Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating element (12) for rolling element tracks, in particular linear systems, with a body composed of a lubricant-storing material, which includes an application section (34) capable of being brought in contact with a rolling element bearing surface to supply lubricant, and which includes a storage region (22) for lubricant that abuts the application section (34), the body being provided with at least one recess (38) in the storage region (22), on an end opposite to the application section (34).

Abstract: This lift system serves as a powered ladder having a small footprint. The system is divided into two subchasses with a mast fixedly attached to a first subchassis for support of a liftable platform which may carry a human operator. Maneuverability is accomplished by a virtual articulating joint between the two subchasses. The joint comprises hydraulic cylinders operating in conjunction with wheel struts to form a three-point support. Articulation enables the lift system to be adjusted on sloped or uneven terrain to maintain the mast in a vertical orientation. One use of the lift system is to carry a fruit picker into an orchard or vineyard and to position the picker to work efficiently. The lift system may carry a robot and may be controlled either locally or remotely.

Abstract: A method is described for generating at least one feature for an occupant protection system, which is determined from at least one basic feature and analyzed for generating a triggering signal for an occupant protection device, and a corresponding device. During normal operation, at least one short-term window integral is calculated from the at least one basic feature and used as a starting value for calculating a corresponding long-term integral when a starting condition for a crash operation obtains, the at least one long-term integral being made available to a following method as a feature for generating the triggering signal for the occupant protection system.

Abstract: To generate appendices which uniquely reference an object geographically, a tree of possible paths is generated. The paths are evaluated in accordance with predefined criteria, which are suited for use as termination criteria, at the time the paths are formed. Of the remaining paths, at least that one is coded as an appendix which best fulfills at least one of the criteria.

Abstract: A hand-held device (10, 10?) for contactless distance measurement measures a distance (d) between a target object (18) and at least one reference point (20) of the device (10) using an emitted modulated measurement signal (16). The device includes a housing (12, 13, 56) with a first end (34) that faces the object (18) to be measured, and a second end (35) facing away from the object (18) to be measured. The housing includes an output unit (22, 28, 29, 31) for depicting measured results. Several measured distance values are to be assigned to at least one subsection of the path between the object (18) to be measured and the opposite end (35) of the housing (12, 13, 56) via a length-measurement scale (36, 38, 54) that is displayable in the output unit (22, 28, 29, 31).

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor having a diaphragm includes a heating element for heating the diaphragm.

Abstract: A guide carriage for a linear roller bearing includes a main body, which may bear in a longitudinally movably manner and via at least a first and at least a second endlessly circulating roller row against a guide rail that extends in a longitudinal direction, a deflection assembly provided on an end face of the main body and including at least one curved inner deflection channel for the first roller row, and at least a second curved outer deflection channel for the second roller row, the inner deflection channel being located within the outer deflection channel, the deflection assembly includes an end cap, on the inner side of which—that faces the main body—an outer boundary surface of the outer deflection channel is provided, and at least one separate, one-pieced deflection piece inserted in the end cap, on which an inner boundary surface is provided that covers the entire outer deflection channel. An outer boundary surface is provided that covers the entire inner deflection channel on the deflection piece.

Abstract: In a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor in duplex mode, a transmission trigger for triggering an acoustic transmitted signal is transmitted from a control device for controlling the ultrasonic sensor to the ultrasonic sensor via a first duplex channel at a multiple of a resonance frequency of an ultrasonic converter in the ultrasonic sensor. The transmission trigger is subsequently divided down to the resonance frequency of the converter in the ultrasonic sensor. At least one acoustic received signal which corresponds to the acoustic transmitted signal and which is delayed with respect to the reflection at an object due to the acoustic propagation time is converted by the ultrasonic sensor, using the converter, to an electrical received signal which is transmitted from the ultrasonic sensor to the control via a second duplex channel at the resonance frequency of the ultrasonic converter in the ultrasonic sensor.

Abstract: A method of identifying a living being includes using a time-of-flight sensor to determine a location of a face of the living being. An image of an iris of the living being is produced dependent upon the location of the face as determined by the time-of-flight sensor. The produced image is processed to determine an identity of the living being.

Abstract: A method for remote programming of a program-controlled device, and a system having an interface to receive program data and a legitimization, as well as a remotely programmable, program-controlled device, which includes a processor and a program memory, are provided. In the method, program data are remotely transmitted from a control station to the interface and buffer-stored there in a buffer store. Subsequently, a legitimization is transmitted from the control station to the interface, and from there to the program-controlled device. The device checks the legitimization and imports the program data from the buffer store if the legitimization check is positive.

Abstract: An axial piston machine having bent axis construction, having a drive shaft rotatably supported in a housing and ending in a drive flange comprising a face on the drive shaft side, is disclosed in which ball races are formed for receiving piston heads. The piston heads are rotatably retained in the ball races by means of deformable rings. The axial piston machine having bent axis construction possesses characteristics so that pressure relief of the ball head is ensured for all cases. The rings at the inner surface comprise at least one groove running so as to connect the ring faces to each other.

