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A method is provided for detecting faults in a pump assembly having an electric motor, or faults in an electric motor, having at least one rotating shaft. A vibration signal is detected, the detected vibration signal is processed in a manner such that the influence of the current rotational speed of the shaft is eliminated, periodic signals are filtered out of the processed vibration signal, and the vibrational operating condition, in particular possible faults, is recognized by way of the periodic signals. Further, a pump assembly having an electric motor or an electric motor is provided in which this method is applied.

The present invention relates to a cast-in channel having a channel body which forms a receiving space for receiving a connecting element used to fixedly attach a fastening element to the cast-in channel, the channel body further being provided with holes, the holes having connectors provided therein for fixedly attaching anchoring members to the channel body. The connectors are designed as rivets, whose fixing portions, which are inserted through the respective holes, are expanded so as to secure the rivets to the channel body, and which have an attachment for fixedly attaching the anchoring members to the channel body. The present invention also relates to a rivet nut for a cast-in channel.

The present invention relates to the use of an active substance that promotes the inhibition of the formation of AGEs, for preparing a composition to prevent and / or combat the reduction in elastic and plastic properties of tissues, and in particular of the skin, for inhibiting the formation of AGEs, or for preventing and / or combating glycation of proteins in the skin. The invention also relates to a method of screening such active substances.

The invention relates to a brake system for a railway vehicle. Said brake system comprises a main air reservoir line which is fed by an air compressor unit. Every bogie truck is provided with at least one compressed-air line which is connected to the main air reservoir line either directly or via a stop valve, a non-return valve and a compressed-air reservoir. The compressed-air line feeds, for example, the service brake valves for impinging the brakes of the bogie truck or a control unit for the spring-loaded brake and / or other control units for other auxiliary components. The service brake valves and / or the spring-loaded brake and / or other auxiliary components are controlled via at least one local, electronic brake control unit.

A vehicle which is operable by a motor and / or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.

A fuel injector, in particular a fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines, includes a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuator which is excitable via an electrical line and actuates a valve-closure member, which is arranged in a housing and cooperates with a valve-seat surface to form a sealing seat, and an hydraulic coupler. The hydraulic coupler has a downstream recess in which one end of a valve needle is engaged in a pivotable manner.

The invention relates to the use, as an active ingredient, of at least one substance that promotes the deglycation of AGEs for preparing a composition, especially for limiting the presence of AGEs in a tissue.The invention particularly relates to the use of such a substance for preparing a composition intended to prevent and / or combat a reduction in flexibility and / or plasticity and / or elasticity and / or functionality of a tissue, and / or to prevent and / or combat the ageing of a tissue, by promoting the deglycation of AGEs in the tissue, said tissue preferably being the skin, or the tissue wall of a blood vessel or of an organ.

An airflow directing assembly and associated method of assembling same, includes an air deflector having a first portion mounted in the vehicle engine compartment rearwardly of the bumper beam and including a separating wall that extends between and segregates a first, upper air flow path from a second, lower air flow path. The airflow directing assembly includes a second, flexible seal portion extending from the air deflector first portion in a direction toward the bumper beam. The flexible seal portion is configured for sliding, sealing engagement with a surface of a vehicle engine compartment component such as the bumper beam to accommodate build variation during vehicle assembly.

In an adjustment device and method for a tomography apparatus for aligning of a patient support device and an acquisition system relative to one another, a reference laser projects onto a reference element associated with the patient support device, the reference laser being directly associated with a rotary frame of the acquisition system, such that tolerances in the alignment between the reference laser and the acquisition system are prevented. Moreover, due to the arrangement of the reference laser directly on the rotary frame of the tomography apparatus, a simple calibration between laser beam and the acquisition plane of the acquisition system is ensured by a displacement of the reference laser in two different rotation angle positions which exhibit an angular interval therebetween of substantially 180 degrees.

