Abstract: Two ferromagnetic elements are disclosed that delimit a region for an electrical conductor, in which a current intensity should be measured. Each ferromagnetic element has an end surface. The end surfaces of the two ferromagnetic elements face each other and delimit an air gap. A magnetic field sensor is arranged in the air gap or near the air gap. The region delimited by the ferromagnetic elements is open on a side opposite the air gap and can thus receive the electrical conductor. The current intensity is measured by means of a magnetic field measurement. The ferromagnetic elements can be, in particular, L-shaped.

Abstract: A strip-shaped winding unit for a stator winding has a first winding conductor, which is led in a plurality of layers of the winding unit and includes: a. a plurality of straight groove portions which run in a transverse direction of the winding unit and are arranged mutually parallel; b. a first curved end portion, which connects a first groove portion in the first layer to a second groove portion in a second layer adjacent to the first layer and is arranged on a first longitudinal side of the winding unit; c. a second curved end portion, which connects the second groove portion in the second layer to a third groove portion in the first layer and is arranged on a second longitudinal side of the winding unit opposite the first longitudinal side; d. a third curved end portion, which connects the third groove portion in the first layer with a fourth groove portion in the second layer and is arranged on the first longitudinal side of the winding unit; and e.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor, having a laminated rotor core which is rotatable about a rotation axis and has a plurality of rotor laminations which are arranged axially next to one another, at least one magnet which is held in a magnet cutout in the rotor lamination and has a first side face which extends at least along a first side length and a second side face that is oriented at an angle to the first side face and extends at least along a second side length and which is connected by an adhesive to a boundary face of the magnet cutout. An electric motor having a rotor, and a method for seeming a magnet in a rotor are also provided.

Abstract: One example of a pre-molded lead frame includes a mold body, a plurality of recesses, and a plurality of first leads. The mold body includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. Each recess of the plurality of recesses extends from the first main surface into the mold body. The plurality of first leads are coupled to the mold body and extend from a third surface of the mold body. The third surface extends between the first main surface and the second main surface.

Abstract: A current sensor arrangement includes a first conductor configured to conduct a first portion of a primary current in a current flow direction; a second conductor configured to conduct a second portion of the primary current in the current flow direction; and a magnetic sensor. The first and second conductor are coupled in parallel. The first current produces a first magnetic field as it flows through the first conductor and the second current produces a second magnetic field as it flows through the second conductor. The first conductor and the second conductor are separated from each other in a first direction that is orthogonal to the current flow direction, thereby defining a gap. The magnetic sensor is arranged in the gap such that the first conductor is arranged over a first portion of the magnetic sensor and the second conductor is arranged under a second portion of the magnetic sensor.

Abstract: An oscillator system includes a transmitter configured to transmit a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) light beam along a transmission path, where the FMCW light beam comprises a plurality of wavelength ramps and a wavelength of the FMCW light beam continuously varies over time; and an oscillator structure configured to oscillate about a scanning axis based on a deflection angle of the oscillator structure that continuously varies over time. The oscillator structure is arranged in the transmission path and is configured to receive the FMCW light beam at a reflective surface. The reflective surface is a micro-structured surface configured to compensate for a propagation direction disturbance caused by an oscillation of the oscillator structure such that each wavelength of a corresponding wavelength ramp of the FMCW light beam is reflected by the reflective surface in a same direction along transmission path.

Abstract: An oscillator system includes an electrostatic oscillator structure configured to oscillate about an axis based on a deflection that varies over time; an actuator configured to drive the electrostatic oscillator structure about the axis, the actuator including a first capacitive element having a first capacitance dependent on the deflection and a second capacitive element having a second capacitance dependent on the deflection; a sensing circuit configured to receive a first displacement current from the first capacitive element and a second displacement current from the second capacitive element, to integrate the first displacement current to generate a first capacitive charge value, and to integrate the second displacement current to generate a second capacitive charge value; and a measurement circuit configured to receive the first and the second capacitive charge values and to measure the deflection of the electrostatic oscillator structure based on the first and the second capacitive charge values.

