Abstract: A method is described that comprises receiving at a first interface a request to lock a row of data from a database table. The method also comprises formatting the request into a format suitable for reception by a second interface. The second interface is an interface to a logical locking function.

Abstract: A service apparatus for a transportation means comprises a first component in the form of an air shower with an air inlet and at least one air outlet, and a second component in the form of an illumination device. The first component and the second component are arranged essentially centrically in relation to each other, wherein one of the two components encloses the other component essentially in a ring-shaped manner. In this way an integral reading light with a forced-air nozzle, or an integral forced-air nozzle with a reading light, is implemented that uses little design space.

Abstract: A motor vehicle brake system having a hydraulic cable, via which a wheel brake module can be pressurized by a brake medium using brake pressure from a brake cylinder and to which a low pressure accumulator is connected for temporarily receiving excess brake medium, wherein the low pressure accumulator is connected to the hydraulic cable via a backflow line and a return pump interposed in the return line in order to return temporarily stored brake medium, the return pump being cyclically actuated for adjusting the pump capacity such that an activation occurs within each braking cycle during a portion of pump cycles that corresponds to the pump capacity, is intended to provide particularly high operational safety while also providing a comfortable pedal sensation.

Abstract: A method for producing a piston of an internal combustion engine in which a first blank and at least one additional black are provided with a somewhat cylindrical shape. The blanks are joined together, and the obtained piston blank is subjected to a shaping process in which a combustion chamber cavity of the piston is formed in the area of a joining point between the first and the second blank. The material of the second blank forms a reinforcement for at least the combustion chamber cavity.

Abstract: A coupling for bringing a first conduit in communication with a second conduit. Each of the conduits comprises an end to be coupled and each of the conduits is adapted for conducting a medium. The coupling has a housing and at least one aperture in said housing. The housing is adapted for introducing said first and second conduits into the housing. Furthermore, the coupling comprises a recess in the housing. The recess is adapted for partly receiving the ends of the first and second conduits. The coupling has a seal adapted for sealing the first and second conduits within the recess.

Abstract: A method of providing a conduit (5, 7, 49, 51 93, 129, 131, 151, 231, 233, 259) adapted for conducting a medium, with a functional element. The functional element is adapted for at least one of: coupling, connecting, sealing, fixing, adjusting, aligning, receiving, protecting, and positioning the conduit. A part, comprising a plastic material, is plastified and molded within a forming tool for shaping the form of the functional element and for attaching the functional element to the conduit.

Abstract: A fluidic module is described, the fluidic module comprising a fluidic connector located at the bottom side of the fluidic module, the fluidic connector comprising a fluid port, wherein, when the fluidic module is placed on top of a further fluidic module, the fluidic connector is in contact with a further fluidic connector of said further fluidic module, and a fluid tight fluidic connection is established between said fluid port and a corresponding fluid port of said further fluidic connector.

Abstract: A method of coupling at least two conduits for bringing them in communication. Each of the conduits is adapted for conducting a medium and has an outlet and an outer surface adjacent to the outlet. The outer surfaces and a solid plastic material are at least partly inserted into an aperture of a coupling element. The plastic material is plastified and/or melted at least partly. The plastic material is solidified for sealing and fixing the conduits within the aperture of the coupling element.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided that relate to the bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes, particularly the bioremediation of vinyl chloride by Dehalococcoides-like organisms. An isolated strain of bacteria, Dehalococcoides sp. strain VS, that metabolizes vinyl chloride is provided; the genetic sequence of the enzyme responsible for vinyl chloride dehalogenation; methods of assessing the capability of endogenous organisms at an environmental site to metabolize vinyl chloride; and a method of using the strains of the invention for bioremediation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a substantially shell-shaped component, from substantially carbon-fiber-reinforced synthetic material having at least one local reinforcing zone and at least one stiffening element, in particular a fuselage shell, a wing shell, a vertical stabilizer shell or horizontal stabilizer shell of an aircraft or the like. The process according to the invention comprises the following steps: arranging at least one doubler which has already been cured, on an at most partially cured shell skin to form the local reinforcing zone, applying at least one stiffening element which has already been cured, and placing at least one at most partially cured connecting angle bracket against the at least one stiffening element at least in the region of the at least one doubler, and curing the shell skin and the connecting angle bracket.

