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20080203857 | Monolithic Piezoactuator With Rotation of the Polarisation in the Transition Region and Use of Said Piezoactuator - A piezoactuator has at least one piezoelectric-active partial stack with piezoceramic layers arranged one over the other with piezoceramic material and electrode layers arranged between the piezoceramic layers, at least one piezoelectric-inactive terminating region arranged over the partial stack and at least one transition region between the partial stack and the terminating region, the partial stack, the terminating region and the transition region all connected together to give a monolithic complete stack. The transition region has a transition region stack with piezoceramic layers arranged one over the other and electrode layers arranged between the piezoceramic layers both have a form and are arranged on each other such that, in the stack direction of the transition region stack, from piezoceramic layer to piezoceramic layer there is a successive rotation about a main axis of the polarity and/or a rotation of the main axis of the electric control is provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20090320255 | PIEZOCERAMIC MULTILAYER ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - According to various production methods for producing a piezoceramic multilayer actuator, in the course of the production method, multilayer locks ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100066212 | PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENT WITH DIRECTLY STRUCTURED EXTERNAL CONTACTING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE COMPONENT AND USE OF SAID COMPONENT - The embodiments relate to a piezoelectric component including at least one fully active piezoelectric element comprising electrode layers and piezoelectric layers arranged therebetween. The electrode layers are conveyed to a lateral edge of the piezoelectric element and contacted there. The external electrode is attached in a structured fashion for electrical contacting and/or a structured external electrode is made available: The external electrode essentially includes two components, namely the contacting field and the contacting path. In the event of several piezoelectric elements (piezoelectric actuator in multilayer structure) stacked one above the other, the contacting path functions as a collector electrode, which connects the contacting fields of the piezoelectric elements to one another. The insulation path exists for the electrical insulation of the contacting path from electrode layers which are not to be contacted. A reliable contacting of the electrode layers is possible with the structure according to the invention. A fully active, piezoceramic multilayer actuator with the described contacting is used in automotive engineering for activating fuel injection valves. | 03-18-2010 |
20120234888 | Method and Device for Machining a Workpiece - A method and related device for machining a workpiece is provided, wherein material of the workpiece is removed in a machining region by a non-contact removal process. The workpiece is excited by means of an excitation oscillation having a natural resonant frequency of the workpiece, or a composite comprising the workpiece and a coupling element that is rigidly coupled to the workpiece is excited by means of an excitation oscillation having a joint natural resonant frequency of the workpiece and the coupling element. The natural resonant frequency is selected such that in the machining region an oscillation occurs that has a maximum oscillation amplitude in relation to the excitation amplitude of the excitation oscillation. | 09-20-2012 |
20130127302 | Method for Producing a Piezo Actuator and Piezo Actuator - A method for producing a piezo actuator includes: providing a green stack including alternately successive green films and inner electrode layers; forming trenches on the outside green stack in areas in which the inner electrode layers are intended to be electrically insulated from the corresponding outer electrodes, the trenches shortening the inner electrode layers from the outside of the green stack toward the inside; filling the trenches with an electrically insulating slurry; further processing the green stack, including filling the trenches with slurry, such that the green films produce piezo electric layers and the green stack produces a piezo stack; mounting two outer electrodes on the outside of the piezo stack, such that the two outer electrodes are alternately electrically connected to the inner electrode layers. The trenches may be filled with the slurry using one of the following methods; screen printing, immersion, spraying, or vacuum infiltration. | 05-23-2013 |
20150048722 | Method for Making Electrical Contact With an Electronic Component in the Form of a Stack, and Electronic Component Having a Contact-Making Structure - A method is provided for making electrical contact with an electronic component in the form of a stack formed from a plurality of material layers, which react upon application of an electric field, and a plurality of electrode layers, wherein each material layer is arranged between two of the electrode layers. An insulation structure is generated on at least one stack circumferential region of the stack, which exposes each second electrode layer of the at least one stack circumferential region for electrical contact to be made. Also, a contact-making structure is applied to the at least one stack circumferential region which is provided with the insulation structure. Before the step of generating the contact-making structure, the material layers are partially removed by a material-removing method such that the electrode layers are exposed close to the surface. | 02-19-2015 |
