Abstract: A semiconductor chip comprising at least one transmit channel and/or at least one receive channel for radar signals and also a sequencing circuit is proposed. In this case, the sequencing circuit is configured centrally to determine a sequencing scheme for time-dependent functions of the transmit channel and/or of the receive channel and to drive circuit elements of the transmit channel and/or of the receive channel in accordance with the sequencing scheme.

Abstract: A method for supporting designing and operation of a robotic system includes operating a computer-based Inventory configured to operate in a robotic system having Hardware Modules to perform a task, the Inventory including Hardware Module Descriptions including a unique identifier, a description of physical characteristics, a current status and historical data the Hardware Module. The method including the steps of collecting status data of the Hardware Module; collecting operating data representing usage of the Hardware Module and updating the historical data accordingly; and at least one of the steps of scheduling maintenance actions to be performed on the Hardware Module; deriving or modifying, based on the operating data, historical data that is associated with a type of the Hardware Module.

Abstract: A method for automatically setting an operating mode of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether a distance to the destination is greater than a purely electrically travelable range of the hybrid vehicle, wherein the hybrid vehicle is automatically put into a hybrid mode if the distance to the destination is greater than the purely electrically travelable range of the hybrid vehicle, and the hybrid vehicle is automatically put into a purely electrical drive mode if the distance to the destination is not greater than the purely electrically travelable range of the hybrid vehicle. A corresponding control device and hybrid vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: A smart injection system includes at least one mobile device and at least one injection device with electronics that can be used by a user. The mobile device is configured to wirelessly receive information regarding a glycemic state of the user, use this information to automatically calculate medication doses to be administered, and to transmit the calculated doses to the injection device.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system includes a curtain-type airbag (12) which in a folded state is fastened to a roof area (22) of a vehicle and which, in the completely filled state, extends through a vehicle interior and in front of two occupants sitting next to each other or between two occupants sitting next to each other to protect them. The airbag (12) has a larger extension in an airbag longitudinal direction (L) than in an airbag transverse direction (Q) and includes at least two fixing sections (26) spaced apart in the airbag longitudinal direction (L) and spaced apart from a lateral roof area (27) for fastening on the roof side. Each of the fixing sections (26) comprises a gas inlet opening (28) via which filling gas flows into the airbag (12).

Abstract: A method of producing a printed circuit board includes providing a base substrate that is a film or plate, has first and second substrate sides and consists partly of an electrically non-conducting organic polymer material, where the first substrate side is covered with a capping metal layer, and regionally removing the capping metal layer, wherein regionally removing the capping metal layer includes applying a mask layer to the capping metal layer, regionally removing the mask layer by a laser so that the first substrate side is divided into at least one first subregion, in which the first substrate side is covered only with the capping metal layer, and into at least one second subregion, in which the first substrate side is covered with the capping metal layer and by the mask layer, and removing the capping metal layer in the at least one first subregion by an etching solution.

Abstract: A hinge element for a large domestic appliance contains a main body as well as a functional body which includes a plastic material. Accordingly, the main body and the functional body are connected to one another non-releasably. Ideally, a large domestic appliance, in particular a large domestic refrigerator, contains a housing in which a receiving space is formed. The domestic appliance has a closure element by which the receiving space can be closed, and the hinge element hingedly attaches the closure element to the housing.

Abstract: A route planning system configured to create a route plan of a forage harvesting process chain. The forage harvesting process chain comprises a plurality of agricultural work machines which perform a forage harvesting process in a predetermined order. The forage harvesting process comprises successive process steps with each process step being performed by a number of the plurality of agricultural work machines. The route planning system is further configured to generate a common route plan for the plurality of agricultural work machines of the forage harvesting process chain and/or an individualized route plan for each agricultural work machine of the plurality of agricultural work machines.

Abstract: The application relates to a mixing head including a head part and a mixing chamber device which is arranged in the head part. The mixing chamber device has a mixing chamber, which includes at least two inlets for introducing a starting material into the mixing chamber, and an outlet, via which the starting material mixture can be discharged out of the mixing chamber. A control piston is movably arranged in the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber device is releasably arranged in the head part in order to be exchangeable, wherein a transition fit and/or a clearance fit is formed between the head part and the mixing chamber device. The application additionally relates to a production method.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board having a metallic conductor structure that includes providing a base substrate in a film or sheet having a first substrate side and a second substrate side, which consists at least partly of an electrically non-conductive organic polymer material, covering the first substrate side with a resist, partially removing the resist, so that the first substrate side is divided into at least a first sub-area, in which the first substrate side is still covered with the resist, and into at least a second sub-area, in which the first substrate side is free of the resist, after partial removal of the resist in the at least one second sub-area, applying a plasma to the first substrate side such that the polymer material in the at least one second sub-area is removed, and thereby forming at least one elongate, channel-like recess, applying a metallization to the first substrate side, and planarizing the first substrate side, optionally with removal of the metallization in th

Abstract: An assistance system for optimizing a forage harvesting process is disclosed. The assistance system supports a user in optimizing an agricultural job that describes a forage harvesting process. Optimizing the forage harvesting process comprises at least the planning and/or execution of the forage harvesting process chain effecting the implementation of the agricultural job. The forage harvesting process chain comprises process steps and agricultural work machines which process the agricultural job in a specified sequence. The assistance system optimizes execution of the agricultural job according to specified strategies by selecting optimal values for work parameters and an optimized sequence of process steps.

