Abstract: A faucet assembly includes a faucet. The faucet includes a base movably coupled to a mounting surface having a first side and a second side. The faucet includes a spout rotatably coupled to the base. The spout includes a plurality of conduits each rotatably coupled to each other by an angled joint. The spout extends from the base to a free end comprising an outlet to discharge a fluid. A first conduit of the plurality of conduits can rotate relative to the base from a first rotational position towards a second rotational position and a second conduit of the plurality of conduits can rotate in response to the rotation of the first conduit.

Abstract: In an embodiment a battery assembly includes a first package having at least one pouch cell and a second package having at least one pouch cell, wherein the first package and the second package with respective electrodes of the pouch cells are arranged facing one another, and wherein the pouch cells of the opposite packages overlap in an overlapping area.

Abstract: A faucet assembly includes a faucet. The faucet includes a base movably coupled to a mounting surface having a first side and a second side. The faucet includes a spout rotatably coupled to the base. The spout includes a plurality of conduits each rotatably coupled to each other by an angled joint. The spout extends from the base to a free end comprising an outlet to discharge a fluid. A first conduit of the plurality of conduits can rotate relative to the base from a first rotational position towards a second rotational position and a second conduit of the plurality of conduits can rotate in response to the rotation of the first conduit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a toilet includes lowering a toilet engine guide in a manufacturing support, aligning a plurality of frame members with the manufacturing support, installing at least one toilet engine component in the toilet engine guide, coupling a toilet seat assembly to the toilet, and coupling a plurality of panels to the plurality of frame members.

Abstract: A faucet assembly includes a faucet. The faucet includes a base movably coupled to a mounting surface having a first side and a second side. The faucet includes a spout rotatably coupled to the base. The spout includes a plurality of conduits each rotatably coupled to each other by an angled joint. The spout extends from the base to a free end comprising an outlet to discharge a fluid. A first conduit of the plurality of conduits can rotate relative to the base from a first rotational position towards a second rotational position and a second conduit of the plurality of conduits can rotate in response to the rotation of the first conduit.

Abstract: A device for charging at least one battery has an electronics module and at least one charging pillar with a charging point. The electronics module has at least one power electronics unit having an AC/DC converter and a DC/DC converter, wherein the electronics module and the at least one charging pillar are spatially separate from one another.

Abstract: A cooling unit for a charging column includes a heat exchanger with first connections and second connections and that is set up for cooling a closed secondary coolant circuit of the charging column if the first connections are fluidically connected to a common primary coolant circuit of the electric filling station and the second connections are fluidically connected to the secondary coolant circuit. Also described herein is a corresponding charging column.

Abstract: A charging station having a static charging column, an operator control panel mounted in the charging column, a charging cable mounted in the charging column, and a plug receptacle mounted in the charging column for a charging plug connected to the charging cable. The charging column has an upper receptacle and a lower receptacle on a front side. In a first configuration for use by a standing person the charging column is configured such that the operator control panel is received by the upper receptacle and the plug receptacle is received by the lower receptacle. In a second configuration for use by a person seated in a wheelchair the charging column is configured such that an appliance carrier which projects beyond the front side is received by the lower receptacle, wherein the appliance carrier receives the operator control panel and the plug receptacle.

Abstract: A user interface for a charging column having a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The display and the surface are adhesively bonded to one another by an optically clear adhesive.

Abstract: A housing for an electricity charging station includes a base frame having a mounting rack, a cover connected to the base frame, two doors hinged on the base frame, a base connected to the base frame, two faceplates inserted into the base and two cable panels embedded in the base. A corresponding electricity charging station and a corresponding method for producing or assembling such a housing.

Abstract: A concrete base for fastening a metal housing includes a baseplate, two side parts and two intermediate panels. Also described is a corresponding use method and a corresponding metal housing.

Abstract: Methods for pump-probe spectroscopy are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises directing pump light having a frequency ?pump at a location in a sample to excite a transition between two quantum states of a target entity in the sample, directing probe light at the location to generate a coherent output signal having a frequency ?output and a wavevector koutput, and detecting the output signal as the probe light is scanned over a range of frequencies. In the method, either the transition excited by the pump light is a multiphoton transition corresponding to a frequency difference of n*?pump, wherein n?2; or the probe light is a set of m coherent light pulses, each coherent light pulse having a frequency ?m and a wavevector km, wherein m?2; or both. Systems for carrying out the methods are also provided.

Abstract: A charging apparatus for charging at least one electric energy storage, in particular of motor vehicles, comprising a plurality of charging units, each charging unit having an AC/DC converter, a DC interlink circuit, a high-voltage energy storage and a DC/DC converter, wherein the charging units can be connected up on the output side as needed.

Abstract: A charging cable unit for a charging column of an electric filling station has a cooling unit and a charging cable which is preferably provided with cable shoes. The coding unit includes a heat exchanger with first connections and second connections. The charging cable has a secondary coolant circuit that is fluidically connected to the second connections. The cooling unit is designed to cool the secondary coolant circuit if the first connections are fluidically connected to a common primary coolant circuit of the electric filling station. Also described is a mounting method using such a charging cable unit.

Abstract: A charging station having a static charging column, an operator control panel mounted in the charging column, a charging cable mounted in the charging column, and a plug receptacle mounted in the charging column for a charging plug connected to the charging cable. The charging column has an upper receptacle and a lower receptacle on a front side. In a first configuration for use by a standing person the charging column is configured such that the operator control panel is received by the upper receptacle and the plug receptacle is received by the lower receptacle. In a second configuration for use by a person seated in a wheelchair the charging column is configured such that an appliance carrier which projects beyond the front side is received by the lower receptacle, wherein the appliance carrier receives the operator control panel and the plug receptacle.

Abstract: A sensor for identifying a mechanical deformation of a housing of a charging column configured to charge an electrical energy store of an electrically driven vehicle. The sensor includes an elongated arm having a first end portion arranged in the longitudinal orientation and a second end portion opposite the first end portion in the longitudinal orientation. The arm is connected at its first end portion to a base of the charging column and runs in the longitudinal orientation approximately parallel to a part of the charging column that is sensitive to deformations of the housing, in particular to a side wall of the housing. An electrical probe element is arranged on the second end portion of the arm. An activation element is connected to the part of the charging column that is sensitive to deformations of the housing and is configured to activate the electrical probe element.

Abstract: Methods for pump-probe spectroscopy are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises directing pump light having a frequency ?pump at a location in a sample to excite a transition between two quantum states of a target entity in the sample, directing probe light at the location to generate a coherent output signal having a frequency ?output and a wavevector koutput, and detecting the output signal as the probe light is scanned over a range of frequencies. In the method, either the transition excited by the pump light is a multiphoton transition corresponding to a frequency difference of n*?pump, wherein n?2; or the probe light is a set of m coherent light pulses, each coherent light pulse having a frequency ?m and a wavevector km, wherein m?2; or both. Systems for carrying out the methods are also provided.

Abstract: Control valves for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster are disclosed. In one example, the control valve includes a housing and a control piston mounted in a receiver of the housing. Several openings may be provided on an inner casing surface of the receiver, at least some of which may be assigned to an inlet port P, a supply port A, a supply port B or a supply port C. The control piston may include a first control groove, a second control groove and a third control groove which can each be connected to at least two openings of the housing depending on a position of the control piston relative to the housing. The first control groove may be configured to be brought into fluid-conductive connection with a first inlet opening assigned to the inlet port P and with an opening assigned to the supply port A.