Abstract: A motor vehicle having: running gear having a chassis and wheel suspensions, which include longitudinal and transverse links for attaching wheels to the chassis; a body having an underfloor and/or an underfloor paneling, the underfloor and/or the underfloor paneling exposing the links; paneling for the links having a recess for air to cool a brake; and a flow guide upstream of a respective paneling. The flow guide is connected to the underfloor or to underfloor paneling and which, together with the respective paneling, divides up the air flow into: a first air flow, which can be fed, upstream of the recess, via a first flow channel of the respective paneling to a first region of the brake, and into a second air flow, which can be fed via the recess of the respective paneling and a second flow channel of the respective paneling to a second region of the brake.

Abstract: An underbody structure for a motor vehicle has: at least one underbody panel; and at least one air guide. The air guide is assigned to the underbody panel and has at least one separation edge for bringing about a flow separation. The air guide is passively pivotable back at least in sections behind a plane formed by a carriageway-side outer side of the underbody panel such that the separation edge is capable of yielding upon contact with an obstacle in order to avoid damage.

Abstract: A position-measuring device for determining an absolute position includes a measuring scale and a scanning unit that is movable relative to the measuring scale along at least one measuring direction. To generate a scannable signal pattern, the measuring scale has a measuring graduation which includes a raster of stripe elements arranged along the measuring direction at a measuring-scale longitudinal period. For the encoding of an absolute position, the stripe elements have a periodic structure having a measuring-scale transverse period along a transverse direction that is oriented perpendicular to the measuring direction. For scanning the signal pattern, the scanning unit has a two-dimensional detector system having a plurality of detector elements, which includes multiple detector columns having a plurality of detector elements in each case.

Abstract: A motor vehicle traction battery module includes a rigid battery module housing having at least one battery element. The battery module housing has at least one planar and liquid-cooled housing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has at least one continuously linear coolant cooling channel and at least one continuously linear empty channel, which is parallel thereto and through which there is no liquid flowing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has a contact-making opening, by means of which exclusively the empty channel is interrupted, and wherein an electrical terminal element is arranged in the region of the contact-making opening, with electrical contact being made with at least one battery element by means of said electrical terminal element.

Abstract: An electronic vaporizer includes a main unit, an atomizer and a mouthpiece. The atomizer is removably coupled to the main unit. The mouthpiece is removably coupled to the atomizer. The atomizer includes an atomizer base, a heating electrode coupled to the atomizer base, a temperature sensing electrode coupled to the atomizer base, a heating element electrically coupled to the heating electrode and the temperature sensing electrode, and a heating crucible thermally coupled to the heating element. The heating element includes a heating element base, a heating circuit encapsulated within the heating element base and a temperature sensing circuit encapsulated within the heating element base.

Abstract: A method for regenerating an Otto particle filter of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle includes identifying a loading state of the Otto particle filter above a regeneration threshold and operating the internal combustion engine in a heating mode for the purposes of heating the Otto particle filter to a temperature threshold. The method further includes switching a first cylinder of the internal combustion engine from a fuel supply to an air supply, and continuing to operate at least one further cylinder of the internal combustion engine with the fuel supply.

Abstract: Combustion cylinder (10) of an internal combustion engine, having a combustion chamber wall (20), which surrounds a combustion chamber (30), and a combustion chamber cover (40), which closes off the combustion chamber (30) on the upper side, wherein at least one inlet valve (50) for letting in a fluid is arranged on an inlet side (42) in the combustion chamber cover (40), and at least one outlet valve (60) for letting out a fluid is arranged on an outlet side (44) in the combustion chamber cover (40), wherein, furthermore, a prechamber spark plug (70) is arranged between the at least one inlet valve (50) and the at least one outlet valve (60) in the combustion chamber cover (40), which prechamber spark plug is arranged between the at least one inlet valve (50) and an injector (80) for injecting combustion fluid.

Abstract: A motor vehicle including a holding device configured to retain objects. The holding device includes at least one holding unit having a base, and a holding structure that extends away from the base in a primary direction and that contains two flexurally elastic lateral jaws that extend, proceeding from the base in the primary direction, to a head region, and a plurality of rigid coupling stays that are articulated on both lateral jaws and are mutually spaced apart in the primary direction. At least one of the flexurally elastic lateral jaws forms a holding jaw for engaging on a respective one of the objects.

Abstract: A cooling air supply device for a motor vehicle has a motor vehicle body with an underbody and a unit. The cooling air supply device configured to receive cooling air in the form of an air flow which flows along the underbody counter to the direction of travel, and configured to be self-regulating. The cooling air supply device having a molded part, which is pivotable about an axis of rotation, has an outer surface facing away from the underbody, and has a convex curvature relative to the underbody. A flow duct is between the underbody and the molded part, the flow duct being configured to allow the air flow to be conducted to the unit.