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20110120006 | DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONDITIONING FED-OUT NATURAL GAS - In a device for continuously conditioning fed-out natural gas prior to feeding the same to supply lines leading to consumers, comprising a mixing station for producing a burnable gas from natural gas and oxygen, a reactor container for a catalytic combustion of an introduced mixture of burnable gas and natural gas, at least one drying station that is connected downstream of an outlet of the reactor container and has at least one separator, particularly for water, and further comprising at least one expansion fitting for reducing the pressure, it is provided to dispose the reactor container and at least one separator chamber of the separator in an enclosed housing. A mixing chamber, into which a first feed line for fed-out cold natural gas opens, is disposed in the housing between the reactor container and the separator chamber. A transition is provided for the direct entry of the heated natural gas flowing out of the reactor container into the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber comprises a mixing chamber outlet, which leads into the separator chamber. The reactor container, separator chamber and mixing chamber have condensate drains leading into external condensate traps. A second feed line for fed-out natural gas opens into a region of the housing which corresponds to the arrangement of the reactor container in the housing. Expansion fittings are connected upstream of the feed lines for natural gas into the housing. | 05-26-2011 |
20110120011 | METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY CONDITIONING GAS, PREFERABLY NATURAL GAS - Before being fed into a pipe, particularly a network of pipes for the supply of consumers, gas, preferably natural gas, is continuously conditioned. The pressurized gas is removed from a reservoir, expanded, and heated to a predefined temperature before or after the expansion thereof in that a branched-off partial flow of the fed-out natural gas is mixed with oxygen and the resulting burnable gas is catalytically burned. The fed-out gas is heated with the thermal energy that is produced. For this purpose, a partial exhaust gas flow is branched off from a hot exhaust gas flow released during the catalytic combustion and conducted into a first container together with the cold burnable gas. The burnable gas is mixed with the supplied exhaust gas flow in the first container and is heated, and the mixture composed of the exhaust gas and burnable gas preheated in this way is conducted away from the first container into a second container, where it is subjected to the catalytic combustion, the heat of which is used to heat the fed-out gas to be conditioned to the respectively desired temperature. | 05-26-2011 |
20110132481 | DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MIXING FED-OUT NATURAL GAS WITH OXYGEN TO PRODUCE A BURNABLE GAS FOR HEATING THE PRESSURIZED NATURAL GAS BEFORE OR AFTER THE RELAXATION THEREOF - The invention relates to a device for continuously mixing fed-out natural gas with oxygen to produce a burnable gas used for heating the pressurized natural gas before or after the relaxation thereof, comprising a mixing section having connections for a natural gas supply line, an oxygen infeed line, and a burnable gas discharge line. The mixing section is designed as a closed mixing container, which has a mixing chamber, at the center of which forming a mixing zone a distributing pipe for oxygen is disposed that is joined to the connection for oxygen infeed. The mixing chamber is filled completely, and the distributing pipe is filled at least partially, with a packing of ceramic granular material. The mixing chamber of the mixing container is equipped with temperature sensors for temperature measurement. The mixing container is designed as a standing container, which at the bottom has the connection of the natural gas supply and at the top the connection for the burnable gas discharge. | 06-09-2011 |
20110136068 | DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PREHEATING A MIXTURE OF BURNABLE GAS, MORE PARTICULARLY NATURAL GAS AND OXYGEN - The invention relates to a device for continuously preheating a mixture of burnable gas, particularly natural gas and oxygen, prior to the catalytic combustion thereof, wherein the combustion heat thereof can be used to heat fed-out natural gas, before or after the expansion thereof and supply to consumers, in order to compensate for the Joule-Thomson effect. The device is designed as a jet pump having a propelling nozzle and a diffuser aligned therewith. The propelling nozzle is the inlet for the mixture into a mixing chamber disposed in the pump housing, a suction line for the natural gas heated by means of catalytic combustion being connected to the chamber. The diffuser is part of an outlet of the mixing chamber of the jet pump. The propelling nozzle and the diffuser are disposed such that they can be moved relative to one another in the pump housing. An adjusting mechanism is provided for adjusting the distance between the propelling nozzle and the diffuser as a function of the temperature of the gas mixture flowing out of the mixing chamber through the outlet. | 06-09-2011 |
