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20110102923 | MIRROR HEAD WITH OVERLAPPING FIELD OF VIEW - A coupling between a primary mirror and additional mirror so that adjustment of at least one of said mirrors is executed in a way that their fields of view overlap or directly juxtapose. In doing so, the occurrence of a gap in the coverage of the fields of view in the border area shared between mirrors is avoided for the user. | 05-05-2011 |
20140111879 | LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE EXTERIOR MIRROR ARRANGEMENT - An exterior mirror arrangement for motor vehicles, in particular utility vehicles, has s a holder mounted on a vehicle, a housing which is fastened, preferably latchably articulatedly connected, to the holder, and a holding member, which is displaceably received in the housing, for a vehicle exterior mirror. The housing has a housing portion which is formed in one piece from plastic and which alone guides the holding member. | 04-24-2014 |
20140211333 | Device That Electrically and Rotationally Adjusts An Indirect Visual System Of A Vehicle - A adjusting device for a vehicular mirror directly transmits any forces exerted on the mirror between a base member and a rotating member when the mirror is not being adjusted. This permits a small electric motor to be used that can withstand only comparatively small forces exerted on the mirror while the mirror is being adjusted. The device includes the motor, a cylindrical base, a rotating member and a driven member. The mirror is adjusted when the motor drives the rotating member, and the rotating member is uncoupled from the base member. When the motor rotates the driven member, the rotating member is forced axially apart from the base member as a decoupling element on the rotating member slides up an inclined portion on the driven member. When the motor is not driving the rotating member, the rotating member is uncoupled from the motor and couples to the base member. | 07-31-2014 |
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20100098533 | TURBINE HOUSING, AND METHOD OF MAKING A TURBINE HOUSING - A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger includes an outer casing and a rotor casing which is arranged in the outer casing and includes a tubular neck for engagement in an exhaust pipe to conduct exhaust gas from the neck in a direction of an exhaust flange. The exhaust pipe is hereby coupled to the rotor casing for relative movement there between. A sealing ring is arranged between the neck and the exhaust pipe, wherein the neck has one end provided with at least one outwardly directed projection defined by an outer diameter which is greater than an inner diameter of the sealing ring. Fabrication of the turbine housing is realized by pushing the sealing ring over the neck, and inserting an expanding mandrel into the neck to widen the neck. | 04-22-2010 |
20110131985 | EXHAUST GAS ASSEMBLY - An exhaust gas assembly includes an exhaust gas manifold which is connected with an exhaust gas inlet of a manifold and an adjusting member arranged in the manifold. The adjusting member is configured to supply exhaust gas to a low pressure connection and/or a high-pressure connection of the manifold, wherein on the high-pressure side a high-pressure turbine housing is connected to the manifold and on the low pressure side a low pressure turbine housing is connected to the manifold. A connecting channel extends through the manifold and connects a high-pressure exhaust gas outlet) of the high-pressure turbine housing with a low pressure exhaust inlet) of the low pressure turbine housing. | 06-09-2011 |
20110308238 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD WITH BAFFLE PLATE - An exhaust manifold includes a housing formed of a thin-walled sheet metal part which is shaped in the form of a shell construction and has an upper housing shell and a lower housing shell to define an interior space. Received in the housing in an area proximate to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is a baffle plate which separates the interior space of the housing from a motor flange to secure the exhaust manifold to the cylinder head. | 12-22-2011 |
20120294709 | TURBINE HOUSING OF AN EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGER - A turbine housing of an exhaust-gas turbocharger includes an outer housing, an inner housing, and a tubular fitting which is formfittingly connected to the inner housing and has a flange collar for attachment of a bearing case of a turbine wheel. The inner housing traverses the fitting and has an end portion which is bent radially outwards about the flange collar. A press ring is arranged upon the end portion for additional securement of the inner housing in place. | 11-22-2012 |
20130302159 | DOUBLE-WALLED TURBOCHARGER HOUSING, FLANGE AND CONNECTION THEREOF - A double-walled turbocharger housing made of sheet metal includes an inner sheet metal shell which conducts hot exhaust gases and a relatively cold outer sheet metal shell which is spaced apart from the inner sheet metal shell via an air gap. The double-walled turbocharger housing is connected to a bearing flange with a circumferential collar via a common welding seam. The bearing flange is provided with a collar on an outside which faces away from the hot exhaust gas. An outer end of the inner sheet metal shell is provided with a collar with which it embraces the outer sheet metal shell. Both sheet metal shells are connected with the collar of the bearing flange via a common welding seam, wherein an air gap is present between the inner sheet metal shell and the outer sheet metal shell up to the outer end of the inner sheet metal shell. | 11-14-2013 |
20150059324 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD WITH INSULATION SLEEVE - An exhaust manifold for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a two-shell construction comprised of an outer system and an inner system. A flange is positioned at a side proximal to a cylinder head of the combustion engine for installation to the combustion engine, and an insulation sleeve connects the inner system with the flange and the outer system. The insulation sleeve is sized to extend through an opening of the flange and to project beyond the flange into the cylinder head of the combustion engine. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110286837 | EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGER - An exhaust-gas turbocharger includes an outer housing, a bearing flange connected to the outer housing by a material joint, and a turbine wheel rotatable about a rotation axis. Formfittingly connected to the bearing flange is an inner housing which is formed with a collar having at least one section in contact with an inner edge of the bearing flange in a direction of the rotation axis of the turbine wheel. | 11-24-2011 |
