Facade element for a solar front.

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Fassadenelement für eine Solarfassade, mit einer Absorberlamelle (5), einem Rohr (7) zur Führung eines Wärmeträgermediums und mit einem Wärmeübertragungsblech (6), das mit dem Rohr (7) verbunden ist und zumindest teilweise flächig an der Absorberlamelle (5) anliegt. Ein besonders hoher Wirkungsgrad kann dadurch erreicht werden, dass das Wärmeübertragungsblech (6) klemmend an der Absorberlamelle (5) befestigt ist.

Lighting equipment for vehicles

Process for the rectification of mixtures of high-boiling air- and/or temperature-sensitive useful products

A process for the rectification of mixtures of high-boiling air- and/or temperature-sensitive substances which require a high separation efficiency is proposed, in particular a process for the working-up of a VE- or VEA-containing product stream. The process includes a first purification stage to separate low-boiling products and unspecified isomers of the useful product from the product stream virtually without loss of useful product and a second purification stage for removing the useful product in a stream having a purity of >97% by weight and a further stream having a purity of >92% by weight.

Air guiding device

An air guiding device is arranged in a front end part of a motor vehicle and has an air guiding duct containing a radiator unit through which fresh air flows. A wheel house grille is arranged in the guiding duct downstream of the radiator unit. The wheel house grille has differently positioned air guiding slats for the passage of radiator outlet air. The air guiding slats are positioned so that part of the radiator outlet air is guided to the vehicle outside and a further part of the radiator outlet air can be supplied to the vehicle inside and via a deflecting blade to a wheel brake for cooling. The air guiding slats may also be closed over subregions by means of a facing such that no outlet air can flow through the slats in the subregions.

Click-holder for mobile phone and PDA-fixtures e.g. for installing on boats, has cylinder diameter matched to convectional boat construction diameter

The click-holder consists of a cylinder of poly-oxy-methane (POM) black in its lower face and with a cylindrical recess (1) milled perpendicular to the cylinder axis, and its diameter is matched to conventional boat construction diameter of 22,25 and 30 mm for steel tubes.

Mobile Vorrichtung zum Reinigen von Fahrzeugen

Mobile Vorrichtung (10) zum Reinigen von Fahrzeugen (12),- mit zumindest einem Container (20, 20.3),- wobei eine Seitenwand des Containers (20, 20.3) zumindest teilweise als Bodenfahrrampe (28, 28.3) ausgebildet ist,- wobei die Bodenfahrrampe (28, 28.3) von dem Container (20, 20.3) lösbar oder aus dem Container (20) herausklappbar ist,- wobei in der Bodenfahrrampe (28, 28.3) ein erstes Reinigungselement (50) vorhanden ist,- wobei hinter der als Bodenfahrrampe (28, 28.3) ausgebildeten Seitenwand des Containers (20, 20.3) zumindest ein zweites Reinigungselement (60, 60.3) vorhanden ist- so dass alle erforderlichen Reinigungsvorrichtungen (50, 60, 60.3) in dem Container (20, 20.3) untergebracht sind.

Gas turbine energy storage and conversion system

The present invention combines the principles of a gas turbine engine with an electric transmission system. A method and apparatus are disclosed for utilizing metallic and ceramic elements to store heat energy derived from a regenerative braking system. The subject invention uses this regenerated electrical energy to provide additional energy storage over conventional electrical storage methods suitable for a gas turbine engine. The subject invention provides engine braking for a gas turbine engine as well as reducing fuel consumption.

Fassadenelement für eine Solarfassade

Fassadenelement für eine Solarfassade mit einer Absorberlamelle (5), einem Rohr zur Führung eines Wärmeträgermediums und mit einem Wärmeübertragungsblech (6), das mit dem Rohr (7) verbunden ist und zumindest teilweise flächig an der Absorberlamelle (5) anliegt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Wärmeübertragungsblech (6) klemmend an der Absorberlamelle (5) befestigt ist.

Buoy system indicating position of anchor, comprises any plastic bottle connected by adapter to weight, line and pulley arrangement providing automatic compensation for anchor depth

The system comprises a line, with an attachment to the anchor, a counterweight (2) and an adapter (1) screwed to an empty plastic (PET) bottle used as a float. The bottle adapter is integral with a pulley, over which the line is passed. The components are pre-assembled together. In use, the anchor position is indicated by the floating position of the empty plastic bottle. The counterweight and pulley arrangement automatically tightens the line connected to the anchor, matching its length with the depth of the anchor.