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20090262009 | PARABOLIC AERIAL WITH A CONICAL DIFFUSION DISC FOR FILL LEVEL RADAR - Reflections on the aerial system of a fill level radar result in reduced measuring quality at short range. Small echo signals at short range can thus disappear in the noise. According to one embodiment of the present invention a parabolic aerial for a fill level radar is stated, which parabolic aerial comprises a parabolic mirror, an exciter and a diffusion disc. The diffusion disc is used for laterally removing interfering electromagnetic waves that would otherwise be absorbed by the exciter. In this way the decay behaviour at short range can be reduced. | 10-22-2009 |
20100066594 | Modular design for a fill-level-radar antenna system - A modular system is for assembling a fill-level radar antenna, a fill-level radar antenna, and o a fill level radar. The modular system comprises several modules that can be interconnected. In this way a host of different fill-level radar antennae may be produced that are optimally adapted to the corresponding conditions. | 03-18-2010 |
20110109499 | MODULAR DESIGN FOR A FILL-LEVEL-RADAR ANTENNA SYSTEM - A modular system is for assembling a fill-level radar antenna, a fill-level radar antenna, and o a fill level radar. The modular system comprises several modules that can be interconnected. In this way a host of different fill-level radar antennae may be produced that are optimally adapted to the corresponding conditions. | 05-12-2011 |
20140091962 | LEVEL GAUGE SYSTEM AND ADAPTOR WITH REFLECTOR - A level measuring device with a signal generator for electromagnetic waves includes an elongated hollow waveguide or for guiding the generated electromagnetic waves, wherein on the end of the hollow waveguide a reflector is situated and a method for operating the same. | 04-03-2014 |
20140332032 | Fill level gauge with a rinsing device - A fill level gauge is described with a rinsing device for rinsing a fill level sensor, comprising a sensor for detecting a measuring signal as well as a measurement device connected to the sensor for determining a measurement from the detected measuring signal, with the measurement device being connected to a comparator for comparing the measurement determined with a first reference value at a predetermined condition of comparison, which comprises a control signal output for issuing a control signal, with the rinsing device being coupled to the control signal output or being connected to the control signal output such that, when the condition of comparison is fulfilled, the control signal output transmits a control signal to the rinsing device for activating said rinsing device so that the rinsing device is activated. | 11-13-2014 |
20150122013 | Pivotable horn antenna for a radar level indicator - Disclosed is a pivotable horn antenna intended for a radar level indicator and includes a ball joint, the joint socket of which can be screwed into a threaded hole in the container. This allows for optimisation of the echo signal and correction of slanted installation of the horn antenna. | 05-07-2015 |
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20130104671 | Arrangement for the Direct Contacting of Contact Mechanism and Associated Connection Unit for a Pressure Measurement Cell | 05-02-2013 |
20130255391 | SENSOR UNIT - A sensor unit has at least one measuring cell and a circuit mount arranged in a protective sleeve. The measuring cell detects a pressure of a hydraulic block. The circuit mount has a printed circuit board, which is positioned perpendicularly relative to the measuring cell. The printed circuit board has an electronic circuit with at least one electronic and/or electrical component. The measuring cell has at least one connection point configured to tap off at least one electrical output signal from the measuring cell. The circuit mount forms an internal interface which taps off the at least one electrical output signal from the measuring cell and applies it to the electronic circuit. An output signal from the electronic circuit can be tapped off by an external interface. The internal interface is formed at a first end and the external interface is formed at a second end of the protective sleeve. | 10-03-2013 |
20150040673 | Support Unit for a Circuit Board in a Sensor Unit and Corresponding Sensor Unit - A support unit for a circuit board in a sensor unit comprises a main body that defines an outer contour and includes a first joining geometry and a second joining geometry. The first joining geometry is configured to at least one of guide and electrically contact external contact elements, and includes contact receiving pockets configured to guide the external contact elements, and at least one reinforcement web that separates two adjacent contact receiving pockets. The second joining geometry is configured to join the support unit to the circuit board. The first joining geometry defines at least in part an external interface via which at least one electrical output signal of the circuit board is tapped. | 02-12-2015 |