20120023928 | MODULAR EXHAUST GAS ASSEMBLY - A modular exhaust gas assembly includes a turbocharger housing having an exhaust flange and a bearing flange receptacle, and a plurality of turbine scrolls of different sizes for selective installation into the turbocharger housing in dependence on a power of an engine. Each turbine scroll has an inlet zone and is connected to the bearing flange receptacle via a selected one of a plurality of different bearing flanges and to the exhaust flange via a selected one of a plurality of different exhaust links. The inlet zone of each turbine scroll is configured to complement a contour of an outlet zone of a standard manifold so that the turbine scrolls are selectively connectable via their inlet zone to the manifold to suit the engine power at hand. | 02-02-2012 |
20120102737 | METHOD OF MAKING A TURBOCHARGER HOUSING - In a method of making a turbocharger housing surfaces of a sheet-metal shell which bound a gap towards the turbine wheel are measured, after the sheet-metal shell has been joined with a bearing flange provided for support of a turbine wheel, to generate measuring values. Subsequently, the bearing flange is machined in dependence on the measuring values for establishing a position of the turbine wheel in relation to the bearing shell and thus of the sheet-metal shell. | 05-03-2012 |
20130064655 | EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER HOUSING - A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger, includes an outer housing in which an inner housing with a tubular nozzle and an outlet duct for connection to an exhaust gas system is arranged. The outlet duct is coupled with the tubular nozzle for movement relative to the nozzle via a seal ring. The seal ring is inwardly everted and pushed onto the nozzle and embraced by an inner-housing support ring, so that a fluid tight fit on the inner housing nozzle is ensured. The seal ring is further pushed onto the outlet duct and there also coupled onto the outlet duct with an outlet duct support ring in a fluid tight manner so that an especially durable connection is created. Both support rings are additionally coupled in a materially bonded manner with the seal ring and the outlet duct nozzle or with the inner housing. | 03-14-2013 |
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20090287388 | System for controlling a vehicle driving downhill - A system for a hill descent control in the braking equipment of a motor vehicle comprising an electrically controllable service brake system, which is designed both for an anti-locking control function and for a braking function irrespective of actuation by the driver, a brake actuator which permits an individual adjustment of the braking pressures or braking moments generated for the individual wheels of a motor vehicle, which are the respective manipulated variables controlled by the hill descent control, an electronic control unit being provided for the electronic control and/or regulation which directly or indirectly detects variables related to operating conditions of the motor vehicle and adjusts additional braking moments when driving on steeply inclined roads, irrespective of whether a brake pedal is actuated. | 11-19-2009 |
20100217469 | System For Controlling A Motor Vehicle Driving Downhill - A system for a hill descent control in the braking equipment of a motor vehicle comprising an electrically controllable service brake system, which is designed both for an anti-locking control function and for a braking function irrespective of actuation by the driver, a brake actuator which permits an individual adjustment of the braking pressures or braking moments generated for the individual wheels of a motor vehicle, which are the respective manipulated variables controlled by the hill descent control, an electronic control unit being provided for the electronic control and/or regulation which directly or indirectly detects variables related to operating conditions of the motor vehicle and adjusts additional braking moments when driving on steeply inclined roads, irrespective of whether a brake pedal is actuated. | 08-26-2010 |
20100228458 | Method for Starting a Motor Vehicle on an Inclined Route - A method for starting a motor vehicle, which is held at a standstill on an inclined route by a brake force which is maintained independently of the driver, after a predetermined holding time has elapsed gradually reduces the brake force which is generated independently of the driver, to put the motor vehicle into motion, and then controls the movement of the motor vehicle, corresponding to a preset course. | 09-09-2010 |
20100292902 | Technique for Starting a Motor Vehicle on a Downhill Route - A method for starting a motor vehicle on a downhill route from an idle state includes the steps of maintaining a sufficient brake force to hold the motor vehicle in the idle state, even if brake actuation by the driver is withdrawn; detecting a wish by the driver to drive off; reducing, independently of the driver, the brake force which is maintained independently of the driver, in such a way that the resulting movement of the motor vehicle follows a preset course. | 11-18-2010 |
20110010065 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEED REGULATION WHEN TRAVELLING ON AN INCLINE - A method and an apparatus for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in particular during a hill ascent are described. In a PID controller acting upon the brake system of the motor vehicle the change of the vehicle inclination is fed into the I branch of the controller, thereby providing an adaptive speed control. | 01-13-2011 |
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20090220305 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECONSTRUCTING OLD UNDERGROUND PIPES - A method for in-situ repair of old underground Pipes is disclosed. A breaking tool with a drive or a pipe section is pulled from a typical inspection shaft to the next inspection shaft (machine shaft) by a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit which has a housing that is at least partially located inside the old pipe. The extremely limited interior space of the machine shaft is thereby kept essentially free from machine parts. | 09-03-2009 |
20110150577 | TOOL FOR LONGITUDINALLY SUBDIVIDING SEWER PIPES - The invention relates to a tool for longitudinally subdividing buried sewer pipes having an asymmetric, generally oval cross section, made substantially of a support shoe opposing a cutting blade acting in the direction of the pipe axis. The device also has two side cutting blades and is moved through the old pipe by means of a rod and a cylindrical calibration mandrel. | 06-23-2011 |
20110168286 | THREADED CONNECTION - The invention relates to a screw connector for a screw engagement, comprising an external thread applied to a core and flanks of the external thread form an ellipse. | 07-14-2011 |
20110239434 | Device For Connecting A String Section With A Pulling Element Which Extends Through The String Section, and Method For Tensioning Of String Sections To Form A String - The invention relates to a device for connecting a string section to a pulling element which extends through the string section. The device includes a tilt lever support ( | 10-06-2011 |
