Abstract: A vehicle braking system includes a processing device, a linear actuator, a master cylinder, and a braking caliper. The processing device is configured to receive a heartbeat from an operating vehicle. The linear actuator is communicatively coupled to the processing device. The master cylinder is coupled to the linear actuator. Upon not receiving the heartbeat within a threshold period of time, the processing device is configured to transmit a signal to the linear actuator to cause a force to be transmitted to the master cylinder, actuating the braking caliper, and causing the operating vehicle to stop.

Abstract: A device and a method for producing a nonwoven product from fibres laid randomly in the air flow, especially cellulose fibres, and the resultant nonwoven product, in which a fibre material comprising fibres in bonded form is frayed in at least one mill and the resulting fibres are delivered in an air flow from the at least one mill to at least one depositing sieve and laid randomly on the at least one depositing sieve such that the nonwoven product is formed on the at least one depositing sieve, wherein a fibre material is broken down in a pre-shredding device into a pre-shredded fibre material deliverable in an air flow and there is provided a buffer storage to form a pre-shredded fibre material-stockpile from which pre-shredded fibre material is removed and delivered in an air flow to the at least one mill.

Abstract: A shell (1) for a prosthetic joint to be driven into a bone substance. The shell having an outer lateral surface (4) which is convexly curved in cross section and on which a plurality of ribs (5) is arranged. All ribs extend in the same direction at a preferably increasing gradient angle of 45° to 85° at the equatorial end (6) to a pole-side end (7). The cumulative flank projection area of all ribs (5) corresponds to at least a fifth of the entire outer lateral surface. As a result of this measure, a very high primary stability is achieved once the shell has been driven in, the shell being screwed into the bone substance very precisely and without bone material being sheared off. This arrangement can also be applied, similarly, to a concavely curved inner lateral surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for a door or a window, comprising: —a frame hinge part (1), which can be mounted on a frame and which has a mounting portion (2) and a cylindrical receiving bush (3); —a leaf hinge part (4), which can be mounted on the leaf and which has a mounting portion (5) and a hinge strap (6); and—a shaft element (7), which articulatedly connects the two hinge parts (1, 4) arranged one over the other in the vertical direction and which has a shaft pin portion (8) insertable into the receiving bush (3) and a portion located at the opposite end with a socket (10) for the hinge strap (6); wherein the hinge strap (6) can be moved within the socket (10) in the shaft element (7) perpendicularly to the direction of the longitudinal axis by means of an adjustment device (11) In the socket (10), each of at least one clamping piece (12), preferably two clamping pieces (12), is connected to the shaft element (7) by means of an associated connecting element (13).

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a U-shaped lever, comprising a crossbar and two sidebars extending from the ends of the crossbar. A pair of first gear wheel elements. Each one of the first gear wheel elements is integrally formed at respective ends of the sidebars and are rotatable around a pair of first rotation pins extends to the outside from opposing outer side walls of the connector housing. The first gear wheel elements each comprise a first set of gear teeth for meshing with a teethed rack of a counter electrical connector. The first gear wheel elements each comprise a second set of gear teeth for meshing with second gear wheel elements.

Abstract: A method may include receiving a first transaction inserting a record into a database and a second transaction deleting the record from the database. A validity period for the record may be determined based on a first commit time at which the first transaction is committed and a second commit time at which the second transaction is committed. A current table and/or a history table of a system versioned table may be updated to include the record based on the validity period of the record. One or more temporal operations may be performed based on the system versioned table. For example, a time travel operation may be performed to retrieve, based on the system versioned table, one or more records that are valid at a given point in time. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal-ceramic substrate (1) includes providing a ceramic layer (10), a metal layer (20) and a solder layer (30) coating the ceramic layer (10) and/or the metal layer (20) and/or the solder layer (30) with an active metal layer (40), arranging the solder layer (30) between the ceramic layer (10) and the metal layer (20) along a stacking direction (S), forming a solder system (35) comprising the solder layer and the active metal layer (40), wherein a solder material of the solder layer (30) is free of a melting point lowering material and bonding the metal layer (20) to the ceramic layer (10) via the solder system (35) by means of an active solder process.

Abstract: A stranding machine is provided for producing a cord from a plurality of wires, preferably metal wires. The stranding machine has a stranding device for stranding the wires, including at least one rotatably mounted deflecting roller for deflecting the cord and at least one guide device for guiding the cord. The guide device is arranged in such a way that the cord can be guided on a straight line from the guide device to the deflecting roller in such a way that the cord is pressed against a first flank of the deflecting roller. As the cord is deflected by the deflecting roller, the cord moves from the first flank into the roller base of the deflecting roller.

