Abstract: A vehicle wheel arrangement includes a wheel with a wheel hub and a carrier element for mounting the wheel on a vehicle part and/or for arrangement of a power-transmitting unit. In a joined state of the vehicle wheel arrangement a joining portion of the wheel hub corresponds with a joining portion of the carrier element. In the joined state of the vehicle wheel arrangement, the wheel hub and the carrier element are connected to one another in form-fitting fashion at least in a circumferential direction of a wheel hub axis. The wheel hub includes, in a region of the joining portion, one or more fiber plies with fibers arranged unidirectionally in the circumferential direction of the wheel hub axis. Furthermore, a method can be used to produce a vehicle wheel arrangement having a wheel hub made of fiber-reinforced composite and a carrier element.

Abstract: A formulation usable to produce plates and shaped bodies has a base slip, quartz glass particles and multicomponent glass particles that are crystallizable or at least partly crystallized. The base slip contains water as dispersion medium with a content between 30% and 50% by weight and ultrafine SiO2 particles distributed, preferably colloidally therein, with a proportion between 50% and 70% by weight. The proportion of quartz glass particles in the formulation is in the range from 40% to 70% by weight and the proportion the multicomponent glass particles in the formulation is in the range from 5% to 37% by weight. The formulation can be used in a composite material. Firing aids can be made from the composite material.

Abstract: Generating a digital representation of a process automation system on a cloud-based service platform uses assets integrated into measurement points. The method includes reading TAG information using an edge device, wherein the TAG information is provided in a character chain data type and represents the hierarchical structure of the respective asset. The method also includes transmitting the TAG information to the cloud-based service platform, and parsing the TAG information using an application, wherein a logic is used for the parsing process, and the name of the asset and the name of the measurement point in which the respective asset is integrated are extracted from the TAG information. A structure plan of the system is generated using the application having all of the system measurement points extracted from the TAG information together with all of the assets which are assigned to the measurement points and are extracted from the TAG information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a PMD light transit time sensor (22) for an optical distance measurement system, comprising an array of PMD light transit time pixels (21), said light transit time pixels having diode nodes (Ga, Gb) for an A channel and a B channel (A, B) and being connectable to a corresponding column line (cola, colb) via a first switch (S1) and to a reset potential (vreset) via a second switch (S2). The PMD light transit time sensor comprises multiple shift registers, which are constructed and connected to the pixels such that the two switches (S1, S2) can be switched in an alternating manner on the basis of register entries of the individual registers (FF), wherein multiple columns or rows are at least partly assigned to a shift register; and a switch matrix (80), which is designed such that the column lines (cola, colb) can be connected to one of a plurality of amplifiers (100) and multiple column lines (cola, colb) can be connected to a common amplifier (100).

Abstract: A kit that includes a personal care implement having a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic holder to which the personal care implement is magnetically attachable and detachable, the magnetic holder having a timer, the timer being activated by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic holder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fibre composite body (2), in particular at least a part of a wheel, comprising the following steps: providing a mould (4) having at least one female mould part (6) and one male mould part, introducing a fibrous raw material (8) and a binder (10) into the female mould part (6), activating the binder (10) by an energy input (p, T) into the mould (4) to form a mould element (12) which is open to diffusion, joining together the mould element (12) which is open to diffusion and a preform structure (14), supplying a resin, so that the resin infiltrates at least partially into the mould element (12) which is open to diffusion and into the preform structure (14), and curing the resin, so that in this way the fibre composite body (2) is formed without a boundary layer.

Abstract: A method for testing a network is disclosed, the network having a number of network sections, in particular in a cable harness having a number of such networks, having the following steps of: recording training measured values for a number of reference networks, wherein the reference networks correspond to the network to be tested, preprocessing the recorded training measured values in order to eliminate data errors in the training measured values, training a first classification system using the training measured values, wherein the first classification system is based on at least one algorithm from the field of machine learning and is designed to classify a network either as fault-free or faulty, training a second classification system using the training measured values, wherein the second classification system is based on at least one algorithm from the field of machine learning and is designed to classify a faulty network section of a network, recording test measured values for the network to be tested, p

Abstract: A method for testing a network is disclosed, the network having a number of network sections, in particular in a cable harness having a number of such networks, having the following steps of: recording training measured values for a number of reference networks, wherein the reference networks correspond to the network to be tested, preprocessing the recorded training measured values in order to eliminate data errors in the training measured values, training a first classification system using the training measured values, wherein the first classification system is based on at least one algorithm from the field of machine learning and is designed to classify a network either as fault-free or faulty, training a second classification system using the training measured values, wherein the second classification system is based on at least one algorithm from the field of machine learning and is designed to classify a faulty network section of a network, recording test measured values for the network to be tested, p

