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20110020125 | Arrangement for axially securing blades in a rotor of a gas turbine - An arrangement for axially securing blades of a rotor of a gas turbine is provided. The arrangement includes a sealing element arranged on the end side surface of the rotor, which may be particularly reliably attached to the rotor by means of a sheet metal strip, the sheet metal strip including a shape-memory alloy. | 01-27-2011 |
20110188999 | Axial turbine for a gas turbine with limited play between blades and housing - An axial turbine for a gas turbine including a rotor blade cascade is provided. The rotor blade cascade is formed from rotor blades each including, a front edge, a blade tip, and an annular space wall that surrounds the rotor blade cascade and includes an annular space inner side, enabling the annular space wall to be arranged directly adjacent to the blade tip forming a radial gap between the covering of the blade tip and the annual space inner side. When the turbine is in operation, the area of the blade tip with the highest pressure load is disposed in the region of the front edges, and the rotor blades in the region of their front edges include a radial projection and the annular space wall includes on the annular space inner side, a peripheral radial recess that interacts with the radial projections such that a minimum is established in the direction of the main through-flow of the turbine. | 08-04-2011 |
20130294907 | TUBULAR HOUSING FOR A TURBOMACHINE - A tubular housing for a turbomachine is provided. The tubular housing includes two half-tube shells which, lying against one another in two connecting regions overlap partially in each case in the tangential direction of the tubular housing. In order to specify a particularly reliable and permanent connection of the two half-tube shells which additionally develop a particularly satisfactory sealing action, it is proposed that, in order to interlock the half-tube shells in the tangential direction, in relation to the tube axis of the housing, at least one eccentric pin is provided in one or both connecting regions. | 11-07-2013 |
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20110081212 | TOOL INTERFACE - A tool interface ( | 04-07-2011 |
20120121352 | MULTI-FLUTE REAMER AND CUTTING INSERT THEREFOR - A multi-flute reamer includes a cutting portion having a forward end and a rearward end, and a chip flute with a chip gash opening, and a cutting insert mounted on the cutting portion. A leading edge is formed at an intersection between a top surface and a radially-outward side surface, and a front edge is formed at an intersection between the top surface and a forward side surface. The cutting insert includes a rounded lead cutting edge formed at the intersection between the leading edge and the front edge, and the top surface includes a chip breaker having a bottom surface formed with a radius, R. | 05-17-2012 |
20120308319 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL HAVING COATED CUTTING TIP AND COOLANT HOLES AND METHOD OF FABRICATING - A cutting tool for performing hole-cutting operations on a workpiece when the cutting tool is rotated about a central longitudinal axis. The cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body having a first end structured to engage the workpiece and an opposite second end structured to be mounted to a machine tool; a groove formed in the first end of the generally cylindrical body, the groove disposed generally transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a nib portion disposed in, and coupled to, the groove via a brazing process. | 12-06-2012 |
20130108381 | ROTARY TOOL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING | 05-02-2013 |
20140161551 | Rotary Tool, In Particular Reaming Tool and Adjustment Element For a Rotary Tool - In order to ensure highly precise setting, in particular readjustment of the radial position of the blade in the case of a rotary tool, in particular a reamer, an adjustment element, in particular in the form of an adjustment screw, having a cone formed by the screw head is inserted into an end-side receptacle in a cutting section, said cone being provided with a friction-reducing coating. | 06-12-2014 |
20150030404 | REAMING TOOL AND ADJUSTING SCREW FOR A FINE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A REAMING TOOL - A reaming tool includes a main tool body disposed about a rotational axis, a plurality of peripherally arranged cutting inserts coupled to the tool body, and a fine adjustment mechanism associated with each cutting insert. The adjustment mechanism includes an adjusting screw with a conical section that acts on the cutting insert for fine adjustment, the conical section being arranged between a first and a second cylindrical guide section. The two guide sections ensure high-precision guidance of the adjusting screw. | 01-29-2015 |
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20080285123 | Raster scanning light microscope - Raster scanning light microscope with line pattern scanning with at least one illumination module, in which the means to achieve a variable partition of the laser light into least two illumination channels are envisioned and joint illumination of a sample takes place at the same or at different areas of the sample. | 11-20-2008 |
20090046360 | Raster scanning light microscope with line pattern scanning and applications - Raster scanning light microscope with line pattern scanning with at least one illumination module, in which the means to achieve a variable partition of the laser light into least two illumination channels are envisioned and joint illumination of a sample takes place at the same or at different areas of the sample. | 02-19-2009 |
20100097694 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLED ACTUATION OF A MICROSCOPE, IN PARTICULAR OF A LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE - Method for actuation control of a microscope, in particular of a Laser Scanning Microscope, in which, at least one first illumination light, preferably moving at least in one direction, as well as at least one second illumination light moving at least in one direction, illuminate a sample through a beam combiner, a detection of the light coming from the sample takes place, whereby, at least one part of the illumination light is generated through the splitting of the light from a common illuminating unit, characterized in that, by means of a common control unit, a controlled splitting into the first and the second illumination light takes place, in which the intensity of the first illuminating light, specified by the user or specified automatically, is assigned a higher priority (is prioritized) compared to the specified value for the second illumination light, and an adjustment for the second illumination light takes place until a maximum value is obtained, which is determined by the value specified for the first illumination light. | 04-22-2010 |
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20100146929 | Method for Increasing the Efficiency of a Combined Gas/Steam Power Station With Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle - The invention relates to a method for increasing the efficiency of a combined gas/steam power station ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100300111 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A POWER PLANT FEATURING INTEGRATED GASIFICATION, AND POWER PLANT - A method for operating a power plant with in integrated gasification device is provided. A fossil fuel is gasified and is fed as syngas to a burner associated with a gas turbine for combustion purposes. Oxygen is separated from air by a membrane at a process temperature such that oxygen-depleted air is formed. The separated oxygen is fed to the gasification device in order to react with the fossil fuel, and heating energy is fed to the membrane to maintain the required process temperature. The heating energy is recovered in part from the syngas and in part from the oxygen and/or the oxygen-depleted air in heat exchange with the air, and the heated air is fed to the membrane. | 12-02-2010 |
20120119151 | Method and facility for converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, with the removal of at least one product gas - A process for carrying out a carbon monoxide shift reaction is provided. In the implementation of the carbon monoxide shift reaction, including the conversion of carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, this conversion takes place in the liquid phase and involves separation of the product gases carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen, where as a first solvent dry methanol is used, for the absorption of carbon monoxide with simultaneous formation of a methyl formate, as a second solvent, in the area of release of the product gases, water is used, for avoiding hydrogen losses in a carbon dioxide area. | 05-17-2012 |
