Abstract: A braking device for limiting the travel of an overhead crane traveling over rails temporarily increases its traveling resistance until it stops. The braking device includes at least one brake shoe which is mounted on the overhead crane and can be pressed against the rails with a force up to a level equivalent to the weight of the overhead crane. The brake shoe can be forcibly caused to move from a resting position a certain distance away from the rail into a braking position, in which the side of the brake shoe or shoes facing the rail can be pressed against the rail.

Abstract: A mobile harbor crane for the combined handling of containers and bulk materials, having an undercarriage and an upper carriage which is mounted rotatably on the base frame of the undercarriage and on which a tower with a boom that can be pivoted about a horizontal axis is arranged. Four support beams are connected pivotally to a base frame of the undercarriage, symmetrically to the longitudinal and transverse axes of the vehicle, in such a way that they can each be pivoted about vertical axes, they are provided at their free ends with vertically acting leveling cylinders, by means of which the support beams are supported on the wheels of a plurality of traveling gear assemblies via balancers for uniform distribution of the supporting forces.

Abstract: Independent use from each other of mobile-radio participant-identification cards and mobile-radio end devices sold as a package is made possible by a procedure and a mobile-radio end device that permit calling with the mobile-radio end device with the inserted mobile-radio participant-identification card only when certain digits of the IMSI of the mobile-radio participant-identification card lie within value ranges stored in the end device.

Abstract: A method of providing information to a terminal of a user includes transmitting the information via a telecommunication network channel and displaying the information as a screensaver on a terminal display.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic steering device for the chassis of a vehicle, in particular of a crane or transport vehicle, with chassis axles steerable between longitudinal and transverse drive positions and in each case fixed to a shaft on the vehicle that is pivoted about a vertical swiveling axle, on which shaft a steering cylinder acts by way of at least one laterally projecting control arm for swiveling of the shaft. The steering cylinder acting on the projecting control arm and a further steering cylinder acting on a vehicle frame beam are articulated to a lever arm, coaxially pivoted on the shaft, in such a way that the torsional movement of the shaft resulting from the retracting and extending movement of the two steering cylinders adds up to at least ±90°.

Abstract: A motor cable for supplying power to a motor from an Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) converter with high switching speeds has reduced leakage current in the motor cable and in the motor by including a sheath comprising a ferromagnetic material for enclosing the electrically conducting leads of the cable.

Abstract: A fuel cell system which has a fuel cell is described. Also provided is a device for producing/preparing the fuel, for example hydrogen, which is connected on its outlet side to a fuel supply line and on its inlet side to a device for supplying fuel. The device for supplying fuel has a dual pump, in which a starting material for the fuel, stored in the motor-fuel tank, and water fed in via a water supply line, which is for example process water produced during the fuel cell process, are mixed to form a fuel/water mixture. This fuel/water mixture is intermediately stored in an intermediate tank before it is fed to the device for producing/preparing the fuel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting device for increasing the performance of a handling apparatus for ISO containers, in particular for increasing the performance of a container bridge in a terminal having automated inward and outward transport of the containers by means of self-propelled transport vehicles, and having at least one container load-lifting means in the form of a spreader and devices for the intermediate positioning of the containers within the handling apparatus for the purpose of fitting or removing the twist locks, and platforms for the personnel occupied in doing this.