Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes aluminum, a first aluminum oxide layer arranged on the first substrate, a conductive layer arranged on the first aluminum oxide layer, a first semiconductor chip, wherein the first semiconductor chip is arranged on the conductive layer and is electrically connected thereto, and an electrical insulation material enclosing the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first aluminum oxide layer is configured to electrically insulate the first semiconductor chip from the first substrate.

Abstract: A method is provided for driving a half bridge circuit that includes a first transistor and a second transistor that are switched in a complementary manner. The method includes generating an off-current during a plurality of turn-off switching events to control a gate voltage of the second transistor; measuring a transistor parameter of the second transistor during a first turn-off switching event during which the second transistor is transitioned to an off state, wherein the transistor parameter is indicative of an oscillation at the first transistor during a corresponding turn-on switching event during which the first transistor is transitioned to an on state; and activating a portion of the off-current for the second turn-off switching event, including regulating an interval length of the second portion for the second turn-off switching event based on the measured transistor parameter measured during the first turn-off switching event.

Abstract: A chip package structure is disclosed. In one example, the chip package may include a chip, an encapsulation material, and an exposed pad that is electrically conductively connected to the chip. A layer of a porous or dendrite-comprising adhesion promoter is on a surface of the exposed pad. A thermal interface material that is attached to the exposed pad by the layer.

Abstract: An injection moulding tool plate for use in an injection moulding tool for producing a plurality v of preforms having a plurality of handling elements arranged in columns and rows, wherein the distance r between adjacent handling elements within the rows is greater than the distance s between adjacent handling elements within the columns, characterized in that the distance s is less than 50 mm.

Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and a damper assembly including an output flange arranged to non-rotatably connect to a transmission input shaft. The torque converter further includes a seal plate disposed between the front cover and the output flange. The seal plate is non-rotatably connected to the cover. The torque converter further includes a thrust washer including a body axially disposed between the seal plate and the output flange. The thrust washer is fixed to the seal plate.

Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell connected to the front cover. The torque converter further includes a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a clutch plate that is non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell.

Abstract: A first sensor signal and a second sensor signal are provided by a sensor unit to an evaluation unit. The first sensor signal is dependent on the angular position, and the second sensor signal is phase-shifted by 90° with respect to the first sensor signal. A noise value that is superimposed on each sensor signal due to noise in the corresponding sensor signal is determined by the evaluation unit. Each sensor signal is corrected by the evaluation unit based on the noise value determined for the corresponding sensor signal. Highest amplitudes for each of the first and second sensor signals are determined by the evaluation unit as a maximum value of amplitudes of the respective sensor signals detected over multiple revolutions of the rotational element. An angular portion of a rotational component is determined by the evaluation unit based on output from an atan2-function that takes the first and second sensor signals and the highest amplitudes as input.

Abstract: An electric motor having a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted about a rotational axis relative to the stator is disclosed. The rotor additionally has a main part, multiple magnet elements which are distributed along the circumferential direction and are received on a radial face of the main part in a mutually spaced manner, and a burst-protection sleeve which covers the main part and the magnet elements. The burst-protection sleeve has multiple cover segments, each of which directly contacts a magnet element, and multiple bridging regions which connect two adjacent cover segments together, wherein the burst-protection sleeve is used to directly support the magnet elements relative to the main part, and the bridging regions have a lower degree of flexural strength in the circumferential direction than the cover segments.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tappet for acting on a pump piston of a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine. The tappet includes a tubular housing, and at the upper annular end face of the tubular housing, two surfaces which are indented relative to the outer casing of the housing and comprise a pin that supports a cam roller, lie diametrically opposite each other. An upper end face of a transverse beam lies against axial inner end faces of the two surfaces. A transverse beam lower end face, which faces a lower annular end face of the housing, is provided with a pin, which protrudes from the housing and is surrounded by a spring plate supported against the inner casing of the housing. A sleeve-like inner collar of the spring plate guides the unstepped pin.

Abstract: An electric motor is provided that has a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator. The stator includes a plurality of motorettes, each having a ferrous metal core segment, and a conductive winding on the core segment. The plurality of motorettes are arranged in a circular arrangement, and a plurality of wedges are provided, with one of the wedges being positioned in each interface between the conductive windings of adjacent ones of the motorettes that presses the conductive windings of the adjacent ones of the motorettes towards respective ones of the ferrous metal core segments. This provides an arrangement with minimal or no air gaps between the conductive windings and the core segments, or an electric insulator on each of the core segments.

Abstract: A torsional vibration damper arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a torsional vibration damper having an input flange, a first output flange, a second output flange, a hub, a first connecting element, and a second connecting element. The first output flange is rotatable relative to the input flange about an axis of rotation against a spring device. The first connecting element lies on a first radius relative to the axis of rotation and connects the first output flange, the second output flange, and the hub in rotationally fixed and form-fitting or force-fitting manner for torque transmission to a further component. The second connecting element is disposed at least partially radially inside the hub and connects the hub to the second output flange in a force-fitting or form-fitting manner.