20120144860 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES FROM LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE AND APPARATUS FOR THE PERFORMANCE THEREOF - A process for removing harmful substances from a gas steam which includes carbon dioxide and substances of value, such as at least one of the gases hydrogen H | 06-14-2012 |
20120304689 | Method for Separating a Cleaned Useful Gas From a Gas Mixture, and Device for Carrying Out Said Method - A method is provided for separating a cleaned useful gas from a gas mixture substantially containing carbon dioxide, at least one useful gas, and at least one hazardous substance. The carbon dioxide is condensed, and the liquid carbon dioxide that is enriched with the hazardous substance is separated from the useful gas. The hazardous material is then separated from the liquid carbon dioxide by adsorption, and one part of the cleaned liquid carbon dioxide is fed into the useful gas to absorb hazardous substances still contained in the useful gas. | 12-06-2012 |
20130174566 | METHOD FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE, AND ALSO GAS TURBINE INSTALLATION WITH CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL - A method for capturing carbon dioxide is provided. In a first absorption process, carbon dioxide is absorbed by contacting a supplied carbon dioxide-containing natural gas with a first substream of a solvent. In this process a carbon dioxide-depleted natural gas and carbon dioxide-enriched solvent are formed. Then in a combustion process, the carbon dioxide-depleted natural gas is burnt, with a carbon dioxide-containing exhaust gas being formed. Then, in a second absorption process, carbon dioxide is absorbed by contacting the carbon dioxide-containing exhaust gas with a second substream of the solvent. In this process an exhaust gas freed from carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide-enriched solvent are formed. Then, in a desorption process, the first substream and the second substream of the carbon dioxide-enriched solvent are combined and carbon dioxide is desorbed by supplying heating energy, with carbon dioxide-depleted solvent being formed. | 07-11-2013 |
20130309141 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING CARBON MONOXIDE AND WATER INTO CARBON DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN WITH THE REMOVAL OF AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT GAS - An apparatus for carrying out a carbon monoxide shift reaction, which includes converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, the converting proceeding in a liquid phase with removal of a product gas including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, is provided. The apparatus includes dry methanol, as a first solvent in a first region for an absorption of carbon monoxide with simultaneous formation of methyl formate, and water, as a second solvent in a second region for a liberation of the product gas in order to avoid losses of hydrogen in a carbon dioxide region. | 11-21-2013 |
20140034044 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DIRECTLY HEATED, SOLAR-THERMAL STEAM GENERATOR - A method for operating a directly heated, solar-thermal steam generator is provided. As per the method, a nominal value M | 02-06-2014 |
20140298813 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENERGY STORE WITH RECUPERATOR - A charging circuit for converting electrical energy into thermal energy is provided, having a compression stage, connected via a shaft to an electric motor, a heat exchanger and an expansion stage, which is connected via a shaft to a generator, wherein the compression stage is connected to the expansion stage via a hot-gas line, and the heat exchanger is connected on the primary side into the hot-gas line, wherein the expansion stage is connected via a return line to the compression stage, so that a closed circuit for a working gas is formed. A recuperator is also provided which, on the primary side, is connected into the hot-gas line between the heat exchanger and the expansion stage and, on the secondary side, is connected into the return line, so that heat from the working gas in the hot-gas line can be transferred to the working gas in the return line. | 10-09-2014 |
20140338330 | ENERGY STORAGE INSTALLATION WITH OPEN CHARGING CIRCUIT FOR STORING SEASONALLY OCCURRING EXCESS ELECTRICAL ENERGY - An energy storage device for storing thermal energy, with a charging circuit for a working gas, is provided, having a compressor, heat accumulator and expansion turbine, the compressor and expansion turbine arranged on a common shaft, and the compressor connected on the outlet side to the inlet of the expansion turbine via a first line for the working gas, the heat accumulator wired into the first line, wherein the compressor is connected on the inlet side to a line, which is open to the atmosphere, and the expansion turbine is connected on the outlet side to a line, which is open to the atmosphere such that a circuit open to the ambient air is formed, wherein the expansion turbine is connected to the heat accumulator via a line for a hot gas such that the working gas in the expansion turbine can be heated by heat from the heat accumulator. | 11-20-2014 |
20140360191 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS FOR THE PREHEATING OF FEED WATER - An energy storage apparatus for the storage of thermal energy is provided, with a charging circuit, having a compressor, a heat store and an expansion turbine, the compressor connected on the outlet side to the inlet of the expansion turbine via a first line for a first working gas, and the heat store inserted into a second line, and the first line connected to a first heat exchanger, in which the first line and the second line are coupled thermally, and, furthermore, having a discharge circuit which has a water/steam circuit equipped with a steam generator and which has at least one feed water preheater preceding the steam generator with respect to the direction of flow of the water in this water/steam circuit, and thermal coupling between the charging circuit and discharge circuit achieved by the feed water preheater, in particular achieved solely by the feed water preheater. | 12-11-2014 |
20150027122 | ENERGY STORAGE POWER PLANT AMD METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A POWER PLANT - An energy storage power plant for harvesting electric energy, and suitable for converting electric energy into thermal energy is provided. The thermal energy can be temporarily stored in at least two thermal stores until demanded and retrieved to increase the energy content of water in a water circuit upon demand. The power plant has the at least two thermal stores, each has at least one converting device that allows electric energy to be directly or indirectly converted into thermal energy, the thermal stores being thermally chargeable by temporarily storing thermal energy, wherein one thermal store is for storing sensible heat and one thermal store is for storing latent heat; and at least one energy generating unit operated using the water in the water circuit, the energy content of the water having been increased by the temporary storage of thermal energy, in order to generate electric energy when operated. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033558 | METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT - A method for retrofitting an already existing gas turbine power plant is provided. The method features at least the following steps: fluidically connecting a gas turbine to a flue gas duct which is suitable for conducting flue gas which is produced by the gas turbine; connecting the flue gas duct to a steam generating unit which is fluidically connected to a water-steam cycle, and via which water-steam cycle a power generating facility can be operated; fluidically connecting a CO2 separation apparatus to the flue gas duct for separating the CO2 from the flue gas in the flue gas duct; and electrically connecting the power generating facility to the CO2 separation apparatus, preferably for the essentially energy-autonomous operation of the CO2 separation apparatus. | 02-05-2015 |