Provisions to charge the battery of a hearing apparatus without having to remove the battery from the housing are provided. A hearing apparatus separates charging contacts, which are disposed on the surface of the housing and serve to charge the battery, from the battery and to connect the battery to an amplifier circuit, when the battery is not being charged. Otherwise, when the battery is being charged, the hearing apparatus connects the charging contacts to the battery and separates the battery from the amplifier circuit. This double switching function means that the amplifier circuit is protected from charging power surges and also in the normal operating state of the hearing apparatus electrochemical reactions at the charging contacts are avoided.

The invention relates to a drum motor comprising: a drive unit, such as a rotor / stator unit of an electric motor, or a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator unit, an output shaft connected to the drive unit for transmitting force and torque, an outer drum, which surrounds the output unit at least partially and is rotatably mounted relative to a fastening axis, and a casing, which is connected to the outer surface of the rotatable drum and has a profile. According to the invention, the profile contains a helical groove (40) in the casing that extends over at least part of the surface of the casing and runs helically about the rotational axis of the rotatable drum.

A method is provided for detecting faults in a pump assembly having an electric motor, or faults in an electric motor, having at least one rotating shaft. A vibration signal is detected, the detected vibration signal is processed in a manner such that the influence of the current rotational speed of the shaft is eliminated, periodic signals are filtered out of the processed vibration signal, and the vibrational operating condition, in particular possible faults, is recognized by way of the periodic signals. Further, a pump assembly having an electric motor or an electric motor is provided in which this method is applied.

A stator for an electric motor, in particular the steering motor of a motor vehicle, comprising a cylindrical stator yoke and a stator star joined therewith and having a number of radially outwardly directed stator teeth, the tooth tips thereof, in the assembly state, resting on the inner circumference of the stator yoke in corresponding connection points. The tooth tips on the stator star side, in the assembly state, in addition to being force-locked or frictionally locked with the connecting points on the stator yoke side in a press-fit, are also integrally bonded thereto.

The present invention relates to the use of an active substance that promotes the inhibition of the formation of AGEs, for preparing a composition to prevent and / or combat the reduction in elastic and plastic properties of tissues, and in particular of the skin, for inhibiting the formation of AGEs, or for preventing and / or combating glycation of proteins in the skin.The invention also relates to a method of screening such active substances.

Semiconductor wafer of monocrystalline silicon contain fluorine, the fluorine concentration being 1·1010 to 1·1016 atoms / cm3, and is free of agglomerated intrinsic point defects whose diameter is greater than or equal to a critical diameter. The semiconductor wafers are produced by providing a melt of silicon which is doped with fluorine, and crystallizing the melt to form a single crystal which contains fluorine within the range of 1·1010 to 1·1016 atoms / cm3, at a growth rate at which agglomerated intrinsic point defects having a critical diameter or larger would arise if fluorine were not present or present in too small an amount, and separating semiconductor wafers from the single crystal.

A method for operating a hearing device including an ambient microphone, a signal processing unit, a receiver and an ear canal microphone. The method includes steps of filtering the audio signal processed by the signal processing unit with a filter having a transfer function including a transfer function from an output of the receiver to an input of the ear canal microphone when the hearing device is turned on and being worn in an ear canal of the user, computing a difference between the audio signal picked up by the ear canal microphone and the filtered signal, and detecting a presence of own-voice of the user based on the difference. Furthermore, a hearing device including an own-voice detection unit is provided, which is adapted to perform the proposed method.

A vehicle which is operable by a motor and / or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.

The present invention relates to a measuring chamber (6) for an ultrasonic bath (1) or for a container which is equipped with a low-frequency ultrasonic source (2) for cavitation generation, this measuring chamber being suitable for determining the cavitation energy via the increase in volume in a measuring liquid (10) contained in the measuring chamber, and the measuring chamber having in addition a container (7) with a sound-permeable window region (8) and a sensor (9) for measuring the increase in volume of the measuring liquid (10).In addition, a method for operating this measuring chamber is presented.With the measuring chamber according to the invention or the corresponding method (independent of a prescribed ultrasonic bath), reliable determination of the introduced ultrasonic power or a conclusion about the cleaning power is possible.

