Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.

Abstract: A battery housing (10) for a battery module, wherein the battery housing (10) has a main body (11). The main body (11) comprises an interior (12) for arrangement of at least one battery cell of the battery module, a housing base (13) and at least one housing sidewall (14a,b). At least a section (20) of the main body (11) has a diecast (15) with a channel region (21), comprising at least one groove-shaped channel (22) for conveying temperature control fluid for controlling the temperature of the at least one battery cell of the battery module. The channel region (21) is covered by at least one cover element (30) in a fluid-tight manner to form a closed channel structure (23b). The cover element (30) and/or the diecast (15) have, in the channel region (21), at least one structure (40) around which temperature control fluid can flow for increasing heat transfer.

Abstract: An exhaust gas routing component for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a tube-like component body with a first component body end region and a second component body end region arranged in the direction of a component body longitudinal axis at a distance from the first component body end region. The component body includes a tube-like outer body and a tube-like inner body received in the tube-like outer body. The inner body is fixed in a fastening region on the outer body. A sliding guide is provided which acts between the outer body and the inner body and permits a relative movement of the inner body in relation to the outer body outside the fastening region.

Abstract: An electrochemical energy storage system including a housing having an interior space, a component, and a wedge body pair. The wedge body pair includes a wedge body having a wedge body tip and a wedge body end, and the wedge body includes a component section at least regionally on the component arranged in the interior space of the housing. The wedge body pair also includes a counter-wedge body having a counter-wedge body tip and a counter-wedge body end. The counter-wedge body is arranged with a housing section at least regionally on a housing inner wall of the housing. The wedge body is arranged with a counter-wedge body section at least regionally on a wedge body section of the counter-wedge body in order to generate a wedge force for fixing and positioning the component arranged in the interior space of the housing.

Abstract: A housing composite of a battery having a housing element configured to be connected to another housing element to form an interior for receiving battery cells. A cover element is connected to the housing element defining a flow space through which temperature-control fluid can flow. The housing element forms a first temperature-control structure having a plurality of first flow interference elements, and/or the cover element forms a second temperature-control structure having a plurality of second flow interference elements. The plurality of first flow interference elements and the plurality of second flow interference elements are arranged in a plurality of rows. An element of a battery controller is arranged in a thermally conductive manner on the housing element and/or on the cover element. First longitudinal directions of first rows and second longitudinal directions of second rows are arranged at an angle to one another having a value between 45° and 135°.

Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells, which are each electroconductively connected serially and/or in parallel to each other, and having a switching device, which comprises a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector is electroconductively connected to a voltage tap of a terminally arranged battery cell, and wherein the second connector is electroconductively connected to a voltage tap of the battery module, and having a temperature control element configured such that a temperature control fluid flows through it and which is also thermoconductively connected to the plurality of battery cells as well as the switching device, wherein the temperature control element comprises a first region, which is arranged immediately adjacent the plurality of battery cells and comprises a second region, which is arranged immediately adjacent the switching device.

Abstract: A battery module has a housing element made of a metallic material and a cover element made of a metallic material, which elements are connected to one another by a plurality of screw connections such that, by forming a common interior configured to receive a plurality of battery cells, an electrical contact is made between the housing element and the cover element. The housing element or the cover element also forms a rib, and a direct mechanical contact is made between the rib of the housing element and the cover element or rib of the cover element and the housing element. A first sealing element is arranged between the housing element and the cover element such that the interior is fluidically sealed against the environment, with the plurality of screw connections and the rib being arranged outside of the first sealing element.

Abstract: A battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells in thermally conductive contact with an electrical resistive heating element that comprises an electrical resistive heating wire, wherein a first area of the heating element comprises an electrical resistive heating wire with a first cross section, which is in thermally conductive contact with a first outer surface region of battery cells, and wherein a second area of the heating element, which has a resistive heating wire with a second cross section different from the first cross section, is in thermally conductive contact with a second outer surface region of battery cells, and/or wherein the resistive heating element has a first area with a first laying density of electrical resistive heating wire that is in thermally conductive contact with first outer surface regions of battery cells and comprises a second area that has a second laying density, different from the first laying density, of the electrical resistive heating wire and is in thermally cond

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells which are received in an interior of a housing of the battery module and which are electrically conductively connected to one another in series and/or in parallel, wherein the housing comprises an opening which is designed to guide a voltage tap of the battery module from the interior of the housing, and the battery module further includes a tapping element which is designed to contact the voltage tap of the battery module from an environment of the battery module, wherein the housing and the tapping element are connected to one another in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the environment, wherein a sealing element of the housing is raised relative to a surface of the housing, which surface is arranged so as to directly surround the sealing element.