Abstract: A torque transmitting system, a drive unit, and a drive assembly are provided. The torque transmitting system includes a torque transmitting element and a support element which supports it via rotary bearings. The torque transmitting element has a first connection device for coupling to a first assembly in a rotationally fixed manner and a second connection device for coupling to a second assembly. One of the two elements forms a substantially hollow cylindrical shoulder, and the respective other element forms the outer cylindrical face and, correspondingly thereto, the inner face of a hollow cylinder radially outwards. The shoulder is arranged between the outer face and the inner face in a radial direction. A first rotary bearing is arranged between the outer face and the shoulder, and a second rotary bearing is arranged between the shoulder and the inner face. By using the torque transmitting system, less axial installation space is.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting and monitoring processes of a production machine includes a process monitoring device designed to capture sensor data relating to the production machine and process data relating to the production machine, and a connection device designed to capture control data relating to the production machine. The apparatus is designed to change a hardware function of the apparatus based on the sensor data, the process data, and the control data. The process monitoring device may be designed to carry out data processing for the sensor data and the process data, or the connection device may be designed to carry out data processing of the control data. The apparatus may include a field-programmable logic gate array device designed to change the hardware function.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic torque converter is provided with a converter housing and a converter torus with a pump impeller, a turbine wheel which is driven hydrodynamically by the pump impeller by a converter fluid. In order to bridge the hydrodynamic drive, a converter lock-up clutch which is connected between the pump impeller and the turbine wheel by pressure loading of the converter fluid is arranged radially between an outer circumference of the converter housing and the converter torus. In order to provide the converter lock-up clutch with an increased transmission capacity, the turbine wheel is assigned at least one friction disc which can be prestressed axially between a pressure-loaded annular piston, which is hooked in an axially movable manner into the converter housing, and a mating friction surface of a converter housing section radially outside the converter torus.

Abstract: A multi-contact Hall plate having four contacts or a multiple of four contacts, wherein each of the contacts is arranged substantially equally distributed along an edge region of the Hall plate, and each of the contacts is connected to one of the four terminals.

Abstract: A method of sealing a coolant control valve of a cooling system for a power device which generates heat as a by-product of operation. The cooling system includes a pump, a heat exchanger, and coolant. The valve includes: an internal channel in fluid communication with the exchanger; a sealing package in contact a surface of the coolant control valve and bounding a portion of the cooling system and the channel; and a rotary element in the channel and rotatable to open and close the valve. The portion is bounded in part by the valve and the sealing package. The method includes: starting-up the device; creating a pressure differential of at least 0.2 bar between the coolant in the portion of the cooling system, and the coolant in the internal channel; rotating, using a motor, the rotary element; opening the valve; and pumping, using the pump, the coolant through the internal channel.

Abstract: A hybrid module includes a hybrid module housing which forms a housing interior divided by a partition. The housing interior includes at least one chamber designed as a dry space which is separated from a wet region by the partition, wherein the hybrid module has an electric machine and a first clutch device, in particular a separating clutch, in the dry space and has a second clutch device, in particular a dual clutch apparatus, in the wet region. An output side of the first clutch device is mechanically coupled to the input side of the second clutch device by an intermediate shaft, wherein the intermediate shaft is supported at least radially on the partition via at least one bearing unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thrust washer is provided in which a phenolic resin layer is bonded directly to a bearing surface of the base material using two presses at an elevated temperature and pressure.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a control valve for a hydraulic camshaft phaser. The control valve includes a screw body having a cavity, a plurality of connections opening into the cavity, and a sleeve-shaped hydraulic guide element firmly inserted radially inside the cavity. At least part of the hydraulic guide element consists of plastic. The hydraulic guide element includes a plurality of pressure medium channels which open into its radial interior, each of which is connected to at least one of the connections. A control piston is displaceably accommodated in the hydraulic guide element, and, depending on the position of the control piston, connects the connections to each other. A sealing contour provided on a radial outer side of the hydraulic guide element contacts the screw body, sealing the pressure medium channels with respect to each other and/or with respect to axial ends of the hydraulic guide element.

Abstract: A method is proposed for copying a source array into a target array, wherein both the source array and the target array have at least two elements, wherein each element has a value, in which the elements of the source array are copied into the target array in the sequence of a random permutation, wherein, after a step of copying an element of the source array into the target array, the source array, the target array or the source array and the target array are rotated. A device is also indicated accordingly.

Abstract: A bearing includes an integrated electrical shunt. The shunt includes electrically conductive fibers sandwiched between two washers, at least one of which is electrically conductive. The fibers are fastened to the electrically conductive washer by electrically conductive epoxy. An outer shield protects the fibers. The outer shield is held to the washers by a drawn cup. The washers, the drawn cup, and the outer shield all have oil drain holes to allow lubricant to flow to the rollers.

Abstract: A method of separating an electronic chip from a wafer is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises forming at least one trench in a back side of the wafer around at least part of the electronic chip to be separated, forming a back side metallization covering at least part of the back side and at least part of the at least one trench and attaching an adhesive layer of a tape to at least part of the back side metallization. The electronic chip is separated by removing material from a front side of the wafer along a separation path which includes part of the at least one trench in such a way that, during separating, the adhesive layer fills at least part of the at least one trench above a level of the back side metallization on the back side.

Abstract: A lamination ring for constructing a laminated rotor core for a rotor of an electric machine and a method for producing a laminated rotor core made of multiple lamination rings for a rotor is disclosed. The lamination ring has multiple receiving openings for permanent magnets, and multiple structural elements are arranged homogeneously in the lamination ring at the same distance to one another in the circumferential direction in a rotated manner by an offset angle relative to the axis of symmetry such that the arrangement of structural elements is not symmetrical relative to the axis of symmetry of the lamination ring.