Abstract: A joint joins an alloy member to a ceramic member via a glass joining agent, which is joined to the alloy member by a material bonded joint and to the ceramic member by a further material bonded joint. The glass joining agent is made of a glass having a melting point below 800° C.; a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1 and a bismuth content of at least 10%. The alloy member has a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1. The ceramic member has a maximum coefficient of thermal expansion of 8-10?6 K?1. The material bonded joint defines a mixing region that is a partial region of the ceramic member, and the bismuth content in the mixing region is higher than that of the ceramic member outside the mixing region.

Abstract: A transducer for determining a pressure of a hydrogen-containing fluid medium confined in a first space includes a pressure side end configured to be disposed facing the fluid medium. The transducer includes a housing, which defines a second space, and a measuring arrangement disposed in the second space. The pressure side end includes a diaphragm configured and disposed for hermetically separating the first space from the second space. The diaphragm includes a metallic material that is made of a high-alloy martensite.

Abstract: A joint joins an alloy member to a ceramic member via a glass joining agent, which is joined to the alloy member by a material bonded joint and to the ceramic member by a further material bonded joint. The glass joining agent is made of a glass having a melting point below 800° C.; a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1 and a bismuth content of at least 10%. The alloy member has a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least 9-10?6 K?1. The ceramic member has a maximum coefficient of thermal expansion of 8-10?6 K?1. The material bonded joint defines a mixing region that is a partial region of the ceramic member, and the bismuth content in the mixing region is higher than that of the ceramic member outside the mixing region.

Abstract: A contact force testing apparatus includes a measuring sensor that can be contacted with an electrical contact element and measures a contact force (F) of a contact with the electrical contact element of an electrical connector having a male component and a female component. The measuring sensor receives the contact force in a contact region with a piezoelectric pick-up. The measuring sensor includes a plurality of piezoelectric pick-ups that are spaced apart from one another by pick-up gaps. The measuring sensor has a protective sleeve that covers the piezoelectric pick-ups and the pick-up gaps in the contact region.

Abstract: A contact force testing apparatus includes a measuring sensor that can be contacted with an electrical contact element and measures a contact force (F) of a contact with the electrical contact element. The measuring sensor includes piezoelectric material that receives the contact force (F) in a contact region and produces polarization charges. The measuring sensor includes an acceptor electrode that is completely surrounded by piezoelectric material in the contact region in the direction of a thickness extension of the measuring sensor and receives the polarization charges. A method is provided for the use of such a contact force testing apparatus, and a method is provided for producing such a contact force testing apparatus.

Abstract: A contact force testing apparatus includes a measuring sensor that can be contacted with an electrical contact element and measures a contact force (F) of a contact with the electrical contact element of an electrical connector having a male component and a female component. The measuring sensor receives the contact force in a contact region with a piezoelectric pick-up. The measuring sensor includes a plurality of piezoelectric pick-ups that are spaced apart from one another by pick-up gaps. The measuring sensor has a protective sleeve that covers the piezoelectric pick-ups and the pick-up gaps in the contact region.

Abstract: A contact force testing apparatus includes a measuring sensor that can be contacted with an electrical contact element and measures a contact force (F) of a contact with the electrical contact element. The measuring sensor includes piezoelectric material that receives the contact force (F) in a contact region and produces polarization charges. The measuring sensor includes an acceptor electrode that is completely surrounded by piezoelectric material in the contact region in the direction of a thickness extension of the measuring sensor and receives the polarization charges. A method is provided for the use of such a contact force testing apparatus, and a method is provided for producing such a contact force testing apparatus.

Abstract: A method for producing a material-bonding metal-ceramic soldered connection of an uncoated ceramic body to a metal part uses a metallic solder and begins by choosing the metal part with a 50% fraction of an oxygen-affine element; choosing the ceramic body with at least 80% aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon oxide or an alloy thereof; choosing an inactive, eutectic or near-eutectic solder; and forming a structure with the ceramic body and the metal part with an intermediate space between the their opposing surfaces. The solder is introduced into the intermediate space or the vicinity thereof. The structure is heated in a vacuum at a soldering temperature (T) greater than the liquidus temperature (TL) of the solder for a soldering period. The connection is applied between a ceramic bushing and a high-temperature sensor.