Abstract: An SLI battery for use in vehicle applications includes a container, a positive plate and a negative plate disposed within the container, and a separator disposed within the container and separating the positive plate and the negative plate. The positive plate includes a frame, a lug, and a plurality of wires and is formed by book mold gravity casting. The plate is formed of a lead-based alloy consisting essentially of lead, tin in the range of greater than 0.5 percent to about 1.2 percent, calcium in an amount such that the ratio of tin to calcium of greater than 12:1, and silver in the range of greater than 0 to less than 0.015 percent, where the percentages are based upon the total weight of the alloy.

Abstract: An arrangement of several ferrules for optical waveguides having at least one connection section, two ferrules respectively mutually connected by way of a connection section or mutually connected by way of a belt. In an advantageous embodiment, the ferrules are connected in one piece with the belt. In a process for producing a belt having plastic ferrules, the following process steps are implemented: Injection-molding a first plastic ferrule, conveying the finished plastic ferrule by a defined distance, and injection-molding a second plastic ferrule, so that it is connected with the first plastic ferrule. The process may further include belt segments which are injection-molded with the plastic ferrules.

Abstract: A ferrule (4) according to the invention for an optical fiber (1)is characterised in that the ferrule (4) is produced from plastics material and is welded on the optical fiber (1), which also consists of plastics material, preferably by ultrasound. The cladding (2) of the optical fiber (1) comprises depressions (3) which on welding also produce an interlocking fit in addition to the material connection.

Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for monitoring a drive unit of a vehicle and/or components allocated thereto, a torque variable is determined that characterizes the torque requirement of the drive unit and/or the allocated components. Faults are recognized on the basis of the torque variable and/or a variable on the basis of which the torque variable is determined.

Abstract: A sealing valve arrangement (12) for a container containing a fluid, wherein a supporting element (14) comprising a control channel (15) in the border region of the supporting element (14) and a securing element (16) comprising a passage channel (18) are disposed on top of one another over the fluid storage (13′) of the container. A sealing valve (1) having smaller radial dimensions than these elements (14, 16) and a valve channel (2) for connecting the control channel (15) and the passage channel (18) are provided between the supporting element (14) and the securing element (17), wherein the sealing valve (1) comprises a first sealing surface or edge (5) for sealing the passage channel (18) from the control channel (15) and a second sealing surface or edge (8) for sealing the valve channel (2) from the control channel (15). The sealing valve (1) operates in case of pressure above atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressure within the fluid storage (13′).

Abstract: A fuel supply system, having a housing (1), in which a pistonlike element (5) is disposed longitudinally displaceably in a bore (3) and is guided sealingly in the bore (3) by a guide portion (105). On one end, the guide portion (105) adjoins a first fuel-filled chamber (19), and on its other end it adjoins a second fuel-filled chamber (15). At least one recess (30) extending at least approximately in the circumferential direction is embodied in the guide portion (105) of the pistonlike element (5) and extends over at least part of the circumference of the pistonlike element (5) and, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the pistonlike element (5), has an asymmetrical cross section (FIG. 1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the testing or inspection of objects, particularly for detecting defects or irregularities therein, by means of X-radiation, where the object to be inspected is brought into different spatial positions and stays there during image detection. For mechanical positioning of the objects, known methods and apparatuses require a relatively long time with limited inspection precision, while having a considerable space requirement. Accompanied by a small size, the invention obviates this problem in that the X-ray components, comprising X-ray tube and X-ray detector, are only moved in translatory manner and the inspection object or part in a gimbal suspension is only moved in rotary manner in at least one axis and a maximum of three axes x, y and z.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA cassette intended for the transformation of yeast, leaving no useless exogenous DNA but the gene(s) of interest comprising at least one negative dominant marker, two direct repeat sequences (DRS) which are non exogenous and non recombinogenic with the genome of the host strain, these two direct repeat sequences flanking the negative dominant marker and optionally at least one gene of interest containing, if necessary, the elements necessary for its expression in the host cell. The invention relates as well to a method of integration of gene(s) of interest or inactivation of a gene in yeast, and of transformation of yeast with the DNA cassette, and to yeast strains thus obtained.

Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for monitoring a drive unit of a vehicle and/or components allocated thereto, a torque variable is determined that characterizes the torque requirement of the drive unit and/or the allocated components. Faults are recognized on the basis of the torque variable and/or a variable on the basis of which the torque variable is determined.

Abstract: A sealing valve 10 for container openings made from rubber elastic material and having a stopper member 11 which can be introduced into the container opening up to a stopper collar 12 projecting beyond the stopper member 11 in a radial direction 26. At least one control channel 16 is formed on the stopper member 11 and extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis 24 of sealing valve 10 from one end of the stopper member 11 facing an inner region of the container 20. A sealing lip 15 is formed on the stopper collar 11 and can seat in a sealing fashion on a container edge 25 surrounding the container opening. The stopper collar 12 has a control channel section 29 transverse to the control channel 16 of a stopper member 11 which extends this control channel 16 up to the sealing lip 15. A reliable venting is guaranteed while simultaneously securing sealing to prevent the escape of battery liquids. Economical production with large yield is also facilitated.