Abstract: The present application relate to a process for preparation of 4-Methylene tetrahydrofuran compound of formula II, which is useful as an intermediate for the preparation of halichondrin B analogues such as Eribulin.

Abstract: A mixing machine includes a mixing head and at least one connection means for connecting a mixing container containing material to be mixed to said mixing head for forming a closed mixing container. The mixing head, as part of a pivotable assembly, is pivotably mounted with respect to a frame such that the closed mixing container formed from the mixing head and the mixing container can be pivoted relative to the frame for performing the mixing process. The mixing head carries at least one rotationally-driven mixing tool. The mixing head comprises a head plate having a connecting flange molded thereon which is configured as an annular disc and comprises a planar contact surface. At least two ring seals of differing diameters are arranged in said contact surface of the connecting flange at a spacing between each other, such that mixing containers with different connection diameters of their mixing head side can be connected to said mixing head.

Abstract: A prosthetic insertion apparatus and related methods of use in delivering filled prosthetic bladders through a skin incision and into a surgical cavity or pocket. The prosthetic insertion apparatus imparts control and retention properties to a surgical professional such the prosthetic bladder can be oriented and manipulated into the surgical cavity without risk of inadvertent dropping of the prosthetic bladder and without imparting damaging stress or torque to the bladder. Suitable materials can be utilized that are selected as having advantageous properties including lubricity, rigidity, easily sterilizable, and high strength.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an assembly structure for building block puzzle and building block toys. The assembly structure for building block puzzle includes a movable building block constructing piece and a constructing base, the movable building block constructing piece is supported on the constructing base by an elastic member, the elastic member achieves compression under an effect of an external pressure which acts on the movable building block constructing piece and the constructing base, and makes the movable building block constructing piece and the constructing base move relatively close to each other, and when the external pressure disappears, the elastic member supports the movable building block constructing piece by a pre-pressure. The present invention has a simple and ingenious structure which is easy to produce with low cost.

Abstract: A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow. An apparatus for an inflow of air includes an air inlet, the air inlet configured to provide an inflow of an air stream into a vehicle interior, and a touch-sensitive operator control unit positioned in front of the air inlet such that the touch-sensitive control unit is disposed in the air stream, the touch-sensitive control unit being configured to set first and second operating parameters of the air inlet.

Abstract: A device for mixing liquids and solids in liquids using vibration includes an electromagnetic drive, a drive shaft arranged coaxially with the electromagnetic drive, with drive shaft having a mixing member and either a permanent magnet or a magnetisable element excited by the electromagnetic drive to cause vibration for transmission to the mixing member, and a system of flat spring elements including a first spring element arranged parallel to the drive shaft and a second spring element arranged perpendicularly to the drive shaft and connected to the permanent magnet or the magnetisable element.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a disk (38) for a disk clutch (26) comprising an annular base element (76) which has a toothing (78) with multiple teeth (80) for achieving a rotary driving engagement with a disk carrier (34), wherein the base element (76) has at least one hardened region (96) in which the base element (76) is designed as harder than in the tooth flank regions (98, 100) of the teeth (80). In addition, the disclosure relates to a disk clutch (26) with such a disk (38), a double clutch device (2) with such a disk clutch (26), and a method for producing such a disk (38).

Abstract: A method for monitoring a liquid-cooled charging cable of a charging station for a traction battery of an electrically operated motor vehicle. Undershooting of a minimum permissible bending radius of the charging cable is detected, and the undershooting of the minimum permissible bending radius is indicated to a user or charge point operator or service employee.

Abstract: A method for load management of a charging station, in which the charging station is formed by at least two charging points, each with a charging control and a power electronics module assigned to the respective charging point, a charge management server and a transformer connected to an electricity supply network. The network provides a transformer power, in which the load management carried out by the load management server controls an allocation of the transformer power among the respective charging points, in which a respective charging operation of a particular electric vehicle at a particular charging point is controlled via the respective charging control connected to the load management. Charging power controlled by the load management is provided by the respective power electronics module assigned to the respective charging point. The load management has a dynamic and a static execution mode.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a stable pharmaceutical formulation of a fusion protein, wherein the formulation contains buffer, sugar alcohol/polyol, amino acid and surfactant, and wherein the formulation is devoid of sucrose. Additionally, the formulation may also be devoid of a salt. The disclosed fusion protein formulations are liquid formulations that are also suitable for lyophilization.

Abstract: Aspects of the present application relate to solid forms of Selinexor, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Specific aspects relate to crystalline and amorphous forms of Selinexor.