Abstract: An electronic aerosol-generating device includes a housing extending between first and second ends along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing defines a cavity for receiving a consumable containing an aerosol generating substrate. The device further includes a heating component comprising a heating element extending along the longitudinal axis within the cavity and configured to penetrate into the aerosol generating substrate when the consumable is inserted into the cavity. The heating element comprises a material having a Curie temperature of less than 500° C. The device also includes an inductor comprising an inductor coil positioned to transfer magnetic energy to the heating element. The inductor is configured to induce eddy currents and/or hysteresis losses in the heating element. The device further includes a power supply operably connected to the inductor and control electronics operably connected to the power supply and configured to control heating of the heating element.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing having a chamber; an induction coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber; a heating compartment configured to receive an aerosol-generating article and being detachably insertable into the chamber of the housing, the heating compartment including a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article; and a heating element arrangeable within the cavity of the heating compartment, the heating element extending into the cavity in a longitudinal direction of the cavity, and being configured to penetrate an aerosol-forming substrate in the aerosol-generating article and received in the cavity.

Abstract: An inductive component is provided, including: a wire winding, around which a magnetic foil is wrapped; an electrical shielding, which surrounds the magnetic foil, the magnetic foil including at least one magnetic layer, the at least one magnetic layer including a magnetic material, and the magnetic material being a nanocrystalline iron alloy; and a non-magnetic and non-conductive insulating layer, which includes a plastic and which is disposed between the magnetic foil and the wire winding. A method for adjusting an inductance value of an inductive component is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic aerosol-generating device includes a housing extending between first and second ends along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing defines a cavity for receiving a consumable containing an aerosol generating substrate. The device further includes a heating component comprising a heating element extending along the longitudinal axis within the cavity and configured to penetrate into the aerosol generating substrate when the consumable is inserted into the cavity. The heating element comprises a material having a Curie temperature of less than 500° C. The device also includes an inductor comprising an inductor coil positioned to transfer magnetic energy to the heating element. The inductor is configured to induce eddy currents and/or hysteresis losses in the heating element. The device further includes a power supply operably connected to the inductor and control electronics operably connected to the power supply and configured to control heating of the heating element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for equipping a mounting plate (1) with equipping components (2) of a switchgear and/or control system, the method comprising the steps: Reading planning data of a switchgear and/or control system into an automatic equipping machine (3), which has a equipping robot (4); Extracting position data of at least one equipping component (2) to be mounted on the mounting plate (1) and/or at least one machining position of the mounting plate (1) from the planning data; Detecting a spatial orientation and/or a position of the mounting plate (1) with an image processing system (5) of the equipping robot (4); Assigning the position data to at least one position on the mounting plate (1); and Execution of at least one processing or equipping step linked to the position on the mounting plate (1) via the planning data at the position on the mounting plate (1) with the equipping robot (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a gripper arrangement for component placement on mounting plates in switchgear and control system construction, the gripper arrangement having two gripper jaws whose distance from one another can be adjusted by means of a linear adjusting unit, wherein the gripper jaws each have at least one projection at the end on their outer sides facing away from one another.

Abstract: A susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate includes a first susceptor and a second susceptor. At least a portion of an outer surface of the second susceptor comprises an anti-corrosion covering and at least a portion of an outer surface of the first susceptor is exposed. An aerosol-generating article can include an aerosol-forming substrate and the susceptor assembly.

Abstract: An electronic aerosol-generating device includes a housing extending between first and second ends along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing defines a cavity for receiving a consumable containing an aerosol generating substrate. The device further includes a heating component comprising a heating element extending along the longitudinal axis within the cavity and configured to penetrate into the aerosol generating substrate when the consumable is inserted into the cavity. The heating element comprises a material having a Curie temperature of less than 500° C. The device also includes an inductor comprising an inductor coil positioned to transfer magnetic energy to the heating element. The inductor is configured to induce eddy currents and/or hysteresis losses in the heating element. The device further includes a power supply operably connected to the inductor and control electronics operably connected to the power supply and configured to control heating of the heating element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a susceptor assembly (1) for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate and to a method for producing such an assembly. The susceptor assembly comprises a first susceptor (10) and a second susceptor (20). A Curie temperature of the second susceptor is lower than 500° C. At least a portion of an outer surface of the second susceptor comprises an anti-corrosion covering (30) and at least a portion of an outer surface of the first susceptor is exposed. The invention further relates to aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate and a susceptor assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layer susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate which comprises at least a first layer and a second layer intimately coupled to the first layer. The first layer comprises a first susceptor material. The second layer comprises a second susceptor material having a Curie temperature lower than 500° C. The susceptor assembly further comprises a third layer intimately coupled to the second layer which comprises a specific stress-compensating material and a specific layer thickness such that after a processing of the multi-layer susceptor assembly the third layer exerts a tensile or compressive stress onto the second layer at least in a compensation temperature range for counteracting a compressive or tensile stress exerted by the first layer onto the second layer.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing defining a chamber having an open end configured for insertion of an aerosol-generating article into the chamber and a closed end disposed opposite the open end; a flat spiral inductor coil disposed at the closed end of the chamber; a susceptor element disposed within the chamber at the closed end; and a power supply and a controller connected to the flat spiral inductor coil and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the flat spiral inductor coil such that the flat spiral inductor coil is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field to inductively heat the susceptor element and thereby to heat at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article received within the chamber.

