Abstract: A control unit for a vehicle, having an interface for the exchange of data with a sensor, an actuator, and/or a processing unit, including a data memory, in which a first list with multiple first reference numbers (port) is stored. At least one datum of a sensor or an actuator is allocated to a first reference number, and a second list with second reference numbers is stored in the data memory. At least one parameter of a data transmission is stored for each second reference number, a first reference number being allocated via a modifiable allocation to a second reference number, and the control unit being developed to receive and/or transmit the data of a first reference number in accordance with the parameter of the data transmission of the second reference number.

Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein can facilitate electric charge transfer to/from one or more battery cells and/or multi-cell battery packs of an electric vehicle. An exemplary method can comprise charging, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a primary power source of a first vehicle using a primary power source of a second electric vehicle. The charge can comprise a physical coupling or a wireless charge between the primary power sources of the first electric vehicle and the second electric vehicle.

Abstract: A power switching system includes a plurality of power switching units each including a respective power switch, a communication system configured to convey a system-wide switching command to the power switching units along a communication channel, and circuitry, included in each of the power switching units, that is configured to delay execution of the system-wide switching command by a delay.

Abstract: A radiant heating tube device with a fuel-heated burner and a flame tube located inside the radiant heating tube often shows an undesirable increase in temperature in the area of the closed end of the radiant tube. This temperature rise can be reduced by installing an additional tube or other flow body in the area of the end of the flame tube. This achieves a more uniform radiant tube surface temperature.

Abstract: A method for detecting movements of a body of a first motor vehicle includes recording image and sensor data by a camera and sensor device of a second motor vehicle. The image and sensor data represent that part of the environment of the second motor vehicle that contains the first motor vehicle. The image and sensor data are forwarded to a data analysis device that detects movements of the body of the first motor vehicle and uses artificial intelligence algorithms and machine image analysis to process the image and sensor data to classify movements of the vehicle body. The classified movements of the vehicle body are assigned to at least one of a set of defined states. Output data from the determined state are generated for further use in an automated driving function and/or for a user interface.

Abstract: A device and a method are described by which the process control, in particular temperature control, of a metal product passed through along a single running-through line is flexibly influenced by means of at least two adjacent segments. By exchanging segments, the process control can be adapted quickly and flexibly to a wide variety of metal products.

Abstract: A working apparatus has a manual operating region, a tubular part extending away from the manual operating region, and an electric cable arrangement in the tubular part. The working apparatus includes a rod-shaped cable holder, which is inserted into and held in the tubular part and has a cable holding arrangement, by which the cable arrangement is held in a pre-mounted manner on the cable holder. An assembly method secures the cable arrangement on the cable holder by the cable holding arrangement, and inserts the cable holder, with the cable arrangement held thereon, into the tubular part. The working apparatus may be a battery-operated, hand-guided garden or forestry working apparatus.

Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for improving the selectivity of a membrane, specifically of a membrane comprising a blend of i) a polysulfone, polyethersulfone or polyarylethersulfone and ii) polyvinylpyrrolidone, characterized in that the membrane is coated with polydopamine and heparin in a one-step or two-step reaction or by in situ modification with polydopamine followed by coating with heparin. The disclosure further relates to a process for producing such modified membranes having an improved selectivity, and to a filtration/diffusion device comprising the membrane which can be used, for example, in hemodialysis applications.

Abstract: A method for operating a rolling line with rolling mill stands arranged one behind the other in the rolling direction, for the rolling of rolling material from a previous final rolling dimension to a changed new final rolling dimension is disclosed. According to the method, the rolling is carried out in two temporal phases I and II. In the first temporal phase, the rolling is carried out with a first load redistribution with known wedge-on-wedge rolling. In the first load redistribution the last rolling mill stand maintains its previously set gap unchanged. To shorten a transition time and wedge length during a transition, the rolling mill stands drive pass changes in accordance with a second load redistribution. The second load redistribution, differently than in the first temporal phase I, dynamically drives the last rolling mill stand to the new final rolling dimension.

Abstract: A furnace for heating metal strips, and to a device and a method for producing metal strips by continuous casting and rolling. The device includes a casting machine, a furnace through which a metal strip can be transported in a conveying direction, a first external cutting apparatus and a second external cutting apparatus, the first external cutting apparatus being upstream of the furnace and the second external cutting apparatus being downstream of the furnace, in the conveying direction of the metal strip, and at least one rolling mill. A first internal cutting apparatus and a second internal cutting apparatus are provided inside the furnace. A segment of the metal strip between said internal cutting apparatuses can be separated by actuating the latter.

