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The invention relates to a device (2) for controlling and / or regulating the supply of a medium using a supply unit for an impingement device. Said supply unit comprises at least one shut-off member and each shut-off member can be moved into a closed position and at least one open position by means of an actuating element. The device comprises a sensor unit (50) for determining in a contactless manner the presence of a material that is to be impinged by the medium. The inventive device (2) is characterized in that said sensor unit (50) is additionally configured for the contactless determination of the relative position of the material in relation to the impingement device (10) and for the output of signals, which act on the actuating elements in such a way that the later moves the shut-oft members into a position that corresponds with the presence and the location of the material to be impinged by the medium. The washing and / or drying devices (10) preferably comprise a device (2) of this type for controlling and / or regulating the supply of water and / or warm air for washing and / or drying purposes. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

Battery-operated device, having an electrically operated functional unit and an electrochemical voltage source, which are housed together in an essentially gas-tight device housing, the electrochemical voltage source having an electrolyte based on an ionic liquid and a coating-free plastic battery housing.

A turbine (100) of a turbine installation, especially a steam turbine of a steam turbine installation, includes at least one radial or diagonal turbine stage (120) with radial or diagonal inflow and axial outflow, and also at least one axial turbine stage (121-125) with axial inflow and axial outflow. The at least one radial or diagonal turbine stage (120) forms the first stage of the turbine (100) and the at least one axial turbine stage (121-125) is arranged downstream of the radial or diagonal turbine stage (121) as an additional stage of the turbine. The at least one radial or diagonal turbine stage (120) has a higher temperature resistance than the at least one axial turbine stage (121-125). The turbine (100) makes it possible to significantly increase the process temperature of the steam turbine installation, wherein measures for increasing the temperature resistance need only to be adopted for components of the radial or diagonal turbine stage (120).

A method is described for producing a micro-gripper, which comprises a base body and a gripping body connected integrally to the base body, which projects beyond the base body and provides a receptacle slot on a free end area in such a way that a micrometer-scale or sub-micrometer-scale object may be clamped in the receptacle slot for gripping and holding, as well as a micro-gripper according to the species.

A solar cell and a method for producing a solar cell are described, comprising at least one photovoltaic layer region (1) which at least partially absorbs photons (6) incident therein, whose photon energy is greater than a minimum photon energy Emin, and releases electrical charge carriers in the form of electron-hole pairs, which are spatially separable within the photovoltaic layer region (1) and can be tapped via at least two electrodes (2), which are electrically connected to the photovoltaic layer region (1), to implement an electrical voltage, and comprising at least one interaction layer (3 and / or 4), which at least partially overlaps the photovoltaic layer region, in which at least a part of the incident photons (6) are subject to an interaction with emission of photons of higher or lower photon energy than that of the incident photons. The invention is distinguished in that the at least one interaction layer (3 and / or 4) has a matrix structure, in which locally delimited areas having optically active material, which has the structure and size of crystalline nanoparticles, are provided and interact with the incident photons (6).

A solenoid valve for actuating an actuator having an armature and an electromagnet. The stroke of the armature is transferred to the actuator via a transfer element. The armature is accommodated in a guide of a housing of the solenoid valve. A damping element is situated between the armature and the transfer element, at least one aperture cross section being formed perpendicularly or coaxially to a symmetry axis in the damping element.

The invention relates to a centrifuge cup, which has a container and a cover. The cover has a lever including a guide element in each case on opposing edge areas thereof. The guide elements are able to be introduced into an associated guide path of the container by pivoting the lever. The guide elements are implemented in such a way that in a closed state of the cover with the container, a clamping force (F) having vertical force component (Fy) and horizontal force component (Fx) is provided at a contact point or a contact line of the guide elements with the particular associated guide path.

A stator vane span attachment for a gas turbine having a casing 1 in which several stator vane spans 2 are located, wherein means 3 are provided for restraining the stator vane spans 2 against the casing 1.