Abstract: Clocks of two semiconductor circuit are set to a common clock source when both the first and second semiconductor circuits are in a slow clock speed at which an input/output (IO) at an interface between the first and second semiconductor circuit is capable of operating. Division counters of the two clocks are synchronized at the slow clock speed. The two semiconductor circuits are switched to a fast clock speed that is a multiple of the slow speed, wherein the IO is not capable of operating at the fast clock speed. Pulses from a division counter of the first circuit are sent to a spare division counter of the second circuit, and then a primary division counter of the second counter is aligned to this spare division counter to keep the two circuits synchronized at the fast clock speed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to a method for localizing or tracking emitters in a sample, wherein the sample is illuminated with an intensity distribution of an illumination light having a local minimum, wherein the illumination light induces or modulates light emissions of the emitters, and wherein the local minimum is positioned in a region around a presumed position of an emitter in the sample, detecting light emissions (L) of the emitter, and determining the position of the emitter in the sample, wherein light emanating from the sample is detected with a plurality of detector elements having respective active areas whose projections into a focal plane in the sample are not congruent, wherein a background is estimated based on the light detected by the plurality of detector elements, and wherein a background correction is performed, a light microscope and a computer program for performing the method.

Abstract: Device for removing foreign matter from a liquid by means of at least one filter, wherein the liquid with the foreign matter is fed from a bath to the filter by means of a rotor (34) via a shaft or an extension (40) in a housing (9), wherein an inlet (22) extends columnar vertically over at least a major part of a rear wall (21) of the housing (9) opposite to the filter.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.

Abstract: A vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic circuit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: obtain (20) a target pressure specification; convert (26) the target pressure specification into a target volume flow rate; determine (42) a valve volume flow rate as a function of the target volume flow rate and as a function of parameters that represent system properties of the hydraulic circuit; determine (46) a pressure drop at a valve due to flow forces as a function of the valve volume flow rate; determine (48) a compensated valve output pressure as a function of the valve volume flow rate and the pressure drop; determine (58) the electric control current as a function of the compensated valve output pressure; and activate a valve with the electric control current.

Abstract: A method of reducing interference in a mobile communication system is provided to reduce interference caused by a first user equipment, UE, device operating in a cell at a significantly higher altitude than other UE devices in the cell so as to cause interference. The method detects that the first UE device is operating at an altitude considered by the mobile communication system to be an extraordinary altitude and reduces interference caused by the first UE device operating at the extraordinary altitude by controlling the operation of the first UE device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for deleting user data in a motor vehicle. The method includes storing user data in an eUICC chip of a communication controller that enables user access to a mobile radio network, the user profile data including setting data of a device setting performed during use of the motor vehicle by at least one user in at least one other controller different from the communication controller, and receiving a delete command for removal of the user profile data in the communication controller by a profile assistant module of the communication controller from a server computer, the profile assistant module being coupled to a data management module of the motor vehicle, executing the delete command, wherein the user access to the mobile radio network is prevented by executing the delete command, and sending a clearing command by the profile assistant module to the data management module.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism for a receiver to determine a quality of orthogonality of received polarized signals by monitoring polarized reference signals RSc,j which either change polarization with time or are aligned with polarized data signals. Depending on the quality, multiplexing may change between polarization division multiplexing and spatial division multiplexing.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for detecting fissionable materials. In one embodiment the system may incorporate a neutron pulse generator configured to generate multiple short pulses of neutrons, or a single pulse of sufficient intensity, in a vicinity of an object of interest. The source pulse of neutrons includes neutrons which each have a full width half maximum time duration of less than about 100 ns and a peak energy level no greater than about 20 MeV. A fast response detector is used which is able to detect single neutron events indicative of fission neutrons having been produced by the source pulse of neutrons interacting with fissionable material associated with the object of interest, and which arrive at the fast response detector within a predetermined time window immediately before arrival of the source neutron pulses.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting data to a receiving entity, the method comprising establishing a plurality of transmission channels to the receiving entity, the transmission channels being established using more than one radio access technology; for each transmission channel determining a buffer status of a data buffer containing data to be transmitted using that transmission channel; and determining if transmission capacity is available in a packet data unit of a first radio access technology and if such transmission capacity is available determining whether data may be taken from a data buffer of a transmission channel of a second radio access technology and transmitted to the receiving entity in the packet data unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.

Abstract: A method for classifying a driving behavior of a road user in the environment of an ego vehicle. The method includes: receiving trajectory data of a driving trajectory of a road user arranged in the environment of an ego vehicle; ascertaining a latent-space representation of the driving trajectory of the road user in a latent space; ascertaining a distance of the latent-space representation of the driving trajectory of the road user to a latent-space representation of at least one normal trajectory in the latent space and classifying a driving behavior of the road user as a normal driving behavior if the distance in the latent space falls below a predetermined limit value; or classifying the driving behavior of the road user as an abnormal driving behavior if the distance in the latent space exceeds the predetermined limit value.