Abstract: An autonomous vehicle, in particular an automated guided vehicle, comprises a control device and a sensor for detecting a continuous lane marking. The control device is adapted to control the vehicle along the lane marking in dependence on the detected lane marking, wherein the sensor is adapted to detect a code marking arranged adjacent to the lane marking and to determine a distance between the detected code marking and the lane marking, and wherein the control device is further adapted to control the vehicle in dependence on the determined distance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of creating a map of a navigation region of a vehicle, the method comprising: traveling along a path, predefined by a track guidance marking present in the navigation region, with the vehicle; determining distances of the vehicle from objects possibly present in an environment of the path; and creating the map based on the track guidance marking and on the distances. The invention further relates to a method of determining a pose of a vehicle in a navigation region, the method comprising: determining a position of the vehicle relative to a track guidance marking present in the navigation region; determining distances of the vehicle from objects possibly present in an environment of the vehicle; and determining the pose based on the position, on the distances, and on a map. The invention further relates to a corresponding mapping apparatus and to a corresponding localization apparatus.

Abstract: In order to optimize a method for stiffening a metal component by pressing a fiber-reinforced plastic insert onto the metal component in such a way that the method can be integrated into the serial production of the car body, it is proposed that the fiber-reinforced plastic insert be picked up by means of a robot-controlled application head and pressed onto the metal component.

Abstract: The present application provides a power semiconductor module, including a support which carries at least one power semiconductor device, the support together with the power semiconductor device is at least partly located in a housing, the support and the power semiconductor device are at least partly covered by a sealing material, additionally to the sealing material, a protecting material is provided in the housing, the protecting material is formed from silicon gel and the protecting material at least partly covers at least one of the support, the power semiconductor device and the sealing material.

Abstract: A device and a method are provided for setting a press-in element into a workpiece at a predetermined location. The device includes main body; a fixing unit, which is attached to the main body and which is designed to fix the workpiece; and a processing unit, which is attached to the main body and includes: a boring unit, which is designed to create a bore in the workpiece fixed by the fixing unit; and a pressing unit, which is designed to press a press-in element into the bore. The method fixes the workpiece; creates a bore in the workpiece; positions a press-in element over the bore; and presses the press-in element into the bore, wherein a single device is used to carry out the method.

Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component includes providing an at least two or more-layered textile structure made of a carrier layer onto which a short-fiber layer, in which short fibers are saturated with a not yet polymerized starting component of a reactive thermoplastic matrix material, is applied, making up or producing the textile structure into a fiber-reinforced textile semi-finished fiber product, and pressing/deep drawing the fiber-reinforced textile semi-finished fiber product into a mold for the fiber-reinforced plastic component to be produced, while at the same time heating the fiber-reinforced textile semi-finished fiber product to a temperature above the polymerization starting temperature. A process arrangement for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component and a fiber-reinforced plastic component are also provided.

Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes an insulating substrate with a top metallization layer; a semiconductor chip bonded to the top metallization layer; and a terminal welded with a foot to the top metallization layer and electrically interconnected to the semiconductor chip. At least one of the top metallization layer and a bottom metallization layer of the substrate provided opposite to the top metallization layer comprises a plurality of dimples, which are distributed in a connection region below and/or around the welded foot.

Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a housing accommodating a power circuit with at least one power semiconductor chip, the housing providing at least two power terminals; a printed circuit board mounted to the housing and electrically connected to the power circuit for distributing auxiliary signals; and at least one auxiliary terminal mounted to the printed circuit board with a press-fit connection provided by a body of the auxiliary terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus and to a method for producing a three-dimensional object built up from at least one material layer by selective solidification of at least one powder raw material applied successively in raw material tracks to a build platform via an application unit of the apparatus. In this case, the apparatus for solidifying the raw material via energy input from a beam has an irradiation unit forming a build group together with the application unit, wherein the irradiation unit having a contiguous group of irradiation elements is rotatably mounted on the application unit.