20120007747 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM A DEVICE TO A RECEIVING UNIT - The invention relates to a method for transmitting data from a device, such as is used in endoscopy or microsurgery, for example, to a receiving unit, wherein a magnetic dipole disposed in or on the device is rotationally driven, the data are generated by a change in the rotational frequency of the magnetic dipole, and the changing magnetic field of the magnetic dipole is received and analyzed by the receiving unit, wherein the rotational speed range in which the magnetic dipole can be driven is divided into partial ranges, each associated with a type of data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120138320 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE WEAR OF A FORCE-LOADED LINKAGE OF AN EARTH-WORKING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for determining the wear of a force-loaded linkage of an earthwork device, wherein the instantaneous load on the linkage is measured during operation of the earthwork device and used to perform a calculation of the service life. | 06-07-2012 |
20120168230 | GUIDING DEVICE FOR A DRILLING DEVICE - The invention relates to a guide device for a drilling device, comprising a housing having deflection means for generating a side force, and a shaft rotatably supported within the housing, wherein the shaft comprises connection means at a first end for connecting to a drilling rod, and connection means at a second end for connecting to a drilling head, and wherein coupling means are provided for connecting the shaft to the housing in a rotationally fixed manner as needed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120282033 | ROD ASSEMBLY AND DEVICE FOR TRENCHLESS REHABILITATION OF PIPELINES - A rod assembly for a device for trenchless rehabilitation of pipelines includes at least two rod sections connectable to one another by a plug connection in a tension-proof manner, with at least a first one of the rod sections having an end formed with a lateral opening, and a second one of the rod sections having an end formed with a crosspiece for insertion in the lateral opening of the first rod section. Those end faces of the lateral opening and the crosspiece which are pressed against one another in response to a tensile load of the rod assembly have an arched configuration. | 11-08-2012 |
20130087236 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REHABILITATING AN OLD PIPE - In a method for rehabilitating an old pipe, the outer diameter of a new pipe, which is at least equal to the inner diameter of the old pipe, is initially reduced, and the new pipe is then inserted into the old pipe, the outer diameter of the new pipe remaining at least partially reduced during the insertion process. The invention is characterized in that an expanding device is moved through the old pipe ahead of the new pipe. | 04-11-2013 |
20130105225 | HORIZONTAL DRILLING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130140087 | DUAL PIPE ROD ASSEMBLY SECTION, HORIZONTAL DRILLING DEVICE AND PROBE HOUSING - A dual pipe rod assembly section includes an inner rod section and an outer rod section, with a probe which is arranged in the dual pipe rod assembly section, a horizontal drilling device and a probe housing. The probe is arranged in the inner rod section and rotationally coupled to the outer rod section. | 06-06-2013 |
20130199851 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HORIZONTALLY DRILLED BORE IN THE GROUND AND HORIZONTAL DRILLING DEVICE - A method for producing a horizontally drilled bore hole in the ground includes the steps of producing a pit having a circular cross-section; lowering a horizontal drilling device into the pit, the horizontal drilling device having a circular cross-section in at least part of the section in which it is positioned once it is lowered into the pit; and producing a horizontally drilled bore hole using the horizontal drilling device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130277118 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HORIZONTAL DRILLING DEVICE AND HORIZONTAL DRILLING DEVICE - A horizontal drilling device according to the invention includes a linear drive, a rotary drive that can be displaced by means of the linear drive, a drill rod assembly and a rod assembly receiver, the drill rod assembly being hollow and the rod assembly receiver being designed as a receiving mandrel, which allows the drill rod assembly to be placed on the receiving mandrel | 10-24-2013 |
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20080251607 | SPRAY GUN - A spraying system for spraying fluids such as paints using high volume low pressure air, the system having a spray gun with a gun housing, a handle, a fluid tank on the gun for holding the fluid to be sprayed, and an atomizer nozzle; the system also including a compressed air generator separate from the gun and including a blower, and an air hose connected between the generator and gun for supplying compressed air to the spray gun, at least one operating element on the gun for switching the compressed air generator on/off and controlling the power of the generator. The switching and control information from the operating element is supplied by a transmission element, such as a wire cable or radio frequency link, to control elements associated with the compressed air generator to switch the generator on and off and to control the power of the generator. | 10-16-2008 |
20110089261 | Spray gun assembly - A spray gun assembly for spraying paint or similar viscous media includes a gun housing provided with a handle, and a reservoir tank removably attached to the gun housing, the reservoir tank being a storage container adapted for removable attachment to the spray gun housing and comprising a paint can or a paint bag. The storage container is directly secured to a projection extending from the gun housing. | 04-21-2011 |
20120160935 | SLOTTED NOZZLE - The invention relates to a spray head having a slot-shaped central air outlet opening and preferably a slot-shaped paint nozzle for forming a flat jet of paint in an air-propelled application process. | 06-28-2012 |
20120261494 | PAINT SPRAYING DEVICE - The invention relates to a paint spraying device comprising an operator unit arranged at a first end of the paint spraying device and a spray head arranged at a second end of the paint spraying device, wherein the operator unit has an air connection for an air line. The operator unit has a guide for a paint line, via which the spray head is supplied with paint, the operator unit comprises a signal transducer for generating a control signal, the operator unit has a control connection for a control line, a barrel is arranged between the operator unit and the spray head, and an air stream is led from the operator unit to the spray head through the barrel. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261500 | PORTABLE PAINT SPRAYING DEVICE - The invention relates to a portable paint spraying device. The device has a paint spraying lance, a base station, and a bundle of hoses. | 10-18-2012 |
