Abstract: An apparatus for driving a fastening element in a driving direction into a base material, having a receptacle for the fastening element, from which the fastening element is driven into the base material, having a magazine for supplying fastening elements in a transport direction to the receptacle, wherein the side of the magazine facing the driving direction has a slot which runs in the transport direction, and having a dust deflector which covers the slot.

Abstract: A single-layer redistribution plate functioning as a space translator between a device under testing (“DUT”) and a testing PCB may comprise a hard ceramic plate. A DUT side of the plate may have pads configured to interface with a device under testing. Both sides of the plate may comprise traces, vias, and pads to fan out the DUT pad pattern so that the plate side opposite the DUT side has spatially translated pads configured to interface with the pads on a testing PCB. Fabricating a redistribution plate may comprise calibrating and aligning, laser milling vias, laser milling trenches and pads, copper plating, grinding and polishing, removing residual copper, and coating the copper surfaces.

Abstract: A method for detecting a resistance on a brake pedal of a brake system, in which a brake pedal is pulled by an actuator, in which an ease of movement of the brake pedal is determined during operation of the actuator, wherein a resistance is detected as soon as the ease of movement is no longer clearly determined, and a method for controlling an actuator, a computer program product, control unit or system comprising a plurality of control units, and a corresponding device.

Abstract: A single-layer redistribution plate functioning as a space translator between a device under testing (“DUT”) and a testing PCB may comprise a hard ceramic plate. A DUT side of the plate may have pads configured to interface with a device under testing. Both sides of the plate may comprise traces, vias, and pads to fan out the DUT pad pattern so that the plate side opposite the DUT side has spatially translated pads configured to interface with the pads on a testing PCB. Fabricating a redistribution plate may comprise calibrating and aligning, laser milling vias, laser milling trenches and pads, copper plating, grinding and polishing, removing residual copper, and coating the copper surfaces.

Abstract: A single-layer redistribution plate functioning as a space translator between a device under testing (“DUT”) and a testing PCB may comprise a hard ceramic plate. A DUT side of the plate may have pads configured to interface with a device under testing. Both sides of the plate may comprise traces, vias, and pads to fan out the DUT pad pattern so that the plate side opposite the DUT side has spatially translated pads configured to interface with the pads on a testing PCB. Fabricating a redistribution plate may comprise calibrating and aligning, laser milling vias, laser milling trenches and pads, copper plating, grinding and polishing, removing residual copper, and coating the copper surfaces.

Abstract: A setting device for driving fastening elements in a setting direction into a substrate is provided, having a driving-in element movable between a starting position and a setting position, a drive driving the driving-in element in the setting direction from the starting position to the setting position transferring energy to a fastening element, and a resetting device conveying the driving-in element counter to the setting direction from the setting position to the starting position, the resetting device comprising a rotor, rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a driver element on the rotor which can be engaged with the driving-in element, driving the driving-in element counter to the setting direction, the driver element being mounted on the rotor radially movable wherein, upon rotor rotation, the driver element moves from the axis of rotation to engage with the driving-in element.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a fastening element in a driving direction into a base material, having a receptacle for the fastening element, from which the fastening element is driven into the base material, having a magazine for supplying fastening elements in a transport direction to the receptacle, wherein the side of the magazine facing the driving direction has a slot which runs in the transport direction, and having a dust deflector which covers the slot.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements using the fuel-operated firing device, the pre-chamber has at least two venting connections which are mutually spaced in an axial direction and which have passages that can be exposed conjointly in order to facilitate rapid venting of the pre-chamber.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for low-cost, low-power Array Waveguide Grating (AWG)-based miniaturized Raman spectroscopy for use in non-invasive glucose monitoring systems, such as in wearable devices that require no replenishment of chemicals or enzymes. The AWG may be manufactured using VLSI processing technology, which significantly reduces manufacturing cost and replaces holographic grating as the dispersive component of light. In embodiments, the AWG is integrated with a number of PIN photodiode detectors on a substrate to further reduce cost and signal loss. In embodiments, a prism-coupling method eliminates alignment problems associated with traditional approaches that utilize fiber-coupling methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements, a detection system is associated with the driving piston, said detection system being connected to an electronic feedback control device for control purposes, in order to detect an initial position of the driving piston prior to a firing operation.

