Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision device comprises a chamber for containing a liquid from which a flow of aerosol for inhalation by a user is generated. The cartridge comprises a first connector arrangement for releasably connecting the cartridge to a body portion of the device, and a second connector arrangement for releasably connecting to a container for a material. In use, aerosol flows through the material in the container before being inhaled by the user. The first connector arrangement is configurable in a locked configuration and in an un-locked configuration, and the first connector arrangement must be configured in the un-locked configuration for the cartridge to be removeable from the body portion. The first connector arrangement is configurable from the locked configuration to the un-locked configuration while the cartridge remains stationary with respect to the body portion.

Abstract: A method for a secure exchange of one or more messages between terminal devices in a network connecting said terminal devices. The method may include creating a message by a first terminal device, digitally signing the message with a private key of the first terminal device, and transmitting the signed message to at least a second terminal device. The creation of the message to be transmitted and the digital signing may occur before an event relating to an intended interworking of the terminal devices triggers the transmission of the signed message, wherein a content of the created message to be evaluated by the second terminal device is related to the event.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal apparatus and a controlling method thereof, the terminal apparatus including a communicator configured to communicate with at least one device through a hub device; a display configured to display an image; a user input receiver configured to receive a user's input; at least one processor configured to control the display to display a dialog box where the hub device or the at least one device is set as a counterpart in response to execution of a messenger program, control the communicator to transmit a control signal including a command for controlling a predetermined device to the device targeted for control through the hub device so that the device targeted for control operates in response to the command corresponding to a user's input when the user's input corresponding to the command is received in the displayed dialog box through the user input receiver, and control the display to display a message corresponding to the transmitted command in the dialog box.

Abstract: One aspect is a system for reception or emission of an electrical signal from or into the human or animal body, comprising at least one insulated electrical conductor; a sleeve-shaped electrode that is electrically connected to the electrical conductor and includes an internal side, an external side, and a channel, wherein the channel defines a longitudinal axis along which the conductor is arranged. According to one embodiment, the conductor extends without interruption along the entire area of the electrode, and the electrode further includes a slit that extends from the internal side to the external side of the electrode and in which the conductor is appropriately arranged in the slit such that the electrode forms a direct durable mechanical and electrical connection to the conductor.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a system for reception and/or emission of an electrical signal from or into the human or animal body, including at least one insulated electrical conductor; a sleeve-shaped electrode that is electrically connected to the electrical conductor and includes an internal side, an external side, a channel, and an opening in a wall of the channel. The channel defines a longitudinal axis along which the conductor is arranged in the channel. A material of the electrode surrounds the entire circumference of the opening; the electrical conductor is guided through the opening between the internal side and the external side of the opening transverse to the longitudinal axis of the channel; and the electrical conductor is connected to the electrode within the opening directly in firmly-bonded and/or force-locking manner such that a durable mechanical and electrical connection between the electrical conductor and the electrode is established.

Abstract: A protection device for a laser system having at least one active laser and having at least one beam guide. Eye safety and/or protection for an exposed person is achieved using at least one additional laser as a warning laser which, operating in a visible spectral range, is used shortly before the active laser is used, and which, can cause at least one person to close his or her eyes and/or change his or her viewing direction away from the receptor point of the active laser beam on a target.

Abstract: It is proposed to make a threat better visible for a defensive measure. In this context, the threat (2) should be imaged more intensely for the defensive measure. For the purposes of more effective imaging, provision is made for the threat to emit a stronger IR signature and thus be able to stand out sufficiently against the background for the defensive measure. The stronger IR signature is caused by heating a surface of the threat, which is realized by a laser weapons system. The defensive measure can better detect this heating and has an IR seeker head to this end.

Abstract: A weapons system with at least two HEL effectors, which have at least one beam guidance system, the use of only one laser source or one pump source for the at least two HEL effectors is provided. The beam guidance systems of the HEL effectors resort to the common laser source or common pump source. An optical link of the common laser source or of the common pump source with the beam guidance system, be it direct or indirect, is implemented by means of at least one optical switching unit, and so at least one functional, complete HEL effector of the weapons system is provided to defend against threats.

Abstract: A protection device for a laser system having at least one active laser and having at least one beam guide. Eye safety and/or protection for an exposed person is achieved using at least one additional laser as a warning laser which, operating in a visible spectral range, is used shortly before the active laser is used, and which, can cause at least one person to close his or her eyes and/or change his or her viewing direction away from the receptor point of the active laser beam on a target.

Abstract: One aspect includes a manufacturing method for a multielectrode system including providing several conductors, which are electrically conductive in their longitudinal direction; bundling the conductors at a proximal portion of the multielectrode system by means of a sheath surrounding the conductors to form a conductor bundle configured to be used as a lead of the multielectrode system; and providing several ring electrodes each surrounding one of the conductors at a distal portion of the multielectrode system and electrically connecting the ring electrodes and the conductors to form a multielectrode array of the multielectrode system. The multielectrode array is configured to be in a longitudinally extended or in a transversally expanded configuration.