20140077002 | PAINT-SPRAYING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a paint-spraying apparatus for generating a shaped paint jet, including a paint nozzle positioned in an annular gap, wherein the paint nozzle comprises a needle with a needle head and also comprises a paint outlet opening, wherein the needle head is displaceable with respect to the paint outlet opening over a longitudinal axis of the needle in order to control a needle valve formed from the paint outlet opening and the needle head, and wherein the needle head, in a closed position of the paint nozzle, plugs in a form-fitting manner with respect to the longitudinal axis in the paint outlet opening, wherein the paint outlet opening is rotatable together with the needle head about the longitudinal axis in order to rotate the orientation of the shaped paint jet with respect to the longitudinal axis. | 03-20-2014 |
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20080257951 | POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A position-measuring device includes a code, including a series of code elements arranged one behind the other in a measuring direction, in which at least two consecutive code elements respectively form a code word containing a position information item, and a scanning device having detector elements for reading the at least two code elements of the code that form a code word, and an evaluation device in which the code word having the current position information may be ascertained from the scanning signals of the detector elements. The scanning device and the code are arranged in a moveable manner relative to each other in the measuring direction. Between adjacent code elements, which have identical properties in the transition region, separating elements having complementary properties are inserted. | 10-23-2008 |
20090015423 | Method and device for transmitting signals from a position measuring arrangement to an evaluation unit - A method for transmitting signals from a position measuring arrangement to an evaluation unit, the method including transmitting position signals, reference pulses, and warning signals indicating a malfunction state from a position measuring arrangement for determining the position of two elements of a machine which are movable relative to each other, to an evaluation unit. The method further includes logically interconnecting the reference pulses with the position signals in such a way that, in a malfunction-free state, a valid status combination for outputting the reference pulses and an invalid status combination for outputting the reference pulses appear in each period. The method including transmitting warning signals indicating a malfunction state during the invalid status combination of the position signals and the reference pulses which, in the malfunction-free state, is invalid for outputting the reference pulses. | 01-15-2009 |
20090079996 | Position measuring arrangement - A method for absolute position measuring that includes scanning a code having code elements arranged one behind the other in a measuring direction, wherein the code elements include sequential first and second code elements which define a code word containing absolute position information. The method including generating scanning signals within the first code elements and the second code elements. The method further including forming information regarding the sequential first and second code elements from the scanning signals via a reference value and determining the reference value as a function of at least one of the scanning signals within the first code elements and the scanning signals within the second code elements. | 03-26-2009 |
20110063145 | Multiturn Rotary Encoder and Method of Operating a Multiturn Rotary Encoder - A multiturn rotary encoder includes: a single-turn unit, including a code carrier and a single-turn evaluation unit for processing single-turn position signals to form a single-turn code word; a first multiturn unit, including at least one first multiturn code carrier and a first multiturn evaluation unit for processing first multiturn position signals to form a first multiturn code word that indicates the number of revolutions covered by input shaft; and a second multiturn unit, including at least one second multiturn code carrier and a second multiturn evaluation unit for processing second multiturn position signals to form a second multiturn code word that likewise indicates the number of revolutions covered by the input shaft. The functioning of the multiturn units is ascertainable by the multiturn code words generated independently of each other. | 03-17-2011 |
20110196648 | Multiturn Rotary Encoder - A multiturn rotary encoder includes a singleturn code disk which is joined in rotatably fixed manner to a shaft and which has a code track that is scannable by a singleturn scanning unit to ascertain the absolute position within one revolution of the shaft, a multiturn unit for measuring revolution data which are suitable for ascertaining the number of revolutions performed by the shaft, and an evaluation unit which is connected to the multiturn unit via at least two digital interfaces for transmitting the revolution data. The revolution data include at least two data words which have a different rate of change during rotation of the shaft, the interface for transmitting the data word having the highest rate of change to the evaluation unit is a parallel interface, and the interface for transmitting the data word having the lowest rate of change to the evaluation unit is a serial interface. | 08-11-2011 |
20110258358 | Device and Method for the Automated Detection of an Interface - In a device and a method for the automated detection of an interface between a position-measuring device and sequential electronics that are interconnected via a data-transmission channel, the position-measuring device includes an interface unit and a position-measuring unit. The interface unit is connected first of all to the data-transmission channel, and secondly to the position-measuring unit for the purpose of an internal data exchange. The interface to the sequential electronics is selectable in the interface unit from at least two interfaces. Also disposed in the position-measuring device is an interface-detection unit, which is supplied with at least one input signal that arrives from the sequential electronics via the data-transmission channel, and which includes a device for determining the time sequence of signal edges of the at least one input signal in conjunction with the signal status, as well as an evaluation unit in which the interface used to the sequential electronics is detectable by evaluating the time sequence determined, and is selectable in the interface unit. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261422 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE - A position measuring device including a code having a sequence of code elements of equal width B that is disposed in a measurement direction and includes a first property and a second property. The sequence of codes elements includes a first set of code elements having the first property and a second set of code elements having the second property, wherein the first and second sets of code elements are each being disposed aperiodically. The position measuring device further including a scanning unit having a plurality of detectors for scanning the code and obtaining scanning signals, wherein a code word defining an absolute position is defined from the scanning signals. The position measuring device including an arrangement for forming an incremental signal from the scanning signals, wherein the arrangement includes a converter device and a collection device arranged downstream of the converter device and wherein the collection device forms respective intermittently periodic partial signals from the scanning signals derived from scanning positions in a spacing matrix. | 10-27-2011 |
