Abstract: What is described is a mounting aid for mounting electrical components, in particular electrolytic capacitors or chokes, on a printed circuit board, said mounting aid comprising a body, which has compartments for receiving the electrical components, wherein the compartments have a base with openings for the insertion of connection wires of the electrical components, and metal parts fastened to the body, which metal parts each form at least one contact pin on the underside of the body and each from a busbar for connection to electrical components in a plurality of compartments of the body.

Abstract: Described is a heating plate having a substrate made of metal, a heating layer and an insulation layer which is arranged between the heating layer and the substrate. It is provided according to this disclosure that the insulation layer bears an electrically conductive shielding layer and that the shielding layer is covered by a second insulation layer on which the heating layer lies. In addition, a flow heater having such a heating plate is disclosed.

Abstract: Contact assembly for high-current applications, comprising an electric circuit board (3); a non-flexible conductor rod (1) protruding in a longitudinal direction, the conductor rod (1) transmitting an electric current of more than 30 Ampere, in particular more than 50 Ampere, between the circuit board (3) and an electric device; and a receiving member (2), the receiving member (2) being fixed to the circuit board (3); wherein the receiving member (2) holds the conductor rod (1) and transmits the current between the conductor rod (1) and the circuit board (3); wherein the receiving member (2) comprises a plurality of elastically deformable tongues (5), the tongues (5) being arranged circumferentially about the conductor rod (1) and providing for a mechanical support as well as an electric contact between the conductor rod (1) and the receiving member (2).

Abstract: Contact assembly for high-current applications, comprising an electric circuit board (3); a non-flexible conductor rod (1) protruding in a longitudinal direction, the conductor rod (1) transmitting an electric current of more than 30 Ampere, in particular more than 50 Ampere, between the circuit board (3) and an electric device; and a receiving member (2), the receiving member (2) being fixed to the circuit board (3); wherein the receiving member (2) holds the conductor rod (1) and transmits the current between the conductor rod (1) and the circuit board (3); wherein the receiving member (2) comprises a plurality of elastically deformable tongues (5), the tongues (5) being arranged circumferentially about the conductor rod (1) and providing for a mechanical support as well as an electric contact between the conductor rod (1) and the receiving member (2).

Abstract: What is described is a mounting aid for mounting electrical components, in particular electrolytic capacitors or chokes, on a printed circuit board, said mounting aid comprising a body, which has compartments for receiving the electrical components, wherein the compartments have a base with openings for the insertion of connection wires of the electrical components, and metal parts fastened to the body, which metal parts each form at least one contact pin on the underside of the body and each from a busbar for connection to electrical components in a plurality of compartments of the body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a corona ignition device, comprising a center electrode, an insulator surrounding the center electrode, a coil, which is connected to the center electrode, and a housing pipe, in which the coil is arranged. The housing pipe comprises a substrate layer and a conducting layer arranged radially inwardly of the substrate layer. The conducting layer is made of a material having a greater electrical conductivity than the material of the substrate layer. The conducting layer has a thickness of at least 0.1 mm. Also disclosed is a method for producing a corona ignition device, in which, to produce the housing pipe, an inner pipe is inserted into an outer pipe. The invention also relates to a corona ignition device of which the coil is surrounded by a soft-magnetic shielding.

Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising: an electric motor generator, a first power electronics module operatively connected to the electric motor generator; an electric motor constructed and arranged for driving an air delivery device, and a second power electronics module coupled to the electric motor. A number of variations may include a product comprising: an electric motor generator for a vehicle and an electric motor constructed and arranged for driving an air delivery device, and single housing enclosing the electric motor generator and an electric motor.

Abstract: Method for igniting a fuel/air mixture in a cyclically operating internal combustion engine comprising combustion chambers which are delimited by walls that are at ground potential, using an ignition device comprising an ignition electrode provided in each combustion chamber, in which method, via an electrical DC/AC converter, an electric oscillating circuit is excited, which is connected to the secondary side of the DC/AC converter, and in which the ignition electrode, which is guided through one of the walls delimiting the combustion chamber in a manner in which it is electrically insulated from said walls by an insulator and extends into the combustion chamber, constitutes a capacitance in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber that are at ground potential, and in which the excitation of the oscillating circuit is controlled so a corona discharge igniting the fuel/air mixture is created in each combustion chamber at the ignition electrode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for energizing an HF resonant circuit which contains an igniter as a component for igniting a fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine by means of a corona discharge, wherein the igniter comprises an ignition electrode and an insulator surrounding the ignition electrode, by means of a DC-AC inverter which is excited by successive current pulses which each last while a switch controlled by a control circuit is in its conducting switching state. It is provided according to the invention that the switch is actuated when an instantaneous value of an alternating current or an alternating current voltage excited in the HF resonant circuit falls below a first switching threshold (A?, B?, C?) and the switch s actuated when the instantaneous value of the alternating current or the alternating current voltage excited in the HF resonant circuit exceeds a second switching threshold (A+, B+, C+).