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20080271698 | Internal Combustion Engine with Starter Device - An internal combustion engine has a starter device, wherein the starter device has a drive member and a driven member and a locking mechanism for coupling the drive member and the driven member to one another for starting the internal combustion engine. The locking mechanism has at least one pawl that is pivotably supported on the driven member. For decoupling the drive member and the driven member, the at least one pawl is pivoted outwardly relative to an axis of rotation of the starter device. The at least one pawl has at least one pivot position in which the at least one pawl contacts at least one contact area of the driven member. The at least one pawl has at least one cover covering the at least one contact area. | 11-06-2008 |
20080272268 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A CABLE RETAINER AND A CABLE RETAINER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine has a cylinder which has a cylinder longitudinal axis. The internal combustion engine has at least one cooling fin. In order to route the cable in a defined fashion so that the internal combustion engine can be arranged even in a constricted installation space, a cable retainer is provided which is arranged on at least one cooling fin of the internal combustion engine and which retains at least one cable. A cable retainer for securing at least one cable to an internal combustion engine has at least one receptacle for at least one cable and at least one means for positioning the cable retainer on the internal combustion engine. | 11-06-2008 |
20080276912 | Hand-Held Power Tool - A hand-held power tool has at least one operating medium tank having at least one opening. At least one connecting conduit is arranged external to the operating medium tank. At least one connecting member is inserted into the opening, wherein the at least one connecting conduit is connected to the at least one connecting member. Securing devices that secure a rotational position of the at least one connecting member in the opening are provided. | 11-13-2008 |
20090095497 | Hand-Guided Power Tool - A hand-guided power tool has a drive motor and a tool in driving connection with the drive motor. At least one handle is provided for guiding the power tool in operation. At least one antivibration element functionally connects the at least one handle and the drive motor. The at least one antivibration element has a coil spring and a guide, wherein the coil spring has an end connected to the guide. The coil spring has a first radial spacing relative to the guide in a first radial direction and has a second radial spacing relative to the guide in a second radial direction, wherein the second spacing is smaller than the first spacing or is zero. | 04-16-2009 |
20090294210 | Exhaust-gas muffler - An exhaust-gas muffler ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100229405 | Chain guard for a motor-driven chain saw - A chain guard for a motor-driven chain saw has a narrow casing with a front end and a back end. The casing has two parallel side walls and an upper wall and a lower wall connecting the side walls to each other. The casing is closed at the front end thereof and defines an opening at the back end. A device is provided on the casing for attaching the chain guard to the clothing of the operator, a rope, a carabiner or the like. | 09-16-2010 |
20110146643 | Two-Stroke Engine - A two-stroke engine has a cylinder with a combustion chamber and a piston reciprocatingly supported in the cylinder. A crankshaft is rotatably supported in a crankcase and driven by the piston. At least one transfer passage connects the crankcase in at least one position of the piston with the combustion chamber and has a piston-controlled transfer port that opens into the combustion chamber and an opening that opens into the crankcase. A mixture inlet opens into the crankcase. An outlet is provided at the combustion chamber. The transfer port and the opening are displaced relative to each other in a circumferential direction of the cylinder. At least one wall section of the transfer passage forms an undercut when viewed from the crankcase in a direction of a longitudinal cylinder axis of the cylinder and is delimited by a separate component inserted into the cylinder from a side facing the crankcase. | 06-23-2011 |
20130091715 | HANDHELD WORK APPARATUS HAVING A GUARD - A handheld work apparatus such as a stone cutter ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130269673 | Cutting chain for a hand-operated implement and hand-operated implement - A cutting chain for a hand-operated implement for cutting metal and mineral materials such as a stone cutter has central connecting links which are connected to one another by lateral connecting links. The central connecting links comprise first central connecting links which each have a drive tooth. The cutting chain has two central connecting links with drive teeth shaped differently to the drive teeth on the first central connecting links; or located a different distance from the leading drive teeth; or having no drive teeth. A hand-operated implement for cutting mineral materials has a drive motor which drives the cutting chain around a guide bar by a drive sprocket. The cutting chain is guided round part of the circumference of the drive sprocket and round a nose sprocket on the guide bar. The drive sprocket or nose sprocket have different first and second areas matched to the cutting chain. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276724 | WORK APPARATUS HAVING A FUEL PUMP - A work apparatus has an internal combustion engine for driving a work tool of the work apparatus and a fuel pump which is driven by the engine and delivers fuel from a fuel tank to the engine. The work apparatus has a feed pump which is to be actuated manually by the operator. The fuel pump and the feed pump form one component which is arranged outside the fuel tank. The fuel tank has a tank wall which delimits the tank interior. An advantageous arrangement arid satisfactory cooling of the component are achieved if the component is arranged at least partially on the tank wall. | 10-24-2013 |
20130318802 | Power tool with sprocket cover - A power tool has guide bar guiding a saw chain. A drive motor with a sprocket drives the saw chain. A sprocket compartment of the power tool housing has a peripheral wall adjacent to a roof of the saw chain and an ejection opening for cut material. The guide bar has a longitudinal center axis intersecting the saw chain in first and second deflection areas at the sprocket and the nose of the guide bar. The sprocket compartment has an exit opening where the saw chain exits. The peripheral wall of the sprocket compartment and the roof of the saw chain are disposed at a spacing relative to each other that, when the saw chain is standing still, is less than approximately 18 mm at least across 50% of a stretch from the first deflection area to the exit opening and across an entire saw chain width. | 12-05-2013 |
20130319392 | Hand-operated implement comprising a cutting chain for cutting mineral and metal materials - A hand-operated implement has a guide bar on which is fitted a cutting chain for cutting mineral and metal materials. The cutting chain is driven around the guide bar by a chain sprocket. The chain sprocket is arranged in a chain sprocket chamber which is delimited by a chain sprocket cover. A cutting element has an outer side facing a sidewall of the chain sprocket cover which lies in a first notional plane. The distance between the sidewall and the first notional plane measured perpendicular to the first notional plane and centrally between the top of the cutting element and the peripheral wall is less than approximately 0.8 cm over at least 30% of the section between a second notional plane containing the central axis of a fixing bolt on the guide bar and the exit opening at which the cutting chain leaves the chain sprocket chamber. | 12-05-2013 |
20140000542 | WORK APPARATUS HAVING A BRAKING ARRANGEMENT | 01-02-2014 |
