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20080308410 | Redundant Anode Sputtering Method and Assembly - A method is provided for coating a substrate with the aid of a magnetron cathode and two electrodes which are alternately impinged upon by a positive potential and a negative potential. Also disclosed is an assembly for coating a substrate, comprising a vacuum chamber, a magnetron cathode, two electrodes, and a voltage source. A negative potential is generated at a level that is no greater than the level of the cathode potential, thus preventing the electrode that is to be cleaned from being stripped to a greater extent than the same was coated in the previous half-wave. The magnetron cathode and the electrodes are connected to the voltage source via switching elements without being galvanically such that a negative and a positive voltage generated from the voltage source can be alternatively applied to the electrodes, the level of said voltage being no greater than the cathode voltage. | 12-18-2008 |
20090078572 | MAGNETRON END-BLOCK WITH SHIELDED TARGET MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A magnetron arrangement includes an end block, which has a target fastening device for rotatable coupling of a tubular target, a holding device for a magnet system arranged in the interior of the tubular target and a shield, which covers the end of a tubular target mounted in the target fastening device. An area of the shield covering the end of the tubular target is configured, so that an annular gap remaining between the target support tube and the shield, viewed from the outside, has at least one radially outward-leading section. | 03-26-2009 |
20090258739 | DRIVE END-BLOCK FOR A ROTATABLE MAGNETRON - A drive end block for a rotatable magnetron comprises a housing, which has a vacuum-tight rotary feedthrough extending through a wall of the housing, and a drive apparatus for generating a torque. An output end of the rotary feedthrough lies outside the housing for connection to the rotatable magnetron and a drive end of the rotary feedthrough lies inside the housing for introducing a torque. The drive apparatus is situated outside the housing of the drive end block and is connected using a torque transmission apparatus to the drive end of the rotary feedthrough so that the drive apparatus is electrically insulated from the housing and the rotary feedthrough of the drive end block. | 10-15-2009 |
20100012489 | END-BLOCK FOR A MAGNETRON DEVICE WITH A ROTATABLE TARGET, AND VACUUM COATING APPARATUS - An end block for a magnetron device having a rotatable target comprises an end block housing having a pivot bearing. The end block housing is adapted on its outer side for attachment on a support unit, and the pivot bearing is adapted on an end that is accessible from outside the end block housing, for connection to the rotatable target. The end block housing is movably attached on the support unit. A vacuum coating apparatus has a vacuum chamber, a magnetron device situated in the vacuum chamber, and a rotatable target rotatably mounted on at least one such end block. | 01-21-2010 |
20110148048 | SEALING ARRANGEMENT - A sealing arrangement for a feedthrough is located between a first machine element and a second machine element and comprises a first sealing element, and a second sealing element disposed in the axial direction of the first machine element at a distance from the first sealing element. The inner sides of the sealing elements form a sealing operative connection with the first machine element. An intermediate space between the first sealing element and the second sealing element is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber connected to each other by an annular gap between the first machine element and the sealing arrangement. The first chamber includes an inlet for a rinsing medium and the second chamber includes a first outlet for drainage or suction of the rinsing medium and possible leakages. | 06-23-2011 |
20110180390 | REDUNDANT ANODE SPUTTERING METHOD - A method is provided for coating a substrate with the aid of a magnetron cathode and two electrodes which are alternately impinged upon by a positive potential and a negative potential. Also disclosed is an assembly for coating a substrate, comprising a vacuum chamber, a magnetron cathode, two electrodes, and a voltage source. A negative potential is generated at a level that is no greater than the level of the cathode potential, thus preventing the electrode that is to be cleaned from being stripped to a greater extent than the same was coated in the previous half-wave. The magnetron cathode and the electrodes are connected to the voltage source via switching elements without being galvanically such that a negative and a positive voltage generated from the voltage source can be alternatively applied to the electrodes, the level of said voltage being no greater than the cathode voltage. | 07-28-2011 |
