning of one or more services of the HMI to the mobile applications so that inputs and/or outputs to the mobile applications may be exchanged. Vehicle-based operation of the mobile applications from the at least one computer via the HMI may thus be enabled.
Abstract:
In a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle (8) during an overtaking process, a distance between the motor vehicle (8) and a vehicle (9) travelling ahead is adjusted automatically to a first setpoint distance (d1), and after an intention by the driver to overtake is detected at a starting time (ts) the distance is reduced. When the intention of the driver to overtake is detected and a safety function is in a predetermined range, an increased acceleration (a') is initiated in order to reduce the distance. As a result, the driver is relieved during the execution of an overtaking process and a sequence of the overtaking process which corresponds to the normal driving style of a driver is ensured. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for monitoring a fuel reformer which reforms ethanol into a reformate gas comprising H2, CO, and CH4 for fueling an engine are provided. Degradation of the fuel reformer may be indicated based on an amount of ethanol injected into the fuel reformer and an amount of at least one of H2, CO, and CH4 produced by the fuel reformer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of operating a fuel cell comprising a fuel gas feed line and an exhaust gas line. Sensors for determining the fuel gas partial pressure are mounted in the fuel gas feed line and/or the fuel gas discharge line and allow monitoring of the operating state of the fuel cell by means of the in- and/or outflowing fuel gas quantities. The data obtained in this way may be used by a control device to control fuel gas supply and fuel gas recirculation rate.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel cell system having at least one fuel cell (2) whose anode side (4) is connected to a fuel branch (6) via which fuel can be passed to the anode side (4), having a recirculation branch (8) which is tapped off from the fuel branch (6) at a tapping point (9) downstream from the fuel cell (2) and opens into the fuel branch (6) at an opening (11) upstream of the fuel cell (2), and having a heat transfer apparatus (18), which is thermally coupled to the fuel branch (6) and is designed to heat the fuel flowing in the fuel branch (6), wherein the heat transfer apparatus (18) is thermally coupled to the fuel branch (6), in order to heat the fuel, in the flow direction of the fuel upstream of or at the opening (11) of the recirculation branch (8) into the fuel branch (6). The invention also relates to a method for operation of a fuel cell system.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel cell device, comprising an anode gas supply arrangement 2 having an anode gas inlet 13 into an anode compartment 6 of a fuel cell stack 1 consisting of a plurality of fuel cells and comprising a cathode gas supply arrangement 4 having a cathode gas inlet 18 into a cathode compartment 5 of the fuel cell stack 1, the anode gas supply arrangement 2 comprising an anode waste gas apparatus 3 with an anode waste gas line 20, by means of which an anode waste gas stream is connected to a cathode gas stream. The object of the invention is therefore to improve operation of the anode waste gas apparatus of a fuel cell device for the purpose of discharging and purifying the anode waste gas. The object is achieved in that the anode waste gas line 20 comprises a waste gas inlet 21 into the cathode compartment 5, the waste gas inlet 21 opening into the cathode compartment 5 downstream of the cathode gas inlet 18 and at a distance therefrom.
Abstract:
A cigar lighter, comprising a mounting ring insertable through a mounting opening for receiving the lighter; and a socket insertable into the mounting ring, the socket having at least one cantilevered lance extending in a longitudinal direction of the socket and directed radially inwardly, the mounting ring having a cylindrical body with an inner surface, a rib being provided on the inner surface of the body so as to extend in a longitudinal direction, the rib being arranged in alignment with the lance of the socket so as to limit outward radial travel of the lance.
Abstract:
Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders (32) of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, catalyst design, and exhaust system design.
Abstract:
The invention relates to gearshift mechanism for transmitting, without force, gearshift commands to an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. Said gearshift mechanism comprises a housing and a gearshift lever (1) pivotally mounted in a shift gate. The gearshift mechanism has a first and a second shift stop (7, 15; 9, 16) for the gearshift lever (1), which stop consists of a stop (7, 9) on the housing end and a stop (15, 16) on the gear-shift lever end. The gearshift mechanism further comprises a detection device for these two gearshift positions (12, 13). A restoring force automatically swings the gearshift lever (1) from a deflected gearshift position (12, 13) into a rest position (11) between these two gearshift positions (12, 13). The invention is characterized in that the stop (15), associated with one of the gearshift positions (12) and mounted on the gearshift lever end, is linked with a mechanical actuation device (3, 4) on the gearshift lever, which displaces the stop (15) in such a manner that the gearshift lever (1) can be deflected beyond this gearshift position (12) to an additional stop (8) on the housing side.