Abstract: A battery housing includes at least one membrane-like degassing element which is designed to yield when a hot gas of the at least one battery cell is released into an interior of the battery housing, and in so doing to open up a degassing opening in the housing wall for discharging the hot gas from the interior to an area surrounding the battery housing, and at least one protective cap which, for protecting the at least one degassing element against environmental influences, is arranged on an outer side of the housing wall in a manner overlapping the at least one degassing element and which is fastened to the housing wall by way of a holding device, wherein the holding device is designed to yield, and to completely release the protective cap from the degassing opening, when the hot gas is discharged via the at least one degassing element.

Abstract: Various embodiments of this disclosure relate generally to utilizing a health control system. The method comprises receiving user data from one or more first data stores, analyzing the user data to determine a plurality of queries, outputting the plurality of queries, in response to the outputting, receiving user response data, creating user overview data by applying one or more language learning models to the user response data and the user data, determining whether the user overview data includes one or more incongruencies by applying one or more trained first machine-learning models to the user overview data, in response to determining inclusion of the one or more incongruencies, extracting the user overview data that corresponds to the one or more incongruencies, generating an alert by applying the one or more trained first machine-learning models to the user overview data and the one or more incongruencies, if included, and outputting the alert.

Abstract: A control arrangement for operating a locking system having an electric drive. During normal operation the electric drive is fed by a normal supply voltage in order to provide a motorized locking function for an adjustable closing element. The control arrangement has an energy storage arrangement having at least one energy store in the form of a capacitor. In an emergency operating mode the energy storage arrangement makes available an energy storage voltage. A main boost stage is connected downstream of the energy store. The energy storage voltage is applied to an input of the main boost stage in the emergency operating mode and the main boost stage boosts the energy storage voltage to the emergency supply voltage. An auxiliary boost stage to also be connected downstream of the energy store and to be able to be connected upstream of the main boost stage.

Abstract: A hydrogen combustion engine for a passenger car is disclosed. The hydrogen combustion engine includes at least one cylinder having a combustion chamber and a metallic hollow valve for the introduction of hydrogen into the combustion chamber or for directing water out from the combustion chamber. The hollow valve comprises a tubular valve shaft extending along an axial direction, which along the axial direction passes over into a valve plate with an enlarged external diameter compared to the valve shaft. The valve shaft and the valve plate delimit a cavity, wherein a cavity diameter of the cavity, measured transversely to the axial direction in the region of the valve shaft is between 3.2 mm and 4.4 mm. A wall thickness of the hollow valve, measured transversely to the axial direction in the region of the valve shaft is between 0.8 mm and 1.4 mm.

Abstract: A valve for an internal combustion engine and a method for producing such a valve is disclosed. The valve includes a valve bottom and a valve stem projecting from the valve bottom. An interior of the valve delimits a hollow space, in which sodium for cooling is received. In the hollow space, a non-evaporable getter is arranged.

Abstract: The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system configured to generate a bitstream indicative of a downmix signal and spatial metadata for generating a multi-channel upmix signal from the downmix signal is described. The system comprises a downmix processing unit configured to generate the downmix signal from a multi-channel input signal; wherein the downmix signal comprises m channels and wherein the multi-channel input signal comprises n channels; n, m being integers with m<n. Furthermore, the system comprises a parameter processing unit configured to determine the spatial metadata from the multi-channel input signal.

Abstract: A control arrangement for operating a locking system having an electric drive. During normal operation the electric drive is fed by a normal supply voltage in order to provide a motorized locking function for an adjustable closing element. The control arrangement has an energy storage arrangement having at least one energy store in the form of a capacitor. In an emergency operating mode the energy storage arrangement makes available an energy storage voltage. A main boost stage is connected downstream of the energy store. The energy storage voltage is applied to an input of the main boost stage in the emergency operating mode and the main boost stage boosts the energy storage voltage to the emergency supply voltage. An auxiliary boost stage to also be connected downstream of the energy store and to be able to be connected upstream of the main boost stage.

Abstract: The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system configured to generate a bitstream indicative of a downmix signal and spatial metadata for generating a multi-channel upmix signal from the downmix signal is described. The system comprises a downmix processing unit configured to generate the downmix signal from a multi-channel input signal; wherein the downmix signal comprises m channels and wherein the multi-channel input signal comprises n channels; n, m being integers with m<n. Furthermore, the system comprises a parameter processing unit configured to determine the spatial metadata from the multi-channel input signal.

Abstract: A high current contact device for transmitting electric energy includes a contact housing, a first contact element arranged in the contact housing, the first contact element extends at least in portions along a mating axis, and a temperature measuring device having a circuit carrier with a first temperature sensor and a first heat conducting path. The first temperature sensor is arranged on the circuit carrier and the circuit carrier is arranged laterally adjacent to the first contact element. The first heat conducting path has a first heat conducting element that is elastic and heat conductive with a contact surface. The contact surface abuts against a first outer circumferential side of the first contact element. The first heat conducting element thermally couples the first contact element to the first temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor measures a temperature of the first contact element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component having a toothing, which has teeth with tooth roots, tooth tips and tooth flanks, includes the steps of: manufacturing a component body from a metallic material, forming the toothing on the component body, mechanically finishing the toothing so that the surface of the toothing has a first surface roughness, wherein after mechanical finishing, the toothing is heat treated to form a second surface roughness of the mechanically finished surface, which is less than the first surface roughness, and/or wherein the component body is configured to be divided in the radial direction, forming a first radially inner annular part and a second radially outer annular part, an elastomer being arranged in an undulating manner between the first radially inner and the second radially outer annular part.

