Abstract: A process for automating control of an industrial vehicle based on location comprises scanning an environment, by using an optical scanner affixed to the industrial vehicle. A marker defined by a series of tags is identified by recursively receiving a reflection of the optical scanner; determining if the reflection is indicative of an optical tag; and concatenating the indication of an optical tag to the marker. Once the marker is identified, the marker is transformed into an environmental condition and a status of the vehicle is determined, where the status correlates to the environmental condition. Further, an automated control is applied on the industrial vehicle based on the environmental condition and the status of the industrial vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing an electric circuit directly on a target surface having a three-dimensional shape are provided. In this method, a 3D printing apparatus that can be attached to a target surface is used. In this printing method, two-dimensional information about the shape of the electric circuit to be printed and information about the three-dimensional shape of the target surface are input. Two-dimensional information about the shape of the electric circuit to be printed is adjusted based on the information about the three-dimensional shape of the target surface to generate three-dimensional information about the electric circuit to be printed. Based on this, a tool path for controlling the 3D printing apparatus is generated. An electric circuit can be directly fabricated on a target surface having a three-dimensional shape by the method and apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle floor sheet metal arrangement with a vehicle floor sheet metal as a component of a motor vehicle body having a flat floor and, on two opposite longitudinal sides and two opposite end sides, a downward deformation in relation to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, such that a hood-like body is formed by the vehicle floor sheet metal, characterized in that the vehicle floor sheet metal is produced in one piece from a sheet-metal blank in one press stroke, and in that the vehicle floor sheet metal closes a battery box at the top in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, the vehicle floor sheet metal optionally having regions with different tensile strength and/or different wall thickness.

Abstract: An air-moving device having a first fan system and a second fan system that are configured relative to each other to create a flow of air. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an underbody plate of a motor vehicle having a planar floor and a formation in the form of at least one flange on each of two opposite longitudinal sides in the motor vehicle transverse direction, and the underbody plate extends between a front axle and a rear axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the underbody plate is hot-formed and pressed-hardened as a one-piece plate formed component in one press stroke, wherein areas having tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness different from one another are formed, characterized in that an outwardly protruding flange is provided having screw holes as screwing-on points on a motor vehicle body and that the flange is made soft having a tensile strength Rm less than 1000 MPa.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for transmission of reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The terminal device comprises at least two physical antenna ports. The method comprises creating a virtual antenna port for, and applied over, at least two of the physical antenna ports. The method comprises transmitting, in the virtual antenna port, as many uplink reference signals as there are physical antenna ports.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful for the treatment of narcolepsy or cataplexy in a subject in need thereof. Related pharmaceutical compositions and methods are also provided herein.

Abstract: A battery cell having a cell casing in which a number of electrodes are arranged. The cell casing has an opening that is is covered by a gas-permeable membrane. An exterior of the membrane is covered by a cover element in order to restrict the ingress of matter into the cell casing.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device, in particular an at least partially transparent pane for example of a vehicle, comprises a first layer, in particular an intermediate layer arranged between a cover layer and a carrier layer, at least one electronic or optoelectronic component, which is at least partially or completely embedded in the first layer and at least one structured conductor layer. A first portion of the conductor layer is arranged on an upper surface of the first layer and a second portion of the conductor layer is arranged on a top surface of the electronic or optoelectronic component and is in contact with an electric contact of the electronic or optoelectronic component. The electric contact, in particular a contact pad, is arranged on the top surface.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), the UAV includes an electronic speed controller and a flight controller. The electric speed controller is interfaced with thrust motors of the UAV. The flight controller configured to: determine a geographic location and a velocity of the UAV, the velocity includes a first component and a second component. The flight controller is configured to determine a distance between the geographic location of the UAV and a closest segment of a no-fly zone. The flight controller is configured to determine a zone of deceleration, the zone of deceleration comprising: a distal section and a proximal section. The flight controller in response to the UAV crossing a switch point, located at an intersection of the distal section and the proximal section, changing a deceleration rate of the UAV from a first deceleration rate to a second deceleration rate by adjusting the electric speed controller and the thrust motors.

