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20090214892 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING SUPERIOR DUCTILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same has superior phosphatability properties and hot-dip galvannealed properties besides a tensile strength of 950 MPa or more and a high ductility, and also having a small variation in mechanical properties with the change in annealing conditions. | 08-27-2009 |
20090277546 | Method for manufacturing flat steel products from a steel forming a complex phase microstructure - A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort, includes a steel that forms a complex phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) C: 0.08-0.11%, Mn: 1.00-1.30%, P: ≦0.030%, S: ≦0.004%, Si: 0.60-0.80%, Al: ≦0.05%, N: ≦0.0060%, Cr: 0.30-0.80%, Ti: 0.060-0.120%, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 900 to 1100° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 550 to 620° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R | 11-12-2009 |
20100043513 | Method for manufacturing flat steel products from boron microalloyed multi-phase steel - A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) 0.08-0.12% C, 1.70-2.00% Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.004% S, up to 0.20% Si, 0.01-0.06% Al, up to 0.0060% N, 0.20-0.50% Cr, 0.010-0.050% Ti, 0.0010-0.0045% B, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 800 to 1100° .C, the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 250 to 570° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R | 02-25-2010 |
20100065161 | Method for manufacturing flat steel products from silicon alloyed multi-phase steel - A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) 0.10-0.15% C, 0.80-1.20 % Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.004 % S, 1.10-1.30 % Si, 0.0-0.05% Al, up to 0.0060% N, 0.30-0.60% Cr, 0.080-0.120% Ti, 0.040-0.060% Nb, 0.150-0.250% Mo remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 850 to 1000° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 450 to 700° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R | 03-18-2010 |
20100065162 | Method for Manufacturing Flat Steel Products From Aluminum Alloyed Multi-Phase Steel - A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) 0.10-0.14% C, 1.30-1.70% Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.004% S, 0.10-0.30% Si, 0.90-1.2% Al, up to 0.0070% N, 0.070-0.130% Ti, 0.040-0.060% Nb, 0.140-0.260% Mo, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 850 to 1000° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 350 to 480° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R | 03-18-2010 |
20100096047 | Method for manufacturing flat steel products from a steel forming a martensitic microstructure - A method, which allows extremely high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a martensitic microstructure and contains (in wt. %) C: 0.15-0.19%, Mn: 0.80-1.20%, P: <0.030%, S: <0.004%, Si: 0.60-1.00%, Al: <0.05%, N: <0.0060%, Cr: 0.30-0.60%, Nb: 0.040-0.070%, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 900 to 1050 ° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature of at most 350° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R | 04-22-2010 |
20110220252 | DUAL-PHASE STEEL, FLAT PRODUCT MADE OF SUCH A DUAL-PHASE STEEL AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A FLAT PRODUCT - A dual-phase steel, a flat product and processes for the production thereof. The dual-phase steel having a strength of at least 950 MPa, good deformability, and good surface finish. It is possible, when a simple production process is used, for the flat product produced from this steel to be formed into a complexly formed component, such as part of a car body, either uncoated or provided with an anti-corrosion coating. The steel according to the invention has a structure comprising 20-70% martensite, up to 8% retained austenite and the remainder ferrite and/or bainite and has the following composition (in % by weight): C: 0.050-0.105%, Si: 0.20-0.60%, Mn: 2.10-2.80%, Cr: 0.20-0.80%, Ti: 0.02-0.10%, B: <0.0020%, Mo: <0.25%, Al: <0.10%, Cu: up to 0.20%, Ni: up to 0.10%, Ca: up to 0.005%, P: up to 0.2%, S: up to 0.01%, N: up to 0.012%, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities. | 09-15-2011 |
20140041767 | Hot-Rolled Flat Steel Product Produced from a Complex Phase Steel and Method for the Production Thereof - A hot-rolled flat steel product having a tensile strength of at least 1100 MPa, good elongation properties, and good deformation properties. The flat steel product is produced from a complex phase steel, which contains, in addition to iron and inevitable impurities (in % by weight), C: 0.13-0.2%, Mn: 1.8-2.5%, Si: 0.70-1.3%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, P: up to 0.1%, S: up to 0.01%, Cr: 0.25-0.70%, optionally Mo, the total of the Cr and Mo contents being 0.25-0.7%, Ti: 0.08-0.2%, B: 0.0005-0.005%, and a structure which consists of at the most 10% by volume of residual austenite, 10-60% by volume of martensite, at the most 30% by volume of ferrite and at least 10% by volume of bainite. Also, a method for producing such a flat steel product. | 02-13-2014 |