20140250702 | HANDHELD WORK APPARATUS HAVING A TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A CHAIN - A handheld work apparatus has a guide bar having a periphery along which a chain runs. The work apparatus has a housing and a fastening arrangement for fixing the guide bar to the housing. The fastening arrangement has an actuating device which can be actuated in a fastening direction in order to fix the guide bar. The work apparatus has a tensioning device to tension the chain. The tensioning device includes a tensioning spring. When the fastening arrangement is loosened, the tensioning spring exerts a force in a tensioning direction of the chain on the guide bar. Simple operation and a simple construction are achieved if the tensioning spring is in operative connection with the actuating device and is tensioned during actuation of the actuating device in the fastening direction. | 09-11-2014 |
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20080271700 | CYLINDER HEAD AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A CYLINDER HEAD - A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine is provided for a motor vehicle. The cylinder head includes, but is not limited to a flow channel, which can be connected to a cylinder. An air duct for injecting gas into the flow channel is connected to the flow channel via a connection channel. The air duct is produced by means of casting and cylinder head provides for a good secondary air injection by means of a simple production. | 11-06-2008 |
20090000590 | Internal Combustion Engine with an Improved Charging Action in the Combustion Chamber - A cylinder head arrangement is provided for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The cylinder head arrangement includes, but is not limited to a combustion chamber, a first intake valve in a first intake port, as well as a first exhaust valve in a first exhaust port and a second exhaust valve in a second exhaust port ( | 01-01-2009 |
20090151327 | TURBOCHARGER AND CYLINDER HEAD - A turbocharger includes, but is not limited to a connecting flange for connection to a cylinder head. The connecting flange has at least one connecting opening for receiving a fluid line for the supply and/or removal of fluids. Further disclosed does a cylinder head comprise a connecting flange for connection to a turbocharger. The connecting flange has at least one connecting opening for receiving a fluid line for supplying and/or removing fluids. Furthermore, an engine arrangement comprising a cylinder head and a turbocharger flange-mounted to the cylinder head is provided. With these turbocharger, cylinder head, and engine arrangement, it is possible to connect a turbocharger and a cylinder head to one another, simply, rapidly, and straightforwardly. | 06-18-2009 |
20110011366 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED OIL DIPSTICK GUIDING ELEMENT - An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle is provided with a crankcase that contains lubricating oil and on which a cylinder block with several cylinder bores is arranged. The cylinder bores are closed with a cylinder head that is arranged on the cylinder block and features cylinder head covers for covering a valve mechanism mounted on the cylinder head. Means are provided for guiding a dipstick that serves for determining the filling level of the lubricating oil. The means for guiding the dipstick are realized in the form of cast channels that extend through at least the cylinder head and the cylinder block. The upper outlet of the channels is provided for inserting and removing the dipstick in the region of one cylinder head cover. | 01-20-2011 |
20110174280 | OIL SEPARATING DEVICE - An oil separating device is provided for crankcase gases of a combustion engine with a separating element. The separating element is at least partially arranged on a cylinder head of the combustion engine. | 07-21-2011 |
20110180034 | OIL SUPPLY DEVICE - A motor vehicle and an oil supply device for a chain drive of a combustion engine for the motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to an oil collection device for collecting leakage oil of a component in the combustion engine and a feed line connected to the oil collection device, via which the leakage oil collected in the oil collection device can be fed to the chain drive. | 07-28-2011 |
20120132156 | CYLINDER HEAD WITH LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE CYLINDER HEAD - A cylinder head is provided with liquid cooling system and a method for cooling the cylinder head. The cylinder head includes, but is not limited to a liquid jacket in which a coolant flows along a main flow pathway from a coolant inlet to a coolant outlet. The liquid jacket is interrupted between the coolant inlet and coolant outlet by portals to cylinders of an internal combustion engine. A second portal is arranged in a flow shadow of a first portal. The cylinder head in the liquid jacket exhibits a flow guide wall with a constriction of the flow cross section, and a baffle plate, which is arranged in the direction of the main flow pathway, downstream from the flow guide wall. The baffle plate is designed to divert a coolant flow branch in a direction of flow transverse to the main flow pathway, toward the second portal. | 05-31-2012 |
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20110001412 | Drawer Guide - In order to provide an at least three-rail drawer guide for guiding a drawer that can be withdrawn from a carcase, comprising an outer rail, at least one middle rail mounted on rolling bodies, an inner rail mounted on rolling bodies, and at least one damping apparatus, that takes up only a narrow installation space and enables a high load and/or a large withdrawal path, it is proposed that in the fully pushed-in state of the drawer guide at least one rolling body track of at least one middle rail is disposed at least partially between at least one damping apparatus and a rolling body track of the inner rail. | 01-06-2011 |
20130193824 | DRAWER GUIDE - A drawer guide is provided, having at least one first guide rail and a second guide rail displaceably guided by means of a roller body arrangement on the first guide rail. The roller body arrangement has at least one ball cage with roller bodies. To provide the drawer guide with both a high load-bearing capacity, a low level of rolling noise, and a low level of rolling resistance, the roller body arrangement may have at least two different types of roller bodies. A roller body of a first type comprises a first material with a first hardness and a roller body of a second type comprises a second material with a second hardness. The first hardness of the first material is lower than the second hardness of the second material, and the roller body of the first type is larger than the roller body of the second type. | 08-01-2013 |
20140145577 | DRAWER GUIDE AND DRAWER DEVICE - A drawer guide is provided for the displaceable arrangement of a drawer, which is arranged to be pulled out from a carcass in a pull-out direction, on the carcass. The drawer guide comprising at least two guide rails, which are displaceable relative to one another with respect to the pull-out direction. A carcass-side guide rail is provided, which is arranged, in an assembled state of the drawer guide, on the carcass. A drawer-side guide rail is provided, which, in the assembled state of the drawer guide, is arranged on the drawer. At least one front end region with respect to the pull-out direction, of the drawer-side guide rail, in a preassembled state of the drawer guide, is movable in a deflection direction running transversely to the pull-out direction relative to the carcass-side guide rail to achieve the assembled state of the drawer guide on the drawer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140152165 | DRAWER GUIDE - A drawer guide is provided for a drawer configured to be pulled out of a carcass in a pull-out direction. The drawer guide has at least two guide rails displaceable relative to one another, and a locking device for locking at least one of the at least two guide rails relative to at least one further one of the at least two guide rails with respect to the pull-out direction. The locking device has at least one locking element and at least one locking element receiver to receive the at least one locking element, which are arranged on different guide rails. The at least one locking element receiver has at least two receiver portions, between which at least one locking element is receivable in a locked state of the drawer guide. | 06-05-2014 |