Abstract: A system for predicting a safety event for a vehicle includes a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to retrieve a dataset from the memory. The dataset includes information about one or more lane departure events in which the vehicle departed a lane of travel for the vehicle and that occurred during a prior period of predetermined length. The information for each event includes a time of the event, a travel distance of the vehicle when the event occurred, and an indication of the extent of departure from the lane of travel by the vehicle. The controller generates a plurality of values characterizing the information in the dataset and generates, responsive to the plurality of values, a score indicative of a likelihood that a safety event for the vehicle will occur. Depending on the score, the controller may generate warnings to the vehicle operator or assist vehicle operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the treatment of subjects having osteoarthritis or at risk of developing osteoarthritis by administering a Cartilage Intermediate Layer Protein 2 (CILP2) inhibitor to the subject.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for establishing a defined state in an electrochemical system connected to an AC/DC converter via a switch disconnector to exchange electric power. At least one DC connection of the electrochemical system is connected to the AC/DC converter via the disconnecting switch. The method includes, in a first operating state, closing a first switch to establish an electric connection between the DC connections of the electrochemical system. The application additionally relates to a disconnecting device, a power converter, and to an assembly.

Abstract: An electric drive system in a battery electric vehicle (BEV) includes an output shaft, configured to couple with a drive wheel of the BEV, having a face gear at a distal end; a differential, including a pinion gear cage receiving pinion gears rotatably connected to the pinion gear cage via gear pins; and a housing that receives the differential having an outer surface that is configured to couple to a rotating electrical machine of the BEV, wherein the pinion gears engage the face gear and permit angular displacement of the output shaft relative to another output shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for high throughput screening for a TCR-binding peptide ligand/MHC molecule complex, comprising a stabilized peptide-MHC molecule and respective uses of said method. The present invention further relates to polypeptides comprising or consisting of stabilized MHC molecules or peptide binding fragments thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides, vaccines comprising said pharmaceutical composition and uses of said vaccine for the manufacturing of a medicament and/or in the prevention of cancer The present invention further relates to nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides and vectors comprising said nucleic acids.

Abstract: A reflective optical element (11), in particular for reflecting EUV radiation (14) includes: a substrate having an optical surface on which a reflective coating (13) is applied. The substrate has a quasi-monocrystalline volume region (8). An associated method for producing the substrate (10) for the optical element (11) includes: introducing a starting material, preferably a metal or a semimetal, into a container and melting the starting material, producing a material body having a quasi-monocrystalline volume region (8) by directionally solidifying the molten starting material proceeding from a plurality of monocrystalline seed plates arranged in the region of a base of the container, and producing the substrate by processing the material body to form an optical surface (12).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floor frame for a motor vehicle body, having at least one, two longitudinal members which extend in the longitudinal direction (X) of the motor vehicle and at least two cross members which extend in the transverse direction (Y) of the motor vehicle, wherein the cross members and longitudinal members have a profiled cross-section, characterized in that the floor frame is produced from a one-piece tailored blank in one press stroke and the floor frame has connection holes for a battery support and in that the cross member has a lower tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness in its end regions relative to the central region of the cross member.

Abstract: Methods and vapor deposition assemblies of selectively depositing material comprising silicon and oxygen on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of the substrate by a cyclic deposition process are disclosed. The methods comprise providing a substrate into a reaction chamber, providing a metal or metalloid catalyst into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase, providing a silicon precursor comprising an alkoxy silane compound into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase and providing a plasma into the reaction chamber to form a reactive species for forming a material comprising silicon and oxygen on the first surface. The methods may comprise subcycles for, for example, adjusting the proportions of material components.

Abstract: A direct drive valve for controlling fluid flow, includes a flow spool operable to control fluid flow through the direct drive valve; a control spool located within the flow spool and an actuator operable to drive the control spool relative to the flow spool. The direct drive valve is configured such that in use movement of the control spool relative to the flow spool causes the flow spool to be actuated by fluid pressure.

Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having a radio-frequency amplifier. A method for calibrating the wireless circuitry is provided that includes characterizing a linear transformation between an input of the radio-frequency amplifier and an input of a feedback receiver, where the radio-frequency amplifier has an output that is coupled to the input of the feedback receiver via a filter and a radio-frequency coupler, obtaining a filter model based on the characterized linear transformation, and generating memory digital predistortion (mDPD) coefficients for a digital predistortion block coupled to the input of the radio-frequency amplifier based on the filter model. The generation of the mDPD coefficients can alternatively be based on an inverse filter model and can further include minimizing an error signal computed from a difference between a predistorted signal output from the digital predistortion block and a demodulated signal output from the feedback receiver.