Gas turbine energy storage and conversion system

The present invention combines the principles of a gas turbine engine with an electric transmission system. A method and apparatus are disclosed for utilizing metallic and ceramic elements to store heat energy derived from a regenerative braking system. The subject invention uses this regenerated electrical energy to provide additional energy storage over conventional electrical storage methods suitable for a gas turbine engine. The subject invention provides engine braking for a gas turbine engine as well as reducing fuel consumption.

Air guiding device

The air guiding device has one or more air guiding bodies. Each air guiding body has an elongate attachment that extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle that bulges in a convex manner, is composed of a flexible or soft-elastic material and is embodied in the form of a half shell having a lateral elongate opening and can be adjusted automatically in the driving condition from a rest position into an operative position, in which it can be lowered in the direction of the roadway. In the rest position, the air guiding body is arranged close to the undersurface and, in the operative position, the air guiding body is held in a lowered position relative to the undersurface.

Rolling-element bearing assembly having a retaining device

A rolling-element bearing assembly includes an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring on a common pitch circle diameter. A retaining device is attached to one of the inner ring and the outer ring and holds the rolling-element bearing assembly together without falling apart. The rolling elements include balls and rollers disposed on the common pitch circle diameter in an alternating manner. Further, at least one of the inner ring and the outer ring includes a raceway groove that axially supports the roller bearing balls.

Process for production of fatty acids, fatty acid esters and sterolesters from soapstock

The invention relates to a process for production of fatty acids directly from soapstock generated in the alkali refining process including the steps of (a) adding a lipase directly to the alkaline soapstock to facilitate hydrolysis of glycerides without prior neutralization, (b) neutralizing and splitting the soaps with strong acids, and (c) separating the fatty acid phase from the aqueous phase by settling and/or centrifugation. A second embodiment is a process in which the soapstock is first neutralized and split with strong acids, followed by adding a lipase to facilitate glyceride hydrolysis, and separating the fatty acid phase. The fatty acids so obtained can be esterified with C1-C6 alcohols using a lipase that is selective for fatty acids and does not transesterify the sterolesters, and the fatty acid esters and sterolesters are separated by distillation. The sterolesters are useful as supplements for food, as pharmaceutical agents for lowering cholesterol and as biofuel and biodiesel ...

Vehicle braking system

An improved braking system and brake control method for a vehicle, in particular a truck, utilizes at least one pressure line for carrying a medium from at least one pressurized medium source to a brake device, and a brake pedal for receiving brake commands from a vehicle driver and for operating a brake line, which can be connected to the brake device. A pilot control valve with accompanying measuring capability quantitatively determines the brake pressure demanded by the vehicle driver.

Device and method for measuring mechanical properties of materials

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for measuring mechanical properties of materials using an indenter which has a predetermined geometry, a device for generating force permitting the indenter to penetrate into a material sample surface of an object of measurement, and a device for measuring the penetration depth, wherein, arranged between a force application portion on which the device for generating force is applied and a shaft with an indenter tip facing towards the material surface of the object of measurement, the indenter has at least one micro-mechanical motion actuator by which at least one radial deflection of the shaft with respect to the force absorption portion of the indenter is capable of being activated or detected.

Lighting equipment for vehicles

Cooling device for a motor vehicle

A cooling device for a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine in a rear region of a vehicle body and has a charge air cooler arranged below an extendable rear spoiler. The charge air cooler is arranged in an oblique plane in an air deflection duct of the vehicle body and has inflow air flowing through it. Downstream of the charge air cooler, the air deflection duct is configured as an outflow air nozzle that narrows toward the end and is arranged to achieve a horizontal discharge of the outflow air.

Vehicle safety system

A vehicle safety system comprising a vehicle stability-regulating system, one or more secondary safety components and an electronic interface. The electronic interface communicates with both the vehicle stability-regulating system and the secondary safety components. The electronic interface receives data from the vehicle stability-regulating system and controls the operating condition of the secondary safety components based thereon.

Process for the rectification of mixtures of high-boiling air- and/or temperature-sensitive useful products

According to the invention, a process for the rectification of mixtures of high-boiling air- and/or temperature-sensitive substances which require a high separation efficiency is proposed, in particular a process for the working-up of a VE- or VEA-containing product stream. The process is characterized in particular in that, in a first purification stage, low-boiling products and unspecified isomers of the useful product are separated from the product stream virtually without loss of useful product and that, in a second purification stage, the useful product is removed in a stream having a purity of >97% by weight and a further stream having a purity of >92% by weight. A preferred embodiment of the process serves for working up VEA, in which the loss of useful product in the first purification stage is less than 5%, based on that amount of VEA in the feed which is added to the purification stage per unit time. Furthermore, the first purification stage may comprise a rectification column ...

