Abstract: The invention relates to a battery pack (50) comprising a housing (72) in which at least one battery module (60) having at least one battery cell (2) is arranged, as well as a cooling system for cooling said at least one battery cell (2). The cooling system at least comprises a cooling plate (62) arranged outside the housing (72), said at least one cooling plate (62) lying flat against a cover plate (80) of the housing (72) and heat dissipating from the at least one battery cell (2) to the cooling plate (62) through said cover plate (80).

Abstract: A prismatic accumulator cell (2) with a cuboid housing (4) and electrodes (10) arranged therein, wherein the electrodes (10) for the take-up and delivery of energy from the accumulator cell (2) are electrically connected to terminal connections (18), wherein the housing (4) is provided with a cover area (24) which accommodates the terminal connections (18) and at least one area provided with an insulating material cladding (26). The accumulator cell (2) is provided with at least one metal contact pin (28), which is electrically connected to one of the two electrodes (10), and is routed through the insulating material cladding (26).

Abstract: A prismatic accumulator cell (2) with a cuboid housing (4) and electrodes (10) arranged therein, wherein the electrodes (10) for the take-up and delivery of energy from the accumulator cell (2) are electrically connected to terminal connections (18), wherein the housing (4) is provided with a cover area (24) which accommodates the terminal connections (18) and at least one area provided with an insulating material cladding (26). The accumulator cell (2) is provided with at least one metal contact pin (28), which is electrically connected to one of the two electrodes (10), and is routed through the insulating material cladding (26).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder-coating apparatus for coating objects, comprising an application device which is designed to apply powder coating to regions of the object that are to be coated; and comprising an irradiation device which has at least one electromagnetic radiation source, which is designed to direct electromagnetic radiation onto areas of the object that are to be coated with powder coating and which is designed to thus cross-link the powder coating onto the coated regions. The present invention further relates to a powder-coating method for coating objects by means of a powder-coating apparatus according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for making a glow element, a spark element, or a heating element for combustion and/or heating devices, in particular a glow plug, a spark plug, or a heater, having a corrosion-protective coating for parts of the glow element, spark element, or heating element having a silicon-containing ceramic, and the element thereof. The corrosion-protective coating is composed of a mixture of SiO2 and at least one other substance.

Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug for an internal combustion engine is described. It includes a plug housing, a connection part for the electrical current that is situated on the plug housing as well as a sheathed-element heater, which is usually in the form of a tube including an embedded heating element. The connecting part and the heating element are electrically coupled by a terminal pin and a contact element. The terminal pin and the contact element are at least partially surrounded within the housing by an electrically insulating plastic sleeve.

Abstract: A thermoelectric component includes a first and a second element which, in the vicinity of a contact point, are in contact with each other, e.g., in the form of a thermal contact. Furthermore, in this connection, first element and/or second element have a ceramic material at least in one vicinity of contact point. The component may be suitable as a thermocouple for measuring temperature based on the Seebeck effect, or for use in a Peltier element as a thermoelectric heating element or cooling element based on the Peltier effect.

Abstract: A ceramic composite material is described, which is obtainable by at least partial pyrolysis of a starting mixture or of a starting body containing a polymer precursor material. The starting mixture or the starting body contains boron in a proportion of 0.1 wt.-% to 60 wt.-%. In addition, a method for manufacturing such a ceramic composite material is described, a boron-containing starting mixture including a polymer precursor material being subjected to an at least partial pyrolysis. Finally, a sheathed-element glow plug including the ceramic composite material as an insulating layer and/or conductive layer is described.

Abstract: A thermoelectric component (5) is proposed, which has a first and a second element (10, 11) which, in the vicinity of a contact point (12), are in contact with each other, particularly in the form of a thermal contact. Furthermore, in this connection, first element (10) and/or second element (11) have a ceramic material at least in one vicinity of contact point (12). The proposed component (5) is especially suitable as a thermocouple for measuring temperature based on the Seebeck effect, or for use in a Peltier element as a thermoelectric heating element or cooling element based on the Peltier effect.