20150162159 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING AN ELECTRODE AND ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - In various embodiments, a bearing arrangement for rotatably mounting an electrode is provided. The bearing arrangement may include an outer sleeve, which is insertable into a housing for mounting a rotatable electrode; an inner element, which is received coaxially in the outer sleeve and is mounted by a first bearing and a second bearing so as to be rotatable in relation to the outer sleeve, wherein the bearings are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction; and an electrically conductive contact structure, which is positioned alongside at least one of the first bearing or the second bearing and which makes electrical contact with the inner element. | 06-11-2015 |
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20080197909 | Capacitative Proximity Switch, and Domestic Appliance Equipped With the Same - A capacitive proximity switch has an electrically conductive sensor surface, which is covered by an electrically non-conductive covering plate and which serves as a part of a capacitor with a capacitance that varies with proximity. A household appliance is equipped with a proximity switch of this type. The sensor surface has an active shielding, which is formed by a shielding surface to which a clock signal is applied at the same time as it is applied to the sensor surface. | 08-21-2008 |
20080246494 | Capacitive Proximity Switch and Household Appliance Equipped Therewith - A capacitive proximity switch has an electrically conductive sensor surface, which is covered by an electrically non-conductive covering plate and which serves as a part of a capacitor with a capacitance that varies with proximity. The proximity switch includes a reference sensor surface for generating a reference signal for determining an actuation state of the proximity switch. Signal portions of the reference signal are proportional to the capacitance of a reference capacitor formed with the reference sensor surface, and the capacitance of the reference capacitor is determined by surrounding conditions of the sensor surface. | 10-09-2008 |
20130289753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE AND DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - A method for operating a domestic appliance to reduce consumption of one or more operating resources includes receiving data about a temporal cost profile of the operating resources, having a first time interval with low costs and a second time interval with high costs, comparing a operating time period with the first time interval and determining a point in time for starting operation as a function of a result of the comparison, when the operating time period is longer than the first time interval, determining a temporal program segment with a higher consumption than other program segments based on a temporal consumption profile that describes consumption as a function of time during operation, and determining the point in time for starting the operation such that the program segment with the higher consumption falls within the first time interval. | 10-31-2013 |
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20100244499 | SEGMENTED ROOF COMPRISING DIFFERENTLY DIMENSIONED PINS - The present invention relates to a segmented roof for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of segments which are connected to one another in a cohesively bonded and/or interlocking manner, are guided laterally in guide rails by means of pins and are movable between a closed position, in which the segments are closely contiguous to one another, and an open position, in which the segments are pushed together and folded in a roof region, characterized in that, apart from the last segment [ | 09-30-2010 |
20100244500 | VEHICLE ROOF WITH HIGH INHERENT STIFFNESS - The invention relates to a vehicle roof which comprises an opening, a foldable arrangement ( | 09-30-2010 |
20110236641 | GLUED COMPOSITE PLASTIC PART, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND PART MADE THEREFROM - The invention relates to a composite plastic part consisting of a plastic part ( | 09-29-2011 |
20120074617 | FLAME-RETARDANT IMPACT-MODIFIED BATTERY BOXES BASED ON POLYCARBONATE I - Battery box comprising compositions containing A) 70.0 to 90.0 parts by weight of linear and/or branched aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate, B) 6.0 to 15.0 parts by weight of at least one graft polymer, C) 2.0 to 15.0 parts by weight of one or more phosphorus compounds, D) 0 to 3.0 parts by weight of antidripping agents, E) 0 to 3.0 parts by weight of thermoplastic vinyl (co)polymer (E.1) and/or polyalkylene terephthalate (E.2), and F) 0 to 20.0 parts by weight of further additives, wherein the compositions are optionally free from rubber-free polyalkyl(alkyl)acrylate. | 03-29-2012 |