20150040676 | Circuit Carrier for a Sensor Unit and Corresponding Sensor Unit - A circuit carrier for a sensor unit comprises a first interface via which at least one electrical output signal is tapped at least at one connection point of a measuring cell, a second interface via which the at least one electrical output signal of the measuring cell is applied via at least one first contact element to a circuit board with an electronic circuit, and a hollow, cylindrical main body. The main body includes an inner joining geometry defined on an inner contour which defines at least in part the first interface, an outer joining geometry which defines at least in part the second interface, and configured to electrically connect to a connection point of the measuring cell in a force-free manner. The outer joining geometry is configured as a receiving pocket with a protruding collar, and includes the at least one first contact element. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090212035 | Glow plug and methods for the production thereof - The invention relates to a spark plug and method for manufacturing it, which spark plug has been manufactured from one electrically conductive element and one electrically non-conductive element, sintered composite ceramic material having been used for the manufacture. These spark plugs can preferably be used for stationary-mode heaters, operated with fuels, of motor vehicles. According to the object which is set, it should be possible to manufacture such spark plugs cost-effectively and flexibly and at the same time provide an extended service life and oxidation resistance. The conductive element here is to be embraced on two opposite sides by the electrically non-conductive element and it has an enlarged cross section in the distal region while a cross-sectional ratio of between 2.5 and 5 to 1 is maintained with respect to the cross section of the electrically conductive element. The cross-sectionally tapered proximal heating region of the electrically conductive element is covered by 60 to 85% of its surface by the material of the electrically non-conductive element. | 08-27-2009 |
20100028699 | METAL-CERAMIC COMPOSITE WITH GOOD ADHESION AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - The invention relates to the field of material sciences and relates to a metal-ceramic composite with good adhesive strength, such as can be used, for example, for forming tools or cutting tools. The object of the present invention lies in the disclosure of a metal-ceramic composite with good adhesive strength which has a strong and durable bond between ceramic and metal. The object is attained with a metal-ceramic composite with good adhesive strength, comprising a metal component and a ceramic component and which are connected to one another by adhesive force or by adhesive force and in a non-positive manner, wherein silicon, beryllium, titanium, chromium, nickel, manganese, hafnium, vanadium, zirconium, aluminum and/or the organic compounds thereof is present in the area of the connection surfaces and wherein the components have been processed as a greenbody to form a composite and jointly sintered. The object is further attained through a method in which at least respectively one metal component and ceramic component are connected as a total greenbody and jointly subjected to a temperature treatment, at least for sintering the ceramic components. | 02-04-2010 |
20100047557 | CERAMIC AND/OR POWDER-METALLURGICAL COMPOSITE SHAPED BODY AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to the field of ceramics and relates to composite molded articles, such are used, for example, for chip-removal tools. The object of the invention is to disclose composite molded articles that are free in the design of their surface and interface and can be produced in series production. The object is attained through ceramic and/or powder metallurgical composite molded articles comprising a green tape and an injection molded article. The object is further attained through a method in which a green tape is inserted into or placed onto a mold, and subsequently at least one ceramic and/or powder metallurgical injection molding mass is placed on and/or applied to and/or inserted into the mold by means of injection molding, and subsequently the one-part or multi-part mold is removed and/or the one-part or multi-part composite molded part parts are removed from the mold, wherein these process steps can be repeated once or several times. | 02-25-2010 |
20120118705 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FEEDING A MATERIAL LAYER ONTO A CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM, OR ONTO AT LEAST ONE MATERIAL LAYER LOCATED ON THE CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM, FOR PRODUCING AN OBJECT IN THE COURSE OF A GENERATIVE PRODUCTION METHOD - A device and a method are described for feeding a material layer onto a construction platform, or onto at least one material layer located on the construction platform, for producing an object, which is mounted so it is linearly movable relative to a material reservoir and the construction platform along a motion plane, to which the material reservoir and the construction platform can be orthogonally deflected. A circulating band IS stretched around at least two molded bodies, which contacts at least in segments the molded bodies. a drive circulates the band around the at least two bodies. The band has a band segment which can be fixedly assigned relative to at least one body in the longitudinal section around the at least two molded bodies. The band segment at least in segments contacts the material stored in the material reservoir during the linear motion from the material reservoir to the construction platform so that at least a part of the material can be stripped off from the material reservoir and can be applied as the material layer to the construction platform to compress the material layer. | 05-17-2012 |
