Abstract: In a method for operating a brake system of a vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle, a presence of status information relating to a driving command unit which controls the autonomous driving is checked by a brake control unit of the brake system. If the brake control unit detects that the status information is missing or detects status information which indicates an error of the driving command unit, a control signal which controls the autonomous driving in the longitudinal and/or transverse direction is generated by the brake control unit from current environmental data and/or driving parameters.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle is disclosed herein, which is constructed for selective pressurisation and pressure relief of at least two pressure connections for brake actuators. The brake system comprises an electrofluidic pressure generation unit, a main cylinder unit and an electrofluidic pressure increase unit, which is fluidly coupled at the input side to the electrofluidic pressure generation unit and/or the main cylinder unit in such a manner that exclusively a volume flow of pressure fluid which is pressurised by the electrofluidic pressure generation unit and/or the main cylinder unit can be acted on with a supplementary pressure by the pressure increase unit. At the output side, the pressure increase unit is connected in fluid terms to one of the pressure connections. In addition, a method for operating such a brake system is set out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a hydraulic brake system (10) in a motor vehicle with regenerative braking function. In the method, if a generator braking force of an electric machine (50) is present or incipient, a hydraulic connection (80) between a brake cylinder (16) and a wheel brake (28) is opened before a hydraulic fluid is displaced in the direction of the wheel brake (28) by means of the brake cylinder (16). The invention furthermore relates to a hydraulic brake system (10) for a motor vehicle with regenerative braking function, and to a method for controlling a hydraulic brake system (10) with regenerative braking function. The invention also encompasses a computer program product, a control unit and a motor vehicle.

Abstract: An electric fan has a drive motor having a fan rotor, an apparatus for generating a rotation speed signal (n_i), an apparatus for generating a power level signal (P_i) that represents power consumed; a first regulator (n_RGL) for regulating the rotation speed signal (n_i) to a predefined target value (n_s); a second regulator (P_RGL) for regulating the power level signal (P_i) to a predefined power level signal target value (P_s) that corresponds to a predefined minimum consumed power level (P_min), where the first regulator (n_RGL) and the second regulator (P_RGL) apply at least one control output signal (SW) to the drive motor and interact in such a way that, during operation, the at least one control value (SW) in a first state is determined by the first regulator (n_RGL), and in a second state is determined by the second regulator (n_RGL).

Abstract: An electronically commutated motor (32) has, associated with it, a circuit board (36) having arranged thereon a temperature sensor for generating a temperature signal. Provided are: A first arrangement for continuous determination of the prospectively still-available service life of the motor (32); a second arrangement (20, 236) for sensing a first value that is dependent on the temperature signal (33) and that characterizes the temperature (T_S) adjacent the circuit board (36); a third arrangement (240; 244) for sensing a rotation speed (n) of the motor (32); a memory (31) for storing a digital third value (Cr) for the prospectively still available service life of the motor (32); a calculation apparatus (30) which calculates an estimated still-available service life and an output apparatus (83) for the results. A current service life correction value (?t) is preferably also generated as a function of the electrical power and/or of the current and voltage.

Abstract: A method for operating an electrically controllable brake system for a motor vehicle having at least one electrically actuated valve arrangement for setting a pressure difference between a second brake pressure and a first brake pressure, wherein in a first time interval a predetermined first pressure difference is set and an associated first power consumption value of the pump is identified; in a second time interval a predetermined second pressure difference is set and an associated second power consumption value of the pump is identified; a correction value is obtained from the first power consumption value and the second power consumption value; the correction value is taken into account for setting a set-point value for the pressure difference.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an energy storage device for a medical device that includes creating an aperture in a case. The aperture includes an inner surface. The method also includes introducing an electrolyte into the case through the aperture and moving a sealing member into the aperture. The sealing member includes an outer surface. Furthermore, the method includes sealing the aperture only with the sealing member and creating a substantially hermetic seal between the inner surface of the aperture and the outer surface of the sealing member.

Abstract: Method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of colitis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates IL-13 activity (FIG. 3). The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of colitis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates NK-T cell activity. The invention also provides for the screening of substances that treat or prevent the inflammatory response of colitis.

Abstract: A device and method for a hydraulic brake system of a land vehicle in order to block a brake circuit of the brake system with regard to a supply of brake pressure generated by a driver, to establish a hydraulic connection between the output side of a wheel brake and the input side of a controllable pump and to generate a predetermined brake pressure at the input side of the wheel brake by the use of a pump.

Abstract: An electric fan has a drive motor having a fan rotor, an apparatus for generating a rotation speed signal (n_i), an apparatus for generating a power level signal (P_i) that represents power consumed; a first regulator (n_RGL) for regulating the rotation speed signal (n_i) to a predefined target value (n_s); a second regulator (P_RGL) for regulating the power level signal (P_i) to a predefined power level signal target value (P_s) that corresponds to a predefined minimum consumed power level (P_min), where the first regulator (n_RGL) and the second regulator (P_RGL) apply at least one control output signal (SW) to the drive motor and interact in such a way that, during operation, the at least one control value (SW) in a first state is determined by the first regulator (n_RGL), and in a second state is determined by the second regulator (n_RGL).