20140167589 | EXTRACTION GUIDE - A drawer guide is provided for displaceable arrangement of a drawer configured to be pulled out from a carcass. The drawer guide has at least two guide rails, which are displaceable relative to one another by means of rolling elements, and at least one functional device for influencing a relative movement of at least one of the at least two guide rails relative to at least one further one of the at least two guide rails. At least two substantially C-shaped guide rails are provided, which each have a rail back which connects at least two legs to one another, on which, in each case, at least one rolling element track is configured. The at least two C-shaped guide rails are arranged with the rail backs facing away from one another. At least one receiving element is provided to at least partially receive the at least one functional device. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090250973 | HYBRID CROSS BAR FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND FOR INSTALLING A HYBRID CROSS BAR - A hybrid cross bar is provided, such as for supporting a vehicle dash board. The cross bar is supported, directly or indirectly, on at least one body location of the vehicle by a deformation element. The deformation element has a first sub-region enclosed by a plastic encapsulation. A second sub-region of the deformation element has a deformation region outside of the plastic encapsulation. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252908 | VEHICLE COMPONENT WITH A HYBRID STRUCTURE - A vehicle component is provided for a motor vehicle, such as an interior fitting part, and particularly for a component of a vehicle cockpit. The component has a hybrid structure that includes a metal part and a polymeric component. The metal part is surrounded by the polymeric component in a first region. The metal part has a second region which is free from the polymeric component. The second region is connected to a metal reinforcement. The polymeric component may comprise glass fibers. The first region of the metal part may be frame-shaped, and the second region may be arranged in a central region of the metal part. The metal reinforcement may be permanently secured to the metal part, such as by welding, or by an interference or form fit. The metal part may be surrounded by the polymeric component by injection molding and/or shaping. | 10-08-2009 |
20100140912 | Arrangement for securing of a steering column of a motor vehicle - An arrangement for securing a steering column to a cross member, in particular to a cockpit carrying member, of a motor vehicle, includes a steering column with retaining means. This arrangement makes it possible on the one hand with simple means to secure the steering column to the cross member of the motor vehicle and, on the other hand, with a further reduction in costs and weight, to enable a high degree of flexibility in relation to the use of the cross member and the steering column for different motor vehicles, by including a cross member that has, for securing the steering column, at least one hole running transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cross member for at least one securing means, and retaining means of the steering column wherein the retaining means are secured by at least one securing means to the cross member. | 06-10-2010 |
20100171339 | Support Element for a Cockpit Beam - A support element for a cockpit structure of a motor vehicle with a body, as well as a cockpit structure of a motor vehicle, which is provided in the area between the A-columns of the body of a motor vehicle, includes at least one cockpit carrier and a support element. This cockpit structure which on the one hand is optimized in respect of the material consumption, and at the same time makes shorter manufacturing times possible, as well as, on the other hand, fulfills the safety requirements in the event of an offset and/or lateral impact, has a modular design and, by the use of different cockpit structure parts, in particular different cockpit carriers and/or support elements, can be adapted to the individual body concerned. | 07-08-2010 |
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20090037065 | Method For Calculating The Control Current Of An Electrically Controllable Hydraulic Valve - A method shall render it possible that an especially favorable pilot control can be achieved with an electrically controllable hydraulic valve ( | 02-05-2009 |
20100121548 | CORRECTION METHOD FOR THE CORRECTION OF CHARACTERISTIC CURVES FOR ANALOGIZED HYDRAULIC VALVES IN MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEMS - A correction method in which characteristic curves and/or correction values are produced, by way of which the drive current for one or more electrically activated hydraulic values operated in an analog fashion is measured during a pressure regulation in such a way that, during the operation of an anti-lock regulation, one or a respective characteristic curve is first prescribed and then the prescribed characteristic curve is corrected, particularly in a learning process, wherein, after a pressure build-up phase, the current pressure model value (Pmod) is compared to and/or analyzed using a model locking pressure level (Pmax). | 05-13-2010 |
20130158783 | Method for Measuring Pressure in a Pressure Regulation Unit of a Motor Vehicle Braking System, and a Motor Vehicle Braking System in Which the Method is Implemented - A method and system for measuring pressure in a pressure regulation unit of a motor vehicle braking system, without using pressure sensors and having a motor pump unit with an electric motor and a hydraulic pump. The steps include producing a relative motor characteristic diagram for a series of the units. The diagram includes the data of motor-rotational-speed-dependent parameters, intensity of the motor actuation, and parameters relating to the level of the motor load. Further steps include; determining individual motor characteristic variables, determining a current rotational-speed-dependent parameter of an individual motor during the operation of the pump, and calculating a pressure which is characteristic of the braking system, by means of the diagram parameter of the individual motor and the value of the current motor actuation which determines the intensity of the motor actuation, wherein the individual motor characteristic variables are taken into account. | 06-20-2013 |
20140350817 | Method for Determining a Model Upstream Pressure by Means of a Mathematical Model in an Electronically Regulated Motor Vehicle Brake System - Method for determining a model upstream pressure (P | 11-27-2014 |
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20100157266 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - A projection exposure method for the exposure of a radiation-sensitive substrate arranged in the region of an image surface of a projection objective with at least one image of a pattern of a mask arranged in the region of an object surface of the projection objective includes exposing the substrate with the image of the pattern in an effective image field of the projection objective during an exposure time interval and also altering a relative positioning between a surface of the substrate and a focus surface of the projection objective during the exposure time interval in such a way that image points in the effective image field are exposed with different focus positions of the image of the mask during the exposure time interval. An active compensation of at least one portion of at least one imaging aberration induced by the change in the focus positions during the exposure time interval has the effect that the imaging quality is not significantly impaired by the alteration of the focusing during the exposure time interval. | 06-24-2010 |
20130188160 | Optical System of a Microlithographic Projection Exposure Apparatus and Method of Reducing Image Placement Errors - A method of reducing image placement errors in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes providing a mask, a light sensitive layer and a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus which images features of the mask onto the light sensitive surface using projection light. Subsequently, image placement errors associated with an image of the features formed on the light sensitive surface are determined either by simulation or metrologically. Then an input state of polarization of the projection light is changed to an elliptical output state of polarization which is selected such that the image placement errors are reduced. | 07-25-2013 |