20150203946 | Hot-Rolled Flat Steel Product and Method For the Production Thereof - A hot-rolled flat steel product having a product of Rm and A80 of ≧18,000 MPa*%, a composition including (in wt.) C:0.10-0.60%, Si:0.4-2.0%, Al:≦2.0%, Mn:0.4-2.5%, Ni:≦1%, Cu:≦2.0%, Mo:≦0.4%, Cr≦2%, Ii:≦0.2%, Nb:≦0.2%, V:≦0.5%, remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a microstructure of bainite and residual austenite, wherein the microstructure includes ≧60 vol.% bainite, and wherein at least some of the residual austenite is in block form and ≧98% of the residual austenite blocks have a size of ≦5 μm. Also, a method where a slab, thin slab or a cast strip having the aforementioned composition is hot-rolled at a hot-rolling end temperature of ≧880° C., cooled with a cooling rate of ≧5° C./s to a coiling temperature between the martensite start temperature and 600° C., coiled, and cooled in the coil while being held between the bainite start temperature and the martensite start temperature until ≧60 vol.% of the hot strip microstructure is bainite. | 07-23-2015 |
20150218684 | Cold-Rolled Flat Steel Product and Method for the Production Thereof - A cold-rolled flat steel product where Rm≧1400 MPa and A80≧5% and also a method for producing such product. The product includes, in addition to Fe and unavoidable impurities (in wt. %), 0.10-0.60% C, 0.4-2.5% Si, ≦3.0% Al, 0.4-3.0% Mn, ≦1.0% Ni, ≦2.0% Cu, ≦0.4% Mo, ≦% Cr, ≦1.5% Co, ≦0.2% Ti, ≦0.2% Nb, ≦0.5% V. The microstructure includes (in vol. %) ≧20% bainite, 10-35% residual austenite and martensite as the remainder. A slab, thin slab or a cast strip having said composition, is hot-rolled to form hot strip with a hot-rolling end temperature ≧830° C., coiled at a coiling temperature ≦560° C., cold-rolled at ≧30% reduction and heat-treated by firstly being heated to an annealing temperature ≧800° C., then being cooled at a cooling rate of ≧8° C./s to a holding temperature of 470° C. to greater than the martensite start temperature and then being held at the holding temperature until at least 20 vol. % bainite is present in the microstructure. | 08-06-2015 |
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20100059356 | SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a switching arrangement with two operational settings for switching over a winding during transformer operation, wherein during the switching-over a transient current commutates from one current path to another current path. In that case fixed contacts are arranged in several horizontal planes around a rotatable switching shaft and on an insulating-material frame and have upper and lower contact fingers that can be pressed apart and with which electrical connection can be made by an electrically conductive rail as movable switching contact. | 03-11-2010 |
20130057248 | ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER - The invention relates to an on-load tap changer for step transformers, which has one main current branch and one auxiliary current branch for each of the two winding taps to be switched. In each main current branch and auxiliary current branch, switching is accomplished by means of a vacuum switching tube. According to the invention, an additional mechanical contact is provided in each of the main current branches and in each of the auxiliary current branches between the respective winding tap to which said branch is electrically connected and the respective vacuum switching tube in said branch. Said mechanical contacts are switched in such a way that the vacuum switching tubes in the main current branch and the auxiliary current branch of the unconnected winding tap can be galvanically isolated from the unconnected winding tap. | 03-07-2013 |
20140027257 | TAP CHANGER WITH VACUUM INTERRUPTERS - The invention relates to a tap changer having vacuum interrupters for switching over between winding taps of a tapped transformer without interruption. The tap changer according to the invention having vacuum interrupters is based on the general idea of combining the functionalities of at least one conventional vacuum switching contact which switches under load and a further mechanical switching means according to the prior art in just one single vacuum interrupter with two separately moving contact systems. | 01-30-2014 |
