Abstract: A coupling device (1) for a cryogenic refueling arrangement (3), having a valve (9), which is arranged between an inlet (5) and an outlet (7) of the coupling device (1), a primary drive mechanism (11) for opening and closing the valve (9), and a secondary drive mechanism (13) separate from the primary drive mechanism (11), wherein the primary drive mechanism (11) has a switch (10) which is connected upstream of the valve (9), and wherein the secondary drive mechanism (13) opens the switch (10) in order to close the valve (9) as soon as a pulling force (F) acting on the coupling device (1) exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: A cryogenic tank-filling arrangement having a coupling device and a receptacle, wherein the coupling device and the receptacle are designed to be complementary to each other, wherein the cryogenic tank-filling arrangement can be brought with the aid of a pressure change in the intermediate space from an unlocked state—in which the coupling device and the receptacle are accommodated in each other at least in sections, so that the coupling device and the receptacle enclose an intermediate space which is closed off relative to an environment of the cryogenic tank-filling arrangement and which is arranged between an end face of the coupling device and an end face of the receptacle—into a locked state, in which the end face of the coupling device is pressed against the end face of the receptacle due to the pressure change.

Abstract: A method for operating a cryogenic refueling arrangement comprising a coupling device and a receiver socket, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) coupling the coupling device to the receiver socket such that the coupling device and the receiver socket are locked to one another in a first position, b) applying a negative pressure to the coupling device and/or the receiver socket, c) unlocking the coupling device and the receiver socket so that the negative pressure causes the coupling device to move, in a direction toward the receiver socket, from the first position into a second position, which is different from the first position, d) locking the coupling device and the receiver socket in the second position, and e) starting a refueling process.

Abstract: A coupling device for a cryogenic refueling arrangement, having a main valve; a venting valve which is connected parallel to the main valve and which serves for venting a volume, which is provided downstream of the main valve and the venting valve, in order to prepare the coupling device for a refueling operation; a housing which encloses a further volume in which the main valve and the venting valve are arranged; and a shut-off valve which is provided on the housing and by means of which the volume enclosed by the housing is accessible.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp with an operating circuit for the high-pressure discharge lamp with an input for receiving a switch-on/switch-off signal for the high-pressure discharge lamp and at least one output for providing an operating signal to the high-pressure discharge lamp, wherein the operating circuit is designed to reduce the power of the operating signal provided at the at least one output once a switch-off signal has been received at its input, wherein the operating circuit furthermore designed to provide the operating signal as an AC signal above a predeterminable power threshold value and as a quasi DC signal below the predeterminable power threshold value.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating an LED arrangement, wherein a controller transmits a current intensity value for a respective LED to a driver and the latter feeds the LED with current in a time sequence containing a check pulse, and wherein a measuring device is configured to measure the light emitted by the light-emitting diode on account of the check pulse, wherein the controller is configured to use only measurement values which represent the light of check pulses for the stipulation of current intensity values, and wherein the driver defines a main factor, which is dependent on at least one of the temperature of the LED and on the voltage dropped across said LED, wherein the driver is configured to multiply the current intensity value by the main factor and this product defines the current intensities of all the current pulses in the time sequence apart from the check pulse.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a gas discharge lamp, in which the shape of at least one electrode of the gas discharge lamp is changed, in which by changing the lamp current for a predeterminable duration, at least one current pulse is generated such that structures which have grown on the at least one electrode are at least partially removed, the current pulse being generated for the duration of at least one entire half cycle of the AC voltage or the alternating current if the gas discharge lamp is fed AC voltage or alternating current, and the current pulse being generated with a pulse duration of between approximately 0.1 s and approximately 5 s if the gas discharge lamp is fed DC voltage or direct current.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp is provided. The circuit arrangement may include a commutating device, which is configured to exhibit an input which is coupled to a direct-current source and has an output which can be coupled to a discharge lamp; the commutating device being configured in such a manner that it couples the direct-current source to the output and the polarity with which the direct-current source is coupled to the output can be commutated by a control device; the control device including a measurement input which is coupled to a measuring device which is configured to deliver a measurement value which is a measure of the magnitude of a lamp voltage; wherein the control device is configured to control the commutating device in such a manner that the polarity at which a higher lamp voltage prevails is coupled longer to the output.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for starting a discharge lamp, comprising: a first and a second input terminal for connecting an input voltage; an inverter, which has an input and an output, the input being coupled to the first and the second input terminal; a first and a second output terminal for connecting the discharge lamp; a resonant inductor, which is coupled between the output of the inverter and the first output terminal; a resonant circuit, which comprises the resonant inductor; a regulating apparatus for regulating the frequency of the signal provided at the inverter output; and a current measuring apparatus, which is arranged so as to measure a current which is correlated with the current in the resonant circuit, wherein the regulating apparatus is adapted to regulate the frequency at the output of the inverter as a function of the measured current.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating an LED arrangement, wherein a controller transmits a current intensity value for a respective LED to a driver and the latter feeds the LED with current in a time sequence containing a check pulse, and wherein a measuring device is configured to measure the light emitted by the light-emitting diode on account of the check pulse, wherein the controller is configured to use only measurement values which represent the light of check pulses for the stipulation of current intensity values, and wherein the driver defines a main factor, which is dependent on at least one of the temperature of the LED and on the voltage dropped across said LED, wherein the driver is configured to multiply the current intensity value by the main factor and this product defines the current intensities of all the current pulses in the time sequence apart from the check pulse.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises a commutation device, which has an input which is coupled to a DC source, and has an output which can be coupled to a discharge lamp. The commutation device is designed in such a way that it couples the DC source to the output, and the polarity at which the DC source is coupled to the output can be commutated by a control device. The control device has a sync input, and the polarity of the DC source is commutated in synchronism with sync pulses of a sync signal which can be applied at the sync input. The control device has a measuring input, which is coupled to a measuring device which is designed to provide a measured value which is a measure of the size of electrode peaks. The control device suppresses at least one commutation if the measured value overshoots or undershoots a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A lamp housing unit for holding a lamp in an interior of a lamp housing of the lamp housing unit is provided. The lamp housing unit may include the lamp housing; and at least one sheet metal strip being fastened on the lamp housing or on an element fastened on the lamp housing, wherein the at least one sheet metal strip extends into the interior so that it can be connected to a lamp as current lead.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp with an operating circuit for the high-pressure discharge lamp with an input for receiving a switch-on/switch-off signal for the high-pressure discharge lamp and at least one output for providing an operating signal to the high-pressure discharge lamp, wherein the operating circuit is designed to reduce the power of the operating signal provided at the at least one output once a switch-off signal has been received at its input, wherein the operating circuit furthermore designed to provide the operating signal as an AC signal above a predeterminable power threshold value and as a quasi DC signal below the predeterminable power threshold value.

