Saab Automobile AB

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Guide for vehicle safety belt fitted to rear seat backrest

Abstract: The guide (6) is arranged so that when the backrest is folded, it takes the belt away to the adjacent bodywork wall, leaving the backrest free of the belt. The guide has an upper arm (7) pivoted to the bodywork. The belt is controlled by this arm. With the backrest folded up, the upper arm is held in its initial position projecting over the backrest. When the backrest is folded down, it is automatically turned towards the side, holding the belt, so that the backrest is left free of the belt when it is folded in either direction.

Convertible roof stowage compartment lid

Abstract: The convertible vehicle has a stowage area (10) for the retracted hood behind the passenger compartment. Covering the area is a lid (14) connected with the body (4) by two hinge arms (16) which are fixed to the lid by screws (22). A cross-tie rod (24) is connected by separate points to the same hinge arms. A pair of restraint straps (36) connect the lid to the rod. Should the vehicle be hit from the rear, the lid may break free from its fasteners whereupon the restraint straps would limit its movement.

Battery unit and vehicle equipped with such a battery unit

Abstract: A battery unit for a motor vehicle, especially an electric-powered or hybrid-powered motor vehicle, includes at least one row of a plurality of separate but linked battery cells. Each cell has parallel, opposing main limit walls. The main limit walls of neighboring battery cells bear substantially flatly one against the other and overlap one another in a sloping position on the support. A fixed deflection ramp is arranged in the vehicle to be able to deflect battery cells upward relative to a horizontal plane or forward or sideways, but out of the row of the battery cells.

Opportunities and challenges in the characterization of composite materials in waveguides

Abstract: [1] The effective properties of a composite material can be computed from knowledge of the component materials and the geometry of the microstructure. To verify these results at a certain frequency, wave scattering experiments can be performed, where typically reflection and transmission data are recorded and subsequently analyzed in a theoretical scattering model to extract material data. In this paper, we show that the wave scattering experiment is more closely related to the wave parameters (wave number and wave impedance), than to the material parameters (permittivity and permeability). We focus on anisotropic materials, demonstrate a method to extract the effective permittivity of such materials, and show the importance of knowledge of the anisotropy direction in order to interpret the data.