Abstract: A method and an apparatus are proposed in order to bond multilayered substrate packages over a large surface at uniform heating in the course of one single work step, wherein the structured substrates are to begin with aligned to one another with high precision to correspond to the structuring in a working area separate from the heating apparatus.

Abstract: A taximeter is disclosed which comprises a housing having a front side, an electronic computer, data memories, a buffer battery, a display arrangement, one of pushbuttons and keys for providing functional control and for calling up contents of at least one of the data memories which is assigned to the display arrangement, and a parametric and diagnostic contacting arrangement. The parametric and diagnostic contacting arrangement is accessible from the front side of the housing. The parametric and diagnostic contacting arrangement and the buffer battery are accessible through an aperture which is coverable by one of a lead-sealed lid and a cover and is provided at the front side of the housing.

Abstract: An assembly-optimized arrangement of the functional elements of a taximeter is disclosed which comprises a two-part housing which further comprises a front housing component and a rear housing component. The arrangement further comprises a printed circuit board carrying the electronic computer and the data and memory of the taximeter, a liquid crystal display, one of an optical fiber and an optical light guide allocated to the rear side of said liquid crystal display, a glass pane, control keys, a receiving means and an aligning means. The receiving means and the aligning means are designed at the front housing component which enable, during assembly of the taximeter, a loose retention of at least one of the glass pane, the liquid crystal display and the optical fiber at the front of the housing component by one of insertion and mounting. An attachment of functional elements occurs indirectly by fastening the printed circuit board to the front housing component.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for an analytical function generator with a capacitive differential transducer for editing the signals measured by the differential transducer into a transmittable signal at the output of the circuit arrangement which comprises two coupled RC-oscillators, wherein a first of the two oscillators is arranged in the feedback of the second of the two oscillators and the capacitance of the two oscillators is formed by one of the two partial capacitances of the differential transducer, two bistable trigger circuits connecting the two oscillators with one another, wherein one of the two trigger circuits causes a level inversion, and a gate for the linkage of the partial signals appearing at the output of the two trigger circuits so that a logic twin pulse signal corresponding to the measured magnitude or variable is generated at the output of the gate.

Abstract: A device is disclosed which can detect and document tampering in the signal transmission path between speed measurement and/or mileage counting devices and the speed transmitters which are associated with these devices using the simplest possible means and so as to be suitable for large-scale series manufacture. The device provides that at least one movement transmitter, which senses forces which are typical of driving, is arranged inside the respective measurement device, and that an evaluating circuit is also provided, which delivers a signal which controls a recording arrangement when signals of a speed transmitter do not correspond with those of the movement transmitter.

Abstract: A housing for self-contained, isolated or free-standing automats having a ratio of the floor area dimensions to the height which is relatively small, comprises individual wall elements, which correspond to the height of the housing and which are fabricated from extruded aluminum. Intermediate bases or bottoms are provided which are disposed in planes located transversely to the wall elements to which the wall elements are bolted so as to mutually or respectively overlap.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the automatic determination of the assignment of directional sensors to the moving directions of a vehicle is described wherein signals and/or their time derivatives, obtained during specific time intervals, from sensors associated with a measuring device which are utilized for acquiring the dynamics of a vehicle are linked-up with signals generated by a system of the vehicle which is assigned, in an explicit and previously known manner, to the movement direction of the vehicle. The method and apparatus achieves, in the operation of the data acquisition apparatus, the automatic assignment of the moving directions of the vehicle to the sensors of the measuring device.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording driving data which comprises a data gathering device, which further comprises a sensory measuring device, a control unit, an A/D converter, a plurality of parallel ring storage devices and a semiconductor storage device. Analog measurement signals, which are continuously detected by the sensory measuring device, for recording a vehicle movement, are continuously sensed by the control unit with two different frequencies after being digitized into digital measurement signals in the A/D converter. The digital signals are stored in the plurality of parallel ring storage devices with clock frequencies.

