Abstract: A damping element implemented for damping a vibration transmitted between an injection valve and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine may include a base body substantially shaped as a ring washer and at least one first contact segment fixedly coupled to the base body and protruding past the base body in a first axial direction and a second contact segment fixedly coupled to the base body and protruding past the base body in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction. The first at least one contact segment has a radial offset from the longitudinal axis that is unequal to a radial offset of the second contact segment from the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of at least one multilayer electromechanical transducer (44), comprising provision of at least one dielectric elastomer foil (10, 16, 22, 30, 46), application of at least one electrode layer (12, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 42) to at least one first part (16.1, 16.4, 22.1) of the elastomer foil (10, 16, 22, 30, 46) in an application step, arrangement of the elastomer foil (10, 16, 22, 30, 46) on a receptor area (4) of a folding apparatus (2), where the folding apparatus (2) has a first plate (2.1) and a second plate (2.2), fixing of the elastomer foil (10, 16, 22, 30, 46) on the receptor area (4), and folding of the first part (16.1, 16.4, 22.1) of the elastomer foil (10, 16, 22, 30, 46) onto another part (16.2, 16.3, 22.3) of the elastomer foil (10, 16, 22, 30, 46) in a folding step via folding of the first plate (2.1) in relation to the second plate (2.2) in such a way that the electrode layer (12, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 42) is arranged between the first part (16.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-switchable polymer film assembly having a first and a second surface side, comprising at least one pair of electrodes (3, 4) and a polymer matrix (2), wherein structuring particles (5) can be embedded in the polymer matrix and the polymer matrix or the structuring particles consist of an electro-active polymer, wherein furthermore, the first and/or the second surface sides can be transferred from a plane condition into a structured condition by electric switching of the electro-active polymer.

Abstract: A sealing configuration is configured for sealingly coupling a first fluid flow path of a first device to a second fluid flow path of a second device. The sealing configuration comprises a contact surface comprising a structure configured for increasing a surface pressure when coupling the first device to the second device. The contact surface comprises a metal coating configured for increasing sealing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multilayer dielectric polyurethane film system comprising the following method steps: I) producing a mixture comprising a) a compound containing isocyanate groups with an isocyanate group content of >10% by weight and ?50% by weight, b) a compound containing isocyanate reactive groups with an OH number of ?20 and ?150, wherein the sum of the number average functionality of isocyanate groups and of isocyanate reactive groups in compounds a) and b) is ?2.6 and ?6, II) applying the mixture immediately after it has been produced to a substrate in the form of a wet film, III) curing said wet film while forming the polyurethane film and IV) applying an electrode layer on the almost completely dried film, V) repeating steps I)-IV) to generate a multilayer system. The invention further relates to a multilayer dielectric polyurethane film system and an electromechanical transducer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a dielectric polyurethane film, in which at least the following steps are performed continuously: I) a mixture comprising: a) a compound containing isocyanate groups and having a content of isocyanate groups of >10% by weight and ?50% by weight, b) a compound containing isocyanate-reactive groups and having an OH number of ?20 and ?150, at least one solvent having a vapour pressure at 20° C. of >0.1 mbar and <200 mbar, at least one wetting additive, is produced, where the sum of the number-average functionalities of isocyanate groups and of isocyanate-reactive groups in the compounds a) and b) is ?2.6 and ?6, II) immediately after production thereof, the mixture is applied to a carrier in the form of a wet film, III) the wet film is cured to form the polyurethane film and IV) the polyurethane film is separated from the carrier.

Abstract: An optically pumped semiconductor disk laser including a pump light source, at least one semiconductor body (2), which semiconductor body (2) has at least one window region (8), an active region (7) and a reflection device (P), which reflection device has at least one first P-reflection element (P1) for the pump wavelength. The first P-reflection element (P1) is embodied and arranged such that pump light emerging from the pump light source (3) can be guided for at least two passes through the active region (7). A total thickness of the active region (7) and of the window region (8) in the direction of an optical axis of the semiconductor disk laser is less than three times the laser wavelength in the active region (7).