20130280452 | SEAMLESS TAILGATE - The invention relates to a method for producing seamlessly manufactured vehicle components, in particular vehicle flaps, having a continuous support of a thermoplastic plastics material, which vehicle components have at least one transparent region that is an integral part of the support. | 10-24-2013 |
20140329071 | METALLIZED MULTILAYER STRUCTURE MADE OF SPECIFIC POLYCARBONATES WITH LOW COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION - The invention relates to multilayer structures made of at least one thermoplastic material and having at least one metal layer. The invention further relates to multilayer products encompassing at least three layers comprising a substrate layer made of a substrate comprising specific copolycarbonates and at least one inorganic filler, a metal layer and one or more further layers. The invention further relates to the process for producing the said multilayer structures. | 11-06-2014 |
20140356551 | MOLDED BODIES HAVING HIGH SURFACE QUALITY - The invention relates to thermoplastic compositions comprising A) 30.0 to 100.0 parts by wt. of at least one aromatic polycarbonate, B) 0.0 to 50.0 parts by wt. of a rubber-modified graft polymer and/or vinyl copolymer, C) 0.00 to 50.00 parts by wt. of polyester, D) 5.0 to 50.0 parts by wt. of at least one inorganic filler having a particle shape selected from the group including spherical/cubic, tabular/discus-shaped and lamellar geometries, and E) 0.00 to 5.00 parts by wt. of further conventional additives. The invention further relates to thermoplastic shaped articles having a high surface quality, high dimensional stability and high heat distortion temperature, as well as thermoplastic moulding compositions and a process for the production of the shaped articles. The present invention moreover relates to the coated finished parts produced from the thermoplastic shaped parts. | 12-04-2014 |
20150258711 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - The invention relates to a continuous method for producing, by using microparticles, thermoplastics provided with reinforcement fibres. The production methods relate to such composite materials, which contain the reinforcement fibres in a parallel (or predominantly parallel) arrangement in the thermoplastic matrix. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090102245 | SLATTED ROOF FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A slatted roof for a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of slats connected to one another in a material-bonded manner. The slats are guided laterally in guide rails by pegs and are moveable between a closed position, in which the slats block an opening in the roof, and an open position, in which the slats are pushed and folded together in one region of the roof. Each slat has two first opposed sides and two second opposed sides, and the slats are connected along the second opposed sides. Each first opposed side includes at least two pegs, wherein, for all slats except for an end slat, two of the pegs on each of the first opposed sides are of different dimensions, and wherein two opposed pegs on the first opposed sides of each slat are of identical dimensions. | 04-23-2009 |
20090102246 | VEHICLE ROOF HAVING HIGH INHERENT STIFFNESS - A vehicle roof having an opening, a folding arrangement, and a device for receiving the folding arrangement. The folding arrangement has at least two slats made of plastic which are arranged parallel to one another, and the folding arrangement can be retracted, while being folded, into the device in order to at least partially unblock the opening. The folding arrangement closes the opening completely when in the closed position. The slats are curved as a result of bracing when in the closed position and are oriented in a substantially flat and plane-parallel manner when retracted into the device. | 04-23-2009 |
20090102247 | SLATTED ROOF FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A vehicle roof having a folding arrangement and a device for receiving the folding arrangement. The folding arrangement has a plurality of slats which are arranged parallel to one another, wherein adjacent slats are coupled along respective longitudinal sides by an elastomer. The folding arrangement is moveable between a closed position, in which the slats block an opening in the roof and an open position, in which the slats are retracted and folded together into the device. | 04-23-2009 |
20120074036 | FLAME-RETARDANT IMPACT-MODIFIED BATTERY BOXES BASED ON POLYCARBONATE II - The present invention relates to battery boxes comprising flame-retardant compositions comprising A) linear and/or branched aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate, B) at least one graft polymer, C) one or more phosphorus compounds, D) optionally one or more antidripping agents, optionally E) thermoplastic vinyl (co)polymer (E.1) and/or polyalkylene terephthalate (E.2), and F) optionally one or more further additives, wherein the composition is preferably free from rubber-free polyalkyl(alkyl)acrylate. | 03-29-2012 |