Abstract: A pressure hose (1) for a water-carrying system is shown and described, especially for connecting sanitary taps or for connecting parts of the water-carrying system, having a corrugated inner hose (2) made of plastic, wherein at least one hose end (3, 5) of the pressure hose (1) is provided with a connecting piece (4, 6), designed such that it differs from the inner hose (2), for joining the pressure hose (1) to a complementarily designed connecting piece of a sanitary tap and/or a part of the water-carrying system. According to the invention, it is provided that the inner hose (2) and the connecting piece (4, 6) are formed as one piece and the inner hose (2) and the connecting piece (4, 6) are preferably produced via extrusion in a common extrusion process.

Abstract: A pressure hose (1) for a water-carrying system is shown and described, especially for connecting sanitary taps or for connecting parts of the water-carrying system, having a corrugated inner hose (2) made of plastic, wherein at least one hose end (3, 5) of the pressure hose (1) is provided with a connecting piece (4, 6), designed such that it differs from the inner hose (2), for joining the pressure hose (1) to a complementarily designed connecting piece of a sanitary tap and/or a part of the water-carrying system. According to the invention, it is provided that the inner hose (2) and the connecting piece (4, 6) are formed as one piece and the inner hose (2) and the connecting piece (4, 6) are preferably produced via extrusion in a common extrusion process.

Abstract: A photovoltaic cell can include a dopant in contact with a semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A system and methods for generating dynamic market pricing that is fair for both publishers and advertisers and the use of the pricing in real-time auctions. When a user views content over the internet, an online publisher provides content to the user with executable instructions, which notify an advertisement source that there is an impression for filling by an advertiser. The impression is submitted to a real-time bidding market for competing advertisers to bid to fill the impression with an advertisement. The system and methods generate dynamic pricing for the individual competing advertisers and use the dynamic pricing to compare advertiser bids to determine a highest or winning bid and a clearing price associated with the highest or winning bid.

Abstract: A filtering system capable of removing particulates from a water slurry is disclosed. The filtering system comprises a base plate, the base plate comprising a sealing surface and a slurry inlet. A flexible vessel is configured to seal to the sealing surface, and an interior cavity, wherein the flexible vessel is formed of a flexible filtering material capable of retaining particulates. The flexible vessel permits liquid entering through the slurry inlet to pass through the filtering material and is capable of withstanding an internal pressure sufficient to form a particulate cake without rupturing the flexible vessel. A sealing system is provided for retaining an upper portion of the flexible vessel against the sealing surface. The filtering system may be part of a portable system that includes a cart, hoses, piping, a pneumatic pump and a control panel.

Abstract: A timing device includes an oven having a chamber, a crystal oscillator disposed in the chamber that generates a clock signal, and one or more sensors to generate operational characteristic signals indicative of respective operational characteristics of the crystal oscillator or the oven. The timing device includes a plurality of I/O connections and an IC device. The IC device includes processing logic to generate information that indicates how the generated clock signal is to be modified and a modulator coupled to the processing logic and the crystal oscillator. The modulator modulates the generated clock signal in relation to the information to generate a modulated clock signal indicative of the one or more operational characteristics of the crystal oscillator or the oven. The modulator outputs the modulated clock signal over a single one of the plurality of I/O connections.

Abstract: A support rail and housing assembly is mountable on a housing base. The housings are equipped with electrical contact and/or functional elements which can be strung together. The support rail is mountable on the mounting base even when the housings have already been arranged on the support rail before the support rail is mounted. The support rail is secured to the mounting base by two or more mounting pins which have been placed before the support rail is mounted to the mounting base. The mounting pins and the support rail are designed to correspond to each other such that the support rail can be placed on the mounting pins and locked thereto without using a tool.

Abstract: A timing device includes an oven having a chamber, a crystal oscillator disposed in the chamber that generates a clock signal, and one or more sensors to generate operational characteristic signals indicative of respective operational characteristics of the crystal oscillator or the oven. The timing device includes a plurality of I/O connections and an IC device. The IC device includes processing logic to generate information that indicates how the generated clock signal is to be modified and a modulator coupled to the processing logic and the crystal oscillator. The modulator modulates the generated clock signal in relation to the information to generate a modulated clock signal indicative of the one or more operational characteristics of the crystal oscillator or the oven. The modulator outputs the modulated clock signal over a single one of the plurality of I/O connections.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna module for a massive MIMO antenna, the antenna module comprising a plurality of first signal ports, a number of first antenna elements arranged in a first matrix arrangement, wherein a number of rows of the first matrix arrangement and/or a number of columns of the first matrix arrangement equals the number of first signal ports, and a switching matrix that is configured to controllably couple each of the first signal ports either with all first antenna elements of a respective row of the first matrix arrangement or all first antenna elements of a respective column of the first matrix arrangement. Further, the present invention provides a respective massive MIMO antenna.

