Abstract: A device for dampening the action of a force on an electronic component, particularly one in the form of a probe, wherein the device comprises a receptacle space for the component, which is surrounded by an outer wall along a longitudinal axis, and transversely to the longitudinal axis there is situated an end closure of the receptacle space, wherein the outer wall and the closure comprise the same material and the material has a structural conformation which produces a dampening effect of the device in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A method for charging or discharging a battery system, wherein the battery system comprises at least two battery cells connected in parallel and/or in series, which can only be charged or discharged together. A voltage is controlled as a control variable by a current or a power as a manipulated variable. The current or the power is specified by taking into account a first state of charge-dependent characteristic curve and a second state of charge-dependent characteristic curve. The first state of charge-dependent characteristic curve and the second state of charge-dependent characteristic curve have opposite gradients, at least in sections. An apparatus for charging or discharging a battery system is also provided.

Abstract: An electric machine (1) for a motor vehicle drive train, having a stator (2), a rotor (3) mounted to rotate relative to the stator (3) and a drive schaft (4) receiving the rotor (3) for conjoint rotation, wherein, in addition to the rotor (3), a disk element (5), also connected to the drive schaft (4) for conjoint rotation and made of sheet metal, is arranged in an axial direction of the drive schaft (4), the disk element (5) having a transmitter contour (6), which can be detected by an eddy current sensor, and a coolant guiding contour (7), for deflecting a coolant stream towards the stator (2), and being pressed with an axial prestressing force against an end face (8) of the rotor (3).

Abstract: A method for certificate chain validation is disclosed for memory-efficient execution inside a secure execution environment of a hardware security module (HSM), despite very limited memory being inside the HSM. This is achieved by allocating enough HSM memory for at least the root certificate, a signer certificate, and a certificate to be validated, and replacing the signer certificate as the certificate chain is traversed. Revalidation of data is implemented by computing secure tags that enable the HSM to quickly recognize previously validated data. Chain validation is only considered provisional until checked against a CRL, which can be provided to the HSM in a streaming fashion, and each received serial number in the CRL is checked against the list of serial numbers representing the provisionally verified chain.

