Abstract: According to various embodiments, a protection device comprises: a first housing component and a second housing component, which are configured to be inserted into each other to form a pressure housing, in which a cavity for receiving an optical sensing device is provided; wherein the first housing component comprises a transparent light-receiving region which is adjacent to the cavity; a mounting device opposite the light-receiving region for mounting one or more fluid conduits to the pressurized housing; a first fluid transfer channel and a second fluid transfer channel, each fluid transfer channel fluidically coupling the cavity to the mounting device or opening into the mounting device.

Abstract: A method for cleaning pre-comminuted plastic waste includes pretreating pre-comminuted plastic waste using a pretreatment apparatus. The pretreating includes at least one of (i) heating the pre-comminuted plastic waste with a heating apparatus of the pre-treatment apparatus to a cleaning temperature, and (ii) adding at least one cleaning additive and mixing the plastic waste with the at least one cleaning additive by the pretreatment apparatus. The pre-comminuted, pretreated plastic waste output from the pretreatment apparatus is cleaned in a cleaning apparatus. The cleaning includes directing the pre-comminuted, pretreated plastic waste together with a cleaning liquid through a working gap defined between mutually facing working surfaces of two cleaning tools that each include a plurality of cleaning teeth. The two cleaning tools are rotatably driven relative to each other to remove impurities from the pre-comminuted plastic waste.

Abstract: A method and system for obtaining, from at least one camera associated with a vehicle traveling through a road network, a sequence of images of a road or a road environment, each image being associated with a location where that image is captured, generating a local map representation of an area of the road network using at least some images from the sequence of images and the locations associated therewith, the generating including: processing the at least some of the images to detect an object in the road or the road environment, determining at least one transformation for tracking the object between the at least some of the images and, based on the at least one transformation and the locations associated with the at least some of the images, generating a two- or three-dimensional representation of the object relative to the area of the road network, comparing the local map representation with a reference map covering the area of the road network, and determining, based on the comparison, a geographical loc

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes at least one actuating device which can be actuated by a driver for specifying a braking, acceleration and/or steering request. The actuating device is assigned at least one first sensor for detecting an actuation of the actuating device. The actuating device and/or the first sensor (5) are monitored for a malfunction. If a malfunction of the actuating device and/or the first sensor has been detected, an at least partially autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle is activated and at least one autonomous driving maneuver is carried out as a function of the value of at least one specified parameter assigned or assignable to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A toothed disc cleaner includes a first cleaning tool and a second cleaning tool that face each other and a rotary drive configured to rotationally drive at least one of the first and second cleaning tools. The first and second cleaning tools each include a working surface including a plurality of cleaning teeth, and an annular working gap delimited between the working surfaces and structured for pre-cleaning the plastic waste. An inlet opens centrally into the working gap and a feed apparatus is structured to feed the plastic waste through the inlet. An outlet is structured to discharge the pre-cleaned plastic waste in the working gap. A width of the working gap narrows outward from the inlet in a first section and is kept constant in a second section arranged radially outside of the first section. The cleaning teeth of the working surfaces mesh together in a mutually spaced manner.

Abstract: A method for determining a leak in a line for fluid media can include providing at least one noise and/or frequency logger comprising a sensor, and a computing unit, attaching the noise and/or frequency logger to the line or to fittings thereof, measuring noise on the line via the sensor and determining a noise level by means of a frequency analysis of the noise level. The determined frequency spectrum may be divided into two or more frequency bands, and a threshold value may be determined for each frequency band. A threshold value can be determined for each frequency band, and compare the measured noise to determine if one or more threshold values are being exceeded. A leak in the line can thus be determined and/or analyzed by means of the computing unit.

Abstract: A method for checking a rotary bearing of a gantry of a computed tomography system, comprises: rotating a bearing ring about an axis of rotation relative to a supporting structure, wherein at least two structure-borne sound sensors are attached to the gantry; capturing structure-borne sound values via the at least two structure-borne sound sensors while the bearing ring rotates about the axis of rotation relative to the supporting structure; and evaluating the structure-borne sound values to determine whether interference noise beyond a specified interference noise tolerance occurs when the bearing ring rotates.

Abstract: An electric machine includes windings for creating electromagnetic fields and at least one fluid-tight internal housing. The group of windings is in an interior space of one of the at least one internal housing. Each of the at least one group of the windings includes at least two electric connecting sections for connecting the respective group of the windings to an external electrical circuit, wherein the at least two electric connecting sections reach from the interior space through a wall of the respective internal housing to outside the respective internal housing, wherein the at least one internal housing includes a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and wherein neighboring windings of the at least one group of the windings enclose gaps between each other, the gaps being in fluid communication with the respective coolant inlet and the coolant outlet to be flown through by a coolant.

Abstract: A pedal unit for a vehicle has a sensor surface which includes at least two functional regions and is designed to detect an actuation by the driver. The pedal unit also has at least one evaluation and control unit coupled to the sensor surface and designed to evaluate an actuation of one of the at least two functional regions detected by the sensor surface and, as a function of this evaluation, control a vehicle function associated with the corresponding functional region of the sensor surface. At least one region of the sensor surface is raised or lowered and enables a haptic differentiation between the at least two functional regions of the sensor surface.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a geographical location and orientation of a vehicle travelling through a road network is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining, from one or more cameras associated with the vehicle travelling through the road network, a sequence of images reflecting the environment of the road network on which the vehicle is travelling, wherein each of the images has an associated camera location at which the image was recorded. A local map representation representing an area of the road network on which the vehicle is travelling is then generated using at least some of the obtained images and the associated camera locations. The generated local map representation is compared with a section of a reference map, the reference map section covering the area of the road network on which the vehicle is travelling, and the geographical location and orientation of the vehicle within the road network is determined based on the comparison.

