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20100304232 | FILTER HOUSING FOR A FUEL CELL - A housing for filtering the intake air of a fuel cell, comprising a housing bottom part and a housing top part, which together bound off a space, the space being divided by at least one filter element into a crude air space and a clean air space, both the housing bottom part and the housing top part being coordinated with an air admission port to carry intake air into the space or out from the space, wherein the housing works steadily and reliably after a no-problem installation, wherein the filter element is at least partly embedded in a sealing compound. | 12-02-2010 |
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20090128349 | Occupant detection system - An occupant detection system for a vehicle includes an antenna arrangement of a capacitance-based occupant detection device in particular provided beneath the seat surface of a vehicle seat for the generation of a first occupation signal in the event of occupation of the vehicle seat by a person based on a radiation of predetermined minimum strength starting from the antenna arrangement and passing through the person, based on at least one switch arrangement of a weight-based occupant detection device which is provided beneath the seat surface of the vehicle seat and can be actuated in dependence on the pressure acting on it in order to generate a second occupation signal in the event of occupation of the vehicle seat by a person, in particular an adult, as well as a controller that generates an occupation detection signal in the event that both the first occupation signal of the capacitance-based occupant detection device and the second occupation signal of the weight-based occupant detection device are present and which generates an error signal in the event that only the second occupation signal of the weight-based occupant detection device of the two occupation signals is present. | 05-21-2009 |
20090249857 | Device and Method for Checking and/or Calibrating a Passenger Recognition Device Arranged in a Vehicle Seat - The invention relates to a device and a method for checking and/or calibrating a passenger recognition device arranged in a vehicle seat, in the case of which device a child's seat can be pressed against a vehicle seat and in the case of which method a vehicle seat is loaded with a child's seat and a corresponding reaction from the passenger recognition device in the vehicle seat is evaluated. | 10-08-2009 |
20090295557 | Seat Belt Warning System - A safety belt warning system for vehicles comprises a sensor mat for the detection of a force acting on its surface, which includes, for the formation of two electrical capacitors, two dielectric layers which are located one above the other in sandwich fashion and arranged in each case between electrically conductive coats, and which have different compressibility at least in the direction of loading due to force, so that the capacitances of the two capacitors vary differently with a load on the sensor mat. | 12-03-2009 |
20100025974 | Apparatus for allowing or suppressing deployment of a low risk deployment airbag - A low-cost automatic suppression apparatus allows or suppresses deployment of a low risk deployment airbag based solely on occupant seat load and seat belt tension. The seat load and belt tension parameters are detected by low-cost sensors, and an airbag control unit suppresses airbag deployment when the occupant load is below a specified load threshold or the belt tension is above a specified tension threshold, and otherwise allows airbag deployment. The sensors are preferably switch-based so that the signals provided to the airbag control unit are in the form of a differential electrical current, and only two wires are needed to interface each sensor to the airbag control unit. | 02-04-2010 |
20100192698 | SEAT SENSOR APPARATUS FOR OCCUPANT PRESENCE DETECTION - An occupant presence sensor apparatus disposed in a seat includes first and second substantially non-compliant force translation plates generally parallel to the seating surface of the seat, an elastomeric mat disposed between the first and second force translation plates, and a switch mechanism disposed between the first and second force translation plates within an opening formed in the elastomeric mat. The elastomeric mat includes a distributed array of hollow protuberances that extend toward and contact the force translation plates, and the mat has a stiffness that normally provides a clearance between the switch mechanism and one of the force translation plates. When an occupant of specified or higher weight sits on the seating surface, the protuberances collapse and the force translation plates activate the switch mechanism. | 08-05-2010 |
20110121618 | SEAT OCCUPANT DETECTION CIRCUIT ISOLATION FROM SEAT HEATING CIRCUIT USING A COMMON MODE CHOKE - An occupant detection system including a seat assembly comprising a seat cushion having a seating surface, a heating element adjacent the seating surface, said heating element formed of electrically conductive material, a heating circuit electrically coupled to the heating element, said heating circuit configured to supply an electrical current to the heating element effective to generate heat by the heating element, an occupant detection circuit electrically coupled to the heating element, said occupant detection circuit configured to detect an occupant presence near the heating element, and an isolation circuit interposed between the heating circuit and the heating element, said isolation circuit configured to prevent the heating circuit from influencing the occupant detection circuit, said isolation circuit comprising a common mode choke. The common mode choke is arranged so current or charge from an excitation signal for detecting an occupant that is received by the heating circuit is replaced so the excitation signal can used to accurately detect an occupant. | 05-26-2011 |
