原始名称记载: Robert Bosch GmbH

A method for operating a drive of an electric bicycle with a determination of an overheating protection of an electric drive is disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving and/or reading status data, wherein the status data comprises a temperature of the electric drive and a temperature gradient of the electric drive, (ii) receiving an overheating protection map and/or reading the overheating protection map from a memory, wherein the overheating protection map indicates a permissible maximum power of the electric drive as a function of the status data, (iii) determining a permissible maximum power from the overheating protection map by way of the status data, and (iv) outputting a power which is at most the permissible maximum power of the electric drive.

A computer-implemented method for determining a safety integrity level of a safety-related vehicle function of a motor vehicle, includes providing at least one infrastructure and/or vehicle sensor data signal, which represents infrastructure and/or vehicle sensor data, which are intended for the safety-related vehicle function provided by the motor vehicle. The method further includes determining a safety integrity level of the safety-related vehicle function based on the infrastructure and/or vehicle sensor data signal provided; and allocating a calculation of the safety-related vehicle function to an in-vehicle and/or an off-vehicle system, taking into account a predetermined safety integrity of the in-vehicle and/or the off-vehicle system.

The present invention obtains a rider-assistance system, a data structure, and a control method capable of improving safety of a straddle-type vehicle. In a rider-assistance system, the data structure, and the control method according to the present invention, an execution section of the rider-assistance systemexecutes rider-assistance operation to assist with driving by a rider. Furthermore, a generation section of the rider-assistance systemgenerates travel guide information on a curved road by subjecting a data set, which includes turning travel information of each of plural straddle-type vehicleson the curved road acquired by each of the vehicles, to statistical processing. Before the straddle-type vehicleenters the curved road, the execution section executes the rider-assistance operation on the basis of the travel guide information that is generated by the generation section.

A method for determining a suitable curve speed for vehicles. With reference to a current user of the vehicle, initially in a first step, for at least one particular curve, a ratio of a curve speed traveled by the user on the particular curve in the past to the curve speed traveled by at least one other driver on the same at least one particular curve in the past is formed, and then, in a second step, for a current or upcoming curve, at least one curve speed selected by at least one other driver for the current or upcoming curve in the past is used and is multiplied by the ratio calculated in the first step, and then, in a third step, the speed ascertained in the second step is output as a speed recommendation to the user of the vehicle by means of an output unit.

An abrasive apparatus includes a backing pad comprising a filler material having a variable stiffness material configured with a first stiffness when the abrasive apparatus is in a non-working state, and a second stiffness that is higher than the first stiffness when the abrasive apparatus is in a working state. In addition, the abrasive apparatus includes an abrasive surface connected to the backing pad.

A method for operating an electromechanical drum brake including at least two brake shoes of a motor vehicle. In the method, a static force-path characteristic curve of the brake shoes for increasing and decreasing the braking force is ascertained as a hysteresis curve when the motor vehicle is at a standstill; at least one stiffness and one friction value of at least one of the brake shoes are ascertained as parameters as a function of a course of the static force-path characteristic curve; as a function of the ascertained parameters, a dynamic force-path characteristic curve is ascertained using a physical substitute model of the drum brake, and for satisfying a braking request, the drum brake is controlled as a function of the dynamic force-path characteristic curve.

A cam-driven valve assembly includes a valve housing that defines a plurality of fluid passageways and supports an array of fluid valves in the fluid passageways to control the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes a plurality of cams supported on a cam shaft. The cam shaft is arranged so that each cam is associated with a corresponding valve. Rotation of the cam shaft results in actuation of the valves via the cams. Each cam includes a pair of cam disks that cooperate to define an internal cam track. A valve body of each fluid valve includes a cam follower that is received in the cam track of a corresponding cam. The cam tracks may be configured such that at least one of the valves is actuated at time that is different relative to an actuation time of another valve.

