Abstract: The invention relates to a device for optical distance measurement, having a emitter unit (12) having a light source (17, 18) emitting modulated optical beam (13, 20, 22) to a target object (15), and having a receiver unit (14), spaced apart from the optical axis (38) of the emitter unit (12) with at least one optical detector (54) for receiving the optical beam (16, 49, 50) returning from the target object (15), and having a control and evaluation unit (36) for ascertaining the distance (48) of the device from the target object (15).

Abstract: The invention is based on a distance measuring apparatus comprising at least one transmitter unit (14, 16) located in a housing (10, 12) for emitting a photometric signal, in particular a laser beam, and at least one receiver unit (20, 22) for receiving a portion of a measuring signal reflected on a remote object, and comprising at least one central processor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the design and manufacture of sport rackets, and in particular to those of tennis rackets. The improvements herein also apply to rackets used as toys and for games. Particular focus is on the design of the string surface of the racket utilizing pre-woven strings, which necessitates a radical redesign of the racket assembly and the manufacturing process. The redesign also implies a change in the marketing of the racket and the strings.

Abstract: A small electric motor comprising a stator, a rotor with a rotor shaft, and a projecting shaft end of the rotor shaft which has arranged thereon an element to be driven, so as to be of a vibration-low construction. The other shaft end of the rotor shaft is also designed as a projecting shaft end and a balancer is arranged on said other shaft end with an arrangement and mass or weight distribution that are predetermined for the dynamic balancing of the element to be driven.

Abstract: An auxiliary housing for holding a distance measuring device has a housing part which forms a receptacle for insertion of the distance measuring device, a threaded bushing for mounting the housing part on a tripod, the threaded bushing having a longitudinal axis which coincides with an abutment surface operating as a reference surface for a hand-guided measuring process when the distance measuring device is inserted in the housing part.

Abstract: The molding composition comprises components A, B and, if desired, components C to E, the total weight of which is 100% by weight: a: as component A, from 5 to 95% by weight of a random copolyamide made from a1: from 95.1 to 99.9% by weight of component A1 made from equimolar amounts of at least one linear aliphatic diamine and at least one linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid a2: from 0.1 to 4.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprise A) from 10 to 97.9% by weight of a partly crystalline polyamide, B) from 0.1 to 50% by weight of a copolyamide composed of B1) from 60 to 90 mol % of units derived from s-caprolactam and B2) from 10 to 40 mol % of units derived from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and from aliphatic diamines, C) from 1 to 40% by weight of a copolymer based on styrene or on substituted styrenes and on unsaturated nitriles, D) from 1 to 50% by weight of a fibrous filler and E) from 0 to 30% by weight of other additives, where the percentages by weight of components A) to E) are 100% in total.

Abstract: The screwdriving device (9) according to the invention has a control device (22) which uses a sensor system (18) to determine a characteristic variable (K) which characterizes a screwdriving moment (Mv) of the screw connection (10) and/or an emitted moment (M) of the impact screwdriver, during or after at least one pulse emission from the impact screwdriver to the screw connection, and defines a drive variable, for example a required drive speed (n) for the next impulse emission, as a function of the determined characteristic variable (Ki). In this case, the drive variable (n) is initially set to a value which corresponds to a value (K0) to be expected of the characteristic variable (K) and its magnitude is in any case less than a desired value (Kreq) for the final screw connection state. This prevents the desired screwdriving moment being exceeded even after the first impulse emission in the event of unfavorable screwdriving conditions.

Abstract: A distance measuring device having a housing, a transmitting and receiving unit for measuring signal arranged in the housing, an evaluated element for determining a distance to an object by a travel time measurement, at least one reference point fixed on the housing to which a measured distance is referred, the at least one reference point being a part of a reference plane, such that an abutment surface which faces an object and an abutment surface which faces away from the object are arranged in the reference plane and fixed to the housing.

Abstract: A switched-mode power supply with a transformer where the output current or the output voltage is controlled or regulated as a function of the, magnetic flux density of the transformer. Thus it is advantageously avoided that the transformer runs into saturation, especially at large pulse widths. Due to the fact that the magnetic flux density is limited to a preset level, the power components can be optimized because of the limited thermal stress.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the strength of a charging current when charging a battery by means of an alternating voltage source, the rectified voltage of the alternating voltage source is fed to the battery via a phase control circuit with variable triggering angle. The battery voltage is measured and the value of the triggering angle to be set is identified as a function of the measured battery voltage and the voltage of the alternating voltage source.