Abstract: A method for operating an electrically controllable brake system for a motor vehicle having at least one electrically actuated valve arrangement for setting a pressure difference between a second brake pressure and a first brake pressure, wherein in a first time interval a predetermined first pressure difference is set and an associated first power consumption value of the pump is identified; in a second time interval a predetermined second pressure difference is set and an associated second power consumption value of the pump is identified; a correction value is obtained from the first power consumption value and the second power consumption value; the correction value is taken into account for setting a set-point value for the pressure difference.

Abstract: An electronically commutated motor (ECM 20) has a rotor (28) and a stator, associated with which is a winding arrangement (26) to which electrical current (i1) is applied to drive the motor (20), a computer (36), and a PWM generator (84) associated therewith. The motor (20) is designed for operation in a parameter range that encompasses at least one variable parameter, e.g. operating voltage or ambient temperature, that can have different values. The computer (36) is configured to operate by carrying out these steps: After the motor (20) is switched on and before normal startup begins, during an initial time phase (T1), current (i1) delivered to the stator winding arrangement (26) is switched off and on using a pulse duty factor (pwm) derived from said variable parameter, in order to produce startup of the motor (20); subsequent to phase (T1), when the rotor (28) is rotating, normal startup is performed.

Abstract: Method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of colitis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates IL-13 activity (FIG. 3). The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of colitis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates NK-T cell activity. The invention also provides for the screening of substances that treat or prevent the inflammatory response of colitis.

Abstract: Hydraulic brake system for a land vehicle includes a control unit that supplies control signals for controlling automatic braking operations of the brake system, a master cylinder for generating brake pressure under the control of a driver, a first brake circuit includes a first controllable pump for generating brake pressure in the first brake circuit under the control of the control unit, and a first valve arrangement having an input side, which is fluidically connected to the master cylinder, and an output side, which is fluidically connected to the first pump, wherein the first valve arrangement has an open operating state, in which the input side and the output side of the first valve arrangement are fluidically connected, and a closed operating state, in which the fluid connection between the input side and the output side of the first valve arrangement is interrupted.

Abstract: Method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of colitis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates IL-13 activity (FIG. 3). The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of colitis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that modulates NK-T cell activity. The invention also provides for the screening of substances that treat or prevent the inflammatory response of colitis.

Abstract: An electronically commutated motor (20) has a rotor (28) and a rotor position sensor (30), which sensor, during operation, furnishes a rotational position signal (34). A stator interacts with the rotor (28). The stator has a stator winding strand (26) in an H bridge (22), and a control apparatus (36) which, during operation, performs the steps of: (A) controlling the H bridge (22) so that current pulses (+i1, ?i1) flow through the stator winding strand (26), in alternate directions, each pulse starting at a first point in time (t1); (B) at the beginning of each commutation, starting from a second point in time (t2), operating in short circuit the winding strand (26), in order to cause a decreasing loop current (I*) through the stator winding strand (26), which loop current (I*) reaches zero at a third point in time (t3); and (C) stepwise modifying, toward a minimum, the time interval (TCC) between the first and third points in time (t1, t3).

Abstract: A technique for boosting hydraulic brake pressure in a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is proposed, wherein a first pressure component of a brake pressure in the brake system is generated in a driver-controlled manner. A method in this respect comprises the steps of acquiring a deceleration value that indicates a deceleration of the vehicle and generating an additional second pressure component as a function of the deceleration value.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an energy storage device for a medical device includes enclosing a cell assembly in a case. The case includes a filling aperture. The filling aperture includes an inner surface that is integral to the case so as to be monolithic. The case is free of a separate fill port tube. Moreover, the method includes introducing an electrolyte into the case through the filling aperture and hermetically sealing the filling aperture to form a first seal of the filling aperture that is free of a filler material. The method additionally includes hermetically sealing the sealing member to the case to form a second seal of the filling aperture.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an energy storage device for a medical device that includes creating an aperture in a case. The aperture includes an inner surface. The method also includes introducing an electrolyte into the case through the aperture and moving a sealing member into the aperture. The sealing member includes an outer surface. Furthermore, the method includes sealing the aperture only with the sealing member and creating a substantially hermetic seal between the inner surface of the aperture and the outer surface of the sealing member.

Abstract: An electronically commutated motor has a permanent-magnet rotor (124) having: at least two rotor poles (183, 186, 188, 189); at least one phase (126); a power stage (122); and a rotor position sensor (140). Associated therewith is a control circuit implemented to carry out the following steps in order to even out the motor current (320): A) after a change of the rotor position signal (182), referred to as a first pole change, a first value (I_MEAS(HCnt?1)) of the current through the at least one phase (126) is ascertained; B) after a predetermined time span (T_Default+T_Offset(HCnt?1)), a new commutation is carried out; C) after a change of the rotor position signal (182), referred to as a second pole change, a second value for the motor current (I_MEAS(HCnt)) is ascertained; D) as a function of the difference between the first value (I_MEAS(HCnt?1)) and second value (I_MEAS(HCnt)), the value for the predetermined time span is modified.