Abstract: A method is provided for producing a steel component assembly, wherein a steel component having a predetermined breaking point is provided and the predetermined breaking point of the steel component is punched through by way of a press-fit element in order to form an opening. Subsequently, the press-fit element is pressed into the opening of the steel component, and, at least in overlap with the press-fit element, a component is adhesively bonded to the steel component by an adhesive applied over an area. A friction-drilling hole is melted through the press-fit element, the steel component and the component by way of a friction-drilling element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluidized bed installation (1), comprising at least two chambers (2, 3, 4), wherein each chamber (2, 3, 4) has a main body (5) and a gas inlet (6) and a gas outlet (7), wherein each main body (5) has an inlet (8) and an outlet (9) for a solid (19), wherein the inlet (8) of a first chamber (2) is connected to a feed (10) of the fluidized bed installation (1), the outlet (9) of the first chamber (2) is connected to the inlet (8) of a second chamber (4), and the outlet (9) of the second chamber (4) is connected to a discharge (11) of the fluidized bed installation (1), and wherein a valve (12) is arranged between two connected chambers (2, 3, 4) and/or at the feed (10) and/or at the discharge (11) such that either continuous operation or semi-continuous operation of the fluidized bed installation (1) is enabled.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a command for a storage device may be received, wherein the command comprises a plurality of stages. Power for the plurality of stages of the command may be dynamically allocated, wherein power for a first stage of the command is allocated first, and power for each remaining stage of the command is allocated after a preceding stage is performed.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a brake system in a vehicle includes actuating at least one electric brake motor with a brake motor controller and final control signals of a brake motor control unit. The method further includes carrying out, in the brake motor control unit, at least one monitoring function of the brake system while a braking force is produced by the at least one electric brake motor. The vehicle includes an electromechanical brake mechanism having the least one electric brake motor configured to produce the braking force. The brake control unit is implemented separately from the brake motor controller.

Abstract: A system used in a loudspeaker-room-microphone environment includes a microphone signal partitioner that divides a signal from a microphone into one or more divided portions. A reverberation energy estimator estimates reverberation energy in some of the divided portions of the microphone signal based on a loudspeaker signal. The estimated reverberation energy is processed to generate a dereverberated output signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a command for a storage device may be received, wherein the command comprises a plurality of stages. Power for the plurality of stages of the command may be dynamically allocated, wherein power for a first stage of the command is allocated first, and power for each remaining stage of the command is allocated after a preceding stage is performed.

Abstract: Examples include techniques to power down output power rails for a storage device. In some examples, energy discharged from output capacitors for output power rails and energy discharged from input capacitors may be used to facilitate power down of power rails for the storage device.

Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers acting on infrared radiation including at least one functional layer. The stack includes a carbon-based upper protective layer within which the carbon atoms are essentially in an sp2 hybridization state and the upper protective layer is deposited above at least a part of the functional layer and exhibits a thickness of less than 1 nm.

Abstract: A data storage system is described with a persistent status display. In one example, the system has an external housing, a persistent display attached to the exterior of the housing, a display controller within the housing coupled to the display to write status data to the display, a memory array to store data within the housing, a memory controller within the housing to control the operation of the memory array and to determine a status of the memory array, the memory controller being coupled to the display controller to send status data to the display controller to write to the display, and an exterior connector coupled to the memory controller to send data from the memory to an external device.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining a trigger condition for presenting a registered signal on a display of an oscilloscope on the basis of a rare signal event in the registered signal. The method and device determines a level-based and/or time-based distribution of frequencies of occurrence from level-based and/or time-based parameters determined from sampled values of the registered signal in a specified corresponding level-raster and/or time raster, and compares the determined level-based and/or time-based distribution of frequencies of occurrence with a previously given corresponding level-based and/or time-based reference-distribution of frequencies of occurrence. A first trigger condition is determined dependent upon an identified difference between corresponding level-based and/or time-based distribution of frequencies of occurrence and corresponding level-based and/or time-based reference-distribution of frequencies of occurrence.

Abstract: A flanged sealing ring which is used to seal a pipe connection is produced from a material having a metal fraction distributed substantially homogeneously in the flanged sealing ring. The flanged sealing ring can be used in a device for detecting components of a flanged sealing ring in a pipeline system that includes a plurality of pipes, at least two of which are held against each other at a flange in such a way that sealing is effected by a flanged sealing ring. Using a metal detector and a gate for removing a metal-containing substance from the pipeline, which gate is arranged behind the metal detector in the conveying direction, the flanged sealing ring can then be detected, and therefore, when components of the flanged sealing ring detach, detection can be performed at the metal detector and discharging can be performed at the gate.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a command for a storage device may be received, wherein the command comprises a plurality of stages. Power for the plurality of stages of the command may be dynamically allocated, wherein power for a first stage of the command is allocated first, and power for each remaining stage of the command is allocated after a preceding stage is performed.

Abstract: Examples include techniques to power down output power rails for a storage device. In some examples, energy discharged from output capacitors for output power rails and energy discharged from input capacitors may be used to facilitate power down of power rails for the storage device.

Abstract: These present disclosure provides techniques to determine the capacitance of a power loss capacitor based on voltage ripple. The power loss capacitor may be a power loss capacitor for a power loss shutdown system of a solid state drive. The capacitance may be determined as a function of the voltage ripple and a period of the voltage ripple during a natural discharge and a controlled discharge of the power loss capacitor.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining phase shift information between the first and second microphone signals for a sound signal, and determining an angle of incidence of the sound in relation to the first and second positions of the first and second microphones from the phase shift information of a band-limited test signal received by the first and second microphones for a frequency range of interest.

Abstract: These present disclosure provides techniques to determine the capacitance of a power loss capacitor based on voltage ripple. The power loss capacitor may be a power loss capacitor for a power loss shutdown system of a solid state drive. The capacitance may be determined as a function of the voltage ripple and a period of the voltage ripple during a natural discharge and a controlled discharge of the power loss capacitor.

Abstract: A speech processing device includes an automotive device that filters data that is sent and received across an in-vehicle bus. The device selectively acquires vehicle data related to a user settings or adjustments. An interface acquires the selected vehicle data from in-vehicle sensors in response to a user's articulation of a first code phrase. A memory stores the selected vehicle data with unique identifying data associated with the user and establishes a connection between the selected vehicle data and the user when a second code phrase is articulated. A data interface provides access to the selected vehicle data and stored relationship data and enables the processing of the data to customize the in-vehicle system. The data interface is responsive to the user's articulation of a third code phrase to process the selected vehicle data that enables the setting or adjustment of the in-vehicle system.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to beamform a first plurality of microphone signals using at least one beamforming weight to obtain a first beamformed signal, beamform a second plurality of microphone signals using the at least one beamforming weight to obtain a second beamformed signal, and adjust the at least one beamforming weight so that the power density of at least one perturbation component present in the first or the second plurality of microphone signals is reduced.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to authenticating and/or detecting defect(s) in SSDs (or other electronic components) based on information from an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag are described. In one embodiment, non-volatile memory stores one or more parameters corresponding to an electronic component. Logic then reports the one or more parameters to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader device while the electronic component is powered off or not operational. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A system locates a speaker in a room containing a loudspeaker and a microphone array. The loudspeaker transmits a sound that is partly reflected by a speaker. The microphone array detects the reflected sound and converts the sound into a microphone array, the speaker's distance from the microphone array, or both, based on the characteristics of the microphone signals.