20110290888 | ANGLE-MEASURING DEVICE AND LINE OF PRODUCTS COMPRISING SAID ANGLE-MEASURING DEVICES - An angle-measuring device having a scanning device with which scanning of a closed serial first code and scanning of a closed serial second code is enabled, wherein a length of the closed serial second code is less than a length of the closed serial first code, and the closed serial first code and the closed serial second code have at least one common code section. The angle-measuring device includes a detector array for generating first and second sequences of code words of a predetermined scanning length upon scanning of the closed serial first code and second codes, respectively. The first sequence includes a first partial sequence and one common partial sequence, and wherein the common partial sequence is created upon scanning of the common code section. The second sequence includes a second partial sequence and the common partial sequence. The angle-measuring device further includes a decoding device designed for decoding the first and second sequences of code words, wherein the closed serial first and second codes as well as the predetermined scanning length are selected such that code words of the first and second sequences have a Hamming distance greater than 1. | 12-01-2011 |
20120030390 | Device for Manipulating Interface Signals - A device for manipulating interface signals includes a slave interface, which is connectable to a master interface of a control device, a master interface, which is connectable to a slave interface of a measuring device, and a circuit configuration, which is supplied with at least one data-input signal per interface, and which outputs a corresponding data-output signal per data-input signal to the respective other interface. The circuit configuration includes at least one manipulation unit, to which a data-input signal and a substitute-data signal are supplied and which outputs a corresponding data-output signal, as well as a protocol unit, to which at least one protocol-relevant interface signal is supplied and which, based on manipulation rules and information received with the at least one protocol-relevant interface signal, chooses when the at least one manipulation unit outputs the corresponding data-input signal or the substitute-data signal as data-output signal. | 02-02-2012 |
20130030756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANGLE MEASUREMENT - An apparatus for angle measurement that includes a graduation carrier with a code track disposed concentrically to a center point of the graduation carrier. The apparatus includes a first scanning unit having a first interface and a second scanning unit having a second interface, wherein the first and second scanning units ascertain angle values of the graduation carrier by scanning the code track. The apparatus further includes a control unit having: 1) a device interface that is in communication with a follower electronics unit, 2) a control unit interface that is in communication with the first and second interfaces and 3) a processing unit. By which the processing unit, angle values of the first and second scanning units can be requested and processed into a corrected angle value, and the corrected angle value can be transmitted to the follower electronics unit via the device interface. | 01-31-2013 |
20130287062 | MOISTURE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - A moisture sensor arrangement including a plate-like semiconductor substrate and an integrated signal processing component disposed on a first side of the semiconductor substrate. The moisture sensor arrangement including a capacitive moisture sensor connected electrically conductively to the integrated signal processing component, wherein the capacitive moisture sensor is disposed on either the first side or a second side of the semiconductor substrate that is opposite the first side of the semiconductor substrate. In addition, the plate-like semiconductor substrate includes 1) plated through-holes, by way of which elements on the first side and the second side of the semiconductor substrate are electrically connectable to one another; and 2) a temperature sensor integrated with the integrated signal processing component. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301059 | Position-Measuring Device and Method for Operating the Position-Measuring Device - A position-measuring device includes a measuring standard, a scanning unit, and a rotary bearing by which the measuring standard or the scanning unit is rotationally mounted. The measuring standard and the scanning unit are rotatable in relation to each other. The scanning unit generates output signals, on the basis of which a rotary angle associated with the relative motion of the measuring standard and the scanning unit is able to be determined. A monitoring device monitors the rotary bearing for the occurrence of bearing faults and is adapted to detect and analyze at least one measured variable for a plurality of different relative positions of the measuring standard in relation to the scanning unit, in order to determine deviations from a setpoint behavior of the measured variables on the basis of the measured variable detected for a plurality of relative positions. | 11-14-2013 |
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20100133859 | BUMPER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a cross member extending transversely to side rails of a vehicle frame. The cross member has a U-shaped cross section which is defined by a web connected on opposite ends to two legs, respectively, and configured to point in a direction of the motor vehicle. The web has a reinforcement embossment in a central length section of the cross member. | 06-03-2010 |
20100133861 | Bumper - A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a lightweight cross member attachable transversely to the longitudinal rails of the motor vehicle frame. The cross member includes two longitudinal profiles which are displaceable relative to each other and support each other during the displacement. The bumper provides improved functionality and increased energy absorption capability. | 06-03-2010 |
