Abstract: A method for producing a micromechanical component having a substrate and a cap that are connected to each other and that enclose a first cavity, where a first pressure prevails inside the first cavity and a first gas mixture having a first chemical composition is enclosed within the first cavity, includes, in a first method step, developing in the substrate or cap an access opening connecting the first cavity to an environment of the micromechanical component, in a second method step, setting the first pressure and/or the first chemical composition in the first cavity, in a third method step, sealing the access opening using a laser by introduction of energy or heat into an absorbing part of the substrate or the cap, and, in a fourth method step, performing a thermal treatment of the substrate or the cap, thereby reducing temperature gradients in the substrate or in the cap.

Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive of a mobile working machine includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors connected to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. An electronic control unit of the hydrostatic transmission is configured to initiate and to end a braking operation by the hydrostatic transmission if a traveling speed of the mobile working machine reaches a threshold value. The threshold value is adjustable by the electronic control unit automatically or in a manner dependent on a driver demand. The braking torque is also adjustable.

Abstract: A method includes ascertaining that an emergency braking operation of a single-track motor vehicle is to be automatically executed driver independently, and based on the ascertainment, automatically and driver-independently influencing a steering element of the motor vehicle during the execution of the emergency braking operation.

Abstract: A method for determining the operativeness of a driver-assistance system of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle. The driver-assistance system has at least one light sensor and at least one camera sensor, which are developed and/or aligned on the vehicle in order to detect at least essentially the same environment. It is provided that at least one first brightness value ascertained by the light sensor is compared to at least one second brightness value ascertained by the camera sensor, and that the operativeness of the driver-assistance system is determined by the comparison of the brightness values.

Abstract: A micromechanical spring for an inertial sensor includes first and second spring elements situated parallel to each other and anchored on an anchoring element of the inertial sensor; and a third spring element situated between the two spring elements, anchored on the anchoring element, and having on both external sides a defined number of nub elements that are formed so as to have an increasing distance from the spring elements in a defined fashion as the distance from the anchoring element increases.

Abstract: A method for controlling at least one driver interaction system. The method includes reading-in data regarding at least one body part of a driver of the vehicle and an interaction signal which represents a detected interaction of the driver, including at least one operating unit for operating a driving function of the vehicle. The method also includes carrying-out a classification of the interaction of the driver as purposeful or incidental by utilizing the data. Moreover, the method includes generating a control signal for controlling at least one driver interaction system as a function of a result of the classification.

Abstract: A plausibility check module for a vehicle driver assistance system, including at least one sensor for detecting the vehicle surroundings, and Kl-module(s) to classify objects in the surroundings based on the sensor data supplied by the sensor with an internal processing chain established by parameters, the plausibility check module receiving pieces of reference information about objects in the surroundings supplied by other vehicles and/or by an infrastructure, and comparing the pieces of reference information with the classification result by the Kl-module and to initiate at least one measure for a deviation established by the comparison, so that the parameters of the processing chain of the Kl-module are adapted to the effect that the deviation is reduced in comparable situations. Also described are a driver assistance system having the plausibility check module and Kl-module(s), a method for calibrating a sensor for detecting the vehicle surroundings, and an associated computer program.

Abstract: A micromechanical yaw rate sensor includes a substrate and a rotationally oscillating mass having a rotationally oscillating mass bearing. The rotationally oscillating mass bearing includes a rocker bar, a rocker spring rod which resiliently connects the rocker bar to the substrate, and two support spring rods which resiliently connect, on opposite sides of the rocker spring rod, the rocker bar to the rotationally oscillating mass.

Abstract: A micromechanical rate-of-rotation sensor includes a first Coriolis element. The micromechanical rate-of-rotation sensor further includes a first drive beam arranged along the first Coriolis element. The first drive beam is coupled via a first spring to the first Coriolis element. The micromechanical rate-of-rotation sensor further includes a first drive electrode carrier extending from the first drive beam in a direction opposite to the first Coriolis element. The first drive electrode carrier is configured to carry a multiplicity of first drive electrodes extending parallel to the first drive beam.

Abstract: A method for driving a vehicle to a free parking space in a parking facility having a plurality of parking spaces, each parking space assigned a parking space marking that stores at least one piece of information about the occupancy of the parking space, includes the vehicle, when pulling into a parking space, marking the space as occupied via the parking space marking and, when pulling out of the parking space, marking the space as free again via the parking space marking. A corresponding parking facility, vehicle, and system by which to carry out such a method are also provided.