Abstract: Process for making an electrode active material for a lithium ion battery, said process comprising the following steps: (a) Contacting a mixture of (A) a precursor of a mixed oxide according to general formula Li1+xTM1?xO2, wherein TM is a combination of two or more transition metals selected from Mn, Co and Ni, optionally in combination with at least one more metal selected from Ba, Al, Ti, Zr, W, Fe, Cr, K, Mo, Nb, Mg, Na and V, and x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, and (B) at least one lithium compound, with (C) Br2, I2, or at least one compound selected from carbon perhalides selected from the bromides and iodides, and interhalogen compounds comprising bromine or iodine, and (b) Subjecting said mixture to heat treatment at a temperature in the range of from 700 to 1000° C.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing defining a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article; an inductor coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber; an elongate susceptor element configured for removable attachment to the housing within the chamber and projecting into the chamber when the element is removably attached to the housing; an aperture positioned on a side of the housing, the aperture and the element being configured for insertion of the element into the chamber through the aperture and configured for removal of the element from the chamber through the aperture; and a power supply and a controller connected to the coil and to provide an alternating electric current to the coil such that the coil generates an alternating magnetic field to heat the element and thereby heat at least a portion of the article received within the chamber.

Abstract: A gripper for the automated wiring of electrical components of an electrical switchgear, the gripper having at least two gripper fingers, wherein the gripper fingers delimit between them a cable guide corridor, the passage cross-section of which is bounded at a distal end of the gripper fingers by opposing gripper jaws of the gripper fingers and, with respect to the distal end, is bounded further proximally by opposing cable drives of the gripper fingers, the two gripper fingers being adjustable with respect to one another in an adjustment direction which corresponds to a cross-sectional direction of the passage cross-section in order to vary the passage cross-section via a linear adjustment unit. A corresponding robot and a corresponding method are further described.

Abstract: A system and a method, the method including assigning a payment parameter to each variable risk transfer segment of a top-down table and accumulating payment parameters to a total payment sum, capturing payment transfer parameters from a first payment-transfer device to a second payment-transfer device, and when the total payment sum at the second payment-transfer device has been triggered, transferring the risk exposure of a first insurance system associated with the variable risk transfer segments of the top-down table to a second insurance system.

Abstract: A method for electrical wiring of electronic components in switchgear construction, the method comprising the steps: a. providing a plurality of electronic components which are mounted on a shared workpiece, in particular on a mounting plate; b. wiring the electronic components according to a predetermined circuit diagram and in a predetermined order by at least one robot, wherein a cable sequence of pre-assembled cables is fed to the at least one robot and the cables are arranged in the predetermined order in the cable sequence; wherein the wiring comprises gripping a free cable end of the cable sequence by a multifunctional end effector of the robot, feeding the free cable end to an electrical connection of one of the electronic components by the multifunctional end effector, and detaching the cable from the cable sequence by a separation unit of the multifunctional end effector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for robot-assisted wiring of electrical components of an electrical switchgear arranged on a mounting plate, comprising the steps: Providing a planning of a switchgear which has at least location information about a plurality of electrical components of the switchgear on a mounting plate and wiring information about a plurality of electrical wirings between every two of the electrical components; Extracting a cable routing including a cable source coordinate, a cable destination coordinate, and a routing path between the cable source coordinate and the cable destination coordinate from the wiring information for at least one of the plurality of wirings; Generating trajectory and/or vector points along the cable routing and parameterizing the trajectory and/or vector points to generate robot control; and Controlling a robot with the robot controller.

Abstract: Described herein is a technology for a wakeup pattern - data stream correlation by a detector to provide a trigger condition for a microcontroller in a wakeup receiver (WuRX). For example, the detector includes a data packet layer with a plurality of index registers that are updated through sampling of data streams. A sample clock is coupled to each of the plurality of index registers to independently activate each of the plurality of index registers. A shared comparator will then compare the updated plurality of index registers to corresponding shift registers that are initialized with rotating wakeup pattern bits. Based upon a number of matching results, the detector generates a triggering signal that facilitates a low-power operating mode to a high-power operating mode change.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for wiring electrical components of an electrical switchgear arranged on a mounting plate, comprising: providing a design of a switchgear comprising at least location information and orientation information about a plurality of electrical components of the switchgear on a mounting plate and wiring information about a plurality of electrical wirings between every two of the electrical components; optically detecting an actual arrangement of the electrical components on the mounting plate and matching the location information and orientation information to the actual arrangement; and automatically wiring the electrical components in a wiring order and according to the wiring information and the matched location information and orientation information.

Abstract: Described herein is a technology for a wakeup pattern—data stream correlation by a detector to provide a trigger condition for a microcontroller in a wakeup receiver (WuRX). For example, the detector includes a data packet layer with a plurality of index registers that are updated through sampling of data streams. A sample clock is coupled to each of the plurality of index registers to independently activate each of the plurality of index registers. A shared comparator will then compare the updated plurality of index registers to corresponding shift registers that are initialized with rotating wakeup pattern bits. Based upon a number of matching results, the detector generates a triggering signal that facilitates a low-power operating mode to a high-power operating mode change.