Abstract: A single-layer redistribution plate functioning as a space translator between a device under testing (“DUT”) and a testing PCB may comprise a hard ceramic plate. A DUT side of the plate may have pads configured to interface with a device under testing. Both sides of the plate may comprise traces, vias, and pads to fan out the DUT pad pattern so that the plate side opposite the DUT side has spatially translated pads configured to interface with the pads on a testing PCB. Fabricating a redistribution plate may comprise calibrating and aligning, laser milling vias, laser milling trenches and pads, copper plating, grinding and polishing, removing residual copper, and coating the copper surfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a fastening element into an underlying surface in a driving-in direction is provided, the apparatus having a motor, a support structure that supports the motor, a fan that cools the motor, and one or more damping elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements, a valve system is associated with the pre-chamber, by which valve system a maximum charge pressure in the pre-chamber can be varied in order to adjust the firing energy provided during the firing operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-powered setting device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a drive piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a setting direction by expandable gases, and a prechamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. To improve efficiency and/or functionality when driving in securing elements, the setting device can be operated in different energy classes by an energy adjustment.

Abstract: A combustion-powered placing tool for driving fastening elements into a subsurface comprises a main combustion chamber for a compressible fuel, a driving piston, which in a starting position is retracted, and which can be driven from the main combustion chamber in the placing direction via expandable gases, a prechamber to which an ignition device is assigned, and in which a pressure acting upon the main combustion chamber can be build up prior to ignition of a fuel-air mixture in the main combustion chamber, wherein an additional ignition device is assigned to the main combustion chamber. In order to improve the effectiveness and/or the functionality during driving-in of a fastener, the placing tool comprises a selector device, allowing a selection between a reduced energy operation having an ignition in the main combustion chamber and a high-energy operation having an ignition in the prechamber.

Abstract: A oil-resistant two-dimensional composite material, consisting in a middle layer and at least one outer layer or outer layers, arranged above and/or underneath, where the outer layers consist of materials selected from non-woven fabrics and are not attached to the middle layer by means of a separate adhesive. The middle layer has a one-layered structure, and whereas the middle layer consists in a polymer blend, which includes at least one SIS thermoplastic elastomer and at least one olefinic polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-powered setting device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a drive piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a setting direction by expandable gases, and a prechamber with which an ignition arrangement is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber, wherein the prechamber is or can be connected to surroundings of the prechamber via at least one passage opening able to be closed by a control device. To improve the efficiency and/or functionality when driving in securing elements, the control device comprises an electronic control unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-powered setting device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a drive piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a setting direction by means of expandable gases, and a prechamber with which an ignition arrangement is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber, wherein the prechamber is or can be connected to surroundings of the prechamber via at least one passage opening able to be closed by a control device. To improve efficiency and/or functionality when driving in securing elements, the control device and the main combustion chamber are linked by a control pressure connection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive-in device comprising a drive-in piston guided in a cylinder for driving a nail component into a work piece, a combustion chamber arranged on the drive-in piston, and which can be filled with an incendive gas mixture, a charge component for producing an over-pressure of the gas mixture, and a touch component for recognising a pressing of the drive-in device on a work piece, wherein the combustion chamber is connected to an outer space via a valve component, wherein the valve component is controlled in accordance with a position of the touch component, such that, in the event of a non-ignition, the over-pressure of the gas mixture can escape via the valve component after a removal of the drive-in device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements using the fuel-operated firing device, the pre-chamber has at least two venting connections which are mutually spaced in an axial direction and which have passages that can be exposed conjointly in order to facilitate rapid venting of the pre-chamber.