A lock apparatus includes a lid configured to turn to open and close an opening of a box; a rod switchable between a locked position where a tip of the rod projects to outside of the lid and an unlocked position where the tip is retracted to inside of the lid; and a guide member attached to the inside of the lid and configured to slidably support the rod. The lid includes one of an engaging portion and an engaged portion, and the guide member includes another of the engaging portion and the engaged portion. The engaging portion and the engaged portion are configured to move the guide member in a direction intersecting a lid opening and closing direction to thereby fix and press-fit to each other without rattle.

A driver element for a motor vehicle window lifter, which element can be connected to a window pane to be moved.

A sliding door system includes a rail device with a mounting rail mountable in a building, with a guide rail in which at least two carriages that are connected to a sliding door are held displaceable along a guide axis, and with a plurality of coupling devices with which the guide rail and the mounting rail are releasably connected with one another and which comprise a coupling head connected to the guide rail or the mounting rail, that comprises a coupling plate and a coupling neck and that can be anchored in a coupling opening provided in the mounting rail or the guide rail and which comprises a first opening part with a diameter larger than a diameter of the coupling plate, and a second opening part adjacent thereto with a diameter larger than the diameter of the coupling neck but smaller than the diameter of the coupling plate.

A driver element for a motor vehicle window lifter, which element can be connected to a window pane to be moved.

An exemplary assembly includes a cylinder, a piston, and a lock. The lock is transitionable between an unlocked position that permits extension and retraction of the piston relative to the cylinder, and a locked position that limits retraction of the piston relative to the cylinder. The lock is blocked from transitioning from the locked to the unlocked position when a load supported by the piston exceeds a threshold load. An exemplary method includes transitioning a lock from an unlocked to a locked position. The lock in the unlocked position permits extension and retraction of a piston relative to a cylinder. The lock in the locked position limits retraction of the piston relative to the cylinder. The method further includes holding the lock in the locked position using a load supported by the piston that exceeds a threshold load.

A sliding door system includes a rail device with a mounting rail mountable in a building, with a guide rail in which at least two carriages that are connected to a sliding door are held displaceable along a guide axis, and with a plurality of coupling devices with which the guide rail and the mounting rail are releasably connected with one another and which comprise a coupling head connected to the guide rail or the mounting rail, that comprises a coupling plate and a coupling neck and that can be anchored in a coupling opening provided in the mounting rail or the guide rail and which comprises a first opening part with a diameter larger than a diameter of the coupling plate, and a second opening part adjacent thereto with a diameter larger than the diameter of the coupling neck but smaller than the diameter of the coupling plate.

An exemplary assembly includes a cylinder, a piston, and a lock. The lock is transitionable between an unlocked position that permits extension and retraction of the piston relative to the cylinder, and a locked position that limits retraction of the piston relative to the cylinder. The lock is blocked from transitioning from the locked to the unlocked position when a load supported by the piston exceeds a threshold load. An exemplary method includes transitioning a lock from an unlocked to a locked position. The lock in the unlocked position permits extension and retraction of a piston relative to a cylinder. The lock in the locked position limits retraction of the piston relative to the cylinder. The method further includes holding the lock in the locked position using a load supported by the piston that exceeds a threshold load.

One aspect is an actuator system having a rotatable drive shaft and a parallel axis friction brake engaged with the drive shaft and configured to provide a drag force on the rotatable drive shaft. The parallel axis friction brake further includes a brake housing and a friction assembly that has at least one parallel axis shaft and at least one clip pressed over the at least one parallel shaft in an interference fit. The friction assembly is engaged with the drive shaft and coupled to the brake housing, at least a portion of the friction assembly rotating with the rotatable drive shaft to create the drag force.

The present invention relates to a drive arrangement having a hinge which comprises a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm which can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the first hinge arm is arranged by means of a bolt on a support means which is provided to support a torque when the hinge arms are rotated relative to one another, in that the bolt engages through an aperture in the first hinge arm and is fixed by means of an elastic press fit in a through-hole of the support means. The present invention additionally relates to a motor vehicle having such a drive arrangement, to a bolt for such a drive arrangement, and to a method for mounting the drive arrangement.

The present invention relates to a drive arrangement having a hinge which comprises a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm which can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the first hinge arm is arranged by means of a bolt on a support means which is provided to support a torque when the hinge arms are rotated relative to one another, in that the bolt engages through an aperture in the first hinge arm and is fixed by means of an elastic press fit in a through-hole of the support means. The present invention additionally relates to a motor vehicle having such a drive arrangement, to a bolt for such a drive arrangement, and to a method for mounting the drive arrangement.