Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit arrangement for supplying variable loads (I11, I2, M1, M2, O1, O2, O3) from three phases (L1, L2, L3), with a circuit arrangement having four groups of terminals (A11, A12, A13, A14; A21, A22, A23, A24; A31, A32; A41, A42, A43) for the loads (I1, I2, M1, M2, O1, O2, O3) which are subsequently designated as terminal groups; the circuit arrangement is suitable and set up for supplying the terminals (A21, A22, A23, A24) of the second terminal group from the first phase (L1); the circuit arrangement is suitable and set up for supplying the terminals (A41, A42, A43) of the fourth terminal group from a second phase (L2); the circuit arrangement is suitable and set up for supplying the terminals (A11, A12, A13) of the first terminal group and the third terminal group (A31, A32) from a third phase (L3); the circuit arrangement is suitable and set up for controlling the voltage of the four terminal groups, and exhibits three control loops for this purpose.

Abstract: A hand-held hammer drill has a housing, a tool spindle rotatingly driving a tool, a hammer action percussion-driving the tool, a swash plate drive driving the hammer action, and a countershaft driving as needed the tool spindle and the hammer action. A first bearing and an axial bearing are provided. The hub is rotatably supported in a cantilevered arrangement by the first bearing in the housing and coaxially surrounds the countershaft. The hub has a free cantilevered end and the axial bearing is disposed on the free cantilevered end, wherein the axial bearing axially supports the countershaft and has radial play relative to the countershaft.

Abstract: A hammer drill has an electric drive motor having a motor shaft and a tool shaft driven in rotation by the electric drive motor. A hammer action is provided. The tool shaft is driven by a first single-stage gear unit directly by the motor shaft of the electric drive motor. The hammer action is driven by a second single-stage gear unit directly by the motor shaft of the electric drive motor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed including a first cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) layer between a first and second substrate containing a plurality of adjacent alternately arranged pixels of a first and second primary color. A second cholesteric LC layer between the second substrate and a third substrate contains a plurality of adjacent alternately arranged pixels of the first and a third primary color. The first primary color pixels in the first and second LC layer, and the second primary color pixels in the first LC layer and the primary color pixels of the third primary color in the second LC layer, are arranged behind one another. Two first primary color pixels in the first and second LC layer interact with an adjacent second primary color pixel in the first LC layer and an adjacent third primary color pixel in the second LC layer for representing a display pixel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a first circuit arrangement (E) for supplying variable loads that can be connected to the first circuit arrangement (E) from a first current or voltage source (MV) in a first state of the first circuit arrangement having the following features: the first circuit arrangement (E) has a first terminal and a second terminal for connection to the first current or voltage source (MV) and a third terminal, at least one fourth terminal and at least one fifth terminal for connection to a second current or voltage source (Z); the second terminal is at a reference potential; the first circuit arrangement (E) has at least one eighth terminal for connection to two loads (R2; R3); the first circuit arrangement (E) has controllable switching means for changing over between the first state and a second state; in the first state, the at least one eighth terminal for connection to the two loads (R2, R3) is connected to the first terminal and the third terminal and the fifth terminal are connected to th

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically conductive coating which is producible by hydrolytic condensation of a mixture including at least one hydrolysable silicon compound of general formula SiXnR(4-n) (I), wherein at least one of the R radicals is a mercapto-substituted alkyl or aryl group and is a compound of general formula ZaSiYbR(4-a-b) (II), wherein the Z radical is for example a quaternary ammonium salt, whereby the mixture to be hydrolytically condensed comprises at least one portion of an ether containing and alkyl group. The coating is particularly suitable for toner transfer drums and has high scratch resistance and good adhesion to the substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device has a display surface, a sensing device for sensing a light source around the display surface, a control circuit responsive to the sensed light source to adjust a voltage to a controller, which adjusts a transmissivity of the display surface in response to the adjusted voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) cell is provided having transparent plates that are substantially parallel to each other and contain a liquid crystal display material. A plurality of spacers are interposed between the transparent plates to define a distance between the plates. At least one of the spacers exhibits dimensions and properties different than another of the spacers. The different dimensions and properties operate to control the distance at various temperatures to prevent non-uniform color effects and vacuum void formations.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) cell is provided having transparent plates that are substantially parallel to each other and contain a liquid crystal display material. A plurality of spacers are interposed between the transparent plates to define a distance between the plates. At least one of the spacers exhibits dimensions and properties different than another of the spacers. The different dimensions and properties operate to control the distance at various temperatures to prevent non-uniform color effects and vacuum void formations.