Abstract: An injection valve includes an injector component having an injector body including a recess hydraulically coupled to a high-pressure circuit of a fluid, and a nozzle needle moveably disposed injector body recess for preventing fluid flow through at least one injection opening in a closed position, and otherwise for releasing the fluid flow; an actuator unit disposed in the injector body recess and having an actuator element disposed in an actuator housing including an end face at an axial end facing the injection opening, which end face is mechanically coupled to a stage implemented in the injector body via a ring element disposed axially between the end face and the stage. At least two radial through passages are disposed opposite each other in the ring element, designed for hydraulically coupling between a ring interior disposed within the ring element and a ring exterior disposed outside of the ring element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromechanical converter, in particular an electromechanical sensor, actuator and/or generator, which comprises a polymer element obtainable from a reaction mixture comprising a polyisocyanate, a polyisocyanate prepolymer and a compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive hydroxy groups. The present invention additionally relates to a process for the production of such an electromechanical converter and to the use of a polymer element according to the invention as an electromechanical element. The present invention relates further to an electronic and/or electrical device comprising an electromechanical converter according to the invention and to the use of an electromechanical converter according to the invention in an electronic and/or electrical device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a pultrusion system (1) for producing a cord-shaped compound element (10) from a fiber bundle (11) and at least one filling component (12, 13), wherein the fiber bundle is guided into an injection box (14) having at least two supply channels (29) and an injection chamber (15), into which chamber die filling component (12, 13) is injected in a fluid state, such that the fiber bundle (11) is saturated with the filling component (12, 13) and whereby a material compound (16) is formed. According to the invention, energy is introduced in the injection chamber (15), such that the fiber bundle (11) is saturated with the filling component (12, 13) while energy is supplied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser having at least one quantum film in which electron hole pairs can be recombined, having at least two barrier layers between which respectively one of the at least one quantum films is disposed adjacently to these, directly in a planar manner or via respectively one intermediate film, and also having a pump device, the barrier layers having or consisting of AlzGa1-zAsySb1-y, with y greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to one and z less than or equal to one and greater than 0.4, and/or having or consisting of AlzGauInvAsySb1-y, with z+u+v=1 and z greater than 0.25, the electron hole pairs being able to be produced directly in the quantum film with the pump device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an electromechanical, for example piezoelectric, transducer in which a first polymer layer comprising cutouts is applied to a first continuous polymer layer by means of a printing and/or coating method, a cover is applied to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts in such a way that the cutouts of the first polymer layer comprising cutouts are closed off with the formation of cavities, and the cover is connected to the first polymer layer comprising cutouts. The invention also relates to electromechanical transducers produced by the method according to the invention, and the use of said electromechanical transducers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer material comprising a polymer and an organically modified layered silicate dispersed in the polymer. The total content of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal cations in the polymer material is ?1 ppm. It relates further to the use of the polymer material as an electret material, and to an electromechanical converter comprising such a polymer material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a target arrangement comprising a tubular-shaped carrier element and a hollow-cylindrical target having at least one target material, said target comprising at least one one-piece tube segment which at least partially surrounds the carrier element. Said carrier element and the tube segment are partially interconnected in a material fit by at least two plastically deformable compensating means. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of target arrangement and a tubular segment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for the production of an electroluminescent element, comprising a substrate, an at least partly transparent front electrode, at least one pigment layer, optionally a dielectric layer, a back electrode and busbars for contacting the electrodes, optionally a covering layer or a laminate, and a process for the production of an electroluminescent element, preferably by screen minting. The formulations for the production of the pigment and dielectric layer contain as binders isocyanate-reactive components and blocked isocyanates and/or blocked di- and/or polyisocyanates.

Abstract: A damping element implemented for damping a vibration transmitted between an injection valve and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine may include a base body substantially shaped as a ring washer and at least one first contact segment fixedly coupled to the base body and protruding past the base body in a first axial direction and a second contact segment fixedly coupled to the base body and protruding past the base body in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction. The first at least one contact segment has a radial offset from the longitudinal axis that is unequal to a radial offset of the second contact segment from the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An injection valve may comprise: an injector component having an injector body comprising a recess of the injector body extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis that can be hydraulically coupled to a high-pressure circuit of a fluid, and a nozzle needle axially displaceably disposed in the recess of the injector body, designed for preventing fluid flow through at least one injection opening in a closed position, and otherwise for releasing the fluid flow; an actuator unit disposed in a recess of the injector body and comprising an actuator housing in which an actuator element is disposed, and the actuator housing comprises an end face at an axial end facing the injection opening, said end face being mechanically coupled to a stage implemented in the injector body; and a ring element disposed axially between the end face and the stage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferroelectret multi-layer composite (1) comprising at least two polymer films arranged one on top of the other and bonded together, wherein voids are formed between the polymer films, said voids being tubular channels, particularly running parallel to one another. The invention further provides a process for the production of a ferroelectret multi-layer composite with parallel tubular channels, and a device for carrying out the process for the production of the ferroelectret multi-layer composite according to the invention. In addition, the invention relates to a piezoelectric element containing a ferroelectret multi-layer composite according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piezoelectric polymer film element, in particular a polymer foil, comprising a polymer matrix, wherein hollow particles are arranged in the polymer matrix, and a process for the production of such a piezoelectric polymer film element, comprising the steps: A) provision of hollow particles and B) introduction of the hollow particles into a polymer matrix and C) shaping of the polymer matrix as a polymer film. The invention furthermore relates to an electromechanical converter comprising at least one first polymer film which comprises hollow particles as fillers.

Abstract: An electromechanical converter comprises a dielectric elastomer layer (1) designed as one piece and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first and the second side of the dielectric elastomer layer (1) are corrugated in the same direction as each other with the formation of ridges (2) and furrows (3). The dielectric elastomer layer (1) comprises a polyurethane polymer, the first side of the dielectric elastomer layer (1) being in contact with a first electrode (4) and the second side of the dielectric elastomer layer (1) being in contact with a second electrode (5) and the first and second electrode (4, 5) having a same-directional corrugated design corresponding to the first and second side of the dielectric elastomer layer (1).