20100176610 | BUMPER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A bumper of a motor vehicle includes a cross member which is disposed transversely to a side rail of a motor vehicle frame and has a U-shaped cross section formed by a wall and two legs extending from opposite ends of the wall Extending longitudinally in a direction of the cross member is a reinforcement member which has a T-shaped cross section and closes off a front end of the cross member. | 07-15-2010 |
20120104779 | BUMPER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a crossbeam having a hat profile defined by a bottom wall, legs respectively adjoining the bottom wall, and flanges respectively extending from the legs. The hat profile has sections of varying cross sectional configuration in a longitudinal direction. A face plate closes the hat profile to define a hollow space, with the crossbeam being mountable with the face plate such as to point outwards. An upper one of the legs has a width which is greater than a width of a lower one of the legs in a center section of the crossbeam. The crossbeam has curved ends oriented in a direction of the motor vehicle, and the face plate includes in the center section a stiffening embossment which is oriented into the hollow space defined by the hat profile and the face plate. | 05-03-2012 |
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20080210887 | Charged Particle System - A charged particle system comprises a particle source for generating a beam of charged particles and a particle-optical projection system. The particle-optical projection system comprises a focusing first magnetic lens ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080230711 | Charged-Particle Exposure Apparatus With Electrostatic Zone Plate - In a particle-beam projection processing apparatus for irradiating a target by a beam of energetic electrically charged particles, including an illumination system, a pattern definition system for positioning an aperture arrangement composed of apertures transparent to the energetic particles in the path of the illuminating beam, and a projection system to project the beam onto a target, there is provided at least one plate electrode device, which has openings corresponding to the apertures of the pattern definition system and including a composite electrode composed of a number of partial electrodes being arranged non-overlapping and adjoining to each other, the total lateral dimensions of the composite electrode covering the aperture arrangement of the pattern definition system. The partial electrodes can be applied different electrostatic potentials. | 09-25-2008 |
20080258084 | Charged-Particle Exposure Apparatus - A particle-beam projection processing apparatus for irradiating a target, with an illumination system for forming a wide-area illuminating beam of energetic electrically charged particles; a pattern definition means for positioning an aperture pattern in the path of the illuminating beam; and a projection system for projecting the beam thus patterned onto a target to be positioned after the projection system. A foil located across the path of the patterned beam is positioned between the pattern definition means and the position of the target at a location close to an image of the aperture pattern formed by the projection system. | 10-23-2008 |
20090140160 | Charged particle beam exposure system and beam manipulating arrangement - A beam manipulating arrangement for a multi beam application using charged particles comprises a multi-aperture plate having plural apertures traversed by beams of charged particles. A frame portion of the multi-aperture plate is heated to reduce temperature gradients within the multi-aperture plate. Further, a heat emissivity of a surface of the multi-aperture plate may be higher in some regions as compared to other regions in view of also reducing temperature gradients. | 06-04-2009 |
20090212240 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM EXPOSURE SYSTEM - A charged particle beam exposure system has a blanking aperture array ( | 08-27-2009 |
20100270474 | Particle-Optical System - The present invention relates to a multi-beamlet multi-column particle-optical system comprising a plurality of columns which are disposed in an array for simultaneously exposing a substrate, each column having an optical axis and comprising: a beamlet generating arrangement comprising at least one multi-aperture plate for generating a pattern of multiple beamlets of charged particles, and an electrostatic lens arrangement comprising at least one electrode element; the at least one electrode element having an aperture defined by an inner peripheral edge facing the optical axis, the aperture having a center and a predetermined shape in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis; wherein in at least one of the plurality of columns, the predetermined shape of the aperture is a non-circular shape with at least one of a protrusion and an indentation from an ideal circle about the center of the aperture. | 10-28-2010 |
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20080287561 | Aerogel Based Composites - Composites, such as syntactic foams, are described. The composite contains at least one polymer and at least one aerogel. The aerogel is coated with a coating substance to at least substantially prevent the intrusion of the polymer into the pores of the aerogel. Methods of making the composite are also described, as well as uses of the composite. | 11-20-2008 |
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20090278019 | MACHINE HAVING A MACHINE ELEMENT THAT CAN BE MOVED ALONG A CROSSBEAM - The invention relates to a machine provided with a machine element ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090309454 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezo actuator includes an adaptation element, which is configured to adapt the piezo actuator to a controller for inductive loads, particularly to a converter for actuating inductive loads. The adaptation element allows use of controllers or converters of numerical control systems, which normally are used for actuating servo motors. Therefore it is no longer necessary to provide specially designed hardware for the actuation of piezo actuators, but instead the above-mentioned controllers can be used. Furthermore, as a result of the adaptation element, the piezo actuators can be integrated in the bus of the numerical control system. This allows communication in real time via the NC bus. | 12-17-2009 |
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20100052450 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR MOLDING MACHINES AND EXTRUDER HAVING TWO DRIVES - A drive arrangement with a first motor and a second motor is described, the first and second motor being coupled via a first coupling unit. The first motor is provided to generate uniform low-frequency movements and the second motor performs a higher frequency alternating movement to be overlapped. The total movement is transmitted from the second motor to a machine component coupled via a second coupling unit. The first coupling unit is configured to transfer the uniform low-frequency movement of the first motor to the second motor, wherein a transmission of the higher frequency alternating movement of the second motor to the first motor is suppressed. | 03-04-2010 |