Abstract: A detent system that includes a plurality of detent recesses formed in a first component, a detent pin that selectively engages at least one of the detent recesses, a linkage connected to the detent pin, and a detent button that is associated with a second component. There is preferably a slot formed in at least one of the detent button and the detent pin, where each slot slidably receives an end portion of the linkage. The detent system is preferably configured and arranged such that applying a force to the detent button to move the detent button in a first direction causes the linkage to move in a second direction, which is different than the first direction, thereby resulting in disengagement between an engaging portion of the detent pin and a relevant one, or more, of the detent recesses.

Abstract: A guide rail for a hand-held power tool includes at least two rail elements, which are to be joined together to form a common rail and which are held on one another by means of a releasable connecting device. The connecting device includes a joint device, by means of which the individual rails can be pivoted between a folded-together non-functioning position and a functioning position that lies in a common plane.

Abstract: A fan assembly includes a motor ring and an electric motor supported by the motor ring and including an output shaft defining a central axis, a brush assembly, and a motor end shield having at least one aperture and disposed adjacent the brush assembly. The fan assembly further includes a splash shield adjacent the motor end shield. The splash shield includes a rim having an inner surface in facing relationship with the motor end shield and configured to direct an airflow between the motor end shield and the splash shield in a substantially radial direction toward the central axis, and configured to redirect the substantially radial airflow through the aperture in a direction having both a radial and an axial component with respect to the central axis.

Abstract: A switchable planetary gearbox in a hand-held power tool includes multiple planet carriers having associated planet wheels, and is to be displaced between at least two gear ratios, such that the gear ratios are to be engaged via a displaceable switching ring gear. At least three planet carriers having associated planet wheels are provided axially behind one another, such that in a position fixed with respect to the housing, the switching ring gear is rotationally coupled to the planet wheels on the second-stage planet carrier and simultaneously to the planet wheels on the third-stage planet carrier.

Abstract: A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system includes running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. It is sensed that the personal electronic device has been, or soon will be, moved into or out of a proximity of the in-vehicle infotainment system. Information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is transferred to the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. An application is selected for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. The selected application is used to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system.

Abstract: The present invention relates mainly to an optimized turbocompressor for engines mounted transversely, notably for in-line four-cylinder engines mounted transversely. The main subject of the invention is a turbocompressor (1?) comprising a turbine (3?) and coupling means (5?) and a compressor (7?), characterized in that, when looking in the direction (X-X?) from the compressor (7?) toward the turbine (3?) the rotating parts of the compressor rotate in the positive trigonometric direction. Another subject of the invention is a turbocompressor (1?) comprising a turbine (3?), a compressor (7?), means of coupling the turbine (3?) and the compressor (7?), characterized in that the rotating parts of the turbine when looking in the direction (X-X?) from the compressor (7?) toward the turbine (3?) rotate in the positive trigonometric direction. The invention notably applies to the automotive industry. The invention applies mainly to the internal combustion engine intake turbocompressor industry.

Abstract: A linear movement device has a housing and a carriage which can move in a longitudinal direction with respect to the housing, wherein the housing extends with an essentially constant U-shaped cross-sectional shape in the longitudinal direction, with the result that the housing bounds a guide cavity, wherein the guide cavity is covered with a toothed belt which extends in the longitudinal direction, wherein the toothed belt is attached at both ends to the housing with the result that said toothed belt defines a toothed belt plane, wherein at least one separate guide rail which extends in the longitudinal direction is arranged within the guide cavity, on which guide rail at least one separate guiding carriage is mounted in a longitudinally movable fashion, which guiding carriage is permanently connected to the carriage, wherein a first and a second deflection wheel, which deflect the toothed belt out of the toothed belt plane, are rotatably attached to the carriage, wherein a rotatable drive wheel, which is in

Abstract: The invention relates to a hose pump for delivering fluids, comprising a housing (2) having a base body (2b) and a cover (2a) for opening the housing; a pump body (3) for delivering a fluid, rotatably disposed in the interior of the base body (2b) of the housing (2) about an axis (C); and a locking device (5) disposed on the housing (2) in order to release and lock the cover (2a), wherein the pump body (3) comprises a plurality of rollers (4) disposed at the circumference of the pump body (3) and delivering a fluid present in a hose (6) by rotating the pump body (3), wherein the rollers (4) clamp the hose (6) against an inner surface (7) of the cover (2a); wherein the locking device (5) is attached captively to the base body and displaceably relative to the base body (2b) of the housing (2), and can be actuated single-handedly, and wherein the cover (2a) is attached captively to the base body (2b) and displaceably relative to the base body (2b) of the housing (2), and can be actuated single-handedly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector (1), in particular a common rail injector, for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber (9) of an internal combustion engine (5), having a nozzle body (8) designed for protruding into the combustion chamber (9) and tightened to a retaining element by means of a nozzle clamping nut (3), and having a seal (6) for sealing off the combustion chamber (9) from a nozzle body area.