Abstract: A layered structure includes a silicon-based substrate comprising a substrate surface; a titanium-copper seed layer arranged on the substrate surface, wherein the titanium-copper seed layer comprises a titanium layer and a copper layer, wherein the titanium layer is arranged on the substrate surface such that covalent bonds are formed between the titanium layer and silicon of the silicon-based substrate, and wherein the copper layer is arranged directly on the titanium layer, such that the titanium layer is arranged between the substrate surface and the copper layer; and a nickel-iron plating layer arranged directly on the copper layer of the titanium-copper seed layer such that the titanium-copper seed layer is arranged between the silicon-based substrate and the nickel-iron plating layer.

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a substrate and a superconducting electronic circuit unit which is constructed on the substrate. The superconducting electronic circuit unit includes a capacitor with parallel plates opposite one another and a crystalline capacitor dielectric arranged between the parallel plates.

Abstract: A tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) sensing element may include a free layer. The free layer of the TMR sensing element may include a first cobalt iron boron (CoFeB) layer, an interlayer over the first CoFeB layer, a second CoFeB layer over the interlayer, and a nickel iron (NiFe) layer over the second CoFeB layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor die includes: a semiconductor substrate; a transmitter or receiver circuit in the semiconductor substrate; a multi-layer stack on the semiconductor substrate, the multi-layer stack including a plurality of metallization layers separated from one another by an interlayer dielectric; and a transformer in the multi-layer stack and electrically coupled to the transmitter or receiver circuit. The transformer includes a first winding formed in a first metallization layer of the plurality of metallization layers and a second winding formed in a second metallization layer of the plurality of metallization layers. The first winding and the second winding are inductively coupled to one another. A magnetic material in the multi-layer stack is adjacent to at least part of the transformer.

Abstract: The described techniques facilitate the use of a magnetic field sensor that implements the same magnetic layer stack for the detection of the x, y, and z components of an external magnetic field. The sensor advantageously is insensitive to orthogonal stray fields and operates with a reduced offset compared to conventional magnetic field sensors. The linear regime implemented by the sensor to facilitate magnetic field detection may also be adjusted per application by tuning the current strength.

Abstract: A method can be used to position a car door and a landing-stop door in a synchronized manner at a landing stop in an elevator shaft of an elevator system. The car door may be configured as a guide door, and the landing-stop door may be configured as a follower door. The method may involve bringing an elevator car close to the landing stop, upon entry of the car door into an unlock zone sensing a presence signal of the follower door by way of a presence sensor of the guide door, actuating the guide-door drive by way of the guide controller and executing an opening movement of the guide door, providing movement information of the guide door, and actuating the follower-door drive of the follower door.

Abstract: An elevator car for an elevator installation may include at least one side wall having a doorway and an elevator car door. For opening and/or closing the doorway, the elevator car door can be moved at least partially parallel to the side wall on an outside of the side wall. In opening and/or closing, the elevator car door can be moved at least partially in a direction perpendicular to the side wall. In the closing process, the elevator car door can be at least partially sunk in the doorway. A coupling element may couple the elevator car door to a shaft door in at least one of opening or closing the elevator car door.

Abstract: An elevator system may include a car that is movable in an elevator shaft. The car may include a frame and a cabin. The elevator system may also comprise a first linear motor with a first primary part and a first secondary part. The first primary part of the first linear motor may be arranged on a first rail that is disposed in the elevator shaft. The frame may also include a first drive beam on which the first secondary part is disposed. The frame may further include a first lower beam for supporting the cabin and a first connecting segment that connects the first lower beam to the first drive beam.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a guide rail to guide the car of an elevator system. The guide rail is designed as a section with a cavity (2a-2f) and/or integrated cooling fins to cool the guide rail.

Abstract: A method can be used to position a car door and a landing-stop door in a synchronized manner at a landing stop in an elevator shaft of an elevator system. The car door may be configured as a guide door, and the landing-stop door may be configured as a follower door. The method may involve bringing an elevator car close to the landing stop, upon entry of the car door into an unlock zone sensing a presence signal of the follower door by way of a presence sensor of the guide door, actuating the guide-door drive by way of the guide controller and executing an opening movement of the guide door, providing movement information of the guide door, and actuating the follower-door drive of the follower door.