20140111785 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL UNIT FOR PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optical unit for projection lithography has a first polarization mirror device to reflect and polarize of illumination light. A second mirror device, which is disposed downstream of the polarization mirror device reflects an illumination light beam. At least one drive device is operatively connected to at least one of the two mirror devices. The two mirror devices are displaceable relative to one another via the drive device between a first relative position, which leads to a first beam geometry of the illumination light beam after reflection at the second mirror device, and a second relative position, which leads to a second beam geometry of the illumination light beam after reflection at the second mirror device, which is different from the first beam geometry. This results in a flexible predefinition of different illumination geometries, in particular of different illumination geometries with rotationally symmetrical illumination. | 04-24-2014 |
20140132942 | OPTICAL SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MICROLITHOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE - The disclosure relates to optical systems of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and to a microlithographic exposure method. According to an aspect of the disclosure, an optical system has a light source, a ray-splitting optical element, which splits a light ray incident on this element when the projection exposure apparatus is in operation into a first partial ray and a second partial ray, with the first and the second partial ray having mutually orthogonal polarization directions, and at least one ray-deflecting optical element for generating a desired polarized illumination setting from the first partial ray and the second partial ray, wherein the ray-splitting optical element is arranged such that light incident on this ray-splitting optical element when the projection exposure apparatus is in operation has a degree of polarization of less than one. | 05-15-2014 |
20140192339 | COLLECTOR - A collector for a projection exposure apparatus for microlithography comprises a plurality of reflective sections which are embodied and arranged in such a way that they can be impinged upon during the focusing of radiation from a first focus into a second focus with angles of impingement in a predefined angular spectrum. | 07-10-2014 |
20150042974 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL UNIT AND OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR EUV PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optical unit for EUV projection lithography serves for obliquely illuminating an illumination field, in which an object field of a downstream imaging catoptric optical unit and a reflective object to be imaged can be arranged. A pupil generating device of the illumination optical unit is embodied so that an illumination pupil results, which brings about a dependency of an imaging telecentricity against a structure variable of the object to be imaged. This dependency is such that a dependency of the imaging telecentricity against the structure variable of the object to be imaged on account of interaction of the oblique illumination with structures of the object to be imaged is at least partly compensated for. An optical system for EUV projection lithography also has an imaging catoptric optical unit alongside an illumination optical unit and can additionally have a wavefront manipulation device. | 02-12-2015 |
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20100316576 | AEROSOLS FOR SINUNASAL DRUG DELIVERY - A pharmaceutical aerosol is disclosed which is suitable for delivering an active compound to the mucosa of the nose, the osteomeatal complex or a paranasal sinus. The pressure of the aerosol is not constant, but pulsates at a frequency from about 10 to 90 Hz. The aerosol is further characterised in that it exhibits a low effective flow rate of less than about 5 litres per minute. The aerosol is, inter alia, suitable for the prevention, management, or treatment of a disease, symptom, or condition affecting the nose or the paranasal sinuses, such as acute and chronic sinusitis. | 12-16-2010 |
20140366872 | AEROSOLS FOR SINUNASAL DRUG DELIVERY - A pharmaceutical aerosol is disclosed which is suitable for delivering an active compound to the mucosa of the nose, the osteomeatal complex or a paranasal sinus. The pressure of the aerosol is not constant, but pulsates at a frequency from about 10 to 90 Hz. The aerosol is further characterised in that it exhibits a low effective flow rate of less than about 5 litres per minute. The aerosol is, inter alia, suitable for the prevention, management, or treatment of a disease, symptom, or condition affecting the nose or the paranasal sinuses, such as acute and chronic sinusitis. | 12-18-2014 |
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20080214548 | 2-Cyano-Pyrimidines and-Triazines as Cysteine Protease Inhibitors - The invention relates to compounds of the formula I | 09-04-2008 |
20130225506 | TEMPLATE-FIXED PEPTIDOMIMETICS WITH CXCR7 MODULATING ACTIVITY - Novel template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula (I), wherein the single elements T or P are α-amino acid residues connected from the carbonyl (C═O) point of attachment to the nitrogen (N) of the next element in clockwise direction and wherein said elements, depending on their positions in the chain, are defined in the description and the claims have the property to act on the receptor CXCR7. Thus, these β-hairpin peptidomimetics can be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions in the area of dermatological disorders, metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases, fibrotic diseases, infectious diseases, neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, gastro-intestinal tract disorders, urological diseases, ophthalmic diseases, stomatological diseases, haematological diseases and cancer; or the mobilisation of stem cells. | 08-29-2013 |
20140213509 | BETA-HAIRPIN PEPTIDOMIMETICS AS CXC4 ANTAGONISTS - β-Hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula cyclo(-Tyr | 07-31-2014 |
20140287986 | TEMPLATE-FIXED PEPTIDOMIMETICS AS INHIBITORS OF FPR1 - Novel template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula (I): cyclo[P | 09-25-2014 |
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20090014283 | DEVICE FOR NON-CONTACT CONVEYING, HANDLING AND STORAGE OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND MATERIALS - A device for generating a floating state of an object by sound waves includes a rigid support structure having a top surface for absorbing forces generated by the gravitation or acceleration of the levitating object and perpendicularly acting on the top surface. A thin oscillatory element is arranged in parallel to the top surface. Further provided is a vibration generator for making the thin oscillatory element vibrating and levitating above the top surface so that the object is levitating above the thin oscillatory element without contacting it. | 01-15-2009 |
20110311320 | DEVICE FOR NON-CONTACT TRANSPORTING AND HOLDING OF OBJECTS OR MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a device for transporting and holding of touch-sensitive structural elements or materials, the device comprising the following features: At least an oscillatory plate-like take-up | 12-22-2011 |
20120274011 | VACUUM-GRIPPER - The present invention relates to a vacuum gripper and in particular to a vacuum gripper for gently gripping work-pieces having sensitive surfaces, such as solar cells, wafers, or panels for flat screens, and for gripping heavy glass plates or plates made of other material having a very smooth surface that are stacked on top of each other and should be removed from above, wherein the vacuum gripper has the following characteristics: a straight or curved gripper plate ( | 11-01-2012 |
20120327402 | INSPECTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for inspecting contact-sensitive planar materials or workpieces, e.g. wafers for the semiconductor industry, solar cells, glasses, FPD substrates, or biologically active substrates for biosensors, as well as materials having contact-sensitive curved surfaces. Said inspection device comprises a support element ( | 12-27-2012 |
20130321796 | INSPECTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for inspecting contact-sensitive planar materials or workpieces, e.g. wafers for the semiconductor industry, solar cells, glasses, FPD substrates, or biologically active substrates for biosensors, as well as materials having contact-sensitive curved surfaces. Said inspection device comprises a support element ( | 12-05-2013 |