20140034463 | TAP CHANGER AND VACUUM INTERRUPTER FOR A TAP CHANGER OF THIS KIND - The invention relates to a tap changer for switching over between winding taps of a tap transformer without interruption, wherein two load branches are provided for each phase which is to be switched and each load branch has a vacuum switching contact, which acts as a main contact and, parallel to said vacuum switching contact, at least one series circuit comprising a transition resistor and in each case a further vacuum switching contact. In this case, in each case one vacuum switching contact of each load branch is structurally combined to form a single vacuum interrupter having two separate, fixed contacts ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140085028 | TAP CHANGER AND VACUUM INTERRUPTER FOR SUCH A TAP CHANGER - The invention relates to a tap changer for the interruption-free switchover between winding taps of a tap-changing transformer. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a novel vacuum interrupter which is particularly suitable for such a tap changer. The tap changer according to the invention is based on the general concept of combining in each case one main contact (V1) and one mechanical switching means (U1), connected in series therewith, of a first load branch and an additional resistive contact (V | 03-27-2014 |
20150027989 | ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER - The invention relates to an on-load tap changer for switching among different winding taps of a step transformer without interruption according to the preamble of the first patent claim. The general inventive concept lies in actuating both the selector contact unit and the switching means for uninterrupted load switching by means of a common motor drive without an energy store being connected therebetween. | 01-29-2015 |
20150028978 | DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER FOR VOLTAGE REGULATION OF LOCAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - The invention relates to a distribution transformer having a tap-changing device for no-break switching between different winding taps of a distribution transformer. The general inventive concept consists in actuating both the selector contact unit and the switching means for no-break load switching by means of a common motor drive without interposition of an energy store. | 01-29-2015 |
20150034462 | ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER - The invention relates to an on-load tap changer for switching among different winding taps of a step transformer without interruption according to the preamble of the first patent claim. The general inventive concept lies in actuating both the selector contact unit and the switching means for uninterrupted load switching by means of a common motor drive without an energy store being connected therebetween. | 02-05-2015 |
20150179362 | LOAD-TRANSFER SWITCH, ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER, AND METHOD OF SWITCHING SAME - The invention relates to a load transfer switch for an on-load tap changer for switching from a connected winding tap to a preselected winding tap of a tapped transformer. The load transfer switch comprises at least one resistance-free current path and at least one resistive path. A measuring device measures an actual value of a phase angle between a load current and a tapped transformer voltage from the preselected winding tap for discharging a current. The chronological connection sequence of the paths of the load transfer switch can be variably adjusted by an adjusting device dependent on the measured actual value and a specified threshold of the phase angle such that the voltage constantly lies within a voltage range between the connected winding tap and the preselected winding tap during a load switch. The invention also relates to an on-load tap changer with such a load transfer switch and to a method for switching a load transfer switch from a connected winding tap to a preselected winding tap of a tapped transformer. | 06-25-2015 |
20150303006 | ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER - The invention relates to an on-load tap changer for switching among different winding taps of a step transformer without interruption according to the preamble of the first patent claim. The general inventive concept lies in actuating both the selector contact unit and the switching means for uninterrupted load switching by means of a common motor drive without an energy store being connected therebetween. | 10-22-2015 |
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20120318000 | VEHICLE WITH AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicle includes an air conditioning system for conditioning intake air flowing into a vehicle interior. The air conditioning system has a primary heat exchanger in thermal communication with a drive unit via a coolant circuit, a compressor, and a secondary heat exchanger which is disposed jointly with the compressor in a refrigerant circuit. The secondary heat exchanger operates as a condenser in a heating mode of the air conditioning system and jointly with the primary heat exchanger gives off heat to the intake air. A control device controls operation of the refrigerant circuit in response to an input by a user. The control device includes an evaluation unit to carry out a comparison between a desired heat supply commensurate with the input by the user and a determined actual heat supply, and generates an output signal for operating the compressor in response to the comparison. | 12-20-2012 |
