Abstract: A method for detecting an electrical fault in a current supply of a consumer, where a transition resistance of the current supply allocated to the consumer is determined from a local voltage value allocated to the consumer, a local current value allocated to the consumer, and a global voltage value, and compared to a resistance threshold value allocated to the consumer, and an electrical fault in the current supply of the consumer is detected as a function of the comparison result.

Abstract: A device and to a method for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle being capable of being operated in a first operating state in which the vehicle is controlled by the driver with regard to its movement, and being capable of being operated in a second operating state in which the vehicle is guided autonomously or at least in highly automated fashion without intervention by the driver with regard to its movement, a driver observation device being provided that detects the ability of the driver to drive, and, when inability of the driver to drive is recognized, automatically changes over the vehicle controlling from the first operating state to the second operating state.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric device. The electric device has a housing, at least one printed circuit board, and at least one heat sink. The housing encloses a cavity, and the printed circuit board is received in the cavity. The printed circuit board is connected to the heat sink so as to conduct heat. According to the disclosure, the housing has a housing cover, and the housing cover has at least one, two, or three pressing elements, in particular pressing bolts or pressing pins, which are mounted in a movable manner along the longitudinal axis transversely to an areal extension of the housing cover. The pressing element is designed to be inserted into the cavity and to be pressed against the printed circuit board directly or at least indirectly and thus press the printed circuit board against the heat sink.

Abstract: A cell connector of a battery module comprising a first connecting region (31) formed for electrically conductive connection to a connection terminal (2) of a first battery cell and a second connecting region (32) formed for electrically conductive connection to a connection terminal (2) of a second battery cell, wherein the cell connector (1) has at least one first layer element (41) and one second layer element (42), and a first second surface (412) of the first layer element (41) and a second first surface (421) of the second layer element (42) are connected to one another, wherein the first layer element (41) has a first opening (51) formed to run continuously through the first layer element (41) and the second layer element (42) limits the depth of the first opening (51).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable intake valve for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail injection system, comprising a magnet coil (1) for acting on an armature (2) which is received and guided such that it can be moved with a reciprocating movement in a central recess (3) of a valve body (4), wherein a pole core (6) which is connected via a sleeve (7) to the valve body (4) lies opposite the armature (2) at a working air gap (5). According to the invention, the valve body (4) has a circumferential cut-out (9) within an inner circumferential surface (8) which delimits the recess (3), which cut-out (9) divides the inner circumferential surface (8) into an upper and a lower guide region (10, 11). The invention also relates to a high-pressure pump for a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail injection system, comprising said type of intake valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive system, in particular for a vehicle, comprising a fuel cell unit for generating electric energy, a secondary battery for storing electric energy, an electric machine with windings, and an inverter for actuating the electric machine. The inverter is designed as a 3-level inverter and has multiple electronic switches, diodes, a plus pole, a minus pole, and a neutral pole. The fuel cell unit and the secondary battery are connected in series and are connected to the poles of the inverter. The invention also relates to a method for heating a drive system according to the invention, wherein the switches of the inverter are actuated such that a short-circuit current path is produced between the poles of the inverter to which the fuel cell unit is connected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a loading of a soot filter with soot particles from an exhaust gas mass flow of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, a control device for an internal combustion engine having a soot filter, and a computer program product for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A method for the automatic production and updating of a data set for an autonomous vehicle, in which at least one traffic light and a switching state of the at least one traffic light are registered; at least one road marking is ascertained; a trajectory of at least one vehicle traveling ahead is registered; and the collected data are used for producing and updating a data set, and based on the at least one detected trajectory, the at least one switching state of the at least one traffic light and the at least one ascertained road marking, at least one traffic lane is allocated to at least one traffic light. In addition, an autonomous or partially autonomous vehicle is described for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A steering system for a motor vehicle comprises an electric servomotor, as well as a water ingress detection device, at least one phase line of said servomotor being connected to a detection line for detecting the water level in a water-collecting area.