A cam-driven valve assembly includes a valve housing that defines a plurality of fluid passageways and supports an array of sliding-gate fluid valves in the fluid passageways to control the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes a plurality of cams supported on a cam shaft. The cam shaft is arranged so that each cam is associated with a corresponding sliding-gate valve. Rotation of the cam shaft results in actuation of the valves via the cams. Each cam includes a pair of cam disks that cooperate to define an internal cam track. A movable plate of each fluid valve includes a cam follower that is received in the cam track of a corresponding cam. The cam tracks may be configured such that at least one of the sliding gate valves is actuated at time that is different relative to an actuation time of another sliding gate valve.

System and methods for characterizing system response functions of a structure-under-test (SUT). One system includes a fixture coupleable at a coupling interface to the SUT and configured to hold the SUT at a known position and orientation relative to the fixture. The system includes exciter devices coupled downstream from the coupling interface at different locations and orientations and are configured to each apply an excitation force to the fixture. The system includes response sensors positioned at a known location and orientation relative to the fixture. Each response sensor is configured to sense a dynamic response, wherein the excitation force applied to the fixture by the exciter devices is transferred by the fixture to the SUT, and wherein the dynamic response measured by each of the response sensors is indicative of a reciprocal response of the fixture to the applied force.

A method is disclosed for determining an integrity range of a parameter estimation for localization of a vehicle on the basis of obtained sensor data for localization according to surroundings features, wherein the integrity range describes the range in which an estimated parameter is located with a minimum probability. The method includes (i) determining a base integrity information item, (ii) determining at least one additional integrity information item, and (iii) determining the integrity range using the base integrity information item and the at least one first additional integrity information item.

A method, an apparatus, a controller, and a computer program product for determining calibration parameters of a sensor are disclosed. The method includes (i) determining odometer data of multiple first sensors based on data of the multiple first sensors, and (ii) determining calibration parameters of multiple first sensors and a second sensor based on the odometer data of the multiple first sensors and data of the second sensor, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are sensors of different types. This approach enables the simultaneous calibration of multiple mixed-type sensors, resulting in time savings and enhanced accuracy and consistency of the data collected from these sensors.

Reminder methods, desks, devices, controllers, and computer program products are disclosed. The method includes determining the centroid of a user utilizing a desk by way of a millimeter-wave radar. The method further includes determining the posture of the user based on the centroid, and determining a first duration for which the user maintains the posture. The method also includes, in response to the first duration exceeding a time threshold, providing a reminder to the user. In this way, by calculating the centroid of a user utilizing the desk, the user's posture can be accurately determined, thereby enabling accurate reminders to be provided to the user.

The invention proceeds from a method for determining at least one cell parameter, in particular an aging parameter, of a cell system () comprising at least one electrochemical cell (). It is proposed that the cell parameter be determined based on a physical model of the cell system () depending on operational parameters of the cell system (). ()

A method for generating a textual description of a decision automatically made during controlling of a robot device is described. The method includes the processing of data containing information about the environment of the robot device by a control processing chain having a plurality of modules, wherein at least some of the modules output a protocol about rule-based intermediate steps performed by the particular module during the controlling, encoding the inputs of at least some of the modules, the outputs of at least some of the modules and the protocols output by at least some of the modules to form a decision process encoding and selecting a textual description for at least one decision made during the processing of the data by the control processing chain from a set of textual descriptions, depending on the decision process encoding.

A method includes receiving a plurality of paired input images, wherein the paired images includes a first set of images from a first modality and a second set of images from a second modality, outputting a list of bounding boxes and labels in response to running an image-based object detection model, mapping each bounding box to a region of interest that is corresponding to the bounding box and associated with the second set of images, cropping the region of interest from the first and second set of images to generate a cropped first and second set of images, sending the cropped first set of images to a first encoder and a cropped second set of images to a second encoder, wherein the first encoder is configured for the first modality and the second encoder is configured for the second modality, outputting object-level embeddings for both the cropped first and second set of images utilizing encoders, identifying a loss function associated with the images, and in response to when a threshold is met, outputting final updated parameters.