The present invention relates to a configuration and a method for localizing the geographic position of a person. The localization configuration comprises a transmission unit (5, 6, 7) connectable to the person, as well as a reception unit (1) for displaying the location of the person. The present invention is distinguished in that the transmission unit (5, 6, 7) comprises a GPS receiver and is connectable via wireless communication to the reception unit (1). The present invention allows both high precision in localization and also position ascertainment over great distances. The method and the cost-effectively producible device may also be used by lay people easily.

A device for connecting two workpiece parts by means of laser beam welding. Producing a simply constructed and cost-effectively manufactured device for flat welding workpiece parts, with simultaneous compensation of workpiece tolerances, is achieved by a weld seam pattern with a number of weld seams arranged downstream of an adapted pressure unit of a laser beam source. The pressure unit has a plurality of channels extending through it with channel walls. The channel walls are a lattice-like arrangement of the first and second pressure elements which have integrated means for compensating tolerances, and which are designed to press the workpiece parts against one another in the z direction.

The invention relates to a centrifuge cup, which has a container and a cover. The cover has a lever including a guide element in each case on opposing edge areas thereof. The guide elements are able to be introduced into an associated guide path of the container by pivoting the lever. The guide elements are implemented in such a way that in a closed state of the cover with the container, a clamping force (F) having vertical force component (Fy) and horizontal force component (Fx) is provided at a contact point or a contact line of the guide elements with the particular associated guide path.

A spindle gear unit (10) for an adjusting mechanism in a motor vehicle, especially in a motor vehicle seat, includes a housing (15) which has a first housing part (20) and a second housing part (22) and accommodates gear unit elements (40, 50, 60, 70). The first housing part (20) includes a first flange segment (23a) and the second housing part (22) includes a second flange segment (23b). The first flange segment (23a) and the second flange segment (23b) complement each other to provide a part of a flange (23). The flange (23) is encompassed by a securing element (28) for a form-fit connection of the two housing parts (20, 22). A vehicle seat is also provided having the spindle gear unit.

An apparatus for temperature-dependent control of an electric motor includes a control device for adjusting the power output of the electric motor, and means for detecting the temperature of a component of the electric motor, wherein the control device reduces the power of the electric motor in the case of a component temperature above a temperature threshold, and wherein the temperature detection means distinguish between self-heating and external heating, wherein the control device counteracts only the self-heating by reducing the power.

A caster for equipment and furniture, the caster comprising a support element including a top element and a base element, wherein the top element includes an attachment bolt configured to attach the caster and the base element includes a wheel axle that supports at least one wheel, wherein a replaceable substantially circumferential one-piece support element cover made from a synthetic material that provides a continuous design surface is arranged at the support element.

A sensor system, in particular a pressure sensor system, having a substrate having a main extension plane, the substrate having at least one trench on a first side, and the trench being provided to produce a diaphragm area on a second side of the substrate diametrically opposite to the first side perpendicularly to the main extension plane, and a decoupling element further being integrated in the material of the diaphragm area.

A cover feed-through (B), for a head-restraint rod (5) of a head restraint for a vehicle seat, is configured as a one-piece self-securing guide element (1). The guide element has a closed upper face (2) and a lower face (4) which is spaced from the upper face by a passage (3). The lower face (4) has at least one opening (4.1) substantially in the form of a segment of a circle. A vehicle seat is also provided, including a cover (8) and a head-restraint which can be arranged in a cover feed-through (B).

A method for fixing a bearing ring on or in a component includes applying an adhesive to a surface of the bearing ring having a least one annular groove-shaped receiving space defined therein such that the adhesive at least partially fills the at least one annular groove-shaped receiving space. The adhesive is allowed to pre-cure on the surface until the adhesive is no longer sticky and then the bearing ring and the component are joined in a desired relative position, such a radial distance between a base of the at least one annular groove-shaped receiving space and the component is larger than a radial distance between the surface and the component. The adhesive is then activated so that the adhesive increases in volume and produces an adhesive bond between the bearing ring and the component.

