Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a housing having an annular interior portion, a bearing disposed radially inboard of the annular interior portion and operable to move axially along the annular interior portion, a first retainer operable between an assembled condition, wherein the first retainer extends axially along the annular interior portion a first distance, and a removed condition, and a second retainer operable between an assembled condition, wherein the second retainer extends axially along the annular interior portion a second distance, and a removed condition.

Abstract: A clutch for selectively coupling a motor and a motor vehicle drive train includes a housing having two pressure chambers, a shift sleeve, an actuating cap arranged for moving the shift sleeve, a piston, an idler gear and a mechanical engaging element. The piston is arranged in the housing between the two pressure chambers in a pressure-dependent, axially movable manner and is connected to the actuating cap. The mechanical engaging element is arranged between an axially movable component and an axially fixed component to engage the shift sleeve in two different axial positions. The axially movable component may be the shift sleeve or the piston, and the axially fixed component may be the housing or the idler gear.

Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper includes an axis of rotation, a first outer connection, a primary side connected to the first outer connection, a second outer connection, a secondary side connected to the second outer connection, a rocker element, a rocker-side roller track, an outer roller track complementary to the rocker-side roller track, a roller arranged to roll on the roller tracks, and first and second energy storage elements. The first energy storage element is arranged to pretension the roller against the rocker-side roller track and the outer roller track. The second energy storage element is arranged in the roller, or in the rocker-side roller track or in the outer roller track, and arranged to pretension the roller against one of the rocker-side roller track or the outer roller track when the first energy storage element is in a resting position.

Abstract: An oil collecting tray includes a disc-shaped tray bottom, an annular collecting portion, recesses, snap elements and axially protruding ribs. The disc-shaped tray bottom includes a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and radially protruding body portions. Each of the body portions includes an oil supply opening. The annular collecting portion projects axially from the first side. The annular collecting portion and the disc-shaped tray bottom are arranged to define a collection space, and the annular collecting portion delimits a radial outside of the collection space. The recesses are arranged on the second side, and each one is arranged between a pair of the body portions. Each of the snap elements protrudes axially from one of the recesses. The ribs are arranged on the first side and each one is arranged opposite one of the snap elements.

Abstract: A package including a component for a package is disclosed. In one example, wherein the component comprises a functional body, and a wettability layer arranged on a main surface of the functional body and configured for promoting wetting of a connection medium to be applied on the wettability layer for connecting the component with a further component of the package. The wettability layer has a lateral circumference at least part of which having a concave edge.

Abstract: A vehicle steering system is provided that includes a bar with threads and an anti-rotation section. An actuator having a ball nut configured to engage the threads of the bar such that the rotation of the ball nut moves the bar longitudinally along a bar axis to move one or more wheels of a vehicle. A sleeve is disposed on the anti-rotation section of the bar and non-rotatably engages the threads of the bar such that the bar is prevented from rotating about the bar axis.

Abstract: A rotor (1) for an electrical axial flux machine (2) that can be operated as a motor and/or generator. The rotor includes a support (3), a plurality of magnet elements (4) arranged against, on, or in the support (3) and running radially from the interior outwards, the magnet elements (4) being magnetized in a circumferential direction and being arranged individually or in groups in series around the circumference with alternating opposing magnetization directions, and a plurality of flux conduction elements (5) which conduct the magnetic flux and are arranged against, on, or in the support (3) and around the circumference, between the magnet elements (4). A flux distributing element (6) which distributes the magnetic flux is arranged between at least one of the magnet elements (4) and a flux conduction element (5) that is arranged adjacently thereto in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An electric drive unit includes: a motor that rotates a rotor shaft; a housing with a bearing shield extending between motor housing and gearbox regions, the bearing shield having a first side that faces toward the motor housing region and a second side that partially defines the gearbox region and along which a channel extends; a planetary gearset including a sun gear, planet gears, and a carrier; and a wiper coupled to the housing proximate to the channel and abutting the carrier, such that fluid is wiped off of the carrier by the wiper as the carrier rotates and flows to the channel therefrom.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to circuits for detecting a line short circuit and/or a line interruption in a differentially operated line network, comprising at least one control circuit configured to control at least one common-mode signal of the differentially operated line network vis-à-vis a predefined common-mode signal variable and to indicate a line short circuit and/or a line interruption in the differentially operated line network if at least one control or controlled variable of the control circuit exceeds a predefined threshold value.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vertical power semiconductor device includes forming a drift region in a semiconductor body having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface along a vertical direction, the drift region including platinum atoms, and forming a field stop region in the semiconductor body between the drift region and the second main surface, the field stop region including a plurality of impurity peaks, wherein a first impurity peak of the plurality of impurity peaks is set a larger concentration than a second impurity peak of the plurality of impurity peaks, wherein the first impurity peak includes hydrogen and the second impurity peak includes helium.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a first substrate having a first metallized side; a semiconductor die attached to the first metallized side of the first substrate at a first side of the die, a second side of the die opposite the first side being covered by a passivation, the passivation having a first opening that exposes at least part of a first pad at the second side of the die; a thermally and electrically conductive spacer attached to the part of the first pad that is exposed by the first opening in the passivation, the spacer at least partly overhanging the passivation along at least one side face of the semiconductor die; a second substrate having a first metallized side attached to the spacer at an opposite side of the spacer as the semiconductor die; and an encapsulant encapsulating the semiconductor die and the spacer. Additional spacer embodiments are described.