Pinion bearing unit

A bearing unit, for supporting a pinion shaft having at one side a pinion head, includes a taper roller bearing and an angular ball bearing, the bearings having a common outer race ring and separate inner race rings. The inner race rings are spaced apart a distance along the pinion shaft, and the taper roller bearing has a contact angle α from 15° to 20° for absorbing mainly the radial force component of the tooth force at the pinion head, and the one-row angular ball bearing has a contact angle β of between 35° and 45° for absorbing mainly the axial force coming from the gear mesh and that induced by the taper roller bearing.

Piston bearing unit, clutch, transmission and locking differential having the piston bearing unit

A piston bearing unit having an actuating piston which has a receiving region. The actuating piston is designed to actuate an element by way of a linear movement. The piston bearing unit also comprises a bearing having a first raceway and a second raceway, wherein the bearing is designed for mounting the actuating piston rotatably with respect to the element. The first raceway and the second raceway are at least partially accommodated in the receiving region.

Process for obtaining fatty acid alkyl esters, rosin acids and sterols from crude tall oil

The disclosed invention refers to a process for obtaining fatty acid alkyl esters, rosin acids and sterols from crude tall oil (CTO), which is characterized by the following steps: (a) reacting the free fatty acids present in the CTO with lower alcohols; (b) esterifying the sterols in the CTO with boric acid or transesterifying the sterols with a catalyst; (c) separating the fatty acid lower alkyl esters and rosin acids from the remaining sterol borate esters or sterol esters of fatty acids to produce a stream of sterol esters; (d) separating the fatty acid alkyl esters from the rosin acids to produce a first stream of fatty acid alky esters and a second stream of rosin acids; and (e) converting the sterol esters into the free sterols to produce a third stream of free sterols.

Encryption and authentication method and apparatus

The invention discloses a method for encrypting and/authenticating, comprising the following steps: Sending a request for a first bit combination or character combination as a first sub key (102); storing said first bit combination or character combination in the memory (104); generating a second bit combination or character combination as a second sub key (106), wherein the second bit combination or character combination is a random or pseudo random pattern; and combining said first sub key and second sub key to a key (108); further comprising at least one of the following steps: encrypting the data with the key (110); using the key as an authentication password (112); and a method of decrypting and/or authenticating, comprising the following steps: sending a request for a first bit combination or character combination as a first sub key (202); storing said first bit combination or character combination in the memory (204); repeating the following steps until a key has been verified as ...

Exterior rear view mirror for a motor vehicle

To avoid wind noises and to reduce soiling of mirror glass during travel in the rain, the exterior rear view mirror for a motor vehicle has a droplet channel in a first circumferential region of the mirror housing that includes the housing top and a separation edge in a second circumferential region on the housing bottom. The droplet channel and the separation edge overlap in a lateral region. Rain droplets that strike the mirror housing during travel flow both on the bottom housing side and on the top housing side toward the rear edge of the housing. Water droplets flowing on the bottom are collected by the separation edge and are blown away by the air flow which is directed down at the separation edge. On the housing top side, the droplets are collected by the droplet channel and conducted away laterally toward the housing bottom.

Cooling air guide for a motor vehicle

An outlet air guide is formed between a front skirt and a body shell undersurface of a vehicle. The guide has at least one outlet opening having an outlet gap configured so that an outlet air flow can be guided out parallel to the undersurface from a radiator.

Multi-layer wood veneer moulding

Multi-layer moulding having a high structural load-carrying capacity with two opposing broad faces and a laterally peripheral end face, containing, in layers, broad face on broad face, layered wood veneers and, lying between the wood veneers, adhesives. The wood veneers are layered in such a way that the grain of at least one of the wood veneers deviates from the grain of one or the other wood veneers by 45° to 90° and in that the grain of the wood veneers deviates by 22.5 to 67.5° with respect to a surface normal to an end face of the moulding.

Shaped articles with balsa wood and method of producing them

Shaped articles made of balsa veneers, balsa chips, balsa strands or balsa strips, which are oriented in the same direction according to their grain direction, and the grain direction of the individual chips deviates by 0° to 30° from the direction of the axis of the grain. The spaces of the adjacent balsa veneers, chips, strands or strips are filled with a, for example foamed, adhesive, the density of which may be the same as or close to the density of the surrounding balsa wood.

FAÇADE ELEMENT FOR A SOLAR FAÇADE

Electromagnetic thrombus treatment system and method

A method of treating an intravascular thrombus is disclosed. The method comprises providing a guide wire and catheter with at least one inductive element within a blood vessel to a distal location associated with the thrombus; and providing electromagnetic energy via at least one inductive element to the thrombus to cause thrombolysis. Medicated magnetic particles can be endovascularly localized and concentrated to the vascular territory affected by thrombosis. The method can also include providing an actuated segment on the distal portion of the guide wire to impart mechanical energy at the site of distal thrombus to work adjunctively with the inductive element facilitating thrombolysis. The guide wire can be shaped using an external guide wire shaping method to enable the user to impart precisely defined complex shapes to the distal aspect of the guide wire. The method can also include providing a support mechanism for the catheter using an actuator segment incorporated into or onto the catheter to aid in the proximal support for far distal localization of the guide wire mounted induction element and actuator.