20130031922 | REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT - The invention includes a refrigerant circuit for a cooling operation and a heat pump operation. The refrigerant circuit has a high pressure area and a low pressure area, including at least one heat source/heat sink, a compressor, an expansion device, at least one thermal interior space module, and an internal heat exchanger. The internal heat exchanger has a high pressure side part and a low pressure side part, wherein the high pressure side part is disposed between the expansion device and the heat source/heat sink. The invention also includes at least one metering device through which the high pressure side part of the internal heat exchanger is operable during the heat pump operation at a medium pressure level intermediate a pressure level in the high pressure area and a pressure level in the low pressure area of the refrigerant circuit. | 02-07-2013 |
20140075966 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIR CONDITIONER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating an air conditioner ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140075972 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an air conditioning system for conditioning the air of a passenger space of a motor vehicle, the system including a refrigerant circuit with a compressor, a first heat exchanger for the heat exchange between the refrigerant and the environment and a second heat exchanger for supplying heat from the refrigerant to the air supply to be conditioned for the passenger space. The refrigerant circuit further includes, in the flow direction of the refrigerant after the compressor, a valve arrangement. The valve arrangement comprises a branch, a first valve arranged between the branch and the second heat exchanger, and a second valve arranged between the branch and the first heat exchanger. The first valve is designed with a normally open (NO) valve characteristic and the second valve with a normally closed (NC) valve characteristic. | 03-20-2014 |
20140138049 | VEHICLE WITH AIR CONDITIONER - The invention relates to a vehicle with an air conditioner for heating inlet air flowing into a vehicle interior, the air conditioner including: a heater heat exchanger thermally coupled through a coolant cycle with a drive unit or similar; and a supplemental heat exchanger which is connected to a refrigerant cycle of the air conditioner and which transfers heat to the inlet air in heating mode, wherein the supplemental heat exchanger is configured with at least two rows including a first heat exchanger row and a second heat exchanger row in a refrigerant flow direction, wherein the first heat exchanger row and the second heat exchanger row are arranged in a refrigerant flow direction so that super cooling of a condensed refrigerant is provided in the second heat exchanger row and at least heat extraction of the refrigerant is provided in the first heat exchanger row. | 05-22-2014 |
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20080202336 | Flexible Adsorbent Bodies - A flexible adsorbent body comprising, a thermoplastic polymer matrix and a porous adsorbing material, wherein said body possesses a flexural module of elasticity at 23° C. greater than about 10 MPa. | 08-28-2008 |
20100000982 | Composite Conductor, in Particular for Glow Plugs for Diesel Engines - Composite conductor comprising a metallic conductor and a ceramic conductor or non-conductor, at least one of them being elongate, the two being connected with each other in an electrically conductive manner. The ceramic conductor or non-conductor and the metallic conductor are hard-soldered to each other by a contact surface extending obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the at least one elongate conductor, and has one of the conductors tapers at its end and the other conductor has a matching tapering recess. The tapering end of the conductor is fitted into the tapering recess. | 01-07-2010 |
20110062136 | GLOW PLUG - The invention relates to a glow plug for Diesel engines, comprising a housing, a heater rod, which is movable in the housing in axial direction and projects from the housing at a forward end, and a pressure measuring device for measuring a combustion chamber pressure exerted on the heater rod. It is provided according to the invention that a housing chamber is filled with a substance having or achieving liquid to paste-like consistency at temperatures occurring during operation and conducting heat generated by the heater rod to the housing. | 03-17-2011 |
