Abstract: A hydrostatic propulsion drive for a vehicle is disclosed including an electronic control unit and a hydrostatic transmission having a hydraulic pump with an adjustable swept volume and a hydraulic motor with an adjustable swept volume, the hydraulic pump being arranged in a closed hydraulic circuit. The swept volumes of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are changeable in accordance with a correction factor which is stored in a characteristic diagram and is dependent on the rotational speed and the drive torque of the hydraulic motor, the operating pressure at the hydraulic motor being increased if the correction factor is used. Due to the increased operating pressure, flow-induced pressure drops are reduced by way of volumetric flows, and leakage flows via gaps between moving parts of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are kept large enough to avoid excessive friction and loss of efficiency.

Abstract: A bonding pad layer system is deposited on a semiconductor chip as a base, for example, a micromechanical semiconductor chip, in which at least one self-supporting dielectric membrane made up of dielectric layers, a platinum conductor track and a heater made of platinum is integrated. In the process, the deposition of a tantalum layer takes place first, upon that the deposition of a first platinum layer, upon that the deposition of a tantalum nitride layer, upon that the deposition of a second platinum layer and upon that the deposition of a gold layer, at least one bonding pad for connecting with a bonding wire being formed in the gold layer. The bonding pad is situated in the area of the contact hole on the semiconductor chip, in which a platinum conductor track leading to the heater is connected using a ring contact and/or is connected outside this area.

Abstract: The invention provides for a method for running a computer network and such a computer network. The computer network comprises a number of devices being arranged in a stable daisy-chained loop, wherein each device comprises a bridge having at least three ports, whereby during running the computer network each device can take different states to avoid a loop, and whereby in case of rebooting the ports of at least one of the devices keep their current port states.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a direct-current fault current in an electrical alternating-current circuit, wherein a rectifier unit (14) is connected to an alternating-current network (34) by means of a primary side (13) and provides a direct current on a secondary side (15) and wherein the alternating-current network (34) is protected by means of a fault-current circuit breaker (38), which interrupts the circuit if an alternating-current fault current greater than a specified alternating-current tripping threshold occurs. A direct-current fault current on the primary side (13) is measured and is compared with a specified direct-current tripping threshold. An alternating-current fault current is produced if the direct-current fault current lies above the tripping threshold. The invention further relates to a device (10) for detecting a direct-current fault current and to a charging apparatus (12) comprising such a device (10).

Abstract: A method for detecting an open line (10) of a receiver coil (17; 18) of a resolver (16) comprises—providing a pull-up resistor (R1; R3) and a pull-down resistor (R2; R4) at the terminals (7a, 7b; 8a, 8b) on a control device (1) for the signal lines (13a, 13b; 14a, 14b) of the receiver coil (17; 18);—measuring the voltage between the two signal line terminals (7a, 7b; 8a, 8b) of the receiver coil at two sampling times provided symmetrically at the middle of the excitation period;—calculating an offset value by calculating an average value that comprises the measured values measured at the two sampling times in an excitation period; and—identifying an open line (10) if the offset value exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: A cattle raising management system includes at least one terrain package (1) which includes a terrain intercommunication box (8), at least one propagation package (2) which includes a repeater intercommunication box (9) and at least one farm package (3) which includes a farm intercommunication box (10). The terrain intercommunication box (8), the repeater intercommunication box (9), and the farm intercommunication box (10) form a network where each of said boxes can be connected via radio waves to any of the other boxes.

Abstract: A method for producing a via in a wafer includes providing a wafer, comprising silicon. The method includes producing a conductive region, in the form of a conductor track, preferably composed of polycrystalline silicon, in the wafer. The method includes producing a hole in the wafer such that the hole is fluidically connected to the conductive region and the sidewalls of the hole comprise silicon. The method includes applying a tungsten hexafluoride-resistant protective layer, produced from silicon oxide, in the region of the surface of the hole that is to be produced or has been produced, such that an opening of the hole is free of a protective layer. The method includes applying tungsten hexafluoride to the hole and the region of the opening of the hole by a reducing-agent-free vapor phase deposition process, preferably in the form of a CVD process, for producing the via.

Abstract: A stacked switched resistance device has been developed. The stacked switched resistance device includes a plurality of segments connected in series. Each segment includes a resistor including an inherent parasitic capacitance, and a switch connected in series with the resistor, the switch being configured to connect and disconnect the resistor from the plurality of segments in response to a predetermined clock signal. An effective resistance of the stacked switched resistance device exceeds another effective resistance of at least one resistor with an equivalent inherent resistance that is connected in series to a single switch configured to connect and disconnect the at least one resistor in response to the predetermined clock signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heating a device driven with a brushless direct current motor, in which method a voltage is applied to stator coils of the brushless direct current motor during a heating phase. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out said method. According to the invention, the stator coils are series-connected during the heating phase. The series connection of the stator coils increases the resistance by a factor of 4.5 compared to a parallel connection of a stator coil with a series connection of two stator coils, as occurs in a brushless direct current motor wired according to the prior art. The heating power is therefore also higher by a factor of 4.5 with the same operating current.

