Abstract: An electronic module, in particular for a hand-held power tool, includes at least one electronic unit, at least one contacting unit, and at least one cover unit. The at least one electronic unit is captively connected to the at least one cover unit. The at least one contacting unit includes at least one contact element that is configured to make contact with an electric energy source and/or to transfer electronic data. The at least one contacting unit also includes at least one fixing element that is configured to mechanically fix the cover unit, in particular to the tool. The at least one contacting element is mounted at least partially on the at least one fixing element.

Abstract: A valve piston has a central axis along which mutually spaced control geometries are provided, which are bypassed by a passage that extends through the valve piston. The valve piston is, at least in portions, manufactured additively. A valve is includes a valve housing and a housing recess, in which the valve piston is received so that it is adjustable relative to the valve housing.

Abstract: A method of authentication for delivery of a product to a recipient. The method includes: a customer generating a public and a private cryptographic key in accordance with an asymmetrical encryption; the customer providing the public cryptographic key for the deliverer; the deliverer generating a message encrypted using the public cryptographic key; transmitting the encrypted message to the recipient for authentication; generating a plain text of the encrypted message in that the recipient decrypts the encrypted message using the private key; transmitting the plain text to the deliverer; and the deliverer authenticating the recipient if the transmitted plain text matches the message.

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor for detecting an object in the surroundings and a method of the LIDAR sensor includes a light source emitting electromagnetic radiation, a micromechanical deflection mirror deflecting the emitted electromagnetic radiation by at least one angle into the surroundings, and a mirror, which includes an aperture situated on a main beam axis of the light source, deflecting onto an optical receiver received electromagnetic radiation that has been reflected from the object.

Abstract: A method for detecting a water ingress into an interior of a housing, which is sealed against the surroundings, including the following steps: detecting a temperature of the air in the interior; detecting a relative air humidity in the interior; and detecting a water ingress as a function of the detected temperature and of the detected relative air humidity.

Abstract: A LIDAR device for scanning a scanning angle using at least one beam includes at least one beam source generating the at least one beam, a rotatable deflection unit deflecting the at least one beam, and a detector receiving the at least one beam after reflection on an object, where at least two cylindrical lenses are situated in a beam path of the at least one beam between the beam source and the deflection unit, at least one cylindrical lens is rotatable.

Abstract: A method and a system for mapping a surroundings of at least one vehicle and for locating the at least one vehicle. Measurement data of the vehicle's surroundings are ascertained by at least one radar sensor of the at least one vehicle, the measurement data of the at least one radar sensor being aggregated. The aggregated measurement data are compared with already existing aggregated measurement data. The aggregated measurement data are optimized by reducing measurement errors based on the comparison between the aggregated measurement data and the already existing aggregated measurement data. A map is generated or updated on the basis of the optimized aggregated measurement data, and the at least one vehicle being located on the generated or updated map by comparing the ascertained measurement data with the generated map.

Abstract: A charging device for charging an energy accumulator unit, in particular a battery pack, of a hand-held power tool. The charging device includes a cooling device for cooling the energy accumulator unit, in particular the battery pack, a charger housing, which at least in sections forms an outer housing, and a receptacle unit which may detachably accommodate the energy accumulator unit, and is provided to accommodate the energy accumulator unit in a connected state and/or hold it at the charging device. The cooling device is provided to form an airflow directed onto the energy accumulator unit in such a way that the airflow at least in sections flows around the energy accumulator unit.

Abstract: A communication module for a user of a serial bus. The communication module is configured to receive a first message stream, encompassing a multitude of messages, via a first interface, and to provide a respective message of the first message stream as a message of a second message stream, as a function of a configuration state and as a function of at least one property of the respective message of the first message stream, via a second interface.

Abstract: A system for managing a fleet of vehicles having autonomous or semi-autonomous control based upon real-time data analysis of live driving conditions including traffic conditions, weather conditions, pollution conditions, vehicle operations, vehicle emissions, legal restrictions, and fleet conditions. Older vehicles may be retrofitted with partial or total compatibility with the system via an aftermarket dongle that connects to the vehicle through a diagnostic port.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electric motor of a power tool having a receptacle for a tool, at least a current of the electric motor and/or a rotation speed of the electric motor during an impact operating mode of the electric motor being detected as a parameter, a driving time of the electric motor for the impact operating mode being specified as a function of the detected parameter. A method is also described for controlling an electric motor of a power tool having a receptacle for a tool for unscrewing a screw from a mating part.