Abstract: A controller comprising a driver interface referenced to a first reference potential, a drive circuit referenced to a second reference potential, and an inductive coupling. The driver interface comprises a first receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a first polarity on the first terminal of the inductive coupling with a first threshold, and a second receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a second polarity on the second terminal of the inductive coupling with a third threshold. The drive circuit comprises a first transmitter configured to drive current in a first direction in the second winding to transmit first signals, and a second transmitter configured to drive current in a second direction in the second winding to transmit second signals, the second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising a porous wall-flow filter substrate; wherein in the pores of the porous internal walls and on the surface of the porous internal walls, the catalyst comprises a selective catalytic reduction coating comprising a selective catalytic reduction component comprising a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing a selective catalytic reduction catalyst using particles of a carbon-containing additive and an aqueous mixture comprising said particles of a carbon-containing additive.

Abstract: A system for the continuous casting and subsequent flat rolling of a steel strip with an austenitic and/or ferritic microstructure and a thickness of less than 1.0 mm comprises a casting device with which a raw steel strip with a thickness in the range of 1.50 to 4.0 mm can be continuously cast. At least one hot rolling stand is coupled to the casting device, with which the raw steel strip can be roughed into the steel strip immediately after the casting process while still in the austenitic and/or ferritic microstructure range. At least one rolling module is arranged immediately after the hot rolling stand coupled to the casting device. The rolling module includes, in this order, a cooling device, a heating device and a hot rolling stand with which the roughed steel strip can be hot-rolled in the austenitic and/or ferritic microstructure range to specifications into the steel strip.

Abstract: Molding material mixes that contain a polyurethane binder based on phenolic resins of the benzyl ether type and polyisocyanates are characterized by the inclusion of a polybutadiene derivative. In one case, the polybutadiene derivative has epoxide groups and hydroxyl groups. In another case, the polybutadiene derivative has succinic acid anhydride groups. Molds, cores and risers are produced using these molding material mixes. Inclusion of the polybutadiene derivatives results in a reduction of sand adhesions in the molding process.

Abstract: In an embodiment an edge-emitting semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor layer sequence having a waveguide region with an active layer disposed between a first waveguide layer and a second waveguide layer and a layer system arranged outside the waveguide region configured to reduce facet defects in the waveguide region, wherein the layer system includes one or more layers with the material composition AlxInyGa1-x-yN with 0?x?1, 0?y<1 and x+y?1, wherein at least one layer of the layer system includes an aluminum portion x?0.05 or an indium portion y?0.02, wherein a layer strain is at least 2 GPa at least in some areas, and wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is based on a nitride compound semiconductor material.

Abstract: Molding material mixes that contain a polyurethane binder based on phenolic resins of the benzyl ether type and polyisocyanates are characterized by the inclusion of a polybutadiene derivative. In one case, the polybutadiene derivative has epoxide groups and hydroxyl groups. In another case, the polybutadiene derivative has succinic acid anhydride groups. Molds, cores and risers are produced using these molding material mixes. Inclusion of the polybutadiene derivatives results in a reduction of sand adhesions in the molding process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel combustion engine, said catalyst particularly comprising a specific substrate and a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of said substrate, the coating particularly comprising a specific first non-zeolitic oxidic material, and a specific zeolitic material comprising Fe and Cu, wherein the catalyst exhibits a weight ratio of Fe, calculated as Fe2O3, relative to Cu, calculated as CuO, Fe2O3:CuO, of less than 0.1:1. Further, the present invention relates to a specific process for preparing said catalyst. Yet further, the present invention relates to a system comprising said catalyst and to a use thereof.

Abstract: An intelligent vital microscopy, IVM, device is described. The IVM device includes: a receiver configured to receive at least one IVM image of a human microcirculation, MC, of an organ surface; a learning processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: process the at least one IVM image and extract at least one MC variable therefrom, and identify from the extracted at least one MC variable of the at least one IVM image at least one of: an underlying cause for an observed abnormality, an intervention, a disease state, a disease diagnosis, a medical state of the human; a presence of a pathogen; and an output coupled to the learning processor and configured to output the identification.

Abstract: A controller comprising a driver interface referenced to a first reference potential, a drive circuit referenced to a second reference potential, and an inductive coupling. The driver interface comprises a first receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a first polarity on the first terminal of the inductive coupling with a first threshold, and a second receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a second polarity on the second terminal of the inductive coupling with a third threshold. The drive circuit comprises a first transmitter configured to drive current in a first direction in the second winding to transmit first signals, and a second transmitter configured to drive current in a second direction in the second winding to transmit second signals, the second direction opposite the first direction.