Abstract: A motor vehicle data processing apparatus includes an operating data acquisition device for acquiring at least one operating data value, in particular engine speed, engine load, and the like, while the vehicle is in operation. The motor vehicle data processing apparatus also includes an operating data processing device for processing the acquired operating data and storing corresponding processed operating data in an associated storage device, and an action determination device for examining the stored processed operating data and determining the need to execute a predetermined action as a function of an examination result according to a predefined criteria.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling operating sequences in a vehicle using at least one control unit having at least one non-volatile memory element, control being performed as a function of the respective vehicle version and/or control unit version, and the respective functions are selected during function selection by defining an identifier according to the version used, at least one predefinable data record and/or program code in the memory element corresponding to the selected functions, and the data record and/or program code being selected from a plurality of data records and/or program codes. The plurality of data records and/or program codes is generated during a version selection, the identifier containing configuration parameters, and the configuration parameters being used for determining the data record and/or the program code, the respective identifier, i.e. the configuration parameters being used for the selection of the version and the selection of the function.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling operating sequences in a vehicle using at least one control unit having at least one non-volatile memory element, control being performed as a function of the respective vehicle version and/or control unit version, and the respective functions are selected during function selection by defining an identifier according to the version used, at least one predefinable data record and/or program code in the memory element corresponding to the selected functions, and the data record and/or program code being selected from a plurality of data records and/or program codes. The plurality of data records and/or program codes is generated during a version selection, the identifier containing configuration parameters, and the configuration parameters being used for determining the data record and/or the program code, the respective identifier, i.e. the configuration parameters being used for the selection of the version and the selection of the function.

Abstract: A computer system for controlling the operation of a drive of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of different predetermined components each including at least one functional unit. Such components include a first component representing the motor vehicle as a whole and second component representing the drive. A plurality of interfaces is interposed between these components, being operative for transmitting data between such components. At least one storage stores information concerning such components and interfaces. The functional units mentioned above and the vehicle as a whole are controlled by controlling the above-mentioned components inclusive of the first component. In performing the control, request signals and inquiry signals are generated and transmitted through the interfaces between the components. The operation of the drive is controlled in dependence on the data exchanged between the components through the interfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc brake with hydraulically operable brake pads and a mechanical actuating which includes an actuating shaft that is rotatably and sealedly mounted in a bore of a brake housing and acts upon at least one of the brake pads. The present invention focuses on that at least in the area of a shaft duct, a sealing element is provided which is fixed to the actuating shaft so as to rotate along with it and cooperates with at least one associated sealing element and/or mating sealing surfaces in a radial direction. The sealing element bridges a portion of the actuating shaft which is different from the shape of a circle.

Abstract: A control system of a vehicle is suggested, which has several components (10 to 1014), which are arranged in different logical levels with at least one coordination component (14), which monitors the making available of power and the power requirement of at least one type of resource which is needed by at least two consumers, and with at least one component (101, 1011-1013) which makes the resource available, with at least two components (10, 12 ) which consume the resource; coordination components and consuming components are arranged in one logical level, characterized in that the component, which makes available the resource, is arranged in a subordinated level of a consuming component (10, 12) and the coordination component (14) inquires of the component, which makes available the resource, as to its power capacity with respect to the resource.

Abstract: A heater comprises a casing, which has an interior chamber. It further comprises a rotor, which is formed as an impeller on the one hand and as an eddy-current disk on the other, and a magnet support, which is equipped with permanent magnets and disposed non-rotarily in the casing and which is displaceable into an operating position in the direct neighborhood of the eddy-current disk and into a position of rest spaced therefrom. The eddy-current disk and the magnet support equipped with permanent magnets are rinsed by water.

Abstract: Electrode grids for lead storage batteries comprise a lead alloy which, in addition to calcium and tin and, if appropriate, silver, contains of aluminum, the aluminum content being in the range of approximately 0.012% to 0.02% by weight, and the average grain diameter in the web and frame area of the grids is 200 &mgr;m-600 &mgr;m. Preferably, the aluminum content is in the range of approximately 0.014% to 0.02%, the calcium content is approximately between 0.04 and 0.06%, the tin content is approximately between 0.5 to 1.0%, and optionally 0.5 to 0.7%, and the silver content is approximately between 0.005 and 0.06%.

Abstract: Processes and arrangements for the evaluation of laser Doppler signals, especially in laser Doppler anemometers (LDA) or vibrometers, are disclosed. The object of these processes and arrangements is to find a simple possibility for evaluating laser Doppler signals which retains the advantages of conventional frequency tracking demodulation and permits dependable actual measurements of velocities and derived movement values also for extremely low velocities and discontinuous particle flows. This object is achieved with the use of a laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) with bandpass filtration and frequency tracking demodulation, by generating at least one orthogonal frequency system which, as a sequence of four state intervals in an invertible one-to-one correlation, is formed of two additively superimposed rectangular functions with a phase displacement of .pi./2, a detector signal containing the Doppler frequency (f.sub.

Abstract: A process is provided for measuring physical values of light-scattering moving particles by means of laser Doppler anemometry and to a corresponding laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) with phase modulation. Generating a moving intensity-modulated superimposition signal in the measured volume of a LDA which is based on an uncomplicated driving of the phase modulator is achieved by having the phase modulator being driven by two sinusoidal driving signals with different frequencies (.omega..sub.1, .omega..sub.2) which are coupled so as to be fixed with respect to phase and frequency and wherein one frequency (.omega..sub.2) is an integer multiple of the other frequency (.omega..sub.1), and a filter frequency (f.sub.F) which is a common multiple of the two frequencies (.omega..sub.1, .omega..sub.2) is filtered out from the output signal of the receiver by a bandpass filter.