Abstract: A method for wrong-way driver detection, including a step of reading in position data via an interface, the position data representing a measured position of a vehicle, a step of reading in map data mapping road segments negotiable by the vehicle, a step of reading in a plurality of particles, one particle representing an assumed position of the vehicle and a weighting assigned to the assumed position, and a step of determining a deviation between the plurality of particles and the measured position represented by the position data, using the map data.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods, etc., comprising at least two separate and distinct environmental climate control devices that both serve the mixed use open space, and which environmental climate control devices are centrally controlled to provide at least two different HVAC-controlled zones, for example to differentiate between the zones according to at least one of temperature, humidity, pressure or contaminant level.

Abstract: A battery cell having a first housing element (4) which holds the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) and has an opening (6), and a second housing element (5) which has a voltage tap (7) to be accessed from a first surface (8) of the second housing element (5), the second housing element (5) closes off the opening (6) so that a first part region (91) of a second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) is immediately adjacent the interior space (10) of the first housing element (4), and that a second part region (92) of the second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) protrudes beyond the first housing element (4), wherein the second housing element (5) comprises a sealing element (11) connected to the first surface (8) and/or to the second part region (92) of the second surface (9).

Abstract: A system includes at least one hand-held power tool and at least one electrotechnical product. The power tool includes a housing with a handle, a drive motor arranged in the housing, and a first interface configured to receive information from at least one second external interface and/or to transmit information to the at least one second external interface. The housing of the hand-held power tool and a housing of the electrotechnical product each have a receiving opening. The first interface is removably arranged in a selected one of the receiving openings. The receiving openings are releasably sealed by corresponding covers. The covers close the housings to the outside.

Abstract: A method for slot-filling in an automated spoken language understanding (SLU) system includes receiving words in a text phrase, generating an encoded output and attention weights using a recurrent neural network (RNN) encoder with an attention mechanism, generating a first and second probability distributions of slot words in an extended slot vocabulary database using an RNN decoder and a pointer network, respectively, for a time step, generating a combined probability distribution based on the first and second probability distributions, and identifying a slot word corresponding to one word in the extended slot vocabulary database having a highest probability value in the combined probability distribution for the time step.

Abstract: A system in which the device connecting the brake pedal to the brake actuator includes a control rod and a thrust rod guided in a cylinder, connected to the rod by a ball joint and returned by a spring. The end of the rod comprises a spherical cap having a spherical front bearing surface and a flat rear surface, perpendicular to the axis of the rod. A centering sleeve freely surrounding the control rod presses with its front edge against the rear face of the cap, pushed by a centering spring bearing on the thrust rod and on the centering sleeve to tilt the spherical cap and the rod toward the axis of the thrust rod.

Abstract: A method for actuating a valve with a magnetic valve drive, through which electric current is passed to open the valve, to close the valve, and to hold the valve in an open or closed position, includes receiving an opening signal. The method further includes varying the electric current that is passed through the valve drive as a first current signal to open the valve in response to the received opening signal. The method further includes receiving a closing signal and varying the electric current that is passed through the valve drive as a second current signal for closing the valve in response to the received closing signal. The second current signal has at least two variations of the electric current at separate times.

Abstract: A polycrystalline material having low mechanical strain is provided. The polycrystalline material includes one or multiple layers of a first type and one or multiple layers of a second type. The layers of the first type and the layers of the second type each include at least one polycrystalline material component. The layers of the first type have a smaller average crystal grain size than the layers of the second type, a layer of the first type and a layer of the second type being situated, at least in part, one above the other in an alternating sequence, and it being the case for the transition between the layers of the first type and the layers of the second type to be abrupt or continuous.

Abstract: A pouch cell (20A, 20) includes a generally rectangular cell housing (20, 21) formed of a metal laminated film, an electrode assembly (60) that is sealed within the cell housing (20, 21), and a current collector device disposed in the cell housing (20, 21). The electrode assembly (60) includes positive electrode portions alternating with negative electrode portions, the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions being separated by at least one separator and stacked along a stack axis (66). The current collector device is electrically connected to one of the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions and exits the cell housing (20, 21) via an opening (28, 428) formed in the cell housing (20, 21). The opening (28, 428) is formed in a side (22, 24) wall of the cell housing (20, 21) at a location spaced apart from the sealed joint (40) that closes the cell housing (20, 21) and at a location facing the stack axis (66).