Abstract: A guide rail for an elevator system may comprise at least two rail elements that together form a guide rail portion having a functional running track that extends in a travel direction. Each of the rail elements may be connected to a shaft wall of the elevator system. Furthermore, the at least two rail elements may be adjacent and spaced such that the at least two rail elements can thermally expand freely in the travel direction. Additionally, the at least two rail elements in a region of the functional running track may have mutually opposite borders that have complementary profiles. An arbitrary cross section of the guide rail portion perpendicular to the travel direction in the region of the functional track may run through at least one of the two adjacent rail elements.

Abstract: An elevator car for an elevator installation may include at least one side wall having a doorway and an elevator car door. For opening and/or closing the doorway, the elevator car door can be moved at least partially parallel to the side wall on an outside of the side wall. In opening and/or closing, the elevator car door can be moved at least partially in a direction perpendicular to the side wall. In the closing process, the elevator car door can be at least partially sunk in the doorway. A coupling element may couple the elevator car door to a shaft door in at least one of opening or closing the elevator car door.

Abstract: A method for operating an elevator system including at least one elevator car for conveying people from a starting stop to a destination stop, wherein a route for conveying the people from the starting stop to the destination stop is determined. In this case, different elevator components of the elevator system are actuated in order to move the at least one elevator car along the determined route, as a result of which actions of these elevator components are triggered. Specific elevator components are selected from amongst these elevator components of the elevator system, and the actions of the selected elevator components are simulated by means of a reproduction apparatus located in the at least one elevator car. The disclosure further relates to an elevator system which is designed for executing a method of this kind.

Abstract: An elevator car may comprise a sliding carriage for moving an elevator car along guide rails of an elevator installation designed as part of a linear motor, a receiving means disposed on the sliding carriage, and a load space with a load space floor that is supported by the receiving means. The load space may be vibration-related decoupled by way of one or more damping elements from the sliding carriage. The elevator car may also comprise a controllable actuating element disposed on the elevator car such that when activated the controllable actuating element enables a relative movement of the load space floor to the sliding carriage.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing visual notifications in the peripheral vision of a driver. The system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for providing visual notifications in the peripheral vision of a driver. The system also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to: generate a notification based on an output of a driver assistance system, with the output being generated based on one or more objects detected by a sensor of a vehicle or based on a navigational database of the vehicle; and illuminate an indicator embedded in a top portion of a dashboard of the vehicle for providing the notification in the peripheral vision of the driver.

Abstract: An elevator system may include at least two elevator shafts along with an elevator car with a cab and a chassis device. The cab may be mounted rotatably about a horizontal rotational axis relative to the chassis device. A vertically extending rail, along which the elevator car is movable, may be disposed in each elevator shaft. Each of the rails may include a rotatable segment such that the rotatable segments are alignable with respect to one another so that the elevator car is movable along the segments between the elevator shafts. A first device may lock the cab relative to the chassis device, and a second device may hold the cab relative to the elevator shafts.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a car door for a lift car having a guide mechanism and a door leaf. The guide mechanism comprises in this case a sliding shoe, which is connected to the door leaf of the car door. Furthermore, the guide mechanism comprises a receiving part which surrounds the sliding shoe on at least three sides. The sliding shoe has, in a sliding direction, an extent which corresponds to at least 30% of the extension of the door leaf in this direction.

Abstract: A vehicle safety system target includes a first platform disposed on a mobile chassis, a frame assembly, a first securing member, a second platform, and a mounting member. The frame assembly is at least partially disposed about the mobile chassis and includes a first frame member and a second frame member. The first frame member is disposed on the first platform. The second frame member is disposed on the first platform. The first securing member is configured to couple an object to the first platform. The second platform is spaced apart from the first platform. The mounting member is disposed on the second platform.

Abstract: An elevator system may include a plurality of elevator banks that extend vertically over stories of a building, a plurality of cabs that are movable in the plurality of elevator banks and may change between elevator shafts of the plurality of elevator banks, and one or more cab-accommodating shafts for accommodating one or more of the cabs. The cab-accommodating shafts may extend vertically over fewer stories than one of the elevator shafts of the plurality of elevator banks. In some cases, elevator banks may be separated by a shaft-free intermediate space, and the cab-accommodating shafts may extend over the shaft-free intermediate space to connect multiple elevator shafts.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a guide rail to guide the car of an elevator system. The guide rail is designed as a section with a cavity (2a-2f) and/or integrated cooling fins to cool the guide rail.