Abstract: The invention relates to a control unit (10; 10a to 10d), particularly for vehicle navigation, having a housing (13) that consists of at least two housing elements (11, 12; 61, 65, 72; 75), having at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81) on which at least one heat-generating component (1) is arranged, having a thermal transfer element (30; 61), made of metal, for dissipating the heat generated by the at least one heat-generating component (1), having at least one sensor element (40, 41) that is connected at least indirectly to the at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81), having at least one plug connection body (35), made of plastic, having connection elements (36) for making electrical contact with the at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81), wherein the plug connection body (35) is formed in the region of a frame-like or cover-like housing element (12; 65;75), made of plastic, so as to be integral therewith or as a component that is separate from the housing element (12; 65; 75).

Abstract: A film bag for storing a fluid, in particular a reagent or an auxiliary agent for a biochemical analysis method, includes a film, a seam, and an irreversibly destructible predetermined breaking point. The film is impermeable to the fluid and constituents of the fluid. The seam is formed in a fluid-tight manner between a first sub-region of the film and a second sub-region of the film and forms the film into a fluid-tight bag for accommodating the fluid. The bag is configured to be arranged in a chamber of a device that provides a fluid for a biochemical evaluating unit. The predetermined breaking point is formed from the film and is fluid-tight when a fluid pressure in the film bag is below a limit. The predetermined breaking point is destroyed when the fluid pressure is above the limit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic controller (10), having a housing (11), which is preferably made of plastic, having at least one high-frequency connection (14, 15), wherein the high-frequency connection (14, 15) has at least two elements (18; 18a; 18b; 18d, 20; 20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) that form a high-frequency conductor (19), for transmitting a high-frequency signal, and a screening element (21), wherein the two elements (18; 18a; 18b; 18d, 20; 20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) of the high-frequency connection (14, 15) are connectable to a circuit carrier (25) in the interior of the housing (11), and wherein the two elements (18; 18a; 18b; 18d, 20; 20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) of the high-frequency connection (14, 15) are formed on the side facing the circuit carrier (25) in the form of press-in pins (28; 28b; 28d, 29; 29b; 29c; 29d, 51).

Abstract: The invention relates to a control unit (10; 10a to 10d) having a housing (13), which consists of at least two housing elements (11, 12; 61, 65, 72; 75), and having at least two circuit carriers (16; 16a, 17; 17a; 64; 81, 82), wherein the first circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81) is designed for accommodating at least one heat-generating component (1) and the second circuit carrier (17; 17a; 82) is designed for accommodating at least one sensor element (40, 41), wherein the two circuit carriers (16; 16a, 17; 17a; 64; 81, 82) are connected electrically to one another, and wherein the second circuit carrier (17; 17a; 82) is provided with vibration-damping means (45; 53, 54; 85), which serve to reduce vibrations transmitted to the second circuit carrier (17; 17a; 82) via the housing (13).

Abstract: The invention relates to a control unit (10; 10a to 10d), particularly for vehicle navigation, having a housing (13) that consists of at least two housing elements (11, 12; 61, 65, 72; 75), having at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81) on which at least one heat-generating component (1) is arranged, having a thermal transfer element (30; 61), made of metal, for dissipating the heat generated by the at least one heat-generating component (1), having at least one sensor element (40, 41) that is connected at least indirectly to the at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81), having at least one plug connection body (35), made of plastic, having connection elements (36) for making electrical contact with the at least one circuit carrier (16; 16a; 64; 81), wherein the plug connection body (35) is formed in the region of a frame-like or cover-like housing element (12; 65;75), made of plastic, so as to be integral therewith or as a component that is separate from the housing element (12; 65; 75).

Abstract: A device for holding a component to be sheathed with plastic includes a holding element for producing a releasable mechanical keyed connection with an affixation region of the component, which holding element has a push-twist locking element.

Abstract: A method for producing a sensor module, in which a line part is provided in a first production step, which includes at least one receiving region for the force-fitting and/or form-fitting accommodation of a sensor element, and in a second production step for producing a housing, the line part is extrusion-coated with a plastic material in such a way that the at least one receiving region remains generally free of plastic material, and the sensor element is fixed in place in force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner in the at least one receiving region in a third production step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a communication system having a communication bus, a master device, which is connected to the communication bus and which communicates with the communication bus in a master mode, and several slave devices which can be connected to the communication bus and which communicate with the communication bus in a slave mode. To improve the performance capability of the communication system, the slave devices can be connected to the communication bus using a communication module designed as a proxy, wherein the communication module is connected to the communication bus using an input port and output ports for connecting the slave devices using a point-to-point connection, the communication module has a communication processor connected on the input side to the communication bus and on the output side to a first internal bus by means of a first serial interface.

Abstract: A film bag for storing a fluid, in particular a reagent or an auxiliary agent for a biochemical analysis method, includes a film, a seam, and an irreversibly destructible predetermined breaking point. The film is impermeable to the fluid and constituents of the fluid. The seam is formed in a fluid-tight manner between a first sub-region of the film and a second sub-region of the film and forms the film into a fluid-tight bag for accommodating the fluid. The bag is configured to be arranged in a chamber of a device that provides a fluid for a biochemical evaluating unit. The predetermined breaking point is formed from the film and is fluid-tight when a fluid pressure in the film bag is below a limit. The predetermined breaking point is destroyed when the fluid pressure is above the limit.