Abstract: An oscillatory driving device for a hand-held power tool includes at least one input shaft, at least one output shaft, and at least one gearing unit. The gearing unit operatively connects the input shaft to the output shaft and includes at least one eccentric element configured to drive the output shaft in an oscillatory manner. The gearing unit includes at least one further eccentric element configured to drive the output shaft in an oscillatory manner.

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit of a motor vehicle including a function unit and a monitoring unit which have a communication connection to one another. In a first check, the function unit is checked for errors, an error of the function unit being inferred if an error counter reaches a threshold value, and the monitoring unit and the function unit exchange first data with one another. In the event of a correct exchange of the first data, a positive change of the error counter is carried out. Otherwise, a negative change of the error counter is carried out. In a second check, the monitoring unit and the function unit exchange second data with one another. In the event of an incorrect exchange of the second data, a negative change of the error counter and a negative change of the threshold value are carried out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a testing device for testing the tightness of containers (2), comprising a supply unit (3) for supplying the containers (2), a testing unit (4) for testing the tightness of the containers (2), a diverting unit (5) for diverting tested tight containers (2), and a discharge unit (6) for discharging containers (2?) tested to be untight in the testing unit (2). The testing unit (4) has at least one individual testing chamber (42) for testing individual containers and at least one multiple testing chamber (41) for receiving a plurality of containers in order to simultaneously test multiple containers (2). The testing device also comprises a control unit (10) which is designed to supply possibly untight containers (2?) which have been discharged by means of the discharge unit (6) from a multiple testing chamber (41) individually back into an individual testing chamber (42) in order to carry out an individual test of said containers.

Abstract: An optical sensor for estimating positions of rotors in a motor comprises an optical source (21) and a plurality of photo detectors (22), the motor further has stators and is used for e-machines, the optical source (21) is mounted on the surface of the rotor where the air gap is big enough to not block magnetic flux between the rotors and the stators, the photo detectors (22) are arranged evenly around the stator tooth slots and configured to detect light emitted by the optical source (21) and output parameters which are used to estimate the positions of rotors. The proposed low cost optical sensor measures the angular position of rotating e-machine when sensorless control algorithm is applied but limited by response time at high speed region. The optical sensor only adds small cost and provides rotor position information with enough accuracy for FOC control at high rotational speed. A method for estimating positions of rotors in a motor and a motor comprising the optical sensor are also provided.

Abstract: An accumulator piston, in particular a piston for a pressure medium accumulator of a hydraulic unit of an electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system, includes a cylindrical piston shaft, and a piston head covering the piston shaft. The piston head includes a circumferentially closed blind-hole-shaped recess having an opening. A cross section of the recess in a region of the opening has at least one smaller dimension than a cross section in a region of a base of the recess opposite the opening. The recess forms a mechanism configured to separate particles out from the pressure medium.

Abstract: A micromechanical moisture-sensor device and a corresponding manufacturing method. The micromechanical moisture-sensor device is equipped with a first electrode device situated on the substrate; a second electrode device situated on the substrate; an electrical insulation device situated between the first electrode device and the second electrode device which includes a first area, which is in contact with the first electrode device and the second electrode device, and which includes a second area, which is exposed by the first electrode device and the second electrode device; a moisture-sensitive functional layer, which is applied across the first electrode device and the second electrode device and the second area of the insulation device lying between them in such a way that it forms a moisture-sensitive resistive electrical shunt at least in some areas between the first electrode device and the second electrode device.

Abstract: A decoupling element for a fuel-injection device has a low-noise and pivotable construction. The fuel-injection device includes at least a fuel injector and a receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector as well as the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element is in the form of a ring, in particular a closed ring, which has a lower end face that sits on a shoulder of the receiving bore, and which has an upper end face that rises conically from radially outside toward radially inside and is in intimate contact with a spherically curved shoulder area of the valve housing of the fuel injector. The fuel-injection device is particularly suitable for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing combustion engine having externally supplied ignition.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes an SDS tool receiver and a tool housing. The SDS tool receiver includes at least one vacuuming-off channel and is configured to receive an exchangeable insert tool such that the at least one vacuuming-off channel enables removal of dust produced during operation of the exchangeable insert tool with a workpiece. The tool housing includes at least one drive unit configured to drive the exchangeable insert tool.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining a closing force, the device including at least a lower part segment (45) for receiving at least one capsule lower part (15), at least one upper part segment (44) for receiving at least one capsule upper part (13), at least one closing means (47) that acts upon the capsule lower part (15) and/or the capsule upper part (13) for closure, wherein at least one force sensor (42, 46) is provided for absorbing a force (F) that acts upon the capsule (12) during closure.

Abstract: A braking device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, including an actuatable brake pedal, a piston of a master brake cylinder mechanically coupled to the brake pedal, the piston being supported in the master brake cylinder so as to be axially displaceable in an actuation direction and in a release direction, and including at least one radial seal that acts between the piston and the master brake cylinder. At least one elastically deformable and/or displaceable damping element opposes the displacement of the piston in the release direction.

Abstract: A battery, such as a lithium-ion battery, includes two battery cells electrically wired together. Each battery cell includes a battery cell housing, having a connecting structure. The connecting structure of one of the two battery cell housings is configured to engage the connecting structure of the other of the two battery housings in a force-fitting and an interlocking manner to mechanically connect the two battery cells.