Abstract: The invention relates to a threaded plug on an elongated body for a threaded connection to a threaded bushing, wherein the threaded plug has a conical external thread, in which a section of a flank of the external thread can be represented as a section of a function which has a curvature, wherein the section of the function has an angle to a connecting line of adjacent thread bases or thread tips that is greater than 45° over a height of at least 0.3 times the thread height.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rod section of a ground drilling rod, wherein the rod section is configured at the end side to form at least one plug connection and has at one end (a) a male connector with an outer contour or (b) a female connector with an inner contour, wherein, in cross section, the outer contour or the inner contour has a shape deviating from a circle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Bacillus host cell for increased production of biological compounds. Specifically, the invention relates to a Bacillus host with genetic modifications that lead to decreased production of components of biofilm and increased levels of phosphorylated De-gll. Said Bacillus host comprises at least one gene expression cassette with a polynucleotide encoding at least one polypeptide of interest, operably linked to a promoter for the production of compounds. The present invention further relates to a method for increased production of at least one polypeptide of interest based on cultivating the bacterial host cell of the present invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a threaded bushing on an elongated body for a threaded connection with a threaded plug, wherein the threaded bushing has a conical internal thread, in which adjacent flanks of the internal thread are designed as sections of two identical ellipses offset from one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for introducing a boring channel in the ground by means of an earth boring device, wherein the earth boring device has a boring head which is moved to introduce the boring channel in the ground, and the method comprises the steps: a) detecting obstacles in front of and/or next to the boring head; b) displaying the position of a detected obstacle relative to the boring head; c) issuing a shutdown warning if the distance between the detected obstacle and the boring head is less than a first, in particular selectable, distance; d) stopping boring of the boring channel when a shutdown warning is issued; e) verifying an acknowledgment for continued introduction of the boring channel when a shutdown warning has been issued and boring stopped; and f) continuing the introduction of the boring channel upon successful verification of the acknowledgment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a two-conductor system for earth boring rod sections for forming a boring string for an earth boring device, wherein the two-conductor system has an insulated composite made of a first conductor and a second conductor, and the first and second conductors are each exposed at one end from the composite in a connection direction, and at least a section of an exposed end of one of the conductors is surrounded on the circumference by an inner and an outer insulation sleeve.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for predicting a remaining lifetime of an electrical component of an electrical circuit, the electrical circuit being part of a building management device. The method comprises: estimating (S1) two or more estimated temperatures of the electrical component by using a trained machine learning model of the electrical component that is trained based on training data. Further, the method comprises: generating (S2) a temporal course of temperature of the electrical component based on the two or more estimated temperatures; and computing (S3), based on the temporal course of temperature of the electrical component, an indicator for the remaining lifetime of the electrical component. The present invention also provides a method for predicting a remaining lifetime of an electrical circuit being part of a building management device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rod section of a ground drilling rod, wherein the rod section is configured at the end to form a plug connection and has (a) a male connector or (b) a female connector at at least one end, wherein the male connector has at least one circular portion and at least one more straight-line-like portion in cross section on the outside, or the female connector has at least one circular portion and at least one more straight-line-like portion in cross section on the inside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of industrial fermentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bacterial host cell in which a first chromosomal gene encoding a first alanine racemase and a second chromosomal gene encoding a second alanine racemase have been inactivated. Said bacterial host cell comprises – either on a plasmid comprising at least one autonomous replication sequence or present as multiple copies in the chromosome – a gene expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide encoding at least one polypeptide of interest, operably linked to a promoter, and a polynucleotide encoding a third alanine racemase, operably linked to a promoter. The present invention further relates to a method for producing at least one polypeptide of interest based on cultivating the bacterial host cell of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of industrial fermentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Bacillus host cell belonging to the species Bacillus lichemformis or Bacillus pumilus in which the chromosomal alr gene has been inactivated. Said bacterial host cell comprises a plasmid comprising at least one autonomous replication sequence, a first polynucleotide encoding at least one polypeptide of interest, wherein said first polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter, and a second polynucleotide encoding an alanine racemase which is not native to the host cell, wherein said second polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter. The present invention further relates to a method for producing at least one polypeptide of interest based on cultivating the bacterial host cell of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of industrial fermentation. In particular, it relates to method for producing a protein of interest from a Bacillus host cell comprising the steps of inoculating a fermentation medium with a Bacillus host cell comprising an expression construct for a gene encoding a protein of interest, cultivating the Bacillus host cell in said fermentation medium under conditions conducive for the growth of the Bacillus host cell and the expression of the protein of interest for a cultivation phase, wherein the cultivation of the Bacillus host cell during said cultivation phase comprises the addition of at least one feed solution and wherein the at least one feed solution provides a carbon source, and separating portions from said Bacillus host cell culture during the cultivation phase at different time points and obtaining the protein of interest from said portions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for culturing microbial cells producing a product of interest comprising fed-batch pre-culture.

Abstract: A rod section of a ground drilling rod configured at its end to form at least one plug connection and having at one end (a) a connecting plug with an outer contour; or (b) a connecting socket with an inner contour, the outer contour or the inner contour being essentially sinusoidal in cross section.

Abstract: A method for certificate chain validation is disclosed for memory-efficient execution inside a secure execution environment of a hardware security module (HSM), despite very limited memory being inside the HSM. This is achieved by allocating enough HSM memory for at least the root certificate, a signer certificate, and a certificate to be validated, and replacing the signer certificate as the certificate chain is traversed. Revalidation of data is implemented by computing secure tags that enable the HSM to quickly recognize previously validated data. Chain validation is only considered provisional until checked against a CRL, which can be provided to the HSM in a streaming fashion, and each received serial number in the CRL is checked against the list of serial numbers representing the provisionally verified chain.