Abstract: A method for current measurement in a switching converter is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the method includes switching a first transistor on and off in accordance with a logic signal, wherein a load current passes through the first transistor while it is switched on. The method further includes providing—by a second transistor—a sense current that is indicative of the load current, wherein the second transistor is coupled to the first transistor so that the first and the second transistors are switched on and off simultaneously. Further, the method includes determining an end of a switch-on phase of the second transistor, and providing a current sense signal that represents the sense current between a first time instant, which corresponds to the determined end of the switch-on phase, and a second time instant, at which the logic signal signals a switch-off of the first transistor.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a microcontroller which has an internal timing device for generating an internal clock signal, at least one terminal contact for receiving an external clock signal, a clock changing device and a timer module, which is electrically conductively connected to the at least one terminal contact and to the internal timing device and, after the microcontroller has been switched on, is set up to determine a frequency of the external clock signal by means of the clock signal, and to determine at least one parameter by means of which the clock changing device can be set up to change the external clock signal into a useful clock signal with a predefined frequency.

Abstract: This document describes techniques, apparatuses, and systems for an antenna-to-printed circuit board (PCB) transition. An apparatus (e.g., a radar system) may include an MMIC or other processor to generate electromagnetic signals. The apparatus can include a PCB that includes multiple layers, a first surface, and a second surface that is opposite and in parallel with the first surface. The PCB can also include a dielectric-filled portion formed between the first surface and second surface. The apparatus can also include a conductive loop located on the first surface and connected to a pair of lines. The apparatus can further include a transition channel mounted on the first surface and positioned over the dielectric-filled portion. The described transition can reduce manufacturing costs and board sizes, reduce energy losses, and support a wide bandwidth.

Abstract: A system and method for the acoustic detection of cracks in a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. In one example, the system includes a force generating unit configured to apply a force onto the semiconductor substrate, a detector unit comprising a resonating indenter and an acoustic emission sensor coupled to the resonating indenter, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate acoustic signals detected by the detector unit and configured to determine whether a crack has occurred based on the detected signals. The resonating indenter is configured to contact the semiconductor substrate at a lateral distance from the force generating unit, and wherein the force generating unit and the resonating indenter are configured to contact the semiconductor substrate on the same side.

Abstract: A centrifugal pendulum device is provided having a weight carrier disc an opening and guide tracks arranged on a radially outer region thereof and including damper spring openings in a radially inner region thereof. A centrifugal weight is disposed displaceably on the weight carrier disc, with the centrifugal weight including two side elements that each include weight guide tracks, and spacing bolts arranged between the two side elements. At least one of the spacing bolts extends through the opening of the weight carrier disc, and the centrifugal weight is guided displaceably on the weight carrier disc by roller elements that run on the guide tracks and the weight guide tracks. In order to reduce weight and provide additional flexibility, the weight carrier disc comprises a first plate that includes the radially inner region that is connected to at least one second plate that includes the radially outer region.

Abstract: A sway bar disconnect assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first bar segment for being connected to a first wheel, a second bar segment for being connected to a second wheel, and a disconnect clutch configured for being selectively movable between a connect orientation in which the disconnect clutch non-rotatably fixes the first bar segment and the second bar segment together and a disconnect orientation in which the disconnect clutch rotationally decouples the first bar segment and the second bar segment from each other. The disconnect clutch includes a first clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the first bar segment and a second clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the second bar segment. The first clutch section includes axially displaceable male connectors and the second clutch section includes female connectors shaped for receiving the male connectors in the connect orientation.

Abstract: A method of forming a silicon layer includes introducing a source gas containing a precursor material and a carrier gas into a reactor, controlling a gas flow of the source gas through a first main flow controller unit in response to a change of a concentration of the precursor material in the source gas, introducing an auxiliary gas into the reactor, and controlling a gas flow of the auxiliary gas through a second main flow controller unit such that a total gas flow of the source gas and the auxiliary gas into the reactor is held constant when the gas flow of the source gas changes.

Abstract: A clutch assembly comprises: first and second clutch partners; a switchable freewheel arranged between the first and second clutch partners, wherein the freewheel comprises a plurality of spring-loaded blocking bodies which are circumferentially fixed to the first clutch partner and selectively interact with a blocking contour arranged on the second clutch partner; a sliding sleeve for controlling the clutch assembly, wherein, in a blocking position of the sliding sleeve, the two clutch partners are interconnected for conjoint rotation in one direction of rotation and in the opposite direction of rotation via the sliding sleeve, and in a freewheeling position of the sliding sleeve, the two clutch partners are interconnected for conjoint rotation in precisely one direction of rotation via the freewheel.