Abstract: The invention relates to a waste-heat utilization assembly (1) of an internal combustion engine (50), comprising a working circuit (2) that conducts a working fluid. The working circuit (2) is equipped with a feed pump (6), an evaporator (10), an expansion machine (3) and a condenser (4) in the direction of flow of the working fluid. Additionally, the evaporator (10) is also arranged in an exhaust tract (53) of the internal combustion engine (50). The exhaust tract (53) is equipped with an exhaust bypass channel (61) parallel to the evaporator (10), and the exhaust tract (53) is equipped with an exhaust bypass valve (60), by means of which the distribution of the mass flow rate of the exhaust of the internal combustion engine (50) to the evaporator (10) and to the exhaust bypass channel (61) can be controlled. The waste-heat utilization assembly (1) further comprises a cooling device (20, 40, 30) which conducts a coolant, and the condenser (4) is arranged in the cooling device (20, 40, 30).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric asynchronous machine (1), in particular an induction machine, comprising: —a cylindrical stator (2) with stator teeth (22) on a stator yoke (21), wherein a ratio between a yoke height (hy1) of the stator yoke (21) in the radial direction and a groove height (hn1) of the stator grooves (23) in the radial direction ranges from 1.75 to 2.5; —a cylindrical rotor (4) with poles (42) on a rotor yoke which are defined by short-circuit windings in a rotor body (41), wherein a ratio between the yoke height of the rotor body (41) in the radial direction and the groove height of the rotor grooves in the radial direction ranges from 2 to 2.75.

Abstract: A communication set-up having an electronic circuit; the circuit including at least one communication unit for wireless communication. The communication unit includes an antenna network connected to an antenna; and also includes an actuating unit. The circuit of the communication set-up further includes a signal processing unit, and in response to operation of the actuating unit, the actuating unit is configured to release a signal to the signal processing unit, which, on the basis of this, converts the communication set-up from a blocked state to an enabled state, or vice versa. In addition, a method for controlling such a communication set-up is described.

Abstract: A piston fuel pump for an internal combustion engine includes a pump cylinder and a pump piston slidably accommodated in the pump cylinder. The piston fuel pump has a supporting and sealing assembly for the pump piston. The supporting and sealing assembly includes a guiding region configured to axially guide the pump piston in the pump cylinder and a sealing region having a sealing lip.

Abstract: A radar sensor includes one transmitting antenna, multiple first receiving antennas with the same vertical heights, and a second receiving antenna with a vertical height different from the others. A method for determining the azimuth angle of an object with respect to the radar sensor includes steps of determining an approximation for the azimuth angle in a coarse grid based on the signals of all receiving antennas, and determining the azimuth angle in a fine grid based on the signals of the first receiving antennas in a range around the approximation.

Abstract: A blade attachment, configured to be coupled to a power tool, enables two parallel cuts to be made simultaneously. The blade attachment includes an intermediate portion, configured to be coupled to the power tool, and two blade portions, configured to be coupled to opposite sides of the intermediate portion. The two blade portions are formed to mirror one another and are arranged to be opposite and parallel to one another on the blade attachment. Each of the blade portions includes an interface leg, which is coupled to the intermediate portion, and a blade leg, which extends downwardly from the interface leg at an angle. Each blade leg includes a plurality of teeth configured to make a cut.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for emptying a reducing agent delivery system belonging to an SCR catalytic converter, which comprises a delivery line and a return line, each line connecting a reducing agent tank to a delivery module, and which comprises a pressure line that connects the delivery module to a metering valve. The method comprises the following steps: closing (50) the metering valve, and switching the delivery module from a delivering function to a returning function, by switching (51) a switching valve from a first position to a second position. This enables a reducing agent solution to be returned (52) from the return line, the delivery line and the delivery module by means of the delivery module and the delivery line into the reducing agent tank. Subsequently, the metering valve is opened (53) and a reducing agent solution is returned (54) from the metering valve and the pressure line, and also from the return line, via the delivery line into the reducing agent tank.

Abstract: A method for detecting a light-emitting object at a traffic junction for a vehicle, the method including a reading in in which the light signal is read in which represents at least one chronologically changing light range of a light-emitting object. Furthermore, the method includes determining in which a driving parameter of the light-emitting object is determined using the light signal. Finally, the method includes providing, a detection signal being provided using the driving parameter and the detection signal representing a presence and/or an approach of the light-emitting object.

Abstract: A radar sensor for driver assistance systems in motor vehicles includes a transmitting and receiving device for transmitting and receiving radar signals, an electronic evaluation device for evaluating the received signals, an electronic control device for controlling the operating functions of the radar sensor, and a self-monitoring device for detecting operating parameters of the radar sensor and for comparing the detected parameters to specific setpoint values, where a control device modifies at least one of the operating parameters and a control circuit controls the parameter to the setpoint value thereof.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a housing, a filter support, a plurality of securing element, and an actuating unit. The filter support has receiving openings, at least one first fixing element, and at least one second fixing element. The receiving openings are configured to receive filter elements configured to seal the hand-held power tool against a penetration of dust into the housing of the hand-held power tool. First and second fixing elements are fixable to corresponding securing elements arranged on the hand-held power tool, and are configured to releasably fix the filter support to the housing. The actuation unit is actuatable to release the filter support from the hand-held power tool.