Abstract: The invention relates to a corona ignition device, comprising a center electrode, an insulator surrounding the center electrode, a coil, which is connected to the center electrode, and a housing pipe, in which the coil is arranged. The housing pipe comprises a substrate layer and a conducting layer arranged radially inwardly of the substrate layer. The conducting layer is made of a material having a greater electrical conductivity than the material of the substrate layer. The conducting layer has a thickness of at least 0.1 mm. Also disclosed is a method for producing a corona ignition device, in which, to produce the housing pipe, an inner pipe is inserted into an outer pipe. The invention also relates to a corona ignition device of which the coil is surrounded by a soft-magnetic shielding.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ignition system for the ignition of fuel in a vehicle engine by means of a corona discharge, comprising a voltage converter which has an input side for connection to a voltage source, and an output side, and an electric oscillating circuit connected to the secondary side for HF excitation of an ignition electrode. According to the invention, by an energy accumulator for charging from the electrical system of a vehicle, the energy accumulator being connected to the input side of the voltage converter to even out the electrical system load. The invention furthermore relates to a method according to the invention for the ignition of fuel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an HF ignition device for igniting a combustible gas mixture in an internal combustion engine, comprising a center electrode (2), an insulating body (3) through which center electrode (2) extends, a housing (4) that carries, on one end thereof, a metallic housing body (5) that encloses at least one section of insulating body (3), and comprising an external thread (5a) to be screwed into an internal combustion engine, and a circuit for the HF excitation of the center electrode (2). According to the invention, the section of the insulating body (3) that encloses the housing body (5) comprises an electrically conductive coating (6).

Abstract: An igniter for igniting a fuel/air mixture using a corona discharge, generated by a high-frequency electric high voltage, in an internal combustion engine having one or more combustion chambers delimited by walls at ground potential, comprising an ignition electrode, which traverses in an electrically insulated manner one of the walls delimiting the particular combustion chamber and constitutes in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber, that are at ground potential, an electrical capacitance. Comprising a metallic or metallized outer member and an elongate passage extending through the outer member, through which extends the ignition electrode, and comprising an insulator which encloses the ignition electrode and insulates it electrically from the outer member, wherein the ignition electrode, the insulator, and the passage have a common longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for igniting a fuel/air mixture in one or more combustion chambers which are delimited by walls that are at ground potential, wherein an electric resonant circuit is excited in which an ignition electrode, which is guided through one of the walls delimiting the combustion chamber in an electrically insulated manner and which extends into the combustion chamber, in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber that are at ground potential constitutes a capacitance, and in which the excitation of the resonant circuit is controlled such that a corona discharge igniting the fuel/air mixture is created in the combustion chamber at the ignition electrode.

Abstract: The invention relates to an HF ignition device for igniting a fuel in an internal combustion engine with a corona discharge, comprising an ignition electrode, an insulating body on which the ignition electrode is mounted, the insulating body having a continuous channel in which an inner conductor leading to the ignition electrode is disposed, and an outer conductor which encloses the insulating body and, in combination with a section of the inner conductor, forms a capacitor, wherein the channel is filled with an electrically conductive filling material which encloses at least one conductor piece that forms at least one section of the inner conductor.

Abstract: Described is an igniter comprising an arrangement composed of an ignition electrode, an outer conductor coaxially enclosing the ignition electrode, and an electric insulator disposed between the ignition electrode and the outer conductor, via which insulator the ignition electrode and the outer conductor are interconnected, for igniting a fuel/air mixture in a combustion chamber, in particular in an internal combustion engine comprising one or more combustion chambers which are delimited by walls that are at ground potential, by creating a corona discharge in an area surrounding the tip of the ignition electrode. According to the invention, the ratio of the outer diameter d of the ignition electrode and the inner diameter D of the outer conductor is in the range of 0.3 to 0.44.

Abstract: An igniter for igniting a fuel/air mixture using a corona discharge, generated by a high-frequency electric high voltage, in an internal combustion engine having one or more combustion chambers delimited by walls at ground potential, comprising an ignition electrode, which traverses in an electrically insulated manner one of the walls delimiting the particular combustion chamber and constitutes in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber, that are at ground potential, an electrical capacitance. Comprising a metallic or metallized outer member and an elongate passage extending through the outer member, through which extends the ignition electrode, and comprising an insulator which encloses the ignition electrode and insulates it electrically from the outer member, wherein the ignition electrode, the insulator, and the passage have a common longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for energizing an HF resonant circuit which contains an igniter as a component for igniting a fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine by means of a corona discharge, wherein the igniter comprises an ignition electrode and an insulator surrounding the ignition electrode, by means of a DC-AC inverter which is excited by successive current pulses which each last while a switch controlled by a control circuit is in its conducting switching state. It is provided according to the invention that the switch is actuated when an instantaneous value of an alternating current or an alternating current voltage excited in the HF resonant circuit falls below a first switching threshold (A?, B?, C?) and the switch s actuated when the instantaneous value of the alternating current or the alternating current voltage excited in the HF resonant circuit exceeds a second switching threshold (A+, B+, C+).

Abstract: The invention relates to an ignition system for the ignition of fuel in a vehicle engine by means of a corona discharge, comprising a voltage converter which has an input side for connection to a voltage source, and an output side, and an electric oscillating circuit connected to the secondary side for HF excitation of an ignition electrode. According to the invention, by an energy accumulator for charging from the electrical system of a vehicle, the energy accumulator being connected to the input side of the voltage converter to even out the electrical system load. The invention furthermore relates to a method according to the invention for the ignition of fuel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for igniting a fuel/air mixture in one or more combustion chambers which are delimited by walls that are at ground potential, wherein an electric resonant circuit is excited in which an ignition electrode, which is guided through one of the walls delimiting the combustion chamber in an electrically insulated manner and which extends into the combustion chamber, in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber that are at ground potential constitutes a capacitance, and in which the excitation of the resonant circuit is controlled such that a corona discharge igniting the fuel/air mixture is created in the combustion chamber at the ignition electrode.