Abstract: A method for merging imprecisely localized traffic reports with precisely localized traffic data includes obtaining a plurality of possible positions (x) of the localized traffic reports having imprecise position indications. The plurality of possible positions is evaluated using overlap functions. Substantially precise positions for the localized traffic reports are defined by solving an extremum problem.

Abstract: The invention relates to a torsional vibration damper with a flexible coupling (2), comprising at least one first coupling element (3) which can be connected to a driving element, at least one second coupling element (4) which can be connected to a power take-off in a rotationally fixed manner, said elements being at least indirectly coupled to each other via spring and/or damping coupling means (5). The damper also comprises a device (6) for detecting at least one variable that is at least indirectly characteristic of the mode of functioning and/or operation of the flexible coupling.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle having at least one sensor unit, including at least one sound receiver, the sound receiver converting sound waves into an electrical signal. Sound waves of the internal combustion engine are recorded using the sound receiver of the sensor unit and converted into an electrical signal, and the electrical signal is used for the diagnosis of the operating state of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing housing (10) for accommodating a rotor shaft (33) of a wind turbine. The bearing housing includes a flange (12) for connecting the bearing housing to a main frame (30) of the wind turbine. The flange having a connecting surface (51, 52) to be attached to the main frame. Thereby, at least parts of the connecting surface, when seen from the top of the bearing housing, would be located below the rotor shaft.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine includes a valve housing which is sealed off from an intake tube of an engine by a seal having a bead and a funnel-shaped cuff embodied on the bead, the projecting edge of which cuff is turned-under radially inward.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrical plug having a threaded sleeve for screwing on a union nut of an electrical socket or for screwing into a stationary housing component of an electronic device. The threaded sleeve includes an external thread not having a threadless area. The union nut includes an internal thread configured for threaded engagement with the external thread of the plug. The internal thread has at least one threadless area.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plug which is designed as a threaded sleeve for screwing on a union nut or for screwing into a stationary housing component of an electronic device. The external thread of the threaded sleeve has at least one threadless area provided in the plug-in direction into which a matching internal thread of a union nut or of a housing can be plugged in almost completely, in such a way that tightening of the threaded joint is reduced to one half or maximum a full revolution. The construction allows for the use of complete screw threads and thus the combination with standard connectors of the same commercially available size and type of connection.

Abstract: A stand adapter for a telescope and a binocular telescope are disclosed. The stand adapter comprises a support surface for the telescope and a band for securing the telescope on the support surface. The support surface is at least partially configured arc-shaped, such that with a binocular telescope the barrels of the telescope rest on arcuate sections of the support surface.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine includes a valve housing which is sealed off from an intake tube of an engine by a seal having a bead and a funnel-shaped cuff embodied on the bead, the projecting edge of which cuff is turned-under radially inward.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plug which is designed as a threaded sleeve for screwing on a union nut or for screwing into a stationary housing component of an electronic device. The external thread of the threaded sleeve has at least one threadless area provided in the plug-in direction into which a matching internal thread of a union nut or of a housing can be plugged in almost completely, in such a way that tightening of the threaded joint is reduced to one half or maximum a full revolution. The construction allows for the use of complete screw threads and thus the combination with standard connectors of the same commercially available size and type of connection.

Abstract: To facilitate transport and assembly during the erecting of wind power plants, a two-part base frame is proposed for the azimuthal adjustment of the gondola on the tower of the wind power plant, the lower part of which 16 has the azimuthal drive device 23 and the upper part 6 of which has the drive train 1, 2, 12, 13, 14. Both parts are pre-assembled at the factory, set onto the tower, and screwed tight onto each other at their connection point 15.

Abstract: The invention involves a coupling device for a wind power plant with a rotor shaft that carries at least one rotor blade of the wind power plant, a gear shaft running coaxially to the rotor shaft, and a coupling device coupling the rotor shaft to the gear shaft, whereby the coupling device has at least one connection element that can be detachably affixed on the rotor shaft to an attachment element designed to create a positive locking connection, and one coupling element designed to create a friction-fit connection between the connection element, on the one hand, and an additional connection element and/or the gear shaft, on the other hand.