Abstract: A brake device for an elevator system includes a brake disk adapted to interact with a brake rotor concentrically disposed on an extension of a traction sheave. A traction sheave adapted to be concentrically disposed on a shaft of an elevator system driving apparatus includes a main body including an integrally formed extension adapted to interact with a brake device.

Abstract: A smart card contains a carrier body for receiving at least one system component, which has (in each case) a plurality of electrical components, and which unites the electrical functions for the operation of the smart card. The system component terminates approximately evenly with the top side of the card body of the smart card. At least one of the electrical components is accessible from the top side of the smart card.

Abstract: A method of providing a filter element with a thermoplastic material. The filter element is adapted for at least one of a group having filtering, conducting and influencing a medium. The thermoplastic material at least partly surrounds the filter element. The thermoplastic material is adapted for at least one of a group comprising coupling, connecting, sealing, fixing, adjusting, aligning, receiving, protecting, and positioning the filter element. The plastic material is at least partly plastified for attaching the plastic.

Abstract: A method is described that comprises receiving at a first interface a request to lock a row of data from a database table. The method also comprises formatting the request into a format suitable for reception by a second interface. The second interface is an interface to a logical locking function.

Abstract: The invention relates to the internal exhaust-gas recirculation in an internal combustion engine with gas exchange valves periodically controlled by a camshaft (22) in accordance with the four-stroke principle, in which, during the gas exchange exhausting of exhaust gas from the respective cylinder (1) into the exhaust duct (5), an intake valve (2) associated with the respective cylinder (1) is open in a crank angle range after top dead center of the ignition of the gas mixture present in the cylinder (1), in order to exhaust part of the exhaust gas into an intake duct (3), so that during the next gas exchange intake both fresh gas and exhaust gas are taken in from the intake duct (3), the respective intake valve (2) being actuated during the gas exchange exhausting independently of the periodic gas exchange intake, and the additional opening of the respective intake valve (2) being carried out in the range from 110 to 150% of the opening angle of the start of opening of the exhaust duct (5) by the exhaust va

Abstract: A coupling for bringing a first conduit in communication with a second conduit. Each of the conduits comprises an end to be coupled and each of the conduits is adapted for conducting a medium. The coupling has a housing and at least one aperture in said housing. The housing is adapted for introducing said first and second conduits into the housing. Furthermore, the coupling comprises a recess in the housing. The recess is adapted for partly receiving the ends of the first and second conduits. The coupling has a seal adapted for sealing the first and second conduits within the recess.

Abstract: A coupling with a first fluid conduit adapted for conducting a fluid and comprising an end to be coupled, a layered structure adapted for providing a channel and adapted for coupling the channel with the end of the first conduit, and a first aperture in the layered structure. The aperture is adapted for introducing the end of the at least one conduit.

Abstract: A coupling for bringing a first conduit in communication with a second conduit. Each of the conduits has an end to be coupled. Each of the conduits is adapted for conducting a fluid. The coupling has a channel adapted for channeling said fluid from said first conduit into said second conduit. Furthermore, the coupling comprises a seal adapted for sealing and receiving said ends of said first and second conduits. The seal is adapted for sealing said channel.

Abstract: A portable data storage configuration has a card base and a display device, the display device being fixed to the card base. The display device is only partially connected to the card base by the fixed connection. This mounting technique results in that almost no lateral or shear forces act on the display device.

Abstract: This invention relates to attachment chemistries for binding macromolecules to a substrate surface or to other conjugation targets. More particularly, this invention relates to attachment chemistries involving branched or linear structures having one or more hydrazide attachment moieties for binding the macromolecules to a substrate surface, or for other conjugation reactions. Novel modifying reagents are provided for the introduction of protected hydrazide attachment moieties or precursor forms of such hydrazides to the macromolecule, either as a single hydrazide or as multiple hydrazides.