20120187102 | Glow Plug - The invention relates to a glow plug comprises a ceramic glow pencil, a protective sleeve from which the glow pencil protrudes, a housing from which the protective sleeve protrudes. According to the invention, the protective sleeve is fastened to the glow pencil via a holding element which is disposed outside of the housing and is soldered to the glow pencil. | 07-26-2012 |
20130118432 | GLOW PLUG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GLOW PENCIL - The invention relates to a glow plug for a diesel engine, said glow plug comprising a ceramic glow pencil, which has a heating portion, and a housing, from which the glow pencil protrudes, wherein the glow pencil has a ceramic inner conductor, an insulation layer surrounding the inner conductor, and a ceramic outer conductor layer arranged on the insulation layer. In accordance with this disclosure, the outer conductor layer in the heating portion only partially covers the insulation layer. | 05-16-2013 |
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20080220128 | Food Casing Based on Cellulose Hydrate with a Coating Containing Collagen Fibrils and Gelatin - Disclosed is a preferably tubular food casing based on cellulose hydrate, one or both sides of which is/are provided with a coating containing crosslinked collagen fibrils and an also crosslinked, high-molecular gelatin. Preferably, low-molecular organic compounds comprising two or more reactive groups are used as crosslinking agents. The inventive food casing has characteristics resembling those of a skin fiber casing and is thus particularly suitable for producing raw sausages. The disclosed casing is virtually resistant against cellulytically active enzymes of mold-ripened raw sausages as a result of the coating used. | 09-11-2008 |
20080233246 | Impregnated or Coated Tubular Cellulose-Based Food Casing - The invention relates to a tubular cellulose-based food casing, the internal and/or external face of which is provided with an impregnation or coating made of blood albumin and/or a mixture of collagen fibers and collagen hydrolysate that improves cling of the casing to the food or renders the casing virtually resistant against cellulytic enzymes. The invention also relates to a method for producing such impregnated food casing and the use thereof as an artificial sausage casing. | 09-25-2008 |
20080274237 | Pigmented and Internally Impregnated Fibrous Cellulose Sausage Casing - The invention relates to a double-viscosed fibrous cellulose sausage casing having a pigmented outer cellulose hydrate layer and an impregnated internal cellulose hydrate layer. The impregnation of the internal cellulose hydrate layer includes a collagen hydrolysate and the outer cellulose hydrate layer includes at least one white pigment, preferably having titanium dioxide pigments. The invention further relates to a method for producing the fibrous cellulose sausage casing and also to its use as artificial sausage casing. | 11-06-2008 |
20080280021 | Food Casing From A Coated, Two-Dimensional Fiber Structure - The invention relates to a food casing from a two-dimensional fiber structure, which is coated on one or both sides with acrylic resin. The acrylic resin is combined with at least one other natural and/or synthetic polymer. The acrylic resin in the coating may be admixed with the other polymer. The latter can also form a layer of it's own. On the inside of the casing (i.e. on the side facing the food), this coating prevents gelling out, while at the outside it has a mainly permeability-increasing effect. The casing is particularly used as artificial sausage casing, especially for cooked-smoked sausages. | 11-13-2008 |
20090288791 | Nonwoven having improved wet fastness and alkali resistance and cellulose hydrate-based food casing from said nonwoven - The invention relates to a wet-fast nonwoven, preferably a fiber paper, which comprises fibers from a cellulose-containing material and fibers from a thermoplastic material welded firmly together at their points of intersection. The fibers from the cellulose-containing material are preferably hemp fibers while the fibers from the thermoplastic material are preferably fibers from polypropylene, polyester or polyamide. The fibers are interlinked under the action of pressure and/or heat, especially using a pair of heated calender rolls. The nonwoven or the fiber paper is especially used to reinforce food casings based on regenerated cellulose, especially in artificial cellulose hydrate-based sausage skins. | 11-26-2009 |