Abstract: One aspect is a manufacturing method including providing at least a first electrically conductive wire with an electrical insulation and a second electrically conductive wire with an electrical insulation, providing a first and a second ring electrode surrounding the wires, electrically connecting the first ring electrode with the first wire and the second ring electrode with the second wire, bundling the ring electrodes and the wires by means of a first sheath surrounding the ring electrodes and the wires to obtain a first ring electrode component, providing a second ring electrode component, bundling the ring electrode components by means of a second sheath surrounding the ring electrode components, and partially removing the first and the second sheaths from the ring electrodes to expose ring electrode portions.

Abstract: A light guide arrangement for a mobile communications device for optical data transmission by an optoelectronic interface component of the communications device is provided. The light guide arrangement includes a light guide body with a greatest extent in the principal light guiding direction, a first optical coupling member for coupling the optoelectronic interface component to the light guide body, a second optical coupling member with a first lens element that has a first optical axis transverse to the principal light guiding direction and with a first optical deflection element arranged along the first optical axis, and a third optical coupling member with a second lens element that has a second optical axis transverse to the principal light guiding direction and with a second optical deflection element arranged along the second optical axis. The second optical axis differs from the first optical axis.

Abstract: A method for controlling an emergency braking system of a motor vehicle having a stability control system when the stability control system is deactivated or placed in a reduced mode. The method includes the step of determining whether the stability control system is in a deactivated or reduced mode and keeping the automatic emergency braking system active even if the stability control system is deactivated or in a reduced mode. The system includes temporarily activating the stability control system if a hazardous situation exists requiring generation of an emergency braking command.

Abstract: A light guide arrangement for a mobile communications device for optical data transmission by an optoelectronic interface component of the communications device is provided. The light guide arrangement includes a light guide body with a greatest extent in the principal light guiding direction, a first optical coupling member for coupling the optoelectronic interface component to the light guide body, a second optical coupling member with a first lens element that has a first optical axis transverse to the principal light guiding direction and with a first optical deflection element arranged along the first optical axis, and a third optical coupling member with a second lens element that has a second optical axis transverse to the principal light guiding direction and with a second optical deflection element arranged along the second optical axis. The second optical axis differs from the first optical axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution module (1) and method for operating a distribution module. A distribution module comprises a housing (2) and a bus connection (3) and multiple device connections (4). Selection means (5), in particular a rotary selector switch, are provided, by means of which one of multiple communication protocols which are stored in a memory within the housing (2) can be manually selected from outside the housing (2). Alternatively, the selection means can also be configured as a DIP switch, membrane keyboard, touchscreen or key switch. The memory is preferably non-volatile. When a protocol is chosen and the controller parameterises the distribution module via said protocol, and a device then starts cyclic data exchange, the ID of said protocol is thereby also stored in a non-volatile manner. Electronic units such as computing units, memories, power supply and the suchlike are accommodated in the housing (2).

Abstract: A hydrostatic variable displacement pump (2) has a displacement volume set by an electro-hydraulic control device (10) provided with a safety function. In a fault scenario, the variable displacement pump (2) is set to a neutral position. The electro-hydraulic control device (10) has a single electro-hydraulic setpoint encoder (30) to specify the setpoint of the displacement volume of the variable displacement pump (2) and an electrically actuatable valve device (35) connected in series downstream of the setpoint encoder (30), by which the direction of displacement of the variable displacement pump (2) is controlled and which is provided with the safety function.

Abstract: A fastening device for a cable is operatively connected to a motor vehicle. The fastening device includes a holder fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. The holder defines a receiving opening with a stop extending out along a side of the receiving opening. A cable feedthrough grommet surrounds a portion of the cable in a cable longitudinal direction. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a radial thickening and defines a groove extending through the radial thickening. The groove is received by the receiving opening of the holder to hold the cable feedthrough grommet in place. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a protuberance that extends radially out from the radial thickening to engage the stop of the holder to prevent the cable feedthrough grommet from being secured to the holder in a misaligned manner.

Abstract: A bearing cap having a top wall, a side wall extending away from the top wall, a peripheral wall extending away from the top wall forming a receiver, a bottom wall closes the receiver at an axial end facing the top wall, and at least one opening is formed by the peripheral wall to drain moisture from the receiver.

Abstract: A fastening device for a cable is operatively connected to a motor vehicle. The fastening device includes a holder fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. The holder defines a receiving opening with a stop extending out along a side of the receiving opening. A cable feedthrough grommet surrounds a portion of the cable in a cable longitudinal direction. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a radial thickening and defines a groove extending through the radial thickening. The groove is received by the receiving opening of the holder to hold the cable feedthrough grommet in place. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a protuberance that extends radially out from the radial thickening to engage the stop of the holder to prevent the cable feedthrough grommet from being secured to the holder in a misaligned manner.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat shell, includes a first upper rail, which is arranged on the tunnel side and is movably guided in a first lower rail, and a second upper rail, which is arranged on the sill side and is movably guided in a second lower rail. The first upper rail can be displaced relative to the second upper rail, and due to that displacement the seat shell carries out a rotation about a vertically extending pivot axis. A main memory device is provided on the second upper rail, and at least one spring unit is provided, which acts upon the first upper rail relative to the second upper rail in the longitudinal direction.