Abstract: A half-duplex RFID transponder with an integrated three-dimensional front-end circuit which includes three LC resonant circuits arranged in a three-dimensional configuration. Each LC resonant circuit is coupled to a different one of three storage capacitors which are charged during a capacitor charging phase by energy in an RF signal received by the associated LC resonant circuit. The front-end circuit includes three receiver channels and each receiver channel is associated to a different one of the three LC resonant circuits. A channel selector is adapted to detect, which one of the three storage capacitors is first charged to a threshold voltage, to select the receiver channel associated to the LC resonant circuit which is coupled to the storage capacitor which is first charged and to deactivate the two other receiver channels.

Abstract: And the esophageal airway management device guide insertable in a patient's trachea with minimum throat, esophageal or tracheal injury having a distal section softer than an intermediate section which also may have a proximal section softer than the intermediate section.

Abstract: A method and device for writing a binary count of a length n to a memory having a limited number of write cycles, a physical storage location of bits (R-bits) of the count in the memory are periodically changed, fixed bits of the count are stored at fixed physical storage locations, and a bit value pattern of the fixed bits is used as an indicator for the physical storage locations of the changing bits (R-bits).

Abstract: An oil deflector for an internal combustion engine has first and second oil-deflecting plates between a crankshaft and an oil pan. In order to configure the overall space, and in particular the overall height, of an oil-deflecting device so that it is as small as possible, it is proposed to arrange the oil-deflecting plates such that they overlap at a distance apart over the length of the crankcase. The longitudinal edge of the second oil-deflecting plate forms a main oil scraper edge. Strip-shaped ribs are arranged between the oil-deflecting plates, in their overlapping region, for the purpose of guiding oil in the direction of a suction point of the oil pan. The first oil-deflecting plate has apertures in the region of the width of a respective crank assembly assigned thereto. These apertures serve as secondary oil scraper edges.

Abstract: A conveyor for opencast installations, is described, the conveyor includes at least one conveyor belt driven by at least one drive, or a device resembling a conveyor belt. Overburden or raw materials such as coal, for example, is extracted by an extracting unit and transported further by the conveyor belt.

Abstract: Method for the stepless regulation of the delivery of a suction valve of the plate-type of construction, comprising a valve plate which is actuated by an electromagnet arranged in a valve catcher, wherein the electromagnet is so controlled that, in a first control phase (11a), the valve plate (3) firmly contacts the valve catcher (6), or a damper plate (4) arranged between the valve catcher (6) and the valve plate (3) and is blocked, and that, in a second control phase, the electromagnet (9) is controlled by a decaying alternating current, in order to demagnetise the valve plate (3), so that the valve plate is released.

Abstract: A first acceleration reference value is continuously determined by a nonlinear distance control. In parallel thereto, a second acceleration value is generated by a nonlinear velocity controller. A simple selection criterion that comprises only these two alternative acceleration values engages the second alternative acceleration reference value engagement for run up. The first alternative acceleration reference value initiates the destination braking. The second alternative reference value is used for approaching the destination position. The trip destination and the velocity of the positioning drive can be accommodate inching velocities.

Abstract: A generated signal is passed through an elongated signal conveying element positioned preferably perpendicular to the surface of a fluid the level of which is to be measured. The signal is directed from the signal conveying element to a detector element which senses the signal output from the signal conveying element. The signal output detected in an optical embodiment varies logarithmically with the depth of immersion of the signal conveying element into the fluid. A preferred embodiment employs an electromagnetic wave, e.g., light, signal which passes through a light pipe signal conveying element. By nearly matching the light pipe index of refraction with that of the fluid, a predetermined percentage of the wave is lost into the fluid each time the light is reflected further along the pipe.

Abstract: A generated signal is passed through an elongated signal conveying element positioned preferably perpendicular to the surface of a fluid the level of which is to be measured. The signal is directed from the signal conveying element to a detector element which senses the signal output from the signal conveying element. The signal output detected in an optical embodiment varies logarithmically with the depth of immersion of the signal conveying element into the fluid. A preferred embodiment employs an electromagnetic wave, e.g., light, signal which passes through a light pipe signal conveying element. By nearly matching the light pipe index of refraction with that of the fluid, a predetermined precentage of the wave is lost into the fluid each time the light is reflected further along the pipe.

Abstract: A generated signal is passed through an elongated signal conveying element positioned preferably perpendicular to the surface of a fluid the level of which is to be measured. The signal is directed from the signal conveying element to a detector element which senses the signal output from the signal conveying element. The signal output detected varies linearly with the depth of immersion of the signal conveying element into the fluid. In one embodiment, the signal conveying element is a capacitive probe comprising two plates or wires, one of which is grounded to the fluid into which the two plates or wires are immersed. Proper selection of accompanying circuitry results in detected signal changes which vary linearly with immersion changes. A second embodiment employs an electromagnetic wave, e.g. light, signal which passes through a light pipe signal conveying element. By nearly matching the light pipe index of refraction with that of the fluid, a predetermined percentage of the wave is lost into the fluid.