20110217347 | Antimicrobial films, sponges and sponge cloths - Antimicrobial film based on biopolymers, in particular cellulose and/or protein, or uncoated or coated textile material, and also an antimicrobial sponge or an antimicrobial sponge cloth based on regenerated or precipitated cellulose are provided. The film, the sponge or the sponge cloth is impregnated or coated with at least one α-amino acid ester, the α-amino group of which is acylated with a fatty acid, or the corresponding hydrochloride, and the α-amino acid ester is bound covalently, optionally also ionically, to the film, the sponge or the sponge cloth. The acylated α-amino acid ester is preferably N-lauroyl-L-arginine ethyl ester monohydrochloride (LAECI), N-lauroyl-L-arginine methyl ester monohydrochloride (LAMCI) or N-lauroyl-L-lysine ethyl ester hydrochloride (LLECI). The film is preferably in the form of a flexible tube and is provided as casing for foods, especially sausage products. | 09-08-2011 |
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20080297285 | Microwave Conducting Arrangement - In order to provide a microwave-conducting arrangement, which is relatively easy, and thus cost-favorable, to fabricate, and which is suited also for complex structures and geometries, one or more electrically conductive layers are provided which are applied on a non-conductive body having a surface of any shape. A metallizing provided for such purpose on the surface of the body is, for example, produced by a vapor-deposition process, by means of a flame-spraying process, or by means of a chemical metallizing. | 12-04-2008 |
20090013778 | Method for Checking the Proper Functioning of a Level Indicator - A method for checking proper functioning of a fill-level measuring device working according to the travel time principle. For this purpose, in predetermined or selectable time intervals (ta), a current measured value curve at a current fill level (hactual) is ascertained; on the basis of the current measured value curve, a current wanted echo signal is determined. Subsequently, on the basis of the current wanted echo signal, an expected value (E) for quality of a wanted echo signal at at least one predetermined fill level (hdesired) is ascertained. The ascertained expected value (E) for quality of the wanted echo signal at the predetermined fill level (hdesired) is compared with a predetermined critical value for quality, and an error condition is diagnosed, when the ascertained expected value falls below the critical value for quality. | 01-15-2009 |
20100110610 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including electronics arranged in an electronics compartment and having electronic and/or electromechanical components. The device automatically detects and/or monitors wear of its electronic and/or electromechanical components and includes an apparatus for detecting and/or monitoring wear of the electronic and/or electromechanical components. Included is at least one element arranged in the electronics compartment. This element is independent of the electronics and has at least one physical property, which changes irreversibly as a function of wear of the element. The apparatus further includes a circuit for measuring the physical property, and an evaluating unit, which, based on the measured physical property, detects and/or monitors wear of the element and makes available a wear-dependent output signal. | 05-06-2010 |
20100164717 | FEILD DEVICE - A field device, wherein only those faults are displayed, which are relevant for the particular application of the user. The field device includes: a means for detecting a plurality of field-device-specific faults and for generating associated field-device-specific fault reports; a memory for storing an application-specific fault report profile, which contains exclusively those field-device-specific faults, which are relevant for a particular application; an interface, via which a user provides the fault report profile and stores such in memory; and a means for output of fault reports, which exclusively outputs fault reports of faults contained in the fault report profile. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169816 | Field Device with Means for Performing Diagnostic Methods - A field device is able to diagnose a broad spectrum of possible faults and/or states, and includes: structure for performing user defined, diagnostic methods; which has an input circuit, via which at least one input variable is fed to the structure; which has an evaluation unit, which serves for deriving, on the basis of at least one input variable selected by the user and at least one evaluating method selected by the user, at least one characterizing variable; which has a monitoring unit, which monitors the derived characterizing variables on the basis of monitoring criteria selected by the user; and which has an output unit, which, upon the meeting of a monitoring criterion, outputs a diagnosis associated with such monitoring criterion; and an interface, via which a user selects the input variables for each user defined diagnostic method, selects the evaluating methods to apply to the input variables, selects the monitoring criteria, and specifies the diagnosis. | 07-01-2010 |