Abstract: A housing of a power module includes: an encasing for encasing semiconductor elements inside the housing; a power terminal area on the encasing, on which a power terminal plate is provided; an auxiliary terminal area on the encasing at a lower level than the power terminal area; and an interconnecting member with a power terminal connector part and an auxiliary terminal connector part interconnected by a spring part, the spring part is aligned besides the power terminal plate; the interconnecting member is inserted with the power terminal connector part through an opening in the encasing below the power terminal plate, such that the spring part engages the power terminal area besides the power terminal plate and runs to the auxiliary terminal area and the auxiliary terminal connector part is disposed on the auxiliary terminal area.

Abstract: The present application provides a power semiconductor module, including a support which carries at least one power semiconductor device, the support together with the power semiconductor device is at least partly located in a housing, the support and the power semiconductor device are at least partly covered by a sealing material, additionally to the sealing material, a protecting material is provided in the housing, the protecting material is formed from silicon gel and the protecting material at least partly covers at least one of the support, the power semiconductor device and the sealing material.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle, in particular an automated guided vehicle, comprises a control device and a sensor for detecting a continuous lane marking. The control device is adapted to control the vehicle along the lane marking in dependence on the detected lane marking, wherein the sensor is adapted to detect a code marking arranged adjacent to the lane marking and to determine a distance between the detected code marking and the lane marking, and wherein the control device is further adapted to control the vehicle in dependence on the determined distance.

Abstract: In order to optimize a method for stiffening a metal component by pressing a fiber-reinforced plastic insert onto the metal component in such a way that the method can be integrated into the serial production of the car body, it is proposed that the fiber-reinforced plastic insert be picked up by means of a robot-controlled application head and pressed onto the metal component.

Abstract: A method for regulating a common rail injector, the method including acquiring a signal of a sensor, which signal is proportional to a pressure in a valve space of the common rail injector; evaluating a change in the signal over time in order to detect at least one operating event of the common rail injector; and modifying at least one operating variable of the common rail injector as a function of the at least one operating event, the at least one operating variable being selected from an opening duration, a closing duration, an opening point in time, and a closing point in time of a switching valve of the common rail injector, and from an opening duration, an opening point in time, and a closing point in time of a needle valve of the common rail injector.

Abstract: A method for predefining a current through a solenoid coil of a solenoid valve, a closing point in time of the solenoid valve being detected with the aid of a sensor, a sensor value being monitored, and, when a premature closing of the solenoid valve is identified based on the monitored sensor value, the current through the solenoid coil of the solenoid valve is increased.

Abstract: A method for regulating a common rail injector, the method including acquiring a signal of a sensor, which signal is proportional to a pressure in a valve space of the common rail injector; evaluating a change in the signal over time in order to detect at least one operating event of the common rail injector; and modifying at least one operating variable of the common rail injector as a function of the at least one operating event, the at least one operating variable being selected from an opening duration, a closing duration, an opening point in time, and a closing point in time of a switching valve of the common rail injector, and from an opening duration, an opening point in time, and a closing point in time of a needle valve of the common rail injector.

Abstract: A method for predefining a current through a solenoid coil of a solenoid valve, a closing point in time of the solenoid valve being detected with the aid of a sensor, a sensor value being monitored, and, when a premature closing of the solenoid valve is identified based on the monitored sensor value, the current through the solenoid coil of the solenoid valve is increased.

Abstract: A device and a method are provided for setting a press-in element into a workpiece at a predetermined location. The device includes main body; a fixing unit, which is attached to the main body and which is designed to fix the workpiece; and a processing unit, which is attached to the main body and includes: a boring unit, which is designed to create a bore in the workpiece fixed by the fixing unit; and a pressing unit, which is designed to press a press-in element into the bore. The method fixes the workpiece; creates a bore in the workpiece; positions a press-in element over the bore; and presses the press-in element into the bore, wherein a single device is used to carry out the method.