Abstract: Merger control device (21) for controlling the operation of a merger, wherein the merger control device (21) is designed to receive a cornering steering angle from a steering angle sensor (22, 23) as an input variable, and wherein the merger control device (21) is designed, as a function of the received cornering steering angle, to generate as an output variable at least one adjusting signal for transverse conveying devices (18) of the merger configured as belt conveyors and/or at least one adjusting signal for receiving members (17) of the merger configured as pick-ups, to output said adjusting signal to the transverse conveying devices (18) and/or receiving members (17) and to adapt the operation thereof automatically as a function of the cornering steering angle.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system includes a curtain-type airbag (12) which in a folded state is fastened to a roof area (22) of a vehicle and which, in the completely filled state, extends through a vehicle interior and in front of two occupants sitting next to each other or between two occupants sitting next to each other to protect them. The airbag (12) has a larger extension in an airbag longitudinal direction (L) than in an airbag transverse direction (Q) and includes at least two fixing sections (26) spaced apart in the airbag longitudinal direction (L) and spaced apart from a lateral roof area (27) for fastening on the roof side. Each of the fixing sections (26) comprises a gas inlet opening (28) via which filling gas flows into the airbag (12).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards includes some or all of: chemically or electrically applying metallic layers to a substrate; incorporating bores into the substrate; through-contacting the bores incorporated into the substrate; applying a layer from a photoresist to an electrically conducting layer in a masking step; exposing the photoresist while using an exposure mask in an exposing step; removing exposed or unexposed regions of the layer from the photoresist while in regions laying bare the electrically conducting layer in a developing step; removing the laid-bare regions of the electrically conducting layer in an etching step; cleaning the substrate in a rinsing step; and drying the substrate, wherein the substrate for carrying out the developing step and/or the etching step is set in rotation and a developer solution and/or an etching liquid is applied to the rotating substrate by at least one nozzle.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards includes some or all of: chemically or electrically applying metallic layers to a substrate; incorporating bores into the substrate; through-contacting the bores incorporated into the substrate; applying a layer from a photoresist to an electrically conducting layer in a masking step; exposing the photoresist while using an exposure mask in an exposing step; removing exposed or unexposed regions of the layer from the photoresist while in regions laying bare the electrically conducting layer in a developing step; removing the laid-bare regions of the electrically conducting layer in an etching step; cleaning the substrate in a rinsing step; and drying the substrate, wherein the substrate for carrying out the developing step and/or the etching step is set in rotation and a developer solution and/or an etching liquid is applied to the rotating substrate by at least one nozzle.

Abstract: A production cell includes: at least one robot arranged to handle products; at least one buffer area for intermediate storage of products inside the production cell; a vision system with cameras arranged to determine, based on images from the cameras, the identity and the location of objects in the production cell a plurality of production modules, each production module comprising at least one Hardware Module configured to process products; and a plurality of module attachment locations, each module attachment location being configured to connect with an interface section of a production module through at least a physical connection and a power connection.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards includes some or all of: chemically or electrically applying metallic layers to a substrate; incorporating bores into the substrate; through-contacting the bores incorporated into the substrate; applying a layer from a photoresist to an electrically conducting layer in a masking step; exposing the photoresist while using an exposure mask in an exposing step; removing exposed or unexposed regions of the layer from the photoresist while in regions laying bare the electrically conducting layer in a developing step; removing the laid-bare regions of the electrically conducting layer in an etching step; cleaning the substrate in a rinsing step; and drying the substrate, wherein the substrate for carrying out the developing step and/or the etching step is set in rotation and a developer solution and/or an etching liquid is applied to the rotating substrate by at least one nozzle.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing, at least one hinge mounted on a front of the housing, and a door mounted on the hinge and thus mounted pivotably relative to the housing. The hinge has a bearing bracket fastened to an end face of the front with at least one fastening element. The bearing bracket is constructed symmetrically, so that it can be installed either on a left end face of the front or on a right end face of the front, and in both installation situations the door mounted on the bearing bracket is situated in the same position relative to the housing in the height direction and the width direction of the household appliance when in the closed state. A method for producing a household appliance is also provided.

Abstract: A fluid manifold apparatus, in particular a water distribution apparatus, comprises a fluid chamber, at least one fluid inlet, a plurality of fluid outlets, and a manifold unit, including a plurality of valve units for closing the fluid outlets and a camshaft supported to be rotatable about a rotary axis, comprising a plurality of lobes for operating the valve units, wherein each of the valve units has a cam follower and a sealing unit, and the lobes of the camshaft are provided to lift the cam followers of the valve units as a function of a rotary position of the camshaft. Each of the cam followers has a receiver for receiving one sealing unit, wherein the sealing units are arranged to be linearly moveable in the receivers.

Abstract: A hinge element for a large domestic appliance contains a main body as well as a functional body which includes a plastic material. Accordingly, the main body and the functional body are connected to one another non-releasably. Ideally, a large domestic appliance, in particular a large domestic refrigerator, contains a housing in which a receiving space is formed. The domestic appliance has a closure element by which the receiving space can be closed, and the hinge element hingedly attaches the closure element to the housing.