Abstract: A modular deformable electronics platform is attachable to a deformable surface, such as skin. The platform is tolerant to surface deformation and motion, can flex in and out of a plane of the platform without hindering operability of electrical components included on the platform, and is formed via arrangement of discrete flexible tiles, with corners of adjacent tiles connected by a flexible connection material so that individual tiles can translate and rotate relative to each other. Interconnects disposed on bases of separate tiles electrically connect adjacent tiles via their connected corners, and electrically connect components disposed on different tiles. Each pair of adjacent corner connections defines an axis about which at least a portion of the platform can flex without deformation and without hindering connections between tiles. The flexible material and/or bases of the tiles can include Parylene.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of overlapping rechargeable batteries arranged in one direction, each rechargeable battery including at least one terminal protruding outside, and a plurality of bus bars electrically connecting terminals of different rechargeable batteries of the plurality of rechargeable batteries, the bus bar including a bent band in surface contact with and electrically connected to a respective terminal.

Abstract: A sensor for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium, in particular an intake air mass flow of an internal combustion engine, flowing through a measuring channel is provided. The sensor includes a sensor housing, in particular a plug-in sensor that is introduced or introducible into a flow tube and in which the measuring channel is formed, and at least one sensor chip situated in the measuring channel for determining the parameter of the fluid medium. The sensor housing includes an electronics compartment for accommodating an electronic module, and an electronics compartment cover for closing the electronics compartment. The electronics compartment cover has electrically conductive properties at least in part. The electronic module is electrically conductively connected to an interior of the electronics compartment cover.

Abstract: A step-up converter and an ignition system including a step-up converter are provided, which enable a better automated manufacture and reduced electrical insulation measures by a step-up converter constructed as follows: a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil galvanically isolated from the primary coil, the secondary coil being wound in multiple layers, and the primary coil being wound coaxially to the secondary coil over an outermost layer of the secondary coil, a first electrical terminal of the secondary coil branching off from an innermost layer of the secondary coil. The first electrical terminal of the secondary coil is configured for electrical connection to a high-voltage terminal for the spark gap.

Abstract: A method for wrong-way driver detection. The method includes a step of reading in map data mapping a set of road elements of a road network negotiable by a vehicle, a step of determining a plurality of particles using measured position data of the vehicle, one particle representing an assumed position of the vehicle and a weighting assigned to the assumed position, a step of determining at least one road element, which is plausible with respect to a negotiation by the vehicle, from the set of road elements based on the plurality of particles, using a particle filter; and a step of checking the at least one plausible road element, using a classification method, to obtain at least one verified road element.

Abstract: A cathode material for an electrochemical cell, in particular a lithium-sulfur cell, including at least one cathode active material and at least one in particular lithium ion-conducting or lithium ion-conductive polymer electrolyte and/or at least one inorganic ion conductor, in particular a lithium ion conductor. The at least one cathode active material includes a polymer containing in particular covalently bound sulfur. Moreover, also described is a cell and a battery equipped with same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (10) and to a method for producing a stator (10) for an electric machine (12), comprising a stator body (34) which has radial stator teeth (14) for receiving sub-coils (17) of an electric winding (16). An insulating plate (40) with guide elements (44) for connection wires (30, 31) is arranged between the sub-coils (17) on an end face (39) of the stator body (34), and a separately produced wiring plate (52) is arranged axially over the insulating plate (40), said wiring plate having conductor elements (63) for electrically contacting the connection wires (30, 31) with customer-specific connection plugs (56) of a controller. The wiring plate (52) is supported directly on the end face (39) of the stator body (34) by means of spacers (84).

Abstract: The intrusion detection system includes a base station and a plurality of sensor nodes communicatively coupled to the base station. The intrusion detection system may be connected to other client devices via a server or a network. The base station sets at least one of the sensor nodes into either a partial system activation mode or full system activation mode. The base station triggers an alarm event including information to a stakeholder in the event an abnormal movement or behavior is detected. The base station transmits a message to the sensor node and deactivates the sensor node. The sensor node return to low power mode.