Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the distance of an object (10) by means of a polarization-modulated transmission light beam (LS), wherein the transmission light beam (LS) reflected at the object (10) is received as reception light beam (LE) by a polarization analyzer and the output signal thereof is fed to an evaluation unit (A) for determining the distance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contact element for pressing into a hole of a printed circuit board, said contact element comprising a rod-shaped press-fit zone comprising an insertion region and an adjacent deformable region. The width of the deformable region is larger than the diameter of the hole, and the width of the insertion region is smaller than the diameter of the hole. The deformable region comprises a front region and a rear region that both have a closed opening, said openings being separated by a crossbar extending transversally to the insertion direction of the contact element. Said crossbar extends at least in one part at a pointed angle of between 5 and 85 degrees to the insertion direction, and is thus subjected to an elastic force when the limbs are pressed together, creating a steadily increasing compression force for pressing the limbs against the wall of the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for measuring distance between a distance sensor (5), which is carried, in particular, by one vehicle, and an object (2) by emitting electromagnetic impulse signals (6) and by receiving signals (7), which are reflected by the object, and for subsequently determining the signal propagation time, and relates to a device suited for carrying out this procedure. Pulses (10) received after having been reflected by the object (2) are discretised and added together, after which the mean value is formed, and in different embodiments of the pressure, the received pulses are superimposed with a modulation signal (18). Ursprünglicher Text Vorschlag der Übersetzerin . . . method . . . procedure (entspricht dem Original besser) . . . electromagnetic pulse signal . . . electromagnetic impulse (6) signal (6) - entspricht mehr dem Deutschen, der zwischen Puls“ und Impuls“ unterscheidet. . . . added up . . .

Abstract: The invention is a process to facilitate contacting of one or several power electronics components (10) with strip conductors (14, 15) on a substrate (12, 18) with the aid of a contact device (1) with several flat contact elements (6, 8) that are connected to each other by means of bridges (4, 5), including the following steps: (a) the contact device (1) is set on the upper side of the component (10); (b) the underside of a contact element (6, 8) is electrically connected both with a contact surface (S, G) on the upper side of a component (10) and with a strip conductor (14, 15); (c) at least one of the bridges (4, 5) between the individual contact elements (6, 8) is severed by means of thermal gouging. The invention also includes an assembly (16, 16?) produced with the process as well as a contact device (1) with several flat contact elements (6, 7) to facilitate contacting of power electronics components (10).