Abstract: Photoconductor drum having a hollow cylindrical base element with a coating on the outer surface including at least one photosensitive layer, the base element concentrically accommodating at least one core element which is made at least partially cylindrical and which is made at least partially of plastic, the core element on its outer surface which comes into contact with the inside of the base element having irregularities or roughness.

Abstract: To correct the gray levels or pixel intensities of images provided by a digital infrared camera having a two-dimensional array of detector elements with non-sensitive areas therebetween, correction coefficients respectively allocated to the detector elements are stored in a memory of an image processing system. The gray levels of image pixels are corrected by the respective corresponding correction coefficients. The correction coefficients are progressively updated and improved by means of a dynamic correction process. To distinguish stationary features in a scene being viewed from non-uniformities among the detector elements so that such stationary features do not influence the updating of the correction coefficients, the image of the scene incident on the detector is moved relative to the detector, by means of a microscanner deflecting the image beam incident, on the detector.

Abstract: A large surface display apparatus is provided with at least one display field, a control set, a first connection line, and a second connection line. The display field has LCD-modules to display changing information. In one aspect, the first connection line is a light wave conductor and the second connection line is a metallic conductor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system (11, 111) comprising an anode chamber (13, 113) and a cathode chamber (14, 114) which are separated from each other by a proton conducting membrane (15, 115). When the fuel cell system is operated, fuel, in particular H2 or a water/methanol mixture, can be fed to the anode chamber and an oxidant, in particular oxygen, can be fed to the cathode chamber. In standby mode, the cathode chamber (14, 114) does not allow flow through and the oxidant and fuel are present in both the cathode chamber (14, 114) and the anode chamber (13, 113), respectively. The fuel cell system remains at operating temperature in the standby mode. This enables the fuel cell system (11) to be used as a combined interruption-free power supply unit and backup unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multispectral photodiode for infrared radiation comprising a substrate, a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity with a large band gap arranged on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer of first conductivity with a small band gap arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a first diode area which is formed from a zone of second conductivity with the first semiconductor layer, and a second diode area which is formed from a zone of second conductivity with the second semiconductor layer. The disadvantage of known multispectral photodiodes is that the first diode area, which is sensitive to the short-wave portion, is smaller than the second diode area, which is sensitive to the long-wave portion.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) cell is provided having transparent plates that are substantially parallel to each other and contain a liquid crystal display material. A plurality of spacers are interposed between the transparent plates to define a distance between the plates. At least one of the spacers exhibits dimensions and properties different than another of the spacers. The different dimensions and properties operate to control the distance at various temperatures to prevent non-uniform color effects and vacuum void formations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically conductive coating that is producible by hydrolytic condensation of a mixture comprising at least one silicon compound of the general formula SiXnR(4−n) (I), wherein at least one of the groups R is a mercapto-substituted alkyl or aryl group; and a compound of the general formula ZaSiYbR(a−4−b) (II), wherein the group Z is a quaternary ammonium salt, for example. Said coating is particularly suitable for toner transfer drums, and exhibits high scratch resistance and good adhesion to the substrate.

Abstract: An LCD-pixel-matrix element is disclosed, along with a display screen capable of graphics having a plurality of such LCD-pixel-matrix elements, and a procedure for brightness control of such an LCD-pixel matrix element for such a display screen.

Abstract: The invention concerns a transponder arrangement in which the transponder is disposed on a conductive surface. According to the invention, the coils forming the transponder antenna are aligned at a slight distance from the metal surface with their main magnetic field direction parallel to this surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system with high-temperature fuel cells, in which some of the heat of the gases flowing out of the anode and cathode is used to that end. The gases that the flow into the anode and cathode are brought to a temperature that is required for operation of the fuel cells and is still tolerable for the cells, having an anode and/or cathode loop. It is provided that for the anode and/or cathode loop, at least that time-referred quantity of reaction gases that is required for attaining the electrical output of the fuel cells is furnished.