20140041186 | METHOD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A CASSETTE - The present invention relates to a method for loading and unloading a cassette which is used, for example, in plasma coating processes, wherein the following method steps are carried out: a. providing a cassette ( | 02-13-2014 |
20150015013 | VACUUM GRIPPER - A vacuum gripper for gripping a work-piece includes a flat or curved gripper plate having at least one suction port. A work-piece suction throttling zone is formed around the suction port. The gripper plate has at least one recess provided at a side facing the work-piece and arranged beyond the work-piece suction throttling zone ( | 01-15-2015 |
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20080270866 | TRANSMISSION WITH AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESS - Method for transmitting data includes selecting an automatic repeat request process from a plurality of automatic repeat request processes, the selection being based at least on a first parameter specifying a predetermined number of automatic repeat request data re-transmissions and on a second parameter specifying a predetermined duration of an automatic repeat request transmission period, during which the predetermined number of automatic repeat request data re-transmissions may be performed. The data are transmitted using the selected automatic repeat request process. | 10-30-2008 |
20090042532 | DETERMINING A RECEIVING QUALITY IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device including a receiver configured to receive radio signals, a measurement circuit configured to measure the receiving quality of received radio signals, and a controller configured to control the measurement circuit such that a first measurement is carried out using a first frequency bandwidth, thereby determining a first receiving quality, and if the determined first receiving quality fulfills a first receiving quality criterion, a second measurement is carried out using a second frequency bandwidth, wherein the second frequency bandwidth is larger than the first frequency bandwidth, thereby determining a second receiving quality. | 02-12-2009 |
20090176514 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In an embodiment, a radio communication device is provided. A radio communication device may include a paging channel capacity setting circuit configured to set a paging channel capacity individually for another radio communication device. | 07-09-2009 |
20100040037 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICES, RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK ARRANGEMENT, METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - In an embodiment, a radio communication terminal device is provided. The radio communication terminal device may include a receiver configured to receive radio data signals via a first frequency carrier and a second frequency carrier, and a controller configured to control the receiver such that the receiver does not receive radio data signals via the first frequency carrier during a transmission gap, and such that the receiver receives radio data signals via the second frequency carrier during the transmission gap. | 02-18-2010 |
20100113041 | METHOD OF SIGNALLING SYSTEM INFORMATION, METHOD OF RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method of signalling system information and a method of receiving system information are provided. The method of signalling system information includes broadcasting a piece of system information in a radio cell, the piece of system information indicating that a first portion of a frequency spectrum, the frequency spectrum being available for the radio cell, is assigned to a first radio mode, the piece of system information further indicating that a second portion of the frequency spectrum is assigned to a second radio mode, the second radio mode being different from the first radio mode. A radio base station is configured to perform the method of signalling system information. A radio communication terminal is configured to receive the broadcasted piece of system information. | 05-06-2010 |
20110007695 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAPPING PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNELS - An apparatus and method that map physical control channels onto radio resource elements are described. The method may include mapping physical control channels of a first mobile radio technology onto a first set of radio resource element groups, mapping physical control channels of the second mobile radio technology onto a second set of radio resource element groups, generating mapping information specifying the mapping of physical control channels of the first mobile radio technology onto the first set of radio resource element groups, and generating mapping information specifying the mapping of physical control channels of the second mobile radio technology onto the second set of radio resource element groups. | 01-13-2011 |
20130084808 | DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF RECEIVE DIVERSITY - A method, system, and computer program product for managing a plurality of antennas on user equipment. A connection status module is configured to monitor the plurality of antennas for a data packet of a plurality of data. A control module is configured to power more than one of the plurality of antennas to measure signal quality in response to receiving the data packet. The signal quality comprises a power level of each of the plurality of antennas and a correlation of the plurality of antennas. An antenna quality module is configured to determine whether the correlation of the plurality of antennas is greater than a threshold in response to the connection status being active. | 04-04-2013 |
20130101070 | Receiver Circuit and Method for Operating a Receiver Circuit - A receiver circuit includes a unit configured to determine filter coefficients based on a sampling time error of a received signal and a phase error of the received signal, as well as a filter configured to filter a signal, which is based on the received signal, based on the filter coefficients. | 04-25-2013 |
20130322284 | DETERMINING A RECEIVING QUALITY IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device including a receiver configured to receive radio signals, a measurement circuit configured to measure the receiving quality of received radio signals, and a controller configured to control the measurement circuit such that a first measurement is carried out using a first frequency bandwidth, thereby determining a first receiving quality, and if the determined first receiving quality fulfills a first receiving quality criterion, a second measurement is carried out using a second frequency bandwidth, wherein the second frequency bandwidth is larger than the first frequency bandwidth, thereby determining a second receiving quality. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080215221 | Clutch reference position - A process and device for the currentless referencing of a clutch position in non self-locking clutch actuating systems which are switched without current for a first predetermined, passive period of time or until an actuator standstill occurs, in order to verify a clutch reference position, then the clutch position achieved is determined by first measurement and current is supplied to the clutch actuating system for a predetermined, active period of time, the clutch actuating system being then switched again without current for another predetermined, passive period of time or until an actuator standstill occurs, the clutch position being determined by another measurement; finally the measured clutch position is checked to determine whether it can be verified as a new clutch reference position. | 09-04-2008 |
20110054754 | CLUTCH ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROL THEREOF - A clutch actuator and to a method for the control thereof. The actuator actuates a multi-disk clutch, and to do so has actuator modules. The number of which corresponds to the number of the friction clutches. The modules have separate control units and electric motors, which are controlled by the control units and act on the friction clutches by a disengaging mechanism. In order to counter block the partial drive trains disposed downstream of the friction clutches, particularly automatically closed friction clutches during a malfunction of an actuator module, the actuator modules are connected among each other to a data line, which allows monitoring of the actuator modules and counter-measures. | 03-03-2011 |