Abstract: A setting device for sensing a driving request for a motor vehicle having an operating element which can be operated by a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein at least a first sensor is associated with the operating element for sensing actuation acting on the operating element, wherein the operating element is arranged in such a way that it can be moved by a bearing device into different idle positions. It is contemplated that a second sensor is associated with the operating element for sensing a current orientation of the operating element.

Abstract: According to various aspects of the disclosure, a valve assembly for a vacuum chamber housing may have: a valve housing, which has a substrate transfer gap; a valve flap, which is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, thus enabling said flap to be rotated into a first position and into a second position, wherein the axis of rotation is arranged in the substrate transfer gap, and wherein the substrate transfer gap is extended longitudinally along the axis of rotation; wherein the valve flap closes the substrate transfer gap in the first position and is arranged adjacent to the substrate transfer gap in the second position.

Abstract: A cooling device for use in alternating magnetic fields include an evaporator part defining a first volume for evaporating a cooling medium contained therein, the evaporator part being made of an electrically and magnetically non-conductive material, and a condenser part defining a second volume for condensing the cooling medium contained therein, the condenser part being in fluid connection with the first volume.

Abstract: An extracorporeal circuit support with a main liquid pump, the inlet of which can be connected to the blood circuit of a patient via at least one first liquid line and the outlet of which can be connected to the blood circuit via at least one second liquid line, an oxygenator for enriching the blood being conducted in the at least one second liquid line with oxygen, and a pump drive which drives the main liquid pump. The extracorporeal circuit support has, in addition to the main blood pump or main liquid pump and the oxygenator, the pump drive designed to be MR-conditional, i.e., MR-compliant under specific conditions, and is designed in the form of a gas expansion motor.

Abstract: A pedal unit for a vehicle has a sensor surface which includes at least two functional regions and is designed to detect an actuation by the driver. The pedal unit also has at least one evaluation and control unit coupled to the sensor surface and designed to evaluate an actuation of one of the at least two functional regions detected by the sensor surface and, as a function of this evaluation, control a vehicle function associated with the corresponding functional region of the sensor surface. At least one region of the sensor surface is raised or lowered and enables a haptic differentiation between the at least two functional regions of the sensor surface.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a geographical location and orientation of a vehicle travelling through a road network is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining, from one or more cameras associated with the vehicle travelling through the road network, a sequence of images reflecting the environment of the road network on which the vehicle is travelling, wherein each of the images has an associated camera location at which the image was recorded. A local map representation representing an area of the road network on which the vehicle is travelling is then generated using at least some of the obtained images and the associated camera locations. The generated local map representation is compared with a section of a reference map, the reference map section covering the area of the road network on which the vehicle is travelling, and the geographical location and orientation of the vehicle within the road network is determined based on the comparison.

Abstract: A process is proposed for producing a bipolar plate for an electrochemical device, said process comprising providing a first main plate body and a second main plate body as fibrous shaped bodies including carbon fibers and each having a joining face and an opposing useful face, infiltrating the main plate bodies with at least one carbon allotrope, locally applying silicon to respective joining sites in the joining faces, placing the joining faces against one another, such that the joining sites rest against one another and the useful faces of the two main plate bodies face away from one another, and at least locally heating the joining sites, such that the silicon melts and reacts with adjoining carbon to form a silicon-carbon bond.

Abstract: A method is provided of training a generative adversarial network for performing semantic segmentation of images. The generative adversarial network includes a generator neural network and a discriminator neural network. The method includes providing an image as input to the generator neural network, receiving a predicted segmentation map for the image from the generator neural network, providing i) the image, ii) the predicted segmentation map, and iii) ground-truth label data corresponding to the image, as distinct training inputs to the discriminator neural network, determining a set of one or more outputs from the discriminator neural network in response to said training inputs, and training the generator neural network using a loss function that is a function of said set of outputs from the discriminator neural network.

Abstract: A method for determining a leak in a line for fluid media can include providing at least one noise and/or frequency logger comprising a sensor, and a computing unit, attaching the noise and/or frequency logger to the line or to fittings thereof, measuring noise on the line via the sensor and determining a noise level by means of a frequency analysis of the noise level. The determined frequency spectrum may be divided into two or more frequency bands, and a threshold value may be determined for each frequency band. A threshold value can be determined for each frequency band, and compared the measured noise to determined if one or more threshold values are being exceeded. A leak in the line can be thus be determined and/or analyzed by means of the computing unit.

Abstract: An electric machine includes windings for creating electromagnetic fields and at least one fluid-tight internal housing. The group of windings is in an interior space of one of the at least one internal housing. Each of the at least one group of the windings includes at least two electric connecting sections for connecting the respective group of the windings to an external electrical circuit, wherein the at least two electric connecting sections reach from the interior space through a wall of the respective internal housing to outside the respective internal housing, wherein the at least one internal housing includes a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and wherein neighboring windings of the at least one group of the windings enclose gaps between each other, the gaps being in fluid communication with the respective coolant inlet and the coolant outlet to be flown through by a coolant.