Abstract: A method for providing an activation signal activating a vehicle occupant protection device includes reading in passenger compartment data from a passenger compartment detection unit and seat belt data from a seat belt sensor. The passenger compartment data represent a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The seat belt data represent a seat belt fastening angle of a seat belt of the vehicle at a belt reversing point relative to a reference axis of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on the passenger compartment data, a piece of seat position information representing an occupancy state of a vehicle seat by an occupant and a relative position of the seat relative to the vehicle; ascertaining an occupant class, representing a physical characteristic of the occupant, using the seat position information seat belt data; and generating the activation signal using the seat position information and the occupant class.

Abstract: A swabable valve having a collapsible valve stem with a concave curvilinear upper surface extending from rim-to-rim of the valve stem, the concave curvilinear upper surface comprising a radius that is sufficient to prevent the collapsed valve stem from becoming lodged within the valve body upon collapsing thereby assuring that the collapsed valve stem will return to its closed position with the concave curvilinear upper surface substantially flush with the end of the valve.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micromechanical component including a substrate and a cap which is joined to the substrate, and, together with the substrate, encloses a first cavity, a first pressure prevailing and a first gas mixture having a first chemical composition being enclosed in the first cavity. In a first step, an access opening connecting the first cavity to surroundings of the micromechanical component being formed in the substrate or in the cap. In a second step, the first pressure and/or the first chemical composition in the first cavity being set. In a third step, the access opening being sealed by introducing energy or heat into an absorbing portion of the substrate or the cap with the aid of a laser, a reversible getter for further setting the first pressure and/or the first chemical composition being introduced into the first cavity chronologically prior to the third step.

Abstract: A method and control device for correcting an output signal of an exhaust gas sensor in an exhaust gas conduit of an internal combustion engine, a secondary air delivery system for delivering air into the exhaust gas conduit being associated with the exhaust gas conduit upstream from the exhaust gas sensor in the flow direction of the exhaust gas. During a measurement of the output signal of the exhaust gas sensor, air is delivered to the exhaust gas conduit via the secondary air delivery system during a correction phase by way of which a correction of the output signal of the exhaust gas sensor is derived. In this operating mode, a defined oxygen content exists in the gas mixture surrounding said sensor, so that the output signal can be compared with reference values.

Abstract: A method for protecting a network having multiple network subscribers against a cyberattack, in which bits or bit sequences of a message are transmitted between the network subscribers in the network via different voltage levels on at least one transmission route of the network. For this purpose, at least one characteristic of the voltage levels or of the transmitted bits or bit sequences is actively modified in at least one of the network subscribers or on the at least one transmission route and the origin of the transmitted bits or of the at least one transmission route is determined on the basis of the at least one characteristic. The cyberattack on the network is detected or the cyberattack on the network is localized in the network as a function of the ascertained origin.

Abstract: A method for determining an amount of electricity to purchase includes determining electrical power consumption characteristics of an electrical load at an end user of the electricity. A preference of the end user for an output of the electrical load is ascertained. The output varies with a rate of electrical power consumption by the load. A mathematical model is created of an amount of electrical power to be consumed by the load as a function of time and of monetary cost of the electricity. The model is dependent upon the electrical power consumption characteristics of the electrical load and the preference of the end user for an output of the electrical load. An amount of electricity is purchased based on the mathematical model of an amount of electrical power to be consumed by the load, and based on the monetary cost of the electricity.

Abstract: A method for determining a pose of an at least semi-autonomously driving vehicle with the aid of landmarks, the vehicle including detectors, with which the landmarks are detected, and a back-end server being provided, with which the landmark data of the landmarks are transmitted from a map to a vehicle control system of the vehicle, the method including at least the following steps: —communicating detection reports relating to detected landmarks from the vehicle control system to the back-end server, —sending data relating to environmental influences from an information service to the back-end server, which environmental influences have an effect on the detection of landmarks with the aid of the detectors of the vehicle, —statistically evaluating environmental influences on specific types of landmarks and —selecting landmarks as a function of the statistical evaluation and of instantaneous environmental influences and —transmitting the selection of landmarks from the back-end server to the vehicle control sys

Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, is described, including a solenoid, an armature, which is acted upon by the solenoid in a closing direction by a return spring, and a valve needle, which is connected to the armature in a force-locked manner for actuation of a valve closing body, which together with a valve face forms a sealing seat. An adjusting element for adjusting the spring force of the return spring is situated in a connector sleeve which provides the fuel feed on the inlet side. The adjusting element is delimited toward the outside by a thin-walled sleeve, into which a disk-shaped throttle element having a throttle borehole is introduced as a separate insert part.

Abstract: A vehicle access control system configured to estimate, based on received message, at least one of distance, position, or direction of a target to the vehicle prior to initiating the engine of the vehicle, the vehicle access control system comprises at least one of an occupancy/intrusion system, a gesture access entry system, a virtual key sharing system, or an event system.