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20140125288 | ENERGY STORE AND METHOD OF CHARGING OR DISCHARGING AN ENERGY STORE - An energy store is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte in between, a first redox pair having a first oxidation reactant and a first oxidation product, and a housing, wherein a fluidic redox pair is present in the housing and comprises a fluidic oxidation reactant and a fluidic oxidation product, wherein during the discharge of the energy store, the fluidic oxidation product is reduced, and wherein during the charging of the energy store, the fluidic oxidation reactant is oxidized, wherein the fluidic redox pair in the housing is gaseous, and a pump or a compressor is adapted such that the fluidic redox pair within the housing is held at a pressure which is above the ambient pressure outside the housing. A method for charging or discharging an energy store is also provided. | 05-08-2014 |
20140134505 | ELECTRIC ENERGY STORE - An electric energy store having a thermally insulated chamber that has a process gas inlet and a process gas outlet is provided. The thermally insulated chamber is equipped with at least two stacks, each of which has at least one electrochemical storing cell, and each stack has a process gas inlet and a process gas outlet. The at least two stacks are serially connected with respect to the process gas flow. | 05-15-2014 |
20150020531 | GAS TURBINE-HEATED HIGH-TEMPERATURE BATTERY - A power plant system is provided having a high temperature battery, supplied with fluid via at least one supply line, for storing and releasing electrical energy, a gas turbine for generating electrical energy, and a heat exchanger which is designed to extract thermal energy from the exhaust stream of the gas turbine and transfer said thermal energy to the fluid, which fluid can be supplied after heat transfer to the high temperature battery via the at least one supply line. | 01-22-2015 |
20150035277 | GAS POWER PLANT - A method for operating a gas power plant is provided, having a gas turbine which has a compressor stage and a turbine stage, and is connected to a generator via an axle, wherein the generator is designed to also be operated as a motor, wherein the method involves the operation of the generator as a motor for the rotatory operation of the axle, as well as a simultaneous discharge of the heated gas flow exiting from the turbine stage and routing of said gas flow to a first heat exchanger for the transfer of thermal energy from the gas flow to a heat exchanger fluid, wherein the heat exchanger fluid is provided to either discharge thermal energy to a heat accumulating medium or it can be used an accumulating medium itself for temporary storage. | 02-05-2015 |
20150080483 | POWER STATION-BASED METHANATION SYSTEM - A power station-based methanation system which has a fossil fuel-fired power station together with an electrolysis unit and a methanation reactor is provided. The power station and the electrolysis unit are configured for supplying the methanation reactor with starting materials for a methanation reaction and the electrolysis unit can be operated both in a charging state and in a discharging state, in which charging state the electrolysis unit supplies electric power and a chemical energy store is at the same time charged and in which discharging state the chemical energy store is discharged. | 03-19-2015 |
20150207382 | POWER STATION ARRANGEMENT WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE STORAGE UNIT - A power station arrangement is provided having an energy generation unit for generating useful thermal energy on the basis of physical and/or chemical processes, a high-temperature storage unit to be at least partially supplied with heat for regular operation, particularly a metal oxide/air storage unit, and a piping system for thermally coupling the energy generation unit to the high temperature storage unit. | 07-23-2015 |
20150221997 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE BATTERY OR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYZER - A control system for controlling the temperature in a high-temperature battery to which hot air is supplied via an air duct system or in a high-temperature electrolyzer to which hot air is supplied via an air duct system is provided. The control system includes at least two temperature probes designed to detect the temperature at two different points in the air duct system, at least one first air-conditioning unit for physically conditioning the air, mounted in the air duct system upstream of the high-temperature battery or high-temperature electrolyzer, and a recirculation duct which recirculates hot air discharged from the high-temperature battery or high-temperature electrolyzer to a point in the air duct system upstream of the high-temperature battery or high-temperature electrolyzer and feeds the hot air back into the air duct system. The control system controls the first air-conditioning unit in accordance with the temperatures detected by the temperature probes. | 08-06-2015 |