Abstract: A collision prevention system for a surgical suite includes a supply unit adjustable along a movement path from an initial position to a subsequent position within the surgical suite. A sensor is operably coupled to the supply unit. The sensor is configured to sense an object proximate to the supply unit. A controller is communicatively coupled with the sensor. The controller monitors the object sensed by the sensor. An alert device is communicatively coupled with the controller. The alert device provides a notification when the object is sensed within the movement path and provides a prevention indicator corresponding to an alternate path.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing a product includes a mating connector connected to solder pins to provide an electrical conducting path, the solder pins being aligned against solder pads so that each solder pin is thermally and electrically connected to its corresponding solder pad by a solder paste bead. The system also includes a controller to adjust electrical resistive heating of a solder paste bead during a soldering process according to a temperature of the solder paste bead. A method of manufacturing a product includes aligning the solder pins against the solder pads, connecting the mating connector to the solder pins, and heating a solder paste bead by an electrical resistive heating, the solder paste bead undergoing a soldering process, where a temperature of the solder paste bead is being evaluated and the electrical resistive heating is adjusted according to the temperature of the solder paste bead.

Abstract: An electrical synchronous machine is provided for a rail-free vehicle. The vehicle has drive wheels and the synchronous machine is designed to generate a torque, which propels the vehicle, at the drive wheels. The synchronous machine has a stator and a rotor which rotates around the stator, wherein the stator has a stator winding of at least three-phase construction for forming a rotating stator magnetic field, and wherein the rotor has at least one rotor winding which is designed for forming a rotor magnetic field. A method for at least partially circumferentially establishing a current-excited synchronous machine provides a rotor yoke, provides a large number of rotor poles, fastens the rotor poles to the rotor yoke for forming a rotor, provides a stator, and inserts the stator into the rotor.

Abstract: A trench wall apparatus includes a base frame held at its top end by a holding means held by at least one soil excavation means, which is positioned at a bottom end of the base frame. When soil is excavated while forming the trench, the trench wall apparatus is held by a clamping means that includes at least two clamping elements on opposite sides extended laterally by at least one actuating cylinder, whereby at least one part of the trench wall apparatus is clamped in the trench, and a pressing means applies a pressing force on the at least one soil excavation means. The clamping elements and clamping cylinder are positioned on an intermediate frame displaceably mounted along the base frame. The intermediate frame is clamped and fixed to the ground by the clamping means. The base frame having the soil excavation means is pressed downward by the pressing means.

Abstract: A light fixture may include a casing and a support assembly configured to support and move the casing. The light fixture may include a light source assembly housed inside the casing and configured to generate visible light radiation of different colours. The light fixture may further include a control device configured to control the light source assembly based on the position or the movement of the casing or based on a parameter correlated to the position or the movement of the casing.

Abstract: A light fixture may include a light source assembly configured to generate visible light radiation of different colours, an optical device configured to process at least a portion of the light radiation emitted by the light sources so as to form a light beam extending substantially along an optical axis, and at least one beam processing element located downstream of the optical device and configured to selectively intercept the light beam. The beam processing element may include at least one portion movable between several positions. The light fixture may include a control device configured to control the light source assembly either on the basis of the position of a movable portion of the beam processing element or on the basis of a parameter correlated to the position of the movable portion of the beam processing element.

Abstract: The disclosure refers to a method of operating a receiver for receiving analyte data from a biosensor monitoring an analyte by detecting analyte values, the method comprising: in a receiver (1), receiving analyte values detected by a biosensor (8) monitoring an analyte in intervals of time for which a first interval time is applied; receiving a present analyte value in the receiver (1); providing a rate of change for the analyte values; determining a future analyte value based on the present analyte value, the first interval time, and the rate of change; providing an analyte value range for the analyte values; setting a second interval time, the second interval time being shorter than the first interval time, if the future analyte value is outside the analyte value range, and longer than or equal to the first interval time, if the future analyte value is within the analyte value range; and in the receiver (1), receiving one or more following analyte values in intervals of time for which the second interval ti

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for embedding a discrete electronic device in a chip module. The chip module comprises a multilayer substrate which comprises a plurality of electrically conductive layers stacked above each other and an electrically non-conductive layer arranged between each pair of electrically conductive layers. The chip module is configured to receive one or more chips to be mounted onto a top surface thereof. Each electrically conductive layer comprises one or more electrically conductive structures. A recess is provided in a side surface of the chip module. The discrete electronic device is inserted into the recess. A first electrically conductive connection between a first electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a first electrically conductive structure is established. Further, a second electrically conductive connection between a second electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a second electrically conductive structure is established.

Abstract: A cooling cap for a stator of an electrical machine of a motor vehicle is provided. The cooling cap can be fitted onto an end winding of electrical windings of the stator which project beyond an axial end of a laminated core of the stator and which cooling cap is designed as a heat sink for cooling the end winding, wherein the cooling cap is formed, at least in regions, from an electrical insulating material. A stator and a motor vehicle including the cooling cap are also provided.

Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle having a coolant-conducting unit and at least one winding groove cooling channel is provided. The coolant-conducting unit and the at least one winding groove cooling channel are connectable to a hollow-cylindrical lamination stack of the stator having, in a circumferential direction, a plurality of winding grooves which extend axially and receive windings of the stator. The coolant-conducting unit is arranged on an end face of the lamination stack, conducts coolant along the end face, and has an inlet for supplying the coolant and an outlet for discharging the coolant, and the at least one winding groove cooling channel extending axially from the coolant unit is arranged in at least one winding groove, conducts the coolant in the at least one winding groove, and is fluid-coupled to the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine, in particular for an electromotive drive machine for an electric or hybrid vehicle, includes a stator core stack with a stator yoke and a number of radial stator teeth, as well as a corresponding number of stator slots, arranged between the stator teeth, for receiving a stator winding. A cooling apparatus has a number of cooling channels, each of which runs axially in one of the stator slots.

Abstract: An electrical machine has a rotor with a hollow shaft which in its interior delimits a hollow shaft axial channel that extends in the axial direction and into which a cooling fluid can flow during operation of the electrical machine. A laminated rotor core is fitted radially to the outside of the hollow shaft and has two axial end sides. An axial channel which is delimited by the laminated rotor core extends in the axial direction from one of the two end sides of the laminated rotor core to the other of the two end sides of the laminated rotor core and is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the hollow shaft axial channel, so that, during operation of the electrical machine, the cooling fluid can flow from the hollow shaft axial channel to the end sides via the axial channel and can flow radially to the outside downstream of the axial channel owing to centrifugal force.

Abstract: A surgical light is provided, the surgical light comprising a light head including at least one illuminant configured to generate an illuminated area on a surgical site, and a sensor attached to the light head, wherein the sensor is configured to identify items used in surgery, and the sensor is attached to the light head such that a detection volume of the sensor is directed to the illuminated area.

Abstract: The damper arrangement includes a plurality of interconnected volumes and a plurality of necks for connecting the damper to a combustion chamber at a plurality of contact points. The plurality of necks are connected to the plurality of volumes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling user access to a medical system including a body-wearable medical device that can be, e.g., an insulin pump and/or a continuous glucose monitor. A remote controller is provided and has a user interface and can exchange data with the medical device. The remote controller is configured for entering, via the user interface, at least one command for execution by the medical device. The remote controller has a locked state in which entering medical device commands or other commands is disabled. In the locked state, the user is prompted to enter an identification code and the remote controller can be unlocked when the correct identification code is entered. In the unlocked state, entering of the medical device command is enabled. Alternatively, instead of entering a correct identification code, the remote controller can be switched to the unlocked state when a safety condition is met.

Abstract: A method for cooling an electrical machine includes the following steps: guiding a coolant in an axial coolant supply line which is arranged in the rotor shaft, and conducting the coolant into an interior chamber of the electrical machine via a radial coolant supply line which is connected in a coolant-conducting manner to the axial coolant supply line. The electrical machine has an axial coolant supply line and at least one radial coolant supply line connected in a coolant-conducting manner to the axial coolant supply line, both of which are arranged in the rotor shaft. An interior chamber of the electrical machine is connected in a coolant-guiding manner to the radial coolant supply line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for embedding a discrete electronic device in a chip module. The chip module comprises a multilayer substrate which comprises a plurality of electrically conductive layers stacked above each other and an electrically non-conductive layer arranged between each pair of electrically conductive layers. The chip module is configured to receive one or more chips to be mounted onto a top surface thereof. Each electrically conductive layer comprises one or more electrically conductive structures. A recess is provided in a side surface of the chip module. The discrete electronic device is inserted into the recess. A first electrically conductive connection between a first electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a first electrically conductive structure is established. Further, a second electrically conductive connection between a second electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a second electrically conductive structure is established.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for embedding a discrete electronic device in a chip module. The chip module comprises a multilayer substrate which comprises a plurality of electrically conductive layers stacked above each other and an electrically non-conductive layer arranged between each pair of electrically conductive layers. The chip module is configured to receive one or more chips to be mounted onto a top surface thereof. Each electrically conductive layer comprises one or more electrically conductive structures. A recess is provided in a side surface of the chip module. The discrete electronic device is inserted into the recess. A first electrically conductive connection between a first electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a first electrically conductive structure is established. Further, a second electrically conductive connection between a second electrical contact of the discrete electronic device and a second electrically conductive structure is established.

Abstract: An electrical synchronous machine is provided for a rail-free vehicle. The vehicle has drive wheels and the synchronous machine is designed to generate a torque, which propels the vehicle, at the drive wheels. The synchronous machine has a stator and a rotor which rotates around the stator, wherein the stator has a stator winding of at least three-phase construction for forming a rotating stator magnetic field, and wherein the rotor has at least one rotor winding which is designed for forming a rotor magnetic field. A method for at least partially circumferentially establishing a current-excited synchronous machine provides a rotor yoke, provides a large number of rotor poles, fastens the rotor poles to the rotor yoke for forming a rotor, provides a stator, and inserts the stator into the rotor.

Abstract: An electrical machine has a rotor with a hollow shaft which in its interior delimits a hollow shaft axial channel that extends in the axial direction and into which a cooling fluid can flow during operation of the electrical machine. A laminated rotor core is fitted radially to the outside of the hollow shaft and has two axial end sides. An axial channel which is delimited by the laminated rotor core extends in the axial direction from one of the two end sides of the laminated rotor core to the other of the two end sides of the laminated rotor core and is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the hollow shaft axial channel, so that, during operation of the electrical machine, the cooling fluid can flow from the hollow shaft axial channel to the end sides via the axial channel and can flow radially to the outside downstream of the axial channel owing to centrifugal force.