Abstract: A method for the analysis of a component of a medical sample with the aid of an autoanalyzer, in which the sample is reacted with a reagent system and a physically measurable quantity X resulting from the reaction of the sample with the reagent system is measured in order to determine at least one measured value R for a specified sample and in which this at least one measured value R is further processed with the aid of a processing unit in a processing stage in order to determine an analytical result A. In the processing stage of the invention, use is made of the results of a neural net training, in which, for a number of standard samples for which the analytical result A is known, at least one measured value R, or a measurement result derived from several measured values R.sub.i, is applied to the input of a neural net.

Abstract: A door lock for motor vehicles having a control element which is driven by an electric motor, is controlled by an electronic control unit and can be moved, upon a control signal emitted by a transmitter, into a position which at least prepares the opening of the door lock. An energy accumulator, which is independent of the wiring of the motor vehicle and which, as required, can be connected to a signal receiver, is assigned to the electronic control system so that the signal receiver will then activate the control element directly.

Abstract: Method for the analytical determination of the concentration of a component of a medical sample, in which a reaction of the sample with reagents leads to a time-dependent change S(t) in a measured quantity S and the concentration C correlates according to an evaluation curve C(X) with an input variable X derived from S(t), in which the calibration curve is ambiguous for at least a portion of the possible X values. In order to assign an input variable X to one of the sub-sections and thereby to obtain an unambiguous correlation to a particular concentration C, a training run and an analysis run are performed. In the training run, a discrimination algorithm is performed at least once, in which a discriminator set is generated from measurements of S(t), a score is generated in each case from the latter with a multivariate statistical technique and it is checked whether the scores can be divided into separate subsets, in which the concentrations are correctly assigned to the sub-sections of the calibration curve.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable emulsion system comprising a native protein/alkylene glycol alginate complex stabilizer. The emulsifying system is particularly suited for employment in acidic beverages, food comestibles and personal care products which require stable oil-in-water emulsions.

Abstract: In addition to the three electrodes of a unipotential lens following a plasma chamber, an ion source for ion beam lithography or ion beam semiconductor or the like has a fourth electrode which is at the same potential as the second electrode and at a potential lower than the potential of the first and third electrodes The result is improved resolution.

Abstract: A variable dashpot for motor vehicles A cylinder (2) full of vibration-suppressing fluid accommodates a piston (3). The piston is provided with vibration-suppressing valves, is fastened to a piston rod (8), and separates the cylinder into two compartments. The compartments communicate through a bypass. The cross-section of the bypass can be adjusted with a component (11) comprising a stator (12) with windings (13) and an electric motor (10) with a rotor (17). The improvement comprises making it possible to continuously and highly dynamically vary the cross-section of the bypass in a dashpot of the same size. This is attained in that the stator windings are accommodated directly in a recess (9) in the piston rod, which is made out of a material that can be magnetized, and the rotor is provided with permanent magnets (22), activates the adjusting component (11), and is accommodated in a bore in the stator (12).

Abstract: An N-substituted polyamideimide essentially composed of identical or different repeating units of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is one of the following tetravalent aromatic radicals ##STR2## and X is a bond or one of the following linkers ##STR3## where R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are each, independently of one another, one of the following divalent aromatic radicals ##STR4## and where X has the abovementioned meanings and where R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a monovalent radical such as C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or phenyl, and the C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl-, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy-, aryl- or halogen-substituted derivatives thereof, and precursors (monomers) therefor, are described.

Abstract: A method for making a fabric coated with acrylic resin and adaptable to use as a wrap for food products such as cheese or sausage, which comprises embedding a textile material of relatively low strength, such as a knitted fabric, scrim, or lightweight nonwoven fabric, in a coating layer of acrylic resin having thermoplastic properties, and for making a food wrap by cutting a blank therefor from such coated fabric, which blank is shaped into a wrap by heat sealing; fabrics and wraps made by such a method.

Abstract: The di(hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole monomers were first synthesized by reacting bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) hydrazide with aniline hydrochloride at 250.degree. C. in the melt and also by reacting 1,3 or 1,4-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)phenylene-dihydrazide with 2 moles of aniline hydrochloride in the melt. Purification of the di(hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole monomers was accomplished by recrystallization. Poly(1,2,4-triazoles) (PT) were prepared by the aromatic nucleophilic displacement reaction of di(hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole monomers with activated aromatic dihalides or activated aromatic dinitro compounds. The reactions were carried out in polar aprotic solvents such as sulfolane or diphenylsulfone using alkali metal bases such as potassium carbonate at elevated temperatures under nitrogen.