Abstract: A soot control system for an internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders. A plurality of engine operating condition sensors are provided. An electronic control unit (ECU) with one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, includes a Gaussian process model. The ECU is configured to receive data from the plurality of engine operating condition sensors. The ECU is configured to calculate a soot parameter of an actual air fuel ratio and calculate a soot parameter of a desired air fuel ratio using the Gaussian process model with the engine operating condition data as input to the Gaussian process model and compare the soot parameter of an actual air fuel ratio and a soot parameter of a desired air fuel ratio to generate a soot offset value.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes a piston bowl defined by a floor surface and a rim wall extending from an outer periphery of the floor surface in a system vertical direction to circumferential surround the floor surface. The piston bowl includes a center portion that extends above the floor surface. A plurality of protrusions extend radially from the center portion and from the floor surface and are spaced apart such that a spray guide is formed between each of the spaced apart plurality of protrusions. Each of the plurality of protrusions and spray guides are tapered so to terminate prior to the rim wall such that a continuous radius portion is formed from a portion of the rim wall and a portion of the floor surface beyond a respective terminating portion of each of the plurality of protrusions and spray guides.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes a piston bowl defined by a floor surface and a rim wall extending from an outer periphery of the floor surface in a system vertical direction to circumferential surround the floor surface. The piston bowl includes a center portion that extends above the floor surface. A plurality of protrusions extend radially from the center portion and from the floor surface and are spaced apart such that a spray guide is formed between each of the spaced apart plurality of protrusions. Each of the plurality of protrusions and spray guides are tapered so to terminate prior to the rim wall such that a continuous radius portion is formed from a portion of the rim wall and a portion of the floor surface beyond a respective terminating portion of each of the plurality of protrusions and spray guides.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving configuration information which corresponds to hardware and software configurations of a user computing environment. This configuration information is used to create a test computing environment which emulates the hardware and software configurations of the user computing environment. Moreover, a software update is applied to the test computing environment, and the test computing environment is operated with the software update applied thereto. Results which correspond to performance of the test computing environment during the operation are received, and a determination is made as to whether one or more errors were experienced by the test computing environment during the operation. In response to determining that at least one error was experienced by the test computing environment during the operation, implementation of the software update in the user computing environment is postponed.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a wheel disk, a wheel rim, and at least one connection element that connects the wheel disk to the wheel rim. The connection element is guided through a passage in the wheel rim and is joined in the wheel disk. A seal is provided to hermetically seal the passage of the wheel rim. One or more such seal is arranged between a connection region of the wheel disk and a connection region of the wheel rim, wherein the seal surrounds the connection element in a contact-free manner.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving configuration information which corresponds to hardware and software configurations of a user computing environment. This configuration information is used to create a test computing environment which emulates the hardware and software configurations of the user computing environment. Moreover, a software update is applied to the test computing environment, and the test computing environment is operated with the software update applied thereto. Results which correspond to performance of the test computing environment during the operation are received, and a determination is made as to whether one or more errors were experienced by the test computing environment during the operation. In response to determining that at least one error was experienced by the test computing environment during the operation, implementation of the software update in the user computing environment is postponed.

Abstract: An exhaust gas catalyst system that includes at least one exhaust canister including an inlet separated from an outlet with catalytic components positioned between the inlet and outlet. The at least one exhaust canister receives a flow of exhaust gas. The at least one exhaust canister includes a pair of concentric passages formed therein including a central passage and an outer passage. A split flap valve is positioned in the inlet. An actuator is coupled to the split flap valve. A control unit is operably connected to the actuator and selectively moves the split flap valve closing one of the concentric passages and locally heating a portion of the catalytic components.

Abstract: An exhaust gas catalyst system that includes at least one exhaust canister including an inlet separated from an outlet with catalytic components positioned between the inlet and outlet. The at least one exhaust canister receives a flow of exhaust gas. The at least one exhaust canister includes a pair of concentric passages formed therein including a central passage and an outer passage. A split flap valve is positioned in the inlet. An actuator is coupled to the split flap valve. A control unit is operably connected to the actuator and selectively moves the split flap valve closing one of the concentric passages and locally heating a portion of the catalytic components.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel arrangement may have a wheel with a wheel hub and a carrier element for mounting the wheel on a vehicle part and/or for the arrangement of a power-transmitting unit. The wheel hub may have a joining portion, which in a joined state of the vehicle wheel arrangement corresponds with a joining portion of the carrier element. Surface profiles of the joining portions are configured such that, in the joined state of the vehicle wheel arrangement, the wheel hub and the carrier element are connected to one another in form-fitting fashion at least in a circumferential direction of the wheel hub axis. Furthermore, a method can be used to produce a vehicle wheel arrangement having a wheel hub comprised of fiber-reinforced composite and a carrier element.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel that is connectable to a brake system may include a wheel rim and a wheel disk. The wheel rim and/or the wheel disk may include a support structure comprised of fiber-reinforced plastic. The wheel rim and/or the wheel disk, at least on a side of the support structure that faces the brake system, may have a thermo-function structure that in thermal terms is configured so as to be more conductive than the support structure and is disposed so as to extend in such a manner that thermal energy generated by the brake system is discharged from a first region of the wheel rim and/or of the wheel disk that on account of said thermal energy is highly stressed in thermal terms into a second region of the wheel rim and/or of the wheel disk (3) that is less stressed in thermal terms.

Abstract: A fastening element for fastening two components at one another, wherein a first component includes cut out and a second component includes a recess, wherein the fastening element penetrates the cut out and is seated in the recess to fasten a LED circuit board on a lamp component and includes a retaining clamp, wherein the retaining clamp forms a shaft wherein a shaft head is arranged at one end of the shaft, wherein the retaining clamp includes a clamping element that is arranged at the shaft head wherein the retaining clamp is provided with at least one retaining element which is configured to support the shaft in the recess of the second component wherein the fastening element includes a mounting plate in which the retaining clamp is retained in a preassembled state.