Abstract: The invention involves a wind power plant for converting wind power into electric energy and a process for replacing machine parts of the housing of a wind power plant of this type using on-board mechanisms. According to the invention, the wind power plant has a tower, a housing that is mounted onto the tower and functions to receive machine parts that include at least one gear and one generator, whereby the housing also has a longitudinal axis oriented essentially crosswise to the tower axis, and, on the underside of a housing part that is set off at a distance from the tower in the direction of the longitudinal axis, has an opening that serves the purpose of allowing machine parts to be moved through it, and the wind power plant also has an on-board crane arranged in the housing in order to convey objects in the direction of the tower axis.

Abstract: The invention involves a coupling device for a wind power plant with a rotor shaft that carries at least one rotor blade of the wind power plant, a gear shaft running coaxially to the rotor shaft, and a coupling device coupling the rotor shaft to the gear shaft, whereby the coupling device has at least one connection element that can be detachably affixed on the rotor shaft to an attachment element designed to create a positive locking connection, and one coupling element designed to create a friction-fit connection between the connection element, on the one hand, and an additional connection element and/or the gear shaft, on the other hand.

Abstract: To facilitate transport and assembly during the erecting of wind power plants, a two-part base frame is proposed for the azimuthal adjustment of the gondola on the tower of the wind power plant, the lower part of which 16 has the azimuthal drive device 23 and the upper part 6 of which has the drive train 1, 2, 12, 13, 14. Both parts are pre-assembled at the factory, set onto the tower, and screwed tight onto each other at their connection point 15.

Abstract: The invention involves a wind power plant for converting wind power into electric energy and a process for replacing machine parts of the housing of a wind power plant of this type using on-board mechanisms. According to the invention, the wind power plant has a tower, a housing that is mounted onto the tower and functions to receive machine parts that include at least one gear and one generator, whereby the housing also has a longitudinal axis oriented essentially crosswise to the tower axis, and, on the underside of a housing part that is set off at a distance from the tower in the direction of the longitudinal axis, has an opening that serves the purpose of allowing machine parts to be moved through it, and the wind power plant also has an on-board crane arranged in the housing in order to convey objects in the direction of the tower axis.

Abstract: A reduction in telecommunications costs in the transmission of extensive data from a telematic terminal unit in a vehicle to a central station is made possible by a method for the transmission of location data implicating the location of the terminal unit in a traffic network at a point in time and of measurement data impliciting other characteristics of the traffic network at a location and/or at a time to the central traffic station, which location data and measurement data are detected by the terminal unit, particularly a telematic terminal unit for a vehicle. At least some of the data records transmitted from the terminal unit to the central traffic station contain only location data and some of the data records transmitted from the terminal unit to the central traffic station contain measurement data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for training body parts of a person in a sitting position, by preselecting a desired movement and generating movement signals form a movement of a sitting person, via a sensor unit.

Abstract: A process for analyzing a traffic network uses a source file including edges and nodes representing the traffic network. The process generates partial routes from the source file, wherein each partial route comprises at least one edge and at least one of the partial routes comprises a plurality of adjoining ones of said edges. Route data can be transmitted between a vehicle and a traffic center by designating the partial route instead of each individual edge, thereby optimizing transmission of data via a transmission channel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling extruded profiles (2) comprising slotted air nozzles (6U, 6O) arranged above and below the extruded profile moving on an exit runway (1) and oriented transversely to the direction of movement of the profile, and water impingement nozzles (12) for impinging the extruded profile with water, wherein the water impingement nozzles are arranged separately from the slotted air nozzles (6U, 6O) in tubes (12) oriented in the direction of movement of the profile such that the impingement portions of the individual water impingement nozzles (12) supplement to achieve a homogenous impingement of the extruded profile (2).