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20130276832 | METHOD FOR CLEANING DEPOSITS FROM A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER - A method for cleaning deposits from a wave energy converter includes driving at least one rotatably mounted component that is coupled to an energy converter. The energy converter is configured to convert energy from wave motion of a fluid into a different form of energy. A negative energy balance of the wave energy converter is present during the cleaning over an average period of time. | 10-24-2013 |
20130334816 | Method for Operating a Wave Energy Converter for Converting Energy from a Wave Motion of a Fluid into another Form of Energy - A method for operating a wave energy converter for converting energy from a wave motion of a fluid into another form of energy, wherein the wave energy converter has a lever arm, which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotor rotational axis and bears a coupling body and an energy converter which is coupled to the rotatably mounted lever arm, includes controlling a rotational speed of the lever arm about the rotor rotational axis such that, averaged over time over one revolution, it corresponds to an orbital speed of the wave motion, and controlling the rotational speed of the lever arm such that an angle between a tangential speed of the coupling body and of a local flow rate of the wave motion about the coupling body deviates at maximum by a predefinable value of 90°. | 12-19-2013 |
20130334821 | Wave Energy Converter, and Associated Operating Method and Control Device - A wave energy converter comprises a rotor, which is designed to convert a wave movement of a body of water, in which the wave energy converter is arranged, into a rotational movement of the rotor, wherein a mean density of at least one rotating component of the rotor can be adjusted and/or is lower than the mean density of the fluid surrounding the rotor in the body of water. The disclosure likewise relates to a corresponding control device and an operating method. | 12-19-2013 |
20140123641 | WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER COMPRISING VORTEX TRAIL-GUIDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING WAVE ENERGY - A wave energy converter includes at least one rotor which is configured to convert a wave motion of an agitated body of water into a rotational motion of the at least one rotor. The at least one rotor has at least two elongate lift profiles which are each connected by one end to a rotor base. The lift profiles are each connected in pairs to one another via at least one vortex trail-guiding device in a region of their free ends, not connected to the rotor base, of the lift profiles. | 05-08-2014 |
20140319969 | FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM WAVE MOTIONS - A device for generating electrical energy from the motion of waves includes: at least one flexible, floatable tube which is closed at its two ends and includes a wall having at least one horizontal stack, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tube and has at least one layer having one tier made of an electroactive polymer and at least one tier serving as a flexible electrode. The tube is exposed to the wave motions of water such that sections of the stacks are strained or compressed, and the layers of the electroactive polymers in the compressed sections are charged with the aid of control electronics, and thereafter excess electrical energy resulting from relaxation of these sections and the associated separation of the charges in the electroactive polymer is extracted by a capacitive discharge. | 10-30-2014 |
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20110162436 | Sensor element containing a sealing element for a functional component - A sensor element having a layered construction and configured to detect a physical property of a gas or a liquid includes a functional component situated in the interior, which functional component is connected electrically to a conductor element, which conductor element extends up to the outer surface or up into the surroundings of the sensor element. The sensor element has at least one sealing element which adjoins the functional component and/or the conductor element. The conductor element and the at least one sealing element are configured to be gas-tight at least regionally in the interior of the sensor element and are situated in such a way that the functional component is separated gas-tight from the surroundings of the sensor element. | 07-07-2011 |
20110177434 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) - A method for production of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110252768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SELF-DIAGNOSIS OF AN EXHAUST GAS PROBE - A method for the self-diagnosis of an exhaust gas probe ( | 10-20-2011 |
20120313481 | Electroactive Polymer Generator for Converting Mechanical Energy into Electrical Energy - An electroactive polymer generator is configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy during expansion and compression of the polymer generator. The polymer generator comprises a device for detecting expansion and compression states. The device comprises at least one acceleration sensor. | 12-13-2012 |
20130031897 | Wave Power Plant - A wave power plant includes a platform and at least one coupling member. The at least one coupling member is mounted in such a way as to perform an orbital movement which has a predetermined direction of movement and from which a torque usable for energy conversion can be tapped. A torque compensation device is provided which is designed to essentially compensate or neutralize a reactive torque generated by tapping the usable torque. | 02-07-2013 |
20130076039 | Wave Power Plant - A wave power plant is configured to convert energy from a wave motion in a fluid, particularly sea water, into a rotation or rotational energy. The particles of the fluid describe a circulating orbital flow beneath the wave surface, and the kinetic energy of which is converted, at least partially, into rotational energy of one or several crankshafts. At least one resistance element and at least one buoyancy element are arranged on each crankshaft so that various coupling elements are combined. | 03-28-2013 |