20120310500 | PASSIVE SAFETY SWITCH - The invention relates to a smart actuator for actuating a clutch having a communication interface for connecting to a higher-level control unit, and at least one data line for connecting to the higher-level control unit, where the smart actuator is configured to identify errors in the higher-level control unit and/or an assigned second smart actuator, and where the smart actuator has controlling means that are suitable for converting the controlled system into a safe system state in the case of a recognized error. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding control method and a control system in which the smart actuators and the method are used. | 12-06-2012 |
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20080231800 | Glasses Lens Comprising a Carrying Edge - A spectacle lens with an object-sided front face and an eye-sided rear face, wherein at last the rear face comprises a viewing region that contributes to the optical effect of the spectacle lens and a carrier rim region that at least partially surrounds the viewing region and that does not significantly contribute to the optical effect of the spectacle lens. The rear face of the spectacle lens in the carrier rim zone is constructed substantially from a cosmetic viewpoint without consideration of the optical image-forming properties. A method for producing this spectacle lens is also provided. | 09-25-2008 |
20110208493 | RESCALING OF THE TARGET ASTIGMATISM FOR OTHER ADDITIONS - A fast and efficient method for calculating or producing a spectacle lens design, as well as a method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to the thus calculated spectacle lens design. Furthermore, a corresponding device is provided for manufacturing a spectacle lens, as well as corresponding computer program products and storage media. | 08-25-2011 |
20120008090 | CONTROLLING DESIGNS USING A POLYGONAL DESIGN - A method and device for calculating design parameters of a design of a progressive spectacle lens on the basis of a predetermined design polygon. The design parameters are calculated by specifying a point within the design polygon, in which the specified point defines the progressive spectacle lens design, and then determining a value of each design parameter at the specified point by an interpolation of at least part of the predetermined values at the corner points and, optionally, of at least part of the predetermined values of the design parameter at the at least one additional point. | 01-12-2012 |
20120203368 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING A SPECTACLE LENS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS OF A WEARER - A method, a system and a computer program product are provide for optimizing a spectacle lens for a wearer with a selectable quality grade. In particular, a set of individual parameters is determined for the wearer and a desired quality grade is identified. Depending the identified quality grade, the set of individual parameters is adapted and a surface of the spectacle lens is calculated based on the adapted set of individual parameters. | 08-09-2012 |
20140049747 | PRESCRIPTION-DEPENDENT AND INDIVIDUALIZATION-DEPENDENT MODIFICATION OF THE TEMPORAL PERIPHERAL NOMINAL ASTIGMATISM AND ADAPTION OF THE OBJECT DISTANCE FUNCTION TO CHANGED OBJECT DISTANCES FOR NEAR AND/OR FAR VISION - Method for optimization of a progressive spectacle lens, which method comprises: defining a starting nominal astigmatism distribution for the spectacle lens; determining a transformed nominal astigmatism distribution and optimizing the spectacle lens on the basis of the transformed nominal astigmatism distribution, wherein the determination of a transformed nominal astigmatism distribution comprises multiplication of the maximum temporal nominal astigmatism of the starting nominal astigmatism distribution by a factor k as a result of which a modified maximum temporal astigmatism is obtained, wherein k is a function of a prescription value, and/or at least of one parameter of the spectacle lens or of the arrangement thereof in front of the eyes, and transformation of the starting nominal astigmatism distribution on the basis of the modified maximum temporal astigmatism. Method for optimization of a progressive spectacle lens, which method comprises: defining a starting object distance function; determining object distance data, wherein these comprise an object distance at a predetermined point on the main line of sight; modifying the starting object distance function in accordance with the object distance data; optimizing the spectacle lens, wherein the transformed object distance function is taken into account, wherein the modification of the starting object distance function comprises superposition with a correction function, which has a variable parameter that is determined, in accordance with the object distance data, in such a way that the value of the modified starting object distance function at the predetermined point is equal to the reciprocal value of the determined nominal object distance for this point, wherein the object distance function is defined as the reciprocal object distance along the main line of sight. | 02-20-2014 |
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20080317018 | System for Switching from an Established Media Path to a New Media Path in a Packet Based Network - There is described a system for switching from an established media path to a new media path for packets transmitted between first and second end points in a packet based network. An instruction is transmitted to the first end point instructing it to set up a new receiving channel for receiving packets transmitted from the second end point over the new media path. An instruction is transmitted to the second end point instructing it to configure a sending channel to send packets over the new media path for reception on the new receiving channel of the first end point. For a time period during the switching, the first end point monitors for packets simultaneously on both its new receiving channel and an established receiving channel configured to receive packets transmitted from the second end point over the established media path. This systems helps ensure a seamless switchover from the established to the new media paths. | 12-25-2008 |
20090102639 | Localization system and localization method and mobile position data transmitter - There is described a localization system with a mobile position data transmitter having a position-detecting device for detecting a position of the position data transmitter and for deriving position data from the position detected. The position data transmitter also has a radio tag writing device for wirelessly emitting the derived position data with a write signal for writing to radio tags. The localization system also has radio tags which are to be spatially distributed and each have a memory for storing an item of localization information which is taken from the position data received with the write signal. A radio tag reading device is used to retrieve and output the stored read information from the radio tags that are situated in the retrieval range. | 04-23-2009 |
20090191851 | Method for realizing a presence service and presence system - In one aspect, a method for realizing a presence service with a buddy list that can be displayed on a display device of a terminal is provided. In an activated state, the buddy list itself is displayed, and in a deactivated state, the buddy list itself is not visible. The buddy list is updated by a control device during a change in state of at lest one subscriber to be monitored and/or of at least one device assigned to the subscriber. According to the invention, the updating of the buddy list ensues in the deactivated state by means of the control device while using a method other than one used in the activated state. | 07-30-2009 |
20100274422 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions class-dependent drive-through restriction, wherein the motor vehicle is associated with at least one emissions class. First, information about the geographical location of the zone and about the emissions class at least required there is stored in the navigation system. Then, information about the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is entered into the navigation system. Thereafter, the information entered is considered in the destination guidance process, wherein destination guidance into or through the zone is avoided if the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is affected by emissions class-dependent drive-through restrictions in the zone. | 10-28-2010 |