Abstract: A high-voltage battery includes a plurality of cells and at least one crushing pad arranged between the plurality of cells. The crushing pad is composed of an aluminum composite foil and includes a plurality of conduits formed in the aluminum composite foil. The crushing pad is structured so that channels for guiding coolant between adjacent cells are formed on both sides of the crushing pad. The channels extend along the sealing seams and between the adjacent conduits. A motor vehicle may include the high-voltage battery.

Abstract: A busbar assembly for installation in a battery for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing in which at least one busbar is arranged, and a retainer for fixing the busbar in the housing, where the retainer comprises a retaining region and a contact region, wherein the retaining region is adapted to retain the at least one busbar, and the contact region is adapted to fix the retainer in the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for liquid measurements including: —providing a sensor including a surface arranged to receive a liquid thereupon, an electrical heating element arranged to heat the surface, and an arrangement for measuring a temperature of the surface; —receiving liquid on the sensor surface; —heating the surface by means of the electrical heating element at a known rate while taking a plurality of temperature measurements thereof in function of time, the heating being at an absolute temperature of at least 90% of the boiling point of the liquid under ambient pressure; and—deriving a volume or a flow rate measurement related to the liquid from the electrical heating rate and the temperature measurements.

Abstract: A filter device for filtering nano particles conveyed in a fluid in order to determine an exposure of the filter device to nano particles includes a support element having a top surface, a bottom surface, a lateral surface, and at least one fluid duct having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The top surface and the bottom surface extend substantially parallel to each other. The filter device further includes at least one filter element with a collection surface on which the nano particles are to be deposited. The at least one filter element is arranged in the at least one fluid duct for collecting the nano particles conveyed in the fluid. The collection surface of the at least one filter element is oriented parallel to at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for liquid measurements including:—providing a sensor including a surface arranged to receive a liquid thereupon, an electrical heating element arranged to heat the surface, and an arrangement for measuring a temperature of the surface;—receiving liquid on the sensor surface;—heating the surface by means of the electrical heating element at a known rate while taking a plurality of temperature measurements thereof in function of time, the heating being at an absolute temperature of at least 90% of the boiling point of the liquid under ambient pressure; and—deriving a volume or a flow rate measurement related to the liquid from the electrical heating rate and the temperature measurements.

Abstract: An active noise control system for reducing the sound pressure level in one or more head areas of one or more seats in the interior of an aircraft fuselage includes multiple accelerometers mounted outside of the aircraft fuselage at or near the mounts of the aircraft's propulsion system. One or more loudspeakers are mounted at the seat and are responsible for the reduction of noise at its head area. The accelerometers continuously measure multiple reference signals during operation of the aircraft and report to a controller that continuously calculates the reported noise signals in the head areas based on the measured reference signals and its counter signals, which equal the amplitude but having opposite phase of the calculated arriving noise signals in each head area. The controller operates one or more actuator systems for continuously generating the counter signals.

Abstract: An active noise control system for reducing the sound pressure level in one or more head areas of one or more seats in the interior of an aircraft fuselage includes multiple accelerometers mounted outside of the aircraft fuselage at or near the mounts of the aircraft's propulsion system. One or more loudspeakers are mounted at the seat and are responsible for the reduction of noise at its head area. The accelerometers continuously measure multiple reference signals during operation of the aircraft and report to a controller that continuously calculates the reported noise signals in the head areas based on the measured reference signals and its counter signals, which equal the amplitude but having opposite phase of the calculated arriving noise signals in each head area. The controller operates one or more actuator systems for continuously generating the counter signals.

Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising a scooter with an integrated folding system, wherein the scooter further comprises a first folding mechanism which allows a first and a second handle bar to fold within the steerer unit, a second folding mechanism which allows a steerer unit to be folded around a first wheel, and a third folding mechanism which allows a deck to be folded around the first wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the layered construction of a shaped body by means of a 3D inkjet printing process with a piezo printhead (2) with several nozzles (6), to each of which a piezo element (8) is allocated which can act on the associated nozzle, in order to discharge ink from it. The piezo printhead (2) is moved, controlled by a control unit, over a construction area, the piezo elements are actuated individually for the locally selective application of filled ink, in order to apply a layer with a contour predetermined by the control unit. The applied layer is allowed to cure and the desired shaped body is constructed by successive application of layers, each with a predetermined contour.

Abstract: An automatic report generator provides a narrative account of a newsworthy happening such as an sporting event by using templates. The game events are retrieved from storage and various statistics are generated from the game log and from past game logs. A template is selected for report generation in a two step process. First, conditional criteria associated with a template are compared to the game statistics to determine whether the template matches the game. In a second step, the remaining candidate templates are subjected to a weighting analysis by which the template providing the most detailed description, or describing the most relevant events of the game is selected. Once selected, game specific information is inserted into the template through the use of functions calls that request game specific data from the game log or from the game statistics generator.