Abstract: Mounting rail for mounting a guide carriage of a linear guide onto a guide rail, having a mounting contour which has side faces formed on mutually averted longitudinal sides of the mounting rail and has a top face situated between the side faces and has bearing faces arranged at the end sides and transversely to the longitudinal axis for bearing against the guide rail. One bearing face has a chamfer at the transition to the side faces and to the top face. The other bearing face adjoins the side faces and the top face at an angle of 90 degrees.

Abstract: A device for producing a spur toothing includes a tool holder arranged for rotational drive about a drive axis and longitudinal displacement along the drive axis, and a tool arranged on the tool holder. The tool includes an end face, a mating toothing disposed on the end face and arranged for forming a spur toothing on a workpiece, and a longitudinal axis arranged at an angle to the drive axis such that the longitudinal axis meets the drive axis at a wobble point. The mating toothing has a tooth base plane and the wobble point is disposed on the drive axis in front of or behind the tooth base plane such that, through rotary drive and longitudinal displacement of the tool holder with the associated wobbling rolling of the tool on the workpiece, the spur toothing formed by the mating toothing has a number of teeth that is unequal to a number of teeth of the mating toothing.

Abstract: A method for measuring torque includes low-pass filtering of a signal supplied by a torque sensor, an analog signal supplied by the torque sensor being first digitized and then processed and forwarded as a digital signal having low-pass characteristics.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a thrust rod assembly for a linear actuator of an axle steering system of a vehicle, having at least one first rod and a spindle for converting a rotational movement of a drive device into a linear movement of the thrust rod assembly. The spindle has a spindle shoulder and, at a first axial end, a first connector shoulder for connection to the first rod. Between the spindle shoulder and the first connector shoulder, the spindle has a first receiving shoulder with a securing element received fixedly thereon for conjoint rotation for providing an anti-rotation safeguard of the thrust rod assembly. The securing element is held in the axial direction between the spindle shoulder and the first rod.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip structure is provided. The method includes attaching a chip to a chip carrier using a chip attach layer, wherein the chip attach layer comprises a metal having a first melting point. The chip comprises a solder layer and the chip carrier comprises a further solder layer, the solder layer and/or the further solder layer comprising a respective solder material having a second melting point lower than the first melting point. An intermetallic phase is formed between the solder material and metal of the chip attach layer by melting the solder material having the second melting point.

Abstract: A mounting and disassembling assembly having an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve and a supporting ring. The outer circumferential surface of the outer sleeve has a first mounting surface for mounting a bearing; and the inner circumferential surface has a first conical surface. The inner circumferential surface of the inner sleeve has a second mounting surface for mounting on a shaft; and the outer circumferential surface is formed with a threaded portion and a second conical surface. The supporting ring is threadedly connected to the threaded portion. Mounting is enabled by pre-mounting the bearing on the outer sleeve and sliding the first conical surface on the second conical surface. This prevents damage during mounting and makes disassembling easier. Also provided are a shaft and bearing assembly having the mounting and disassembling assembly, and a mounting method and a disassembling method using this assembly.

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 driver circuit is configured control one or more bypass transistors. The driver circuit includes a primary supply input connection configured to supply the driver circuit with power from a set of battery cells. The set of battery cells is configured to supply power to a load via a power delivery circuit. The driver circuit also includes one or more secondary supply input connections. The driver circuit is configured to receive information indicating whether an error condition is present in the power delivery circuit and control, based on the error condition being present in the power delivery circuit, the one or more bypass transistors to define a bypass current path. The driver circuit is also configured to receive, via a secondary supply input connection of the one or more secondary supply input connections, power from the bypass current path.

Abstract: A circuit includes a cross-talk compensation component including a power profile reconstruction component for reconstructing the power profile of a digital microphone coupled to a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device, wherein the power profile represents power consumption of the digital microphone over time between at least two operational modes of the digital microphone, and a reconstruction filter for modeling thermal and/or acoustic properties of the digital microphone; and a subtractor having a first input for receiving a signal from the digital microphone, a second input coupled to the cross-talk compensation component, and an output for providing a digital output signal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a junction termination edge, a unipolar power transistor, and an RC snubber. The RC snubber has a capacitor between a poly silicon structure and a semiconductor substrate, and part of the junction termination edge. The capacitor has a p-n junction. The RC snubber has a poly silicon resistor between a source of the unipolar power transistor and a first layer forming the capacitor. The unipolar transistor and the RC snubber are coupled in parallel. The RC snubber and the unipolar power transistor are formed monolithically on the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A torque measurement system includes a first rotatable carrier structure and a second rotatable carrier structure mechanically coupled to a shaft; a first metamaterial track coupled to and configured to co-rotate with the first rotatable carrier structure; a second metamaterial track coupled to and configured to co-rotate with the second rotatable carrier structure; and a low-friction material arranged between the first and the second rotatable carrier structures. The first and the second metamaterial tracks are spaced apart by a predetermined distance and are mutually coupled to each other by a torque-dependent coupling. Responsive to a torque applied to the shaft, the first metamaterial track is configured to undergo a rotational shift relative to the second metamaterial track. The low-friction material provides a low-friction rotational shift between the first rotatable carrier structure and the second rotatable carrier structure such that the predetermined distance is constant during the rotational shift.

