Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for additive manufacturing are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes: coupling a plurality of build platforms to a carrier; forming a plurality of 3D objects on the plurality of build platforms using an additive manufacturing process, where each build platform receives at least one 3D object thereon; removing the plurality of build platforms from the carrier; performing post-processing of the plurality of 3D objects while the 3D objects remain on the respective build platforms; and separating the plurality of 3D objects from the respective build platforms.

Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures may comprise a building platform defining a building plane, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive mechanism for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, a second drive mechanism for causing relative movement of the light engine and the building platform along a displacement path extending parallel to the building plane, a linear encoder for sensing a position and/or a velocity of the light engine relative to the building platform, and/or one or more control units configured to adjust the feeding rate of a pattern data feeder based on the position or the velocity sensed by the linear encoder.

Abstract: It is provide a vehicle, comprising a bodywork opening, which can at least partially be closed by at least one door disposed in a closing position, and a flat platform unit, which is provided to facilitate access into the vehicle via the bodywork opening, when the at least one door is disposed in an opening position. At least part of the flat platform unit is formed by at least one adjustable, flat platform element, which forms part of the at least one door, which in the closing position closes at least part of the bodywork opening, or in at least one adjustment position, is fixed to and/or supported on a component of the at least one door.

Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures on a substrate, comprises a carrier element for carrying a substrate having a curved surface, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive means for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, second drive means for causing rotational movement of the substrate having the curved surface such as to establish a rolling contact of the curved surface on the material layer in a contact zone, said contact zone being arranged in the exposure field, and first control means configured to control said first and/or second drive means so that said rolling contact of the curved surface on the material layer is essentially slip-free.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for a surface-acoustic-wave filter with an electrical conductor having a floating potential. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a surface-acoustic-wave filter with a piezoelectric layer and an electrode structure disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer. The electrode structure includes a first comb-shaped structure and a second comb-shaped structure. The electrode structure also includes at least one electrical conductor positioned between the first comb-shaped structure and the second comb-shaped structure such that a gap separates the at least one electrical conductor from the first comb-shaped structure and the second comb-shaped structure.

Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures may comprise a building platform defining a building plane, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive mechanism for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, a second drive mechanism for causing relative movement of the light engine and the building platform along a displacement path extending parallel to the building plane, a linear encoder for sensing a position and/or a velocity of the light engine relative to the building platform, and/or one or more control units configured to adjust the feeding rate of a pattern data feeder based on the position or the velocity sensed by the linear encoder.

Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures may comprise a building platform defining a building plane, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive mechanism for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, a second drive mechanism for causing relative movement of the light engine and the building platform along a displacement path extending parallel to the building plane, a linear encoder for sensing a position and/or a velocity of the light engine relative to the building platform, and/or one or more control units configured to adjust the feeding rate of a pattern data feeder based on the position or the velocity sensed by the linear encoder.

Abstract: A method for the lithography-based additive manufacture of three-dimensional molded bodies, in which a build platform is positioned at a distance from a material support, which is permeable to the radiation of a radiation source at least in some areas, for a material solidifiable by exposure to said radiation, wherein the material support is translationally moved between a first position and a second position, characterized in that material is applied with a defined layer thickness during the movement of the material support from the first position to the second position, after this the applied material, between the build platform and the material support, is location- and/or time-selectively irradiated by the radiation source and solidified, and subsequently material is removed from the material support during the movement of the material support from the second position to the first position.

Abstract: A centrifugal pendulum for damping rotational irregularities of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a carrier flange element connectable indirectly or directly to the driveshaft, and having multiple pendulum elements displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element, and guided via rollers in pendulum paths. Each pendulum element is displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element in the circumferential direction between a first and a second stop position. At least one friction element having defined thermal expansion properties, which are different in particular from the carrier flange element and/or the pendulum elements, is associated with the carrier flange element, and is designed and arranged in such a way that in a defined temperature range of the centrifugal pendulum, upon a movement of at least one pendulum element corresponding to the friction element in the direction of a stop position.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft of an electric drive motor includes at least one inner ring, at least one outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The bearing assembly is an angular contact ball bearing, and the plurality of rolling elements include a first row of rolling elements and a second row of rolling elements. Also a shaft assembly supported by the bearing assembly and an electric motor including the shaft assembly.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a first locating bearing and a second locating bearing configured to be mounted on a shaft. The first locating bearing includes a two-part outer ring formed from a radially inward outer ring and a radially outward outer ring, and a diameter of the inward outer ring is smaller than a diameter of the outward outer ring.

Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures may comprise a building platform defining a building plane, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive mechanism for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, a second drive mechanism for causing relative movement of the light engine and the building platform along a displacement path extending parallel to the building plane, a linear encoder for sensing a position and/or a velocity of the light engine relative to the building platform, and/or one or more control units configured to adjust the feeding rate of a pattern data feeder based on the position or the velocity sensed by the linear encoder.

Abstract: A method for the lithography-based additive manufacture of three-dimensional molded bodies, in which a build platform is positioned at a distance from a material support, which is permeable to the radiation of a radiation source at least in some areas, for a material solidifiable by exposure to said radiation, wherein the material support is translationally moved between a first position and a second position, characterized in that material is applied with a defined layer thickness during the movement of the material support from the first position to the second position, after this the applied material, between the build platform and the material support, is location- and/or time-selectively irradiated by the radiation source and solidified, and subsequently material is removed from the material support during the movement of the material support from the second position to the first position.

Abstract: A centrifugal pendulum for damping rotational irregularities of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a carrier flange element connectable indirectly or directly to the driveshaft, and having multiple pendulum elements displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element, and guided via rollers in pendulum paths. Each pendulum element is displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element in the circumferential direction between a first and a second stop position. At least one friction element having defined thermal expansion properties, which are different in particular from the carrier flange element and/or the pendulum elements, is associated with the carrier flange element, and is designed and arranged in such a way that in a defined temperature range of the centrifugal pendulum, upon a movement of at least one pendulum element corresponding to the friction element in the direction of a stop position.

Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a method for computer-aided hair color counseling is provided. The method may comprise: recording a digital image of hair of a user and additional objects by employing a camera, identifying a hair region area in the digital image in which the hair is depicted, identifying a new hair color, aligning a hair projection region in which the hair is projected, of a transparent or reflecting screen or a system of screen and one-way mirror in a manner such that, to an observer of the screen, a combination of the objects transmitted or reflected by the screen is produced with the hair projection region, wherein the hair projection region is aligned in a manner such that it essentially covers a hair transmission/reflection region in which to the observer, the transmitted or reflected user's hair would appear, and projecting the hair projection region in the new hair color.

Abstract: The invention refers to an animal device with an electronics, whereby the electronics (1) has a belt holder (2) and a belt (3), whereby the belt holder (2) includes a first part (4) and a second part (5), the first part (4) having a belt insertion hollow (6), in which the belt (3) is receivable, the second part (5) being complementary to the first part (4) and closing the belt insertion hollow (6) in the working position.

Abstract: An angular contact ball bearing includes an outer ring having an outer diameter D and a first rolling surface and an inner ring having an inner diameter d and a second rolling surface, and no more than one row of balls between the first rolling surface and the second rolling surface, each of the balls having a diameter Dw. The diameter Dw of the balls, the outer diameter D of the outer ring, and the inner diameter d of the inner ring satisfy the relationship: D w > 0.7 * ( D - d ) 2 .

Abstract: An angular contact ball bearing includes an outer ring having an outer diameter D and a first rolling surface and an inner ring having an inner diameter d and a second rolling surface, and no more than one row of balls between the first rolling surface and the second rolling surface, each of the balls having a diameter Dw. The diameter Dw of the balls, the outer diameter D of the outer ring, and the inner diameter d of the inner ring satisfy the relationship: 2 ? D w D - d > 0.7 .

Abstract: An angular contact ball bearing includes an outer ring having an outer diameter D and a first rolling surface and an inner ring having an inner diameter d and a second rolling surface, and no more than one row of balls between the first rolling surface and the second rolling surface, each of the balls having a diameter Dw. The diameter Dw of the balls, the outer diameter D of the outer ring, and the inner diameter d of the inner ring satisfy the relationship: D w > 0.

Abstract: A method for locating an animal on which a display apparatus is arranged, and/or for displaying information on the animal, wherein information which is to be displayed is activatable and/or adjustable in and/or on the display apparatus (2), wherein a specific display is assigned to an animal in order to identify animals for selection, wherein a pushbutton key on the display apparatus (2) is used for acknowledgement by a user, and wherein a counterweight (8) is assigned to the display apparatus (2).