Abstract: The invention especially relates to a method, carried out by one or more devices, said method comprising: obtaining a measurement result of at least one biosensor (200) which result is representative of soiling (302) of a textile (304); determining, on the basis of the measurement result, at least one output variable that depends on the composition of the soling (302); and outputting or initiating output of the at least one output variable. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method, and to an associated computer program.

Abstract: A valve for an internal combustion engine and a method for producing such a valve is disclosed. The valve includes a valve bottom and a valve stem projecting from the valve bottom. An interior of the valve delimits a hollow space, in which sodium for cooling is received. In the hollow space, a non-evaporable getter is arranged.

Abstract: A hydrogen combustion engine for a passenger car is disclosed. The hydrogen combustion engine includes at least one cylinder having a combustion chamber and a metallic hollow valve for the introduction of hydrogen into the combustion chamber or for directing water out from the combustion chamber. The hollow valve comprises a tubular valve shaft extending along an axial direction, which along the axial direction passes over into a valve plate with an enlarged external diameter compared to the valve shaft. The valve shaft and the valve plate delimit a cavity, wherein a cavity diameter of the cavity, measured transversely to the axial direction in the region of the valve shaft is between 3.2 mm and 4.4 mm. A wall thickness of the hollow valve, measured transversely to the axial direction in the region of the valve shaft is between 0.8 mm and 1.4 mm.

Abstract: A device for producing a gear green compact from a powder includes a die, an upper stamp, and a lower stamp, wherein the die has at least one helical toothing on an inner lateral surface, which helical toothing extends only over a partial area of the circumference of the inner lateral surface, and which has a first helix angle, wherein, adjoining the first helical toothing in a circumferential direction, one toothed edge surface is formed on each side, both of which have a second helix angle, wherein at least one of the second helix angles of the die is unequal to the first helix angle of the helical toothing of the die.

Abstract: A method for producing a sintered component, in particular an annular sintered component, with a toothing, having teeth with tooth roots, tooth tips and tooth flanks, includes the steps of pressing a powder to form a green compact, sintering the green compact, and hardening the sintered component, wherein after sintering, the tooth flanks and possibly the tooth tips are post-compacted and subsequently undergo post-processing by machining, and wherein a transition region between the tooth flanks and the tooth roots has an undercut design, and post-compaction of the tooth flanks is carried out only up to this transition region.

Abstract: The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system configured to generate a bitstream indicative of a downmix signal and spatial metadata for generating a multi-channel upmix signal from the downmix signal is described. The system comprises a downmix processing unit configured to generate the downmix signal from a multi-channel input signal; wherein the downmix signal comprises m channels and wherein the multi-channel input signal comprises n channels; n, m being integers with m<n. Furthermore, the system comprises a parameter processing unit configured to determine the spatial metadata from the multi-channel input signal.

Abstract: A method performed by one or more devices includes determining an information item indicative of at least one parameter affecting the treatment of a textile with the information item being detected by an information carrier of the textile (220) and/or a cleaning device (230), or a cleaning agent (210) and the textile (220), or the cleaning agent (210) and the cleaning device, or the cleaning agent (210) and the textile (220) and the cleaning device and the information carrier comprises a package, a label, an NFC chip or a combination thereof, determining at least one treatment parameter of the textile based at least in part on the determined information item, and outputting or triggering the outputting of the at least one determined treatment parameter.

Abstract: A traction battery for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of battery cells which are electrically connected to one another, a battery housing which houses the battery cells, several degassing elements for conducting gas away out of the battery housing in the case of a cell outgassing, a sensing system for localizing the cell outgassing, and a control unit which, in the case of a cell outgassing, actuates the degassing elements such that the degassing element situated nearest the cell outgassing remains closed and one or more of the degassing elements that are farther away from the cell outgassing is/are opened.

Abstract: A method without a calibration step produces a camshaft adjuster including a stator, a rotor rotatable relative thereto and a control valve, wherein the rotor and/or the stator is or are produced according to a powder-metallurgical process, wherein the stator in the region of a fitting surface for contacting the camshaft and/or the rotor in the region of a fitting surface for contacting the camshaft and/or in the region of a fitting surface for contacting the control valve and/or the control valve in the region of a sealing surface is or are produced having a tolerance so that a clearance fit with a maximum clearance of 100 ?m is formed between the fitting surface for the camshaft and the camshaft and/or between the fitting surface for contacting the sealing surface of the control valve and the sealing surface of the control valve.

Abstract: A retrofittable sensor unit for controlling a dosing device of a cleaning machine includes an acquisition module having at least one sensor for capturing measurement variables, at least one monitoring unit for determining a current degree of soiling of articles for cleaning on the basis of the captured measurement variables, a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one dosing device, in particular to transmit a dosing command to at least one dosing device depending on the current degree of soiling of the articles for cleaning. The retrofittable sensor unit can be arranged separately from the dosing device.