Abstract: A light beam deflection system is configured to transmit a light beam at an output deflection angle that changes over time. The system includes a first resonant structure configured to oscillate about a first rotation axis at first resonant frequency; a second resonant structure configured to oscillate about a second rotation axis at a second resonant frequency, where the first rotation axis is parallel to the second rotation axis, and where the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency are different and define a predetermined frequency difference; and a driver circuit configured to generate a first driving signal to drive the first resonant structure while further generating a second driving signal to drive the second resonant structure such that the output deflection angle of the light beam oscillates according to a beat pattern of a beat wave whose extrema amplitudes are modulated and defined by a periodic envelope.

Abstract: A rotary damper device includes a drive component and a rotary damper upstream of the drive component. The drive component has an input gear with an external toothing and axially open cut-outs. The rotary damper has an annular carrier, a spring element arranged in the annular carrier, an output gear with an internal toothing meshed with the external toothing, and a clamping ring with a plurality of axially extending fingers engaged in the axially open cut-outs to clamp the output gear against the input gear.

Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and a lock-up clutch engaged with the front cover. The torque converter further includes a damper assembly engageable with the lock-up clutch. The damper assembly includes an inner spring assembly, an outer spring assembly arranged radially outside of the inner spring assembly, and a lower cover plate supporting the inner spring assembly. The lower cover plat includes a chamfer configured to retain the outer spring assembly in a spring window.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a chain tensioner includes bending a sheet metal blank to form a connector portion perpendicular to a flat base. The connector portion has an arm extending beyond the base. The method further includes stamping an end of the arm to curl the end into a hollow cylinder having an axis perpendicular the flat base. Curling the end into a hollow cylinder may be performed in a series of stamping operations. The blank may define a gap which extends around a narrower portion of the arm after the end is curled into the hollow cylinder.

Abstract: A capacitive sensor includes a first electrode structure; a second electrode structure that is counter to the first electrode structure, wherein the second electrode structure is movable relative to the first electrode structure and is capacitively coupled to the first electrode structure to form a capacitor having a capacitance that changes with a change in a distance between the first electrode structure and second electrode structure; a signal generator configured to apply an electrical signal at an input or at an output of the capacitor to induce a voltage transient response at the output of capacitor; and a diagnostic circuit configured to detect a fault in the capacitive sensor by measuring a time constant of the first voltage transient response and detecting the fault based on the time constant and based on whether the first electrical signal is the pull-in signal or the non-pull-in signal.

Abstract: A bearing assembly of an electric drive assembly for a vehicle includes an insulating device having a sleeve with an electrically insulating coating, and a bearing device disposed in the sleeve. In an example embodiment, the sleeve has an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, and the outer peripheral surface is formed by the electrically insulating coating. In an example embodiment, the sleeve is formed from steel, and the electrically insulating coating is formed from a plastic material having an electrically insulating property. In an example embodiment, the sleeve is designed as a cylinder having an end face with an outer side, and the electrically insulating coating is disposed on the outer side. In an example embodiment, the bearing device is a floating bearing axially movable relative to the sleeve.

Abstract: A sensing device for a bearing and a bearing component. The sensing device includes a sensing body for mounting into the bearing by a press fit. The sensing body is provided with: a sensing measurement module having a pressure sensor for measuring the load of the bearing and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the sensing device, and the measured load is corrected using the measured temperature; a wireless communication module used for wirelessly transmitting bearing information from the sensing measurement module; and a wireless power supply module used for supplying power for the sensing measurement module and the wireless communication module. The bearing component includes a bearing and the sensing device.

Abstract: A method of sensing touch on a touch surface of a touch structure includes: transmitting, from within an enclosed interior volume, an ultra-sonic transmit signal towards an inner surface of the touch structure that is arranged counter to the touch surface; receiving, from within the enclosed interior volume, an ultra-sonic reflected signal produced from the ultra-sonic transmit signal being reflected by the inner surface; acquiring a plurality of digital samples from the ultra-sonic reflected signal; calculating an Euclidean distance of the plurality of digital samples to a first plurality of reference samples; and determining whether a no-touch event or a touch event has occurred at the touch surface based on the Euclidean distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a tool path (20; 82) for an application tool (12) for additive manufacturing, in particular for additive manufacturing using buildup welding, of a substantially rotationally symmetric workpiece (28; 328), comprising the following steps: a) providing cross-sectional contour data describing at least a portion of a cross-sectional contour (42; 342; 442; 542) of the workpiece (28; 328); b) providing axis data describing a rotation axis (R) of the rotationally symmetric workpiece (28; 328); c) generating a continuous cross-sectional path (54; 354; 355; 454; 554), taking into account the cross-sectional contour data, the cross-sectional path (54; 354; 355; 454; 554) being inscribed in the portion of the cross-sectional contour (42; 342; 442; 542); d) generating the tool path (20; 82) with a helical or/and spiral course revolving around the rotation axis (R), wherein the tool path (20; 82) intersects the cross-sectional path (54; 354; 355; 454; 554), prefer