A polar plate for a fuel cell, a preparation method, a fuel cell system, and a vehicle are disclosed. The polar plate for the fuel cell includes (i) a substrate used for allocating a target reactant of the fuel cell and having an electrical conductivity, (ii) a first material layer arranged on an upper surface of the substrate and having a first surface used for being in contact with an upper surface of the substrate, and (iii) a second material layer comprising a catalytic material layer used for resisting an inverted voltage of the fuel cell and arranged on a second surface of the first material layer opposite to the first surface, the second material layer having a contact surface used for being in contact with a gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell. In solutions provided herein, the objective of resisting the inverted voltage of the fuel cell is achieved by arranging a second material layer for resisting an inversion on the polar plate of the fuel cell, thereby improving the corrosion resistance performance of the polar plate at a high potential, ensuring the working stability of the fuel cell, and improving the durability of the fuel cell.

The present invention relates to a fluid-conducting structure () for an electrochemical energy converter (), having a separator plate () with a coolant passage opening (), a coolant passage bead () at the coolant passage opening (), an active field () with a guide structure for guiding the coolant, an edge bead () which extends next to the active field () and next to the coolant passage bead (), a channel structure () between the coolant passage opening () and the edge bead () for conducting a sealant () through the channel structure () into the edge bead (), an inlet opening () for introducing the sealant () into the channel structure () in a stacking direction (), and a deflection section () for deflecting the introduced sealant () from the stacking direction () into a transverse direction () as far as the edge bead (). The invention further relates to an electrochemical energy converter () having a fluid-conducting structure () according to the invention.

The invention relates to a magnetic rotor apparatus () for a side channel compressor () for a fuel cell system () for conveying and/or compacting a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, wherein the magnetic rotor apparatus () is supported in such a way that it can be rotated about the axis of rotation () and/or can be driven by means of a drive (). The magnetic rotor apparatus () comprises a compressor wheel () by means of which a gas flow can be produced, in particular in a compressor space (), a hub (), a locking ring () and at least one bearing (). According to the present invention, the hub () comprises a recess () that extends in an annular fashion around the axis of rotation (). In this case, the components of the locking ring () and at least two segment magnets (), ideally four segment magnets (), are located at least almost completely in the recess (). The invention further relates to a side channel compressor () having a magnetic rotor apparatus () according to the invention and/or a fuel cell system () and/or a method for manufacturing the magnetic rotor apparatus ().

The present invention relates to a stack structure () for an electrochemical energy converter (), comprising bipolar plates (), membrane electrode units (), a process fluid routing structure () for routing process fluid in a stacking direction (), frame seals (), which are respectively attached to the membrane electrode unit () in an edge region of a membrane electrode unit (), process fluid seals () for sealing an edge area of the process fluid routing structure (), wherein the process fluid seals () each comprise an inner seal portion (), which, viewed in a transverse direction (), is positioned between the process fluid routing structure () and the membrane electrode units (), edge seals () for sealing an edge region of the frame seals () and/or an edge region of the bipolar plates (), and spacer elements (), positioned and/or configured in the stacking direction () between two inner seal portions () and each having a through-opening () for routing process fluid in the transverse direction () from the process fluid routing structure () to the respective membrane electrode unit (). The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a stack structure ().

A device and method for controlling a switch module, a three-phase inverter, and a program product are disclosed. The switch module includes a plurality of switches in parallel. The device for controlling the switch module includes (i) a current acquisition module configured to acquire a total expected current flowing through a plurality of switches of the switch module, (ii) a power loss determination module configured to determine a plurality of power losses of a plurality of switch combinations when at least one switch of the plurality of switches is turned on based on the total expected current acquired, and (iii) a turn-on switch number determination module configured to determine a target number of the switches turned on for the total expected current based on the plurality of power losses determined. The device for controlling the switch module according to the present disclosure is capable of changing the number of switches turned on in the plurality of switches according to the total expected current to achieve a lower switch power loss.