Abstract: A method of detecting defects in a rolling element is provided herein. The method includes collecting visual data or information via a microscope assembly. This visual data is then processed and algorithms, filters, or other analytical tools or engines are applied to detect if any defects are present on the rolling element. The method includes automatically flagging or identifying any defects, and this step is then checked or verified by a user or different entity. Depending on input from the user, the defects can either be confirmed or can be identified as a false detection. Information from the user's decision-making process is then fed back into the system, processors, algorithms or other analytic aspects of the system. This information is then used to improve the accuracy of the detection algorithms. This disclosure provides an automated system and process for more efficiently and reliably identifying defects on rolling elements.

Abstract: A chip package includes a chip with at least one contact pad, a contact structure formed from at least one continuous longitudinally extended electrically conductive element by attaching the conductive element to the contact pad in at least three contact positions, wherein the conductive element bends away from the contact pad between pairs of consecutive contact positions, and an encapsulation partially encapsulating the contact structure, wherein the encapsulation includes an outer surface facing away from the chip, and wherein the contact structure is partially exposed at the outer surface.

Abstract: A method comprises applying a driver voltage to an electrostatic comb drive of an MEMS apparatus and overlaying the driver voltage with a periodic voltage signal. The method further comprises determining a torsion angle of a mirror body of the MEMS apparatus based on the periodic voltage signal.

Abstract: A radio frequency switch device includes a first transistor and a second transistor; a compensation network coupled between a body terminal of the first transistor and a source/drain terminal of the second transistor; and a bootstrapping network having a first terminal coupled to a first bias terminal, a second terminal coupled to a gate terminal of the first transistor, and a third terminal coupled to the body terminal of the first transistor, wherein the bootstrapping network establishes a low impedance path between the gate terminal and the body terminal of the first transistor in response to a first voltage value of the first bias terminal, and wherein the bootstrapping network establishes a high impedance path between the gate terminal and the body terminal of the first transistor in response to a second voltage value of the first bias terminal.

Abstract: A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) device includes: a first RF input/output (I/O) terminal; a second RF I/O terminal, where the first and the second RF I/O terminals are configured to transmit or receive an RF signal; a capacitor coupled between the first and the second RF I/O terminals; a first coil coupled between the first and the second RF I/O terminals, where the first coil is configured to provide ESD protection to the capacitor during a first ESD event; and a fast transient ESD protection circuit coupled between the first and the second RF I/O terminals, where the fast transient ESD protection circuit is configured to provide ESD protection to the capacitor during a second ESD event different from the first ESD event, where a first rise time of the first ESD event is longer than a second rise time of the second ESD event.

Abstract: Disclosed are aspects of a method, carried out by a vehicle data recording device, that includes downloading, from a host data collecting system, a recording target and determining a plurality of possible routes for the vehicle. The method also includes, for each route, generating a route encoding in numerical values an information on predicted values of the route for metrics, a metric being a function assigning a value representing an amount of progress in achieving an elementary recording target to a piece of data. The method additionally includes providing the route encodings and additional environmental information independent of the routes to a reinforcement learning agent that selects one of the routes to optimize a reward. The method further includes recording data from in-vehicle sources while the vehicle drives along the selected route and uploading at least part of the recording data to the host data collecting system.

Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor body, forming a thermosensitive element on or within the semiconductor body, forming a structured laser-reflective mask on the upper surface of the semiconductor body that covers the thermosensitive element and includes first and second openings, and performing a laser thermal annealing process that transmits laser energy through the first and second openings and into the semiconductor body, wherein the thermosensitive element comprises a critical temperature at which the thermosensitive element is irreparably damaged, wherein the laser thermal annealing process brings portions of the semiconductor body that are underneath the first and second openings to above the critical temperature, and wherein during the laser thermal annealing process the thermosensitive element remains below the critical temperature.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a sensor system includes a magnet system which is designed to generate a magnetic field. Furthermore, the sensor system includes a first magnetic field sensor which is movable in a first direction relative to the magnet system and has a first distance from the magnet system in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The sensor system also includes a second magnetic field sensor which is movable in the first direction relative to the magnet system and has a second distance from the magnet system in the second direction, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

Abstract: A hybrid module includes a rotor carrier, a torque converter, and a thrust bushing. The rotor carrier includes an axially extending portion and a radially extending portion extending radially inward from the axially extending portion. The torque converter includes an impeller having an impeller shell fixed to the rotor carrier and an impeller hub fixed to the impeller shell. The impeller hub extends in an axial direction away from the radially extending portion of the rotor carrier to a distal end. The thrust bushing is connected to the impeller hub. The thrust bushing includes an axial portion in contact with the impeller hub and a radial portion extending radially outward from the axial portion. The radial portion is in contact with the distal end.