20130118176 | REGENERATIVE OFFSHORE ENERGY PLANT - An offshore energy plant has a wave energy plant configured to convert energy of a circulating orbital flow of wave motion into mechanical energy of a rotor shaft or crankshaft, for example using the wave harrow principle. The energy plant additionally has at least one wind turbine. | 05-16-2013 |
20130147193 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MACHINE LOCATED IN CHOPPY WATERS - A method for operating a machine located in choppy waters, in particular a wave energy converter, for converting energy from a wave movement of a fluid into another form of energy includes determining measurement variables at a first, relatively early time, and calculating a variable characterizing a wave movement expected at a second, later time on the basis of the determined measurement variables. | 06-13-2013 |
20130229013 | ALIGNMENT OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER FOR THE CONVERSION OF ENERGY FROM THE WAVE MOTION OF A FLUID INTO ANOTHER FORM OF ENERGY - A wave energy converter for the conversion of energy from the wave motion of a fluid into another form of energy includes a housing upon which at least one rotor is arranged to rotate in an essentially horizontal axis of rotation. The wave energy converter further includes at least one energy converter connected to the minimum of one rotor, at least two floats arranged on the housing at a distance from each other in a perpendicular direction to the axis of rotation, and a control device which is configured, by the corresponding control of the minimum of two floats, to generate a torque which acts on the housing. | 09-05-2013 |
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20140316994 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION METHOD - The invention relates to an electronic method for approving a transaction, to a corresponding transaction system, to a transaction application for carrying out the method, to a mobile terminal having such a transaction application, and to a payment system comprising the transaction system in order to execute the transaction. In this manner, an electronic method is made available that is easy to handle and that can be used to approve a transaction within the scope of a business transaction between buyers and sellers, that can be used virtually without limitations in terms of location, that requires a minimum of already available technical infrastructure, and that is nevertheless secure for all parties involved. For this purpose, the mobile terminal has to have a display element, it has to be suitable to establish a wireless data connection with the transaction server, and it has to have application and e-mail capabilities. | 10-23-2014 |
20150120568 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION METHOD - A method can include transmitting a plurality of encodings to a given computing device in a commercial transaction. The method can also include transmitting information characterizing an entity associated with the given computing device to another computing device in the commercial transaction. The method can further include transmitting a particular encoding of the plurality of encodings to the other computing device in the commercial transaction. | 04-30-2015 |
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20100004840 | Device for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle having a navigation system - A device for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle includes a sensor system for locating preceding vehicles, a regulator that regulates the speed of the vehicle to a setpoint speed, either in a free driving mode or in a following driving mode, the setpoint speed depending on the distance from a preceding vehicle, as well as an interface to a navigation system that provides information concerning the route traveled, and a limiting device for limiting the setpoint speed based on the information provided. The limiting device is designed to deactivate automatically when changing from free driving mode to following driving mode and activate automatically when changing from following driving mode to free driving mode. | 01-07-2010 |
20100191436 | Device for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle - A device is described for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle, including a sensor system for locating preceding vehicles, a controller that regulates the speed of the vehicle to a setpoint speed, either in a following driving mode as a function of the distance from a preceding vehicle or in a free driving mode, an interface to a navigation system which provides information about the traveled route, and a limiting device for limiting the setpoint speed based on the provided information. The limiting device is designed for calculating a limiting value for the setpoint speed for each possible route when the travel route is recognized as being ambiguous and for selecting the greatest of these limiting values for limiting the setpoint speed. | 07-29-2010 |
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20100260985 | POLYMER LAYER COMPOSITE FOR A SECURITY AND/OR VALUABLE DOCUMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing a polymer layer composite that comprises a plurality of polymer layers and at least one polymer layer contains a laser-sensitive component, said method consisting of the following steps: A) first personalised information is applied to at least one of the polymer layers by means of an inkjet printing method as a coloured inkjet printed layer, B) the polymer layer with the coloured inkjet printed layer is then joined to the other polymer layers, the polymer layer with the coloured inkjet printed layer being arranged between two other polymer layers, C) second personalised information is inscribed into the polymer layer composite obtained in step B) by means of laser engraving. The invention also relates to a thus obtained polymer layer composite, a security and/or valuable document comprising a polymer layer composite of said type and to a method for producing a security and/or valuable document of said type. | 10-14-2010 |