Sensing light and sensing the state of a memory cell

A light-to-frequency converter includes a switch ( 130 ) connected in series with a reverse-biased photodiode ( 120 ). A node ( 150 ) in the current path through the switch and the photodiode is connected to the input of a Schmidt trigger ( 160 ), whose output controls the switch. New techniques are provided for motion compensation, partial readouts, dark current elimination, non-destructive testing, and sensing the state of a memory cell.

Clamping device

Communication device with fragrance reservoir

The invention relates to a communication device, especially a mobile radio device or a personal digital assistant (PDA), which is provided with a fragrance reservoir. The inventive device is further characterized in that one or more fragrances are released to the surroundings of the communication device when a respective command is given.

Wheel bearing for a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a wheel bearing (1) for a motor vehicle, particularly for a commercial vehicle, having a wheel bearing unit (2), which supports a wheel hub (3) on an steering knuckle (8) by means of rolling bearings (4, 5, 6, 7) acting axially and radially. In order to reduce the rolling friction to a minimum during the operation of the motor vehicle, the invention provides for the wheel hub (3) to be equipped directly or indirectly with two cylindrical raceways (9, 10) for cylinder rollers (11, 12), and with two raceways (15, 16) for balls (17, 18), placed on the front side in at least one radially extending annular section (13, 14), and for the steering knuckle (8) to be equipped directly or indirectly with two cylindrical raceways (19, 20) for the cylinder rollers (11, 12), and with two raceways (23, 24) for the balls (17, 18), placed on the front side in two radially extending annular sections (21, 22), wherein the cylinder rollers (11, 12) are disposed between the cylindrical raceways (9, 10, 19, 20), and the balls (17, 18) are disposed between the raceways (15, 16, 23, 24).

Electromagnetic pathologic lesion treatment system and method

A method of treating a pathologic legion, such as an intravascular thrombus, is disclosed. The method comprises providing a guide wire and catheter with at least one inductive element within a blood vessel to a distal location associated with the pathologic lesion; and providing electromagnetic energy via at least one inductive element to the pathologic lesion to cause thrombolysis. Medicated magnetic particles can be endovascularly localized and concentrated to the vascular territory affected by the pathologic lesion.

Sensing light and sensing the state of a memory cell

A light-to-frequency converter includes a switch (130) connected in series with a reverse-biased photodiode (120). A node (150) in the current path through the switch and the photodiode is connected to the input of a Schmidt trigger (160), whose output controls the switch. New techniques are provided for motion compensation, partial readouts, dark current elimination, non-destructive testing, and sensing the state of a memory cell.

Method for monitoring a public water treatment system

A method of monitoring the daily operating performance parameters for water treatment processes through the collection of localized data. The data is manipulated to generate preconfigured performance, maintenance, and quality assurance reports and further provide automatic submission of data as required for regulatory review of certain water treatment systems such as potable water treatment. The data is collected from sensors located at an equipment site and transferred to a remote computer located by use of the Internet, further all data received and used for generation of reports is also accessible by Internet connection and be delivered directly to the regulatory agency without additional process.

Soft polyolefin foams with high heat resistance

The present invention relates to soft, closed cell polyolefin foams showing a good combination of high temperature resistance and softness as well as a laminate and uses thereof.

Hanger with air freshener therein

A hanger includes a hook sized to engage a standard closet rod. Directly depending from the hook is a housing enclosing scented material. Depending from the housing are a plurality of vertically oriented hooks. The hooks are sized to allow standard garment hangers, such as wire shirt hangers, having shirts thereon to hang from the hooks.

Spannvorrichtung.

Einstueckige Feder-Klammer aus Kunststoff und Verfahren zur Herstellung

Air freshener

The design is the visual features of the AIR FRESHENER shown in the drawings, whether those features are features of one of shape, configuration, ornament or pattern or are a combination of any of these features. The portions shown in stippled lines do not form part of the design.Drawings of the design in seven (7) views are included in which:Figure 1 is a perspective view of an Air Freshener in accordance with the subject design;Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof;Figure 3 is an end elevational view thereof, taken from the left of Figure 2;Figure 4 is an end elevational view thereof, taken from the right of Figure 2;Figure 5 is a top plan view thereof;Figure 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; andFigure 7 is a perspective view of thereof, with the lid extended.

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