Abstract: In a method for welding a first component having a channel to a second component, a lower surface of the first component is placed onto an upper surface of the second component, and a laser beam is transmitted through the first component and guided along a trajectory across the upper surface of the second component. The second component absorbs the laser beam along the irradiated trajectory, so that the irradiated trajectory of the second component is welded to the lower surface of the component in the form of a welding path. The channel has a rounded surface in a plane in which the laser beam is guided. The rounded surface is configured in such a way that a predefined power density of the laser beam is present at the upper surface, so that a continuous welding path is provided along the irradiated trajectory between the two components.

Abstract: A method and a system for recording, synchronizing and analyzing data transmitted between spatially distributed devices of a communication network using spatially distributed analysis devices, wherein the data are received by at least two analysis devices looped into the communication network, and wherein the received data are marked by means of a synchronization signal which is simultaneously received by the analysis devices. In order to simplify the recording, synchronization and analysis of data by means of spatially distributed analysis devices, provision is made for the analysis devices to store data frames of the received data in data files, wherein each received data frame is marked with a time stamp of a local time of the receiving analysis device, and wherein time synchronization events are produced by means of the received synchronization signal in each of the analysis devices.

Abstract: A communication converter for connecting automation devices having different operating voltages to a host computer, including an interface component and a transceiver component coupled to the interface component, the interface component being connected on the input side via a host connector to a host interface of the host computer and the transceiver component being connected via a device connector to a device interface of the automation device, and a voltage transformer, which on the input side is connected via the host interface to an operating voltage and on the output side to a voltage supply line of the device interface. So the communication converter can communicate with devices having different interface standards, the converter has a first current/voltage measuring unit, a second current/voltage measuring unit, and a switching device.

Abstract: A connecting element for electrical contacting of an electrical component having at least one electrically conductive line part, embedded at least partially in an injection-molded housing, is provided, the connecting element having at least one stiffening element reinforcing the line part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for recording, synchronizing and analysing data transmitted between spatially distributed devices (56, 78, 80, 58) of a communication network (60, 62), such as a real-time Ethernet network, by means of spatially distributed analysis devices (72, 88), wherein the data are received by at least two analysis devices (72, 88) looped into the communication network (60, 62), and wherein the received data are marked by means of a synchronization signal which is simultaneously received by the analysis devices (72, 88).

Abstract: In a module having an electrical component, which is situated between two ground planes for electromagnetic shielding, a trough-shaped composite component is provided between an inner and an outer housing, into which the rear side of the inner housing is inserted, the composite component having an insulator trough and, on its inside, a ground plane formed at least on the trough bottom, which forms the shielding of a rear side of the electrical component. The composite component is advantageously designed as an MID component. The outer housing of the module may be manufactured in the two-component injection molding process by extrusion-coating initially using an elastomer and subsequently a thermoplast.

Abstract: The invention relates to a communication system (KS), comprising a communication bus (KB), a master device (MD), which is connected to the communication bus and which communicates with the communication bus (KB) in a master mode, and several slave devices (SD1, SD2, . . . SDn), which can be connected to the communication bus (KB) and which communicate with the communication bus (KB) in a slave mode. In order to improve the performance capability of the communication system, the slave devices (SD1, SD2, . . . SDn) can be connected to the communication bus (KB) by means of a communication module (KM) designed as a proxy, wherein the communication module (KM) is connected to the communication bus (KB) by means of an input port (EP1) and has output ports (AP1, AP2, . . . APn) for connecting the slave devices, (SD1, SD2, . . .

Abstract: A bending transducer for generating electrical energy from deformations includes at least: one deformable support device, on which a first connecting electrode and a second connecting electrode are formed, one piezoelectric element attached to the support device having a least one first electrode and one second electrode, the first connecting electrode being contacted with the first electrode of the piezoelectric element, and the second connecting electrode being contacted with the second electrode of the piezoelectric element. The first connecting electrode and/or the second connecting electrode are applied as a structured conductive layer to the support device in at least some areas.

Abstract: A support element arrangement for an electronic component includes a first support element and a second support element, the first support element being configured perpendicularly to the second support element and having a first main extension plane, and, in addition, the first support element having a first recess, the first recess at least partially surrounding the second support element in the first main extension plane.

Abstract: A method for producing a sensor module, in which a line part is provided in a first production step, which includes at least one receiving region for the force-fitting and/or form-fitting accommodation of a sensor element, and in a second production step for producing a housing, the line part is extrusion-coated with a plastic material in such a way that the at least one receiving region remains generally free of plastic material, and the sensor element is fixed in place in force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner in the at least one receiving region in a third production step.

Abstract: A connecting element for electrical contacting of an electrical component having at least one electrically conductive line part, embedded at least partially in an injection-molded housing, is provided, the connecting element having at least one stiffening element reinforcing the line part.