Abstract: A heat dissipating assembly is created, wherein the heat dissipating assembly comprises at least one power module that contains a printed circuit board (2) populated with components (3) that need to be cooled, and at least one heat sink (1) located on the printed circuit board (2) and over the components (3) that are to be cooled, wherein there is at least one thermally conductive element (100) located on at least one of the components (3) that is to be cooled, which has a predefined structure, which extends away from the printed circuit board (2) into the heat sink (1), and wherein the thermally conductive element (100) contains a heat dissipating medium in its interior.

Abstract: A housing for a drive unit is presented for a vehicle. Here the housing features a first housing segment for accommodating an electric machine and a second housing segment for accommodating a power electronics unit for the electric machine. Here the first housing segment and the second housing segment are shaped in one piece. Here the first housing segment and the second housing segment are configured to run a common cooling circuit for cooling the electric machine and to the power electronics unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a carrier housing assembly holding a flexible foil having conductive tracks in which the housing assembly has a plurality of parts each having a respective securing mechanism, the securing mechanisms being mutually engageable to provide a predetermined spatial relationship between the part, thereby providing the flexible foil with a predetermined spatial arrangement. The housing assembly is particularly relevant to component housing assemblies where electrical components are held in place and connected to connecter pins via the flexible foil. In a further aspect of the invention, there is provided methods for manufacturing a foil carrier housing assembly out of a flexible foil comprising conductive tracks at least one electrical component, at least one electrical contact element, at least one component housing and a carrier housing.

Abstract: The invention provides a carrier housing assembly holding a flexible foil having conductive tracks in which the housing assembly has a plurality of parts each having a respective securing mechanism, the securing mechanisms being mutually engageable to provide a predetermined spatial relationship between the part, thereby providing the flexible foil with a predetermined spatial arrangement. The housing assembly is particularly relevant to component housing assemblies where electrical components are held in place and connected to connecter pins via the flexible foil. In a further aspect of the invention, there is provided methods for manufacturing a foil carrier housing assembly out of a flexible foil comprising conductive tracks at least one electrical component, at least one electrical contact element, at least one component housing and a carrier housing.

Abstract: In a keyboard housing a housing top with a key pad and a housing bottom with support legs wherein the housing includes a support mat and a multi-layer contact foil set arranged underneath the key pad to be actuated thereby, a metal plate is embedded in a recess formed in the housing bottom below the contact foil set so as to increase weight and rigidity of the housing without the need for special molded housing reinforcement structures, the housing bottom, however, having U-shaped reinforcement web structures with bearing studs at their base areas near the housing bottom and housing legs with bearing holes receiving the bearing studs so as to be pivotally supported thereby, the housing legs having locking grooves and the housing bottom having, between the web structures, engagement tongues with locking ribs for engagement with the locking grooves in the housing legs.

Abstract: A workstation or server having a central processing unit (CPU) and a standard system bus interface and loopback control logic. The I/O subsystem is tested through the application of diagnositc programs running in the CPU which use programmed I/O bus cycles to read and write from the standard system bus interface. In this way, the CPU, with the loopback test mode enabled, can functionally test data paths and controls utilized to perform programmed I/O accesses to the standard system bus interface without having to access an external system bus device. Furthermore, a loopback bus cycle can cause a direct virtual memory access (DVMA) bus cycle to be created at the system bus interface. Therefore, the CPU, with the loopback test mode enabled, can also functionally test data paths and controls utilized to perform system memory DVMA without the presence of an external system bus device.

Abstract: The invention provides an espresso coffee machine comprising an electrically heated vessel with a removable tight-closing lid intended for receiving water, and a rising pipe one end of which opens out in the vicinity of the bottom of the vessel while the other end leads to a container arranged at a distance above the vessel intended for receiving ground coffee. Arranged on the lid is a pipe leading outside the vessel and connecting to the vessel interior via a valve which can be actuated outside the vessel. The lid pipe permits entry of dry steam into the machine to, for example, foam milk.