20100304093 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY AND/OR VALUABLE DOCUMENT WITH PERSONALISED INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for producing a security and/or valuable document containing a polymer layer composite or consisting thereof, said polymer layer composite being formed from a polymer layer partial composite and a polymer cover layer and the polymer layer partial composite and/or the polymer cover layer containing a laser sensitive component, consisting of the followings steps: A) first personalized information is applied to the polymer layer partial composite by means of an inkjet printing method as a colored inkjet printed layer, B) the polymer cover layer is applied to the inkjet printed layer and is joined to the polymer layer partial composite by thermal lamination, and C) second personalized information is inscribed into the polymer layer composite of the security and/or valuable document, obtained in step B), by means of laser engraving. The invention also relates to a security and/or valuable document that can be produced according to said method. | 12-02-2010 |
20120146489 | DEVICE COMPRISING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - The invention relates to a sandwich structure ( | 06-14-2012 |
20130214524 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY AND/OR VALUABLE DOCUMENT WITH PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for producing a security and/or valuable document containing a polymer layer composite or consisting thereof, said polymer layer composite being formed from a polymer layer partial composite and a polymer cover layer and the polymer layer partial composite and/or the polymer cover layer containing a laser sensitive component, consisting of the followings steps: A) first personalized information is applied to the polymer layer partial composite by means of an inkjet printing method as a colored inkjet printed layer, B) the polymer cover layer is applied to the inkjet printed layer and is joined to the polymer layer partial composite by thermal lamination, and C) second personalized information is inscribed into the polymer layer composite of the security and/or valuable document, obtained in step B), by means of laser engraving. The invention also relates to a security and/or valuable document that can be produced according to said method. | 08-22-2013 |
20150191037 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY AND/OR VALUABLE DOCUMENT WITH PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for producing a security and/or valuable document containing a polymer layer composite or consisting thereof, said polymer layer composite being formed from a polymer layer partial composite and a polymer cover layer and the polymer layer partial composite and/or the polymer cover layer containing a laser sensitive component, consisting of the followings steps: A) first personalized information is applied to the polymer layer partial composite by means of an inkjet printing method as a colored inkjet printed layer, B) the polymer cover layer is applied to the inkjet printed layer and is joined to the polymer layer partial composite by thermal lamination, and C) second personalized information is inscribed into the polymer layer composite of the security and/or valuable document, obtained in step B), by means of laser engraving. The invention also relates to a security and/or valuable document that can be produced according to said method. | 07-09-2015 |
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20110259419 | SOLAR CELL WITH AN IMPROVED PIGMENTED DIELECTRIC REFLECTOR - The solar cell has a pigmented dielectric reflector, which includes two dielectric layers with different refractive indices and pigments embedded in the layers, so that the solar cell has good light-trapping properties and high efficiency with a small reflector layer thickness. The material systems suitable for producing the pigmented dielectric reflector are also part of the invention. | 10-27-2011 |
20150062953 | LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR GENERATING LIGHT OF HIGH LUMINANCE - Lighting equipment for generating white light from blue or violet excitation light and converted emitted yellow light is provided. The excitation light is directed at an oblique angle towards a converter that is attached to a carrier device, without the emitted illumination light impinging on the carrier device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070907 | OPTICAL CONVERTER FOR HIGH LUMINANCES - An optical converter for producing colored or white light from blue excitation light is provided. The converter has good scattering properties to be able to produce nearly white light from the scattered blue light components and the scattered, converted yellow light components. The optical converter includes material including one or more of a YAG ceramic, a LuAG ceramic, and a magnesium-aluminum ceramic exhibiting strong scattering. | 03-12-2015 |
20150077973 | WHITE LIGHT ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A converter ( | 03-19-2015 |
20150092392 | GENERATION OF WHITE LIGHT - An arrangement for generating white light is provided. The arrangement generates the white light by combining blue light and yellow light. The yellow light originates from a converter which transforms into yellow light virtually all blue light that enters the converter. | 04-02-2015 |
20150241046 | COOLING OF A CONVERTER ARRANGEMENT FOR LIGHT SOURCES WITH HIGH LUMINANCE - A converter arrangement for light sources with high luminance is provided that includes an axially pivotable carrying wheel and a converter fixed on one side of the carrying wheel. The converter includes fluorescent materials that convert impinging light into light having a different wave length and emits the light having the different wavelength. The ratio of the total area of the converter arrangement to the area enclosed by the outer boundary curve of the converter is at least 3, preferably at least 3.5, particularly preferably at least 4.5. | 08-27-2015 |
20150292699 | FIBER-OPTIC CONVERSION MODULE - A fiber-optic conversion module is provided as part of a lighting device on a vehicle. The module includes optical fibers with connectors, a light exit head, and a converter mounted on a cooling element. Shorter wavelength excitation light is fed to the optical fibers that emit the excitation light towards the converter arranged at an angle relative to the beam direction, at a light spot that remits useful light in a radiation angle in form of a cone of useful light and reflects excitation light as a Fresnel reflection substantially outside the cone of useful light, where Fresnel reflection is made harmless by a light stop. | 10-15-2015 |