Abstract: A battery module includes a housing element (2) made of a metallic material (3) and a lid element (4) made of a metal material (5), which are connected to one another while forming a common internal space (6) configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells (7) by the formation of a plurality of plastic deformations (8) of the lid element (4) that are arranged so as to be spaced apart from one another, in such a way that an electrical contact is established between the housing element (2) and the lid element (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module comprising a housing element (2) made of a metal material (3) and a cover element (4) made of a metal material (5), which elements are connected to one another by means of a plurality of screw connections (8), so as to form a common interior (6) designed to receive a plurality of battery cells (7), in such a way that an electrical contact is formed between the housing element (2) and the cover element (4), wherein a sealing element (9) is also arranged between the housing element (2) and the cover element (4) in such a way that the interior (6) is sealed off in a fluid-tight manner from an environment (10), wherein the plurality of screw connections (8) is arranged outside of the sealing element (9).

Abstract: A battery (100), in particular a lithium-ion battery, having: a plurality of battery cells (10), which are assembled to form a cell stack and are received in a housing (20), wherein the battery cells (10) are bonded to the base (21) of the cell housing (20) by a heat conductive bonding material (TIM), a plurality of spacer elements (11), wherein a spacer element (11) of the plurality of spacer elements (11) is arranged in each case between two adjacent battery cells (10) of the plurality of battery cells (10), two end plates (22), which delimit the cell stack at the ends, wherein the end plates (22) are connected by at least one tensioning band (23), wherein the at least one tensioning band (23) at least partially surrounds the cell stack circumferentially. To this end, it is provided according to the invention that the at least one tensioning band (23) is bonded to the side walls of the battery cell (10) by a band bonding material.

Abstract: A semiconductor assembly includes a substrate including a metal die attach surface, a semiconductor die that is arranged on the substrate, the semiconductor die being configured as a power semiconductor device and comprising a semiconductor body, a rear side metallization, and a front side layer stack, the front side layer stack comprising a front side metallization and a contaminant protection layer that is between the front side metallization and the semiconductor body, and a diffusion soldered joint between the metal die attach surface and the rear side metallization, the diffusion soldered joint comprising one or more intermetallic phases throughout the diffusion soldered joint, wherein the contaminant protection layer is configured to prevent transmission of contaminants into the semiconductor body.

Abstract: A method for producing a powder lead is disclosed, wherein at least one colourant, at least one filler and at least one binder are mixed with a carrier liquid, leads are shaped from the wet compound, the leads shaped instep b) are guided through a chamber in which they are exposed to a pulverulent covering agent, and the powdered leads are guided into a drying apparatus and dried therein.

Abstract: A method for producing a powder lead is disclosed, wherein at least one colourant, at least one filler and at least one binder are mixed with a carrier liquid, leads are shaped from the wet compound, the leads shaped in step b) are guided through a chamber in which they are exposed to a pulverulent covering agent, and the powdered leads are guided into a drying apparatus and dried therein.

Abstract: A battery module with a plurality of battery cells is disclosed, comprising a first temperature control member and second temperature control member, which are connected together directly thermally conductively in places, wherein the plurality of battery cells is connected directly thermally conductively with the second temperature control member and at least one switchably configured Peltier element connected thermally conductively with the first temperature control member and the second temperature control member is arranged between the first temperature control member and the second temperature control member, wherein a control device is configured to drive the at least one Peltier element in such a way that, when switched on, the at least one Peltier element transfers heat from the second temperature control member to the first temperature control member or heat from the first temperature control member to the second temperature control member.

Abstract: A battery system (100) which comprises a metallic battery housing (200) and a metallic component housing (300), wherein at least one battery module (10) having at least one battery cell (12) and a control unit (20) for controlling and monitoring the at least one battery module (10) are arranged in the battery housing (200) and wherein at least one electrical component (80) is arranged in the component housing (300), which electrical component is electrically connected to the at least one battery module (10).

Abstract: A battery wherein a first housing element (2) forms a first temperature-control structure (101) on a side averted from the interior space (5), wherein a second housing element (3) forms a second temperature-control structure (102) on a side averted from the interior space (5), and a cover element (100) is connected to the second housing element (3) such that the cover element (100) delimits a temperature-control fluid receptacle (112), which can be flowed through by temperature-control fluid, and the second temperature-control structure (102) is formed such that it can be flowed around by the temperature-control fluid, wherein the cover element (100) is formed in a planar configuration from a metal or has a deformed portion for accommodating a second element (9) of the battery controller.

Abstract: A coolant connecting piece (100) for conducting coolant between a first housing (201, 503) and a second housing (203, 507). The coolant connecting piece (100) comprises a cylindrical main body (101) with a coolant channel formed on an inner side of the main body (101), and a protective ring (103) with a drip edge (117), wherein a cross-section of the protective ring (103) is greater than a cross-section of the main body (101), and wherein the drip edge (117) is configured to let condensate running off on an outer side of the main body (101), opposite the inner side, drip off into a predetermined region (213).

Abstract: A method of soldering elements together includes providing a substrate having a metal die attach surface, providing a semiconductor die that is configured as a power semiconductor device and having a semiconductor body, a rear side metallization, and a front side layer stack, the front side layer stack having a front side metallization and a contaminant protection layer, arranging the semiconductor die on the substrate with a region of solder material between the die attach surface and the rear side metallization, and performing a soldering process that reflows the region of solder material to form a soldered joint between the metal die attach surface and the rear side metallization, wherein the soldering process comprises applying mechanical pressure to the front side metallization.