Abstract: A turn-off device for a sensor, an actuator or a control unit for a vehicle or for an industrial facility, the sensor, the actuator or the control unit being connectable via a PHY interface to a communication network, via which the sensor, the actuator or the control unit is able to exchange messages with other units of the vehicle or of the industrial facility, the turn-off device including a blocker, which physically prevents the PHY interface from sending messages to the communication network. A sensor, an actuator or a control unit that includes the turn-off device, a method for functional checking, and an associated computer program are also described.

Abstract: A method and system for braking a vehicle using supplemental deceleration provided by an electronic parking brake. The method includes detecting a reduced function state of an integrated braking system; detecting a brake pedal input from an operator of the vehicle; and automatically generating a braking force via the electronic parking brake based on the brake pedal input and the reduced function state.

Abstract: A wrench width adapter for a component that is screwable into a threaded opening is provided, including a base body having a continuous inner recess, extending along a longitudinal axis, for receiving the screw-in component. An inner wall of the base body that delimits the inner recess, in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, has, at least in part, the shape of a regular polygon corresponding to a first wrench width dimension, and an outer wall of the base body has, at least in part, the shape of a regular polygon corresponding to a second wrench width dimension that is greater than the first wrench width dimension.

Abstract: A device for a serial bus system. The device includes a receiver for receiving a signal from a bus of the bus system, in which bus system at least one first communication phase and one second communication phase are used for exchanging messages between user stations of the bus system. For a message, the bus states of the signal received from the bus in the first communication phase are different from bus states of the signal received in the second communication phase. The receiver is designed to generate a digital signal from the signal received from the bus and to output the signal to a communication control device which evaluates data contained in the digital signal. The receiver uses a first reception threshold and a second reception threshold in each of the communication phases for generating the digital signal, and the second reception threshold has a negative voltage value.

Abstract: An encoder, connectable to a data-memory, for storing numerical values in the data-memory, which lie in a value range between a predefined-minimum-value and a predefined-maximum-value, the encoder including an assignment instruction, according to which the value range is subdivided into multiple discrete intervals, and the encoder being configured to classify a numerical value to be stored in exactly one interval and to output an identifier of this interval, the intervals varying in width on the scale of the numerical values. A decoder for numerical values, which are stored in a data-memory using an encoder, to assign according to one assignment instruction an identifier of a discrete interval retrieved from the data-memory a fixed numerical value belonging to this interval and to output it. Also described are an AI module including an ANN, an encoder and a decoder, and a method for manufacturing the AI module, and an associated computer program.

Abstract: A micromechanical sensor. The sensor includes a substrate, a cap element situated on the substrate, at least one seismic mass that is deflectable orthogonal to the cap element, an internal pressure that is lower by a defined amount relative to the surrounding environment prevailing inside a cavity, and a compensating element designed to provide a homogenization of a temperature gradient field in the cavity during operation of the micromechanical sensor.

Abstract: A method of assisting a motor vehicle driven in an at least semiautomated manner, for passing through a tunnel. The method includes: receiving surrounding-area signals that represent an area, which surrounds the motor vehicle, and of which at least a part includes a tunnel; receiving safety condition signals, which represent at least one safety condition that must be satisfied, so that the motor vehicle may be assisted from outside of the motor vehicle while passing through the tunnel; checking if the at least one safety condition is satisfied; generating data signals, which represent data suitable for assisted traversal of the tunnel by the motor vehicle, based on the surrounding-area signals, and based on a result of whether the at least one safety condition is satisfied; outputting the generated data signals. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.

Abstract: A switching element (100) that comprises a switching unit (30), a first and a second coil unit (10, 20) for closing and opening the switching unit (30), wherein the first coil unit (10) comprises a first coil (12) and wherein the second coil unit (20) comprises a second coil (22). According to the invention, the first coil unit (10) comprises a first controllable delay circuit (14) that is connected in series with the first coil (12). The invention further relates to a switching device (200) that comprises a switching element (100) according to the invention. The invention further relates to a first and a second method for the operation of the switching device (200) according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a projection device for a head-mounted display includes scanning a light beam emitted by a light source over a scanning angle range by means of a reflection element such that the light beam deflected by the reflection element passes over a head-mounted display surface region of a deflection element arranged on a lens of the head-mounted display. The surface region has at least two adjustment markings arranged on the head-mounted display, each adjustment marking arranged at a specified position relative to the surface of the deflection element arranged on a lens of the head-mounted display. The method further includes determining in which scan setting of the reflection element the at least two adjustment markings are struck by the light beam.