20100092262 | MACHINE TOOL, AND METHOD FOR THE DAMPING OF OSCILLATORY MOVEMENTS OF A MACHINE ELEMENT OF A MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool includes a first motor, a gear, and a machine element which is movable in a direction of movement by the first motor via the gear. A second motor is provided to apply a force directly upon the machine element in the direction of movement of the machine element in the absence of an interposed gear between the second motor and the machine element. The second motor is constructed to operate in such a way that the applied force counteracts an oscillatory movement of the machine element in the direction of movement of the machine element. | 04-15-2010 |
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20110234125 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A COUPLED SYSTEM OF MACHINES - An arrangement for supplying power to a system includes a first electric drive unit constructed to supply mechanical power to or receive mechanical power from a first coupled system of machines and a second electric drive unit constructed to supply mechanical power to or receive mechanical power from a second coupled system of machines. The first and second coupled system of machines are constructed to receive mechanical power or mechanical energy or to supply mechanical power or mechanical energy. The arrangement further includes a first kinetic energy storage device having a first electrical energy exchange machine which is electrically connected to the first electric drive unit, and a second kinetic energy storage device having a second electrical energy exchange machine which is electrically connected to the second electric drive unit. The first kinetic energy storage device is coupled to the second kinetic energy storage device. | 09-29-2011 |
20130026278 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS FOR WINDING AN ACENTRIC COIL FORMER AND DEVICE OPERATING ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - In a method and a device for winding an acentric coil former, the coil former is set into a rotary motion with a winder drive, wherein the rotary motion of the coil former causes a wire attached to the coil former to be wound onto the coil former and unwound from a drum operatively connected to a brake drive, and the winder drive or the brake drive, or both, are controlled based on a rotation position of the coil former. The wire is unwound from the drum with a non-constant speed. | 01-31-2013 |
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20090018573 | Medical instrument - The invention relates to a medical instrument having a hollow shaft, a tool positioned on the distal end of the shaft consisting of a rigid jaw member and a jaw member that can rotate with respect to the rigid jaw member, as well as a handle positioned on the proximal end of the shaft. The tool and the handle are in active connection with one another by a push-pull rod mounted in the shaft, and the jaw members of the tool are mounted on one another by pins. It is proposed with the invention that the push-pull rod should be configured as a hollow slide tube mounted in the shaft so that it can slide axially and is in active connection with the rotatable jaw member by an actuation element that is essentially rod-shaped. | 01-15-2009 |
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20100049145 | Medical Instrument With A Flexible Sealing System - A medical instrument has a cannula, a seal disposed in said cannula. An expansion device serves for expanding said opening in said seal for guiding shafts of other instruments of greater diameter in a sealed manner through the expanded opening. The expansion device has an expansion cone comprising a plurality of slats mounted pivotably on an annular body at a first end thereof, a second end of said slats, being connected to said seal in an area of said opening. The slats can either be connected at its first ends to said annular body via spherical heads engaged into corresponding openings in said annular body or said slats are connected at their ends via film hinges to said annular body. | 02-25-2010 |
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20100264342 | VALVE CARTRIDGE FOR A SOLENOID VALVE, AND ASSOCIATED SOLENOID VALVE - The invention relates to a valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, having a capsule, a magnetic armature that is movably guided within the capsule, a valve insert that is inserted into the capsule at a first end, and a valve body, which is pressed into a second end of the valve insert and has a main valve seat. The magnetic armature, moved by a generated magnetic force, moves a tappet guided within the valve insert. The tappet has a closing element with a sealing element which plunges into the main valve seat of the valve body in a sealing manner for carrying out a sealing function, and an associated solenoid valve. According to the invention the valve insert is configured as a one-part slotted bushing, and the valve body is configured as a bonnet-shaped bushing. The valve body configured as a bushing is pressed into a second end of the valve insert configured as a slotted bushing such that the main valve seat is disposed within the valve insert. | 10-21-2010 |
20110215270 | Solenoid Valve for Controlling a Fluid - A solenoid valve for controlling a fluid includes an armature having a base region, a lateral region and a head region. The solenoid valve includes a valve member connected to the armature. The solenoid valve further includes an armature casing component in which the armature is positioned. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature casing component, the flow path extending from a lower armature space to an upper armature space and back to the lower armature space. A junction region is arranged between the head region and the lateral region. The junction region has at least one groove formed therein to facilitate an overflow between the lateral region and the head region. | 09-08-2011 |
20120161047 | Solenoid Valve - A solenoid valve includes a housing which extends in the axial direction and has at least one axial section which is embodied as a circular hollow cylinder, and a solenoid armature which is removably guided in the housing along a cylinder inner wall in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis of said housing and the solenoid armature having a solenoid armature casing wall. At least one axial flow duct for a medium is located in the housing and is provided to permit a flow around the solenoid armature. The flow duct has a first and a second duct wall region, and the first duct wall region is formed by a section of the cylinder inner wall and the second duct wall region is formed by a section of the solenoid armature casing wall. The second duct wall region is embodied as a planar second duct wall region. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090163155 | METHODS FOR CALIBRATING A TRANSMITTER, AND RADIO TRANSMITTER - In an embodiment, a radio transmitter may be provided. The radio transmitter may include a radio transmitter control loop; and a controller configured in such a way that it operates the radio transmitter control loop as a closed control loop in a first operating mode, and that it operates the radio transmitter control loop as an open control loop in a second operating mode. | 06-25-2009 |