Abstract: Circuit arrangement for controlling a pulsed power supply having improved dynamics compared with conventional “current mode” controllers. According to the invention, the gate signal of a switch (S1) is integrated. As soon as this integral value exceeds the output signal of a control amplifier (CCL), the switch (S1) is switched off again. The circuit arrangement is highly suitable for economically apportioning analog switching elements and functions which are implemented by a microcontroller (uC).

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp is provided. The circuit arrangement may include a commutating device, which is configured to exhibit an input which is coupled to a direct-current source and has an output which can be coupled to a discharge lamp; the commutating device being configured in such a manner that it couples the direct-current source to the output and the polarity with which the direct-current source is coupled to the output can be commutated by a control device; the control device including a measurement input which is coupled to a measuring device which is configured to deliver a measurement value which is a measure of the magnitude of a lamp voltage; wherein the control device is configured to control the commutating device in such a manner that the polarity at which a higher lamp voltage prevails is coupled longer to the output.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a low-pressure gas discharge lamp with a first and a second filament, between which a gas discharge can be formed, is provided. The circuit arrangement may include a device for generating an electrical potential which varies over time at a node, which is connected to the first filament via a first inductive element, and a half-circuit, which includes a switch, the first filament being electrically connected to the second filament when the switch of the half-circuit is closed, wherein a second inductive element is provided in the half-circuit.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for starting a discharge lamp, comprising: a first and a second input terminal for connecting an input voltage; an inverter, which has an input and an output, the input being coupled to the first and the second input terminal; a first and a second output terminal for connecting the discharge lamp; a resonant inductor, which is coupled between the output of the inverter and the first output terminal; a resonant circuit, which comprises the resonant inductor; a regulating apparatus for regulating the frequency of the signal provided at the inverter output; and a current measuring apparatus, which is arranged so as to measure a current which is correlated with the current in the resonant circuit, wherein the regulating apparatus is adapted to regulate the frequency at the output of the inverter as a function of the measured current.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises a commutation device, which has an input which is coupled to a DC source, and has an output which can be coupled to a discharge lamp. The commutation device is designed in such a way that it couples the DC source to the output, and the polarity at which the DC source is coupled to the output can be commutated by a control device. The control device has a sync input, and the polarity of the DC source is commutated in synchronism with sync pulses of a sync signal which can be applied at the sync input. The control device has a measuring input, which is coupled to a measuring device which is designed to provide a measured value which is a measure of the size of electrode peaks. The control device suppresses at least one commutation if the measured value overshoots or undershoots a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a gas discharge lamp, in which the shape of at least one electrode of the gas discharge lamp is changed, in which by changing the lamp current for a predeterminable duration, at least one current pulse is generated such that structures which have grown on the at least one electrode are at least partially removed, the current pulse being generated for the duration of at least one entire half cycle of the AC voltage or the alternating current if the gas discharge lamp is fed AC voltage or alternating current, and the current pulse being generated with a pulse duration of between approximately 0.1 s and approximately 5 s if the gas discharge lamp is fed DC voltage or direct current.

Abstract: A step-down controller has an input having a first and a second input terminal for applying an input voltage, an output having a first and a second output terminal at which an output voltage can be provided, a series circuit including a switch and an inductance which is coupled between the first input terminal and the first output terminal. The switch has a control input for applying a control signal. A first diode is coupled between a junction point between the switch and the inductance and a reference potential such that, when the inductance is freewheeling, a current flow through the first diode (D1) is possible. There is a snubber network with a snubber capacitor, a second and third diode and an auxiliary inductance, a series circuit including the snubber capacitor, the third diode and the auxiliary inductance being coupled in parallel with the inductance.