Abstract: An agricultural work system for optimizing agricultural work flows has at least one agricultural work unit and a plurality of functional units, each having a control device for controlling the respective functional unit based on a stored set of rules. The agricultural work system has a central pattern recognition system which stores at least one agricultural work situation as a situation pattern. Work situation-specific information is transferrable to the pattern recognition system which identifies a stored work situation and the associated situation pattern based on the obtained information and transmits meta-information (M) characterizing the identified work situation to the functional units. The pattern recognition system and/or the control devices coordinate the cooperation of those functional units which work together in the identified work situation based on the meta-information so that the control devices carry out corresponding parameter adjustments of the associated functional unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a massive MIMO antenna for wireless communication, the massive MIMO antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements configured to receive upstream wireless signals and to transmit downstream wireless signals, the antenna elements being arranged in a matrix-like arrangement comprising rows and/or columns of antenna elements, a plurality of transceivers, each coupled to at least one of the antenna elements, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate specific ones of the transceivers. In addition, the present invention provides a respective method for operating a massive MIMO antenna.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna system (100, 200, 211, 300, 400, 500, 600) for attachment to an antenna pole (250, 350), the antenna system (100, 200, 211, 300, 400, 500, 600) comprising a cooling arrangement (101, 201, 212, 301, 401, 501, 601), an active electronic arrangement (102, 202, 213, 302, 402, 502, 602) that comprises a number of antenna elements (103, 104) and a number of receivers and/or transmitters for the antenna elements (103, 104), wherein the active electronic arrangement (102, 202, 213, 302, 402, 502, 602) is releasably attachable to the cooling arrangement (101, 201, 212, 301, 401, 501, 601). Further, the present invention provides a communication system (210) and a method for manufacturing an antenna system (100, 200, 211, 300, 400, 500, 600).

Abstract: A filtering system capable of removing particulates from a water slurry is disclosed. The filtering system comprises a base plate, the base plate comprising a sealing surface and a slurry inlet. A flexible vessel is configured to seal to the sealing surface, and an interior cavity, wherein the flexible vessel is formed of a flexible filtering material capable of retaining particulates. The flexible vessel permits liquid entering through the slurry inlet to pass through the filtering material and is capable of withstanding an internal pressure sufficient to form a particulate cake without rupturing the flexible vessel. A sealing system is provided for retaining an upper portion of the flexible vessel against the sealing surface. The filtering system may be part of a portable system that includes a cart, hoses, piping, a pneumatic pump and a control panel.

Abstract: An assembly includes at least two disconnect terminals and at least one coupling device, wherein the at least two disconnect terminals each include at least one switching lever. Each switching lever is adjustable independently from the other switching lever from a first switch position into at least one second switch position and back, wherein the switching levers are connectable by the at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device connects the switching levers if the at least one coupling device is switched into at least one first coupling position, and the at least one coupling device separates the switching levers from one another if the at least one coupling device is switched into at least one second coupling position. A disconnect terminal includes the at least one coupling device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna module for a massive MIMO antenna, the antenna module comprising a plurality of first signal ports, a number of first antenna elements arranged in a first matrix arrangement, wherein a number of rows of the first matrix arrangement and/or a number of columns of the first matrix arrangement equals the number of first signal ports, and a switching matrix that is configured to controllably couple each of the first signal ports either with all first antenna elements of a respective row of the first matrix arrangement or all first antenna elements of a respective column of the first matrix arrangement. Further, the present invention provides a respective massive MIMO antenna.

Abstract: The present invention provides a massive MIMO antenna for wireless communication, the massive MIMO antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements configured to receive upstream wireless signals and to transmit downstream wireless signals, the antenna elements being arranged in a matrix-like arrangement comprising rows and/or columns of antenna elements, a plurality of transceivers, each coupled to at least one of the antenna elements, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate specific ones of the transceivers. In addition, the present invention provides a respective method for operating a massive MIMO antenna.

Abstract: A system and methods for generating dynamic market pricing that is fair for both publishers and advertisers and the use of the pricing in real-time auctions. When a user views content over the internet, an online publisher provides content to the user with executable instructions, which notify an advertisement source that there is an impression for filling by an advertiser. The impression is submitted to a real-time bidding market for competing advertisers to bid to fill the impression with an advertisement. The system and methods generate dynamic pricing for the individual competing advertisers and use the dynamic pricing to compare advertiser bids to determine a highest or winning bid and a clearing price associated with the highest or winning bid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna system (100, 200, 211, 300, 400, 500, 600) for attachment to an antenna pole (250, 350), the antenna system (100, 200, 211, 300, 400, 500, 600) comprising a cooling arrangement (101, 201, 212, 301, 401, 501, 601), an active electronic arrangement (102, 202, 213, 302, 402, 502, 602) that comprises a number of antenna elements (103, 104) and a number of receivers and/or transmitters for the antenna elements (103, 104), wherein the active electronic arrangement (102, 202, 213, 302, 402, 502, 602) is releasably attachable to the cooling arrangement (101, 201, 212, 301, 401, 501, 601). Further, the present invention provides a communication system (210) and a method for manufacturing an antenna system (100, 200, 211, 300, 400, 500, 600).

Abstract: A disconnect terminal includes an enclosure, a first conductor rail, a second conductor rail, a switching device, and an actuation device. The switching device can be switched by the actuation device from a connecting position, in which the first conductor rail and the second conductor rail are electrically connected by the switching device into a disconnecting position in which the electrical connection of the first conductor rail and the second conductor rail is separated or disconnected, and back. A visible portion of the actuation device aligns with a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or with a part connected with the enclosure. In the disconnecting position, the visible portion of the actuation device protrudes from a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or of a part connected with the enclosure in a clearly visible manner. An assembly is provided of at least two aligned disconnect terminals.

Abstract: A photovoltaic cell can include a dopant in contact with a semiconductor layer.