20110200144 | Apparatus and Method for Antenna Diversity Reception - An apparatus provides a baseband signal for exploiting receive antenna diversity by means of a digital baseband processor. The apparatus includes a combiner configured to temporally delay a first received signal corresponding to a first receive antenna with respect to a second received signal corresponding to a second receive antenna, and to add the delayed first received signal and the second received signal to obtain a baseband representation of a combined signal at an output of the combiner as the baseband signal for exploiting receive antenna diversity. | 08-18-2011 |
20110201297 | Apparatus and Method for Antenna Diversity Reception - An apparatus provides a baseband signal for exploiting receive antenna diversity by means of a digital baseband processor. The apparatus includes a combiner configured to temporally alternately select at least one sample of a first received signal corresponding to a first receive antenna and at least one sample of a second received signal corresponding to a second receive antenna and to interleave the selected samples of the first and second received signal to obtain a temporally continuous stream of samples of a baseband representation of a combined signal at an output of the combiner as the baseband signal for exploiting receive antenna diversity. | 08-18-2011 |
20120112798 | CURRENT-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERTER, RECEIVER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VOLTAGE SIGNAL AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A RECEIVED SIGNAL - A current-to-voltage converter for providing a voltage signal based on a current signal has a first active stage having an input and an output. The first active stage is configured to receive the current signal at its input and provide the voltage signal at its output. In addition, the current-to-voltage converter has a second active stage that is coupled between the output of the first active stage and the input of the first active stage. The second active stage is configured to provide the input of the first active stage with a feedback signal that frequency-selectively counteracts amplification, by the first active stage, of signal components of a current signal applied to the input of the first active stage that have a frequency outside of a prescribed useful frequency band. | 05-10-2012 |
20120169419 | Receiver with Wide Dynamic Range and Low Power Consumption - Some embodiments of the invention relate a circuit having a first and a second electrically connected voltage domains, respectively biased at different supply voltages (e.g., the first voltage domain biased at a low bias voltage and the second voltage domain biased at a second, different supply voltage). The apparatus further comprises a first DC current source coupled to one of the voltage domains (e.g., the first voltage domain having a low DC voltage potential) and a second DC current source coupled to the other voltage domain (e.g., the second voltage domain having a high DC voltage potential). The first and second DC current sources are configured to provide a DC cancellation current having a value that cancels a DC current generated by the potential difference between the first and second voltage domains. | 07-05-2012 |
20120195239 | Signal Generator for a Transmitter or a Receiver, a Transmitter and a Receiver - A signal generator for a transmitter or a receiver for transmitting or receiving RF-signals according to a given communication protocol includes an oscillator and a mismatch compensator. The oscillator is configured to provide a signal generator output signal having a signal generator output frequency and comprises a fine tuning circuit for providing a fine adjustment of the signal generator output frequency based on a fine tuning signal and a coarse tuning circuit for providing a course adjustment of the signal generator output frequency based on a coarse tuning signal. The mismatch compensator is configured to receive the signal generator output signal and compensate a frequency mismatch between a desired signal generator output frequency and the signal generator output frequency generated by the oscillator by providing the fine tuning signal for changing the state of the fine tuning circuit of the oscillator and by providing the coarse tuning signal for changing a state of the coarse tuning circuit of the oscillator. The mismatch compensator provides the coarse tuning signal during a guard period defined in the given communication protocol, during which no RF-signals are transmitted by the transmitter or no RF-signals are to be received by the receiver, such that the state of the coarse tuning circuit is changed within the guard period. | 08-02-2012 |
20120276862 | METHODS FOR CALIBRATING A TRANSMITTER, AND RADIO TRANSMITTER - In an embodiment, a radio transmitter may be provided. The radio transmitter may include a radio transmitter control loop; and a controller configured in such a way that it operates the radio transmitter control loop as a closed control loop in a first operating mode, and that it operates the radio transmitter control loop as an open control loop in a second operating mode. | 11-01-2012 |
20130242939 | INTERNAL INTERFERENCE SIGNALING - In accordance with an illustrative embodiment, a method and device are provided. The method, system, and device comprise an information module and a communication module. The information module may be configured to identify information related to a plurality of signals associated with the device and identify a signal interference affecting a first signal by a second signal of the plurality of signals based on the information. The communication module may be configured to send interference information to a network interface related to the signal interference if the signal interference is identified. | 09-19-2013 |
20140064067 | Method for Operating a Transceiver Circuit and Transceiver Circuit - A method for operating a transceiver circuit includes receiving an information indicating at least one of a transmission and a reception in a guard band region of a frequency band supported by a communications network and allocating at least a part of the guard band region of the supported frequency band of the communications network for at least one of a transmission and a reception of at least one physical channel. | 03-06-2014 |