A measuring device for sensing different gases and gas concentrations, includes an infrared radiation source, a measurement channel, which has an optical path and a gas interaction path, and radiation detectors arranged along the measurement channel. The optical path has a first band-pass interference filter arranged at a first deflection point and a first radiation detector is arranged after the band-pass interference filter. A method that uses the measuring device, includes: measurement radiation is introduced into the measurement channel containing the gas to be measured, the measurement radiation hits the first band-pass interference filter, wherein only radiation of a wavelength defined by the first band-pass interference filter hits the first radiation detector, radiation reflected at the band-pass interference filter is forwarded along the optical path in the measurement channel to a second radiation detector, and the gas concentrations measured by the radiation detectors are evaluated.

Golf ball incorporating polyurethane mixture having wt. % NCO content of ˜4-20 and including a prepolymer polyol portion comprised of trans-β-Farnesene diol(s) in an amount of about 3-70 wt. % of total weight of prepolymer. Trans-β-Farnesene diol may be 15 carbon, long chain, branched, unsaturated 3,4-vinyl-containing bio-hydrocarbon having the formula:Prepolymer can include a 1:99 to 99:1 blend (wt. % ratio) of Trans-β-Farnesene diol(s) and polybutadiene-based polyol(s) in an amount of about 35-85 wt. %, along with about 15 wt. %-65 wt. % of diisocyanate(s). Curative may be combined with prepolymer in amount of about 3-25 wt. % of total weight of curative and prepolymer combined, and may be mixture of aromatic diamine(s) and white dispersion in a wt. % ratio of about 90:10 to 50:50, plus catalyst. Hardness of polyurethane mixture can be from 75 Shore A to 75 Shore D or a material hardness can be from about 40 Shore D to about 65 Shore D.

The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter comprising a driving pump wheel, a driven turbine wheel, and a guide wheel, which has guide wheel blades. In order to create a hydrodynamic torque converter, which requires less installation space than conventional torque converters and is producible cost-effectively, the guide wheel blades are attached to the guide wheel such that they can move between a throughflow position and a guide position.

Method of making a wavy wood element (B) from a wood element •(A), wherein the method comprises at least steps (H1) to (H4): •(H1) providing a wood element (A), which comprises fibers and lignin on or between said fibers; •(H2) heating the wood element (A) to a temperature which is sufficient to soften or melt at least a part of the lignin; •(H3) deforming the wood element heated in step (H2) such that a wavy wood element (B) is formed; •(H4) cooling the wood element deformed in step (H3); characterized in that the deforming in step (H3) is performed such that the ratio of the wave height to the thickness of the wavy wood element (B) equals or is more than 2:1; wherein the term “thickness” signifies the shortest distance between an upper side and the respective lower side of the wavy wood element (B), and the term “wave height” signifies the shortest distance between two imaginary planes which run in parallel to one another between which the wavy wood element (B) may be arranged such that the waves are positioned between said planes; and wherein the wood element (A) consists of unglued wood or unglued wood fibers.

An optical observation system includes a contactless pointer unit having a real component including a position labeling device and a virtual component including a virtual tip which is at least intermittently spaced apart from the real component. The system includes a unit for capturing at least one portion of an object and a unit for capturing a position and an alignment of the real component and a unit configured to display the captured portion of the object. The system includes a control unit for ascertaining a position of the virtual tip based on the captured position and alignment of the real component and for arranging for the image output unit to display, with a mark, the position of the virtual tip in the displayed captured portion of the object. An operating method, a pointer device suitable as a real component and a computer program product are provided.

A caster for equipment and furniture, the caster comprising a support element including a top element and a base element, wherein the top element includes an attachment bolt configured to attach the caster and the base element includes a wheel axle that supports at least one wheel, wherein a replaceable substantially circumferential one-piece support element cover made from a synthetic material that provides a continuous design surface is arranged at the support element.

A method is described for producing a micro-gripper, which comprises a base body and a gripping body connected integrally to the base body, which projects beyond the base body and provides a receptacle slot on a free end area in such a way that a micrometer-scale or sub-micrometer-scale object may be clamped in the receptacle slot for gripping and holding, as well as a micro-gripper according to the species.