Abstract: A method of verification, in a taximeter or a travel distance counter, of tariff defining points in time which are dependent upon a real time clock, includes accelerating to a maximum relevant chronological continuous switching of the taximeter or the travel distance counter by executing a maintenance program in such a way that a chronological work cycle or timing of an evaluating program is effected in a time compressed form for triggering of tariff defining functions. The apparatus includes means for effecting the method.

Abstract: An apparatus is described for increasing a fare to a rounded-off amount, in which the fare is determined by an electronic taximeter and prior to the preparation of a voucher in an assigned voucher printout mechanism the amount payable is rounded-off by an increase of the fare amount manually preselectable in predetermined steps, based on an actuation of operating keys. A stepwise or discretely adjustable rounding-off is selectable for printout in the voucher printer in such a way that the voucher shows the sum, formed from the fare+surcharge+additional amount selected by the passenger.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving a transportable card-shaped or disk-shaped data storage, which apparatus is arranged at the front wall of a device and the data storage can be brought into an operating position by it, the data storage being in the operating position in a parallel position relative to the front face of the respective device and is sunk in the front wall so as to be inaccessible. In particular, the apparatus includes a cover, which is supported at the front wall of the device so as to act like a rocker, a holding and contacting arrangement for a data storage being constructed at the inside of the device, as well as a printed circuit board which is fastened in the device so as to be stationary and is connected with the cover via a flexible conduction band exercising a springing effect.

Abstract: A device for receiving data cards, including an essentially square-shaped housing; a guide chute for the data cards, the housing having a loading/output slot which forms an access to the guide chute; arrangement for read-in and readout of data from the data cards; mechanism for locking and unlocking the data cards, including a movable stop provided so as to cooperate with an end side of a loaded data card pointing inwards into the device; a gear connection for connecting the at least one latch with the movable stop; and a safety catch engageable with the geared connection, the at least one latch being arranged so as to embrace an outwardly pointing end side of the data card when the data card is in an end position in the device, the geared connection including a slide having one end connected to the movable stop for the inwardly pointing end side of the datacard, and a second end provided with a set of teeth the latch having a toothed quadrant and being rotatable supported and meshing with the set of teeth of

Abstract: A contact arrangement for interrogating the data and counting values of a wheel revolution counter. The contact arrangement is accessible from the outside at an otherwise hermetically closed housing. The wheel revolution counter is conventionally fastened at a wheel hub of a vehicle in a cantilevering manner. The contact arrangement comprises a contact plate which is fastened axially in the front housing wall together with an insulating bush having a collar serving as a spacer. An adhesive layer fills the gap between the contact plate and the housing. This adhesive layer extends out on the outer surface of the housing and separates the outer surface of the contact plate and the end face of the housing with an insulating layer covering a large surface area.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a circuit arrangement for adjustment of the triggering point of the keys in an inductive keyboard. The keyboard consists essentially of a printed circuit board designed in a matrix-like manner, comprising coils superimposed upon each other, into which a ferrite pin plunges when a key is actuated. By the cooperation of a pulse generator with a current switch which can be influenced through control lines, said cooperation being controllable by a microcomputer, a current pulse is coupled from one coil to another coil and is recognized as a readout signal by a controllable readout amplifier and is conducted further to a central unit. The adjustment of the triggering point of the keys is accomplished by varying the steepness of the driving current pulse, for example, by means of a blocking time duration in the charging of a capacitor determined only once, which durations are stored in a table of values, or it is derived from the fundamental interlinked signals of the keys.

Abstract: A expandable housing for an electronic device allows additional modules to be received in a simple manner so as to build on a base module and which is suitable for use in a vehicle. The housing comprises a frame, in which provisions are made for receiving a printed circuit board, a base assigned to the frame and a cover, which base and cover are identically constructed, as well as a hood which is fastenable at the frame and serves to hold cables. The frame, cover and base are connected with one another by means of groove-and-tongue connections and are held together, in addition, by through-screws.