Device for inserting an insert (1), made in particular of ceramic material, by impaction into a cup (50) designed to be received in the cotyl of a hip, comprising: means (17, 20, 21, 22) for gripping the insert, in particular at an upper free edge of the insert; a rod (5, 6) for the application of shock designed to be held by the surgeon and for the application of an impaction shock to the insert when it is held by the gripping means opposite the cup to be introduced therein; and an impaction head (9) with a surface designed to come in contact with at least one insert part, in particular the inner surface of a hollow of the insert.

A housing for an electric appliance includes a wall with an electrically insulating solid structure, an electrically conductive skin that is fastened to the solid structure, an electrically conductive support, and at least one screw that engages into a bore of the structure and keeps the support pressed against the wall. The screw extends through a recess of the electrically conductive skin. Material of the electrically conductive skin that surrounds the recess is displaced by the screw.

The present invention relates to a measuring chamber (6) for an ultrasonic bath (1) or for a container which is equipped with a low-frequency ultrasonic source (2) for cavitation generation, this measuring chamber being suitable for determining the cavitation energy via the increase in volume in a measuring liquid (10) contained in the measuring chamber, and the measuring chamber having in addition a container (7) with a sound-permeable window region (8) and a sensor (9) for measuring the increase in volume of the measuring liquid (10).In addition, a method for operating this measuring chamber is presented.With the measuring chamber according to the invention or the corresponding method (independent of a prescribed ultrasonic bath), reliable determination of the introduced ultrasonic power or a conclusion about the cleaning power is possible.

In a method for mounting an element or component having at least one metal surface in or on a circuit board containing at least one conducting layer made of metal material, a connection between the at least one metal surface of the element and the at least one conducting layer of the circuit board is formed using ultrasonic welding or high-frequency friction welding in order to create a mechanically stable and resistant connection or attachment having good conductivity. Furthermore, a circuit board is disclosed in which at least one element or component having a metal surface is or can be connected to a conducting or conductive layer of the circuit board using ultrasonic welding or high-frequency friction welding.

A guard device for transport bags in a loading station of an overhead conveyor system comprises a mounting unit to mount the guard device to a conveyor device of the overhead conveyor system, an impact plate to support a rear wall of a transport bag when being loaded with a product to be transported, and a connection unit to movably connect the impact plate to the mounting unit.

A device for a cup to be received in the cotyl of a hip. The device includes an insert, a gripping means for gripping the insert, a rod for imparting shock, and an impaction head having a surface in contact with a portion of the insert. The rod for imparting shock is designed to be held by a surgeon and is used for the application of an impaction shock to the insert when held by the gripping means opposite the cup to be introduced into the cotyl of a hip. The impaction head having a surface in contact with a portion of said insert and the rod are connected to one another so as form a head and rod assembly joined in rotation.The head and rod assembly is mounted pivotably at a pivot point in relation to the gripping means.

A guard device for transport bags in a loading station of an overhead conveyor system comprises a mounting unit to mount the guard device to a conveyor device of the overhead conveyor system, an impact plate to support a rear wall of a transport bag when being loaded with a product to be transported, and a connection unit to movably connect the impact plate to the mounting unit.

In a method for mounting an element or component having at least one metal surface in or on a circuit board containing at least one conducting layer made of metal material, a connection between the at least one metal surface of the element and the at least one conducting layer of the circuit board is formed using ultrasonic welding or high-frequency friction welding in order to create a mechanically stable and resistant connection or attachment having good conductivity. Furthermore, a circuit board is disclosed in which at least one element or component having a metal surface is or can be connected to a conducting or conductive layer of the circuit board using ultrasonic welding or high-frequency friction welding.