20110166805 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING AND MONITORING FILL LEVEL OF A MEDIUM IN A CONTAINER USING A TRAVEL TIME MEASURING METHOD - A method for ascertaining and monitoring the fill level of a medium in a container via a field device, wherein transmission signals are transmitted toward the medium and are received as reflection signals. The transmission signals and the reflection signals are registered by means of data points in an envelope curve dependent on travel time or travel distance. Disturbance echo signals are registered by means of data points in a masking curve, the data points are connected with one another via connecting functions An evaluation curve is ascertained from the envelope curve; wherein, by means of a reduction algorithm, the number of data points in the masking curve and/or in the evaluation curve is reduced; and wherein, by an echo search algorithm, by means of the reduced masking curve and/or reduced evaluation curve, at least one wanted echo signal in the current envelope curve is ascertained. | 07-07-2011 |
20120158363 | Method for monitoring the functioning of a field device - A method for monitoring the functioning of a field device, wherein the field device provides a complex measurement signal, which is produced from a number of individual measurements following one another in time, comprising method steps as follows: the complex measurement signals are stored within a predetermined time window; the occurrence of a predetermined event is monitored in the field device; the stored complex measurement signals are overwritten for the case, in which the predetermined event does not occur within the predetermined time window; for the case, in which the predetermined event occurs within the predetermined time window, both a first defined number of complex measurement signals, which were ascertained in time directly before the occurrence of the event, are frozen, as well as a second defined number of complex measurement signals, which were ascertained in time directly after the occurrence of the predetermined event, are stored. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090115074 | Method of Processing a Contact Pad, Method of Manufacturing a Contact Pad, and Integrated Circuit Element - In a method of processing a contact pad, a passivation layer stack including at least one passivation layer is formed on at least an upper surface of a contact pad region. A first portion of the passivation layer stack is removed from above the contact pad region, wherein a second portion of the passivation layer remains on the contact pad region and covers the contact pad region. An adhesion layer is formed on the passivation layer stack. The adhesion layer is patterned, wherein the adhesion layer is removed from above the contact pad region. Furthermore, the second portion of the passivation layer stack is removed. | 05-07-2009 |
20110031625 | Method of Processing a Contact Pad, Method of Manufacturing a Contact Pad, and Integrated Circuit Element - An integrated circuit includes a substrate. A surface region of the substrate includes a contact pad region. A passivation layer stack includes at least one passivation layer. The passivation layer stack is formed over the surface region and adjacent to the contact pad region. An upper portion of the passivation layer stack is removed in, in a portion of the passivation layer stack proximate the contact pad region. | 02-10-2011 |
20110095392 | HIGH VOLTAGE RESISTANCE COUPLING STRUCTURE - The disclosed invention provides a structure and method for providing a high lateral voltage resistance between the electrical networks, sharing a lateral plane, of conductive elements (e.g., having different high voltage potentials) comprising a coupler. In one embodiment, an integrated coupler providing a high lateral voltage resistance comprises a primary conductive element and a secondary conductive element. An isolating material is laterally configured between the electrical network of the primary conductive element and an electrical network of the secondary conductive element. The isolating material may comprise a low-k dielectric layer and prevents any lateral barrier layers (e.g., etch stop layers, diffusion barrier layers, etc.) from extending between the first conductive element and the electrical network of the second conductive element. The structure therefore provides a galvanically isolated integrated coupler which avoids electrical shorting between circuits (e.g., at barrier layers) resulting in an improved high voltage resistance. | 04-28-2011 |
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