20110148648 | CAPACITIVE OCCUPANT SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An occupant detection system and method are provided for detecting an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. An electrode is arranged in a seat proximate to an expected location of an occupant for sensing an occupant proximate thereto. The electrode may be integrated with a seat heater. Control circuitry controls the seat heater. A signal generator is coupled to the electrode and configured output to the electrode a plurality of signals at a plurality of frequencies. Occupant detection circuitry detects voltages responsive to the plurality of signals at the plurality of frequencies and detects a state of occupancy based on the detected voltages. An LC circuit coupled to the electrode and the control circuitry suppresses capacitance generated by the control circuitry. | 06-23-2011 |
20140043047 | OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An occupant detection system and method that uses an isolation assembly to isolate electrically a power supply providing power to a heater element for heating a vehicle seat from a sensing circuit that uses the heater element as an electrode for electric field or capacitance type occupant detection. The isolation assembly includes a common mode choke that by itself provides sufficient isolation when the sensing circuit excitation signal frequency is high enough, and provides switches that infrequently interrupt electrical power to the heater element so a humidity level can be determined using a relatively low excitation signal frequency. Knowing the humidity level is desirable to adjust a threshold use to determine if the sensing circuit indicates that the seat is empty, or is occupied. | 02-13-2014 |
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20090080271 | Memory Cell, Memory Device, Device and Method of Accessing a Memory Cell - Implementations are presented herein that relate to a memory cell, a memory device, a device and a method of accessing a memory cell. | 03-26-2009 |
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20130203628 | SET OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES AS WELL AS METHODS AND USES THERETO - The present disclosure relates to a set of at least 100 single-stranded oligonucleotide probes directed against (or complementary to) portions of a genomic target sequence of interest. The present disclosure also relates to a method of detecting a genomic target sequence of interest using the set of oligonucleotide probes and a method of generating the set of oligonucleotide probes. Further, the present disclosure relates to a kit comprising the set of oligonucleotide probes and at least one further component. | 08-08-2013 |
20150044232 | MARKERS FOR THE RESPONSIVENESS TO ANTI-CD44 ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to means and methods of determining whether a tumor cell or a cancer cell is responsive to an anti-CD44 antibody or to an antigen binding fragment thereof. The method comprises the determination of the major CD44 isoform in a sample, wherein if the major CD44 isoform is CD44s, the tumor cell or cancer cell is responsive to said anti-CD44 antibody. Also means and methods of treating a cancer patient that has been determined to respond to an anti-CD44 antibody are subject of the present invention. | 02-12-2015 |
20150204863 | METHODS OF SPECIFICALLY RELEASING A SUB-GROUP OF OBJECTS - The present invention relates to a method of specifically releasing a one or more members of a sub-group of objects from an entity, a method of detecting a subject's disease by detecting one or more members of a sub-group of biological entities indicative of the disease and a method of isolating one or more members of a sub-group of objects from a group of objects. | 07-23-2015 |
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20080272980 | Double Spiral Antenna - An antenna comprises a first antenna element, which has a first helix, and a second antenna element, which has a second helix. The first and the second antenna elements each have a feed point at an outer end of the corresponding helix and an open end at an inner end of the corresponding helix. A symmetrical helix antenna according to the invention can be integrated in a comparatively simple manner in an existing system, for example in a hearing aid. By integrating the antenna in a plastic housing, the antenna cannot be seen at all from the outside. The antenna is comparatively small in relation to conventional antennas. | 11-06-2008 |
20090039975 | Electrical Multiple-Wire System for Push-Pull Signal Transmission With an Attenuating or Filtering Element and Data Transmission Bus - The electric multiple conductor system ( | 02-12-2009 |
20150281859 | HEARING AID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEARING AID - A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing and an antenna device constructed to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength lambda. The antenna device has a frame incorporated in the hearing aid housing for holding assemblies of the hearing aid and the frame has an electrically conductive structure being an integral part of the frame. A method for producing a hearing aid includes patterning a surface of the frame, applying an electrically conductive layer to the surface of the frame and incorporating the frame into the hearing aid housing. | 10-01-2015 |
20150296312 | HEARING AID DEVICE HAVING A FOLDED DIPOLE - A hearing aid device has an antenna device. The antenna device is configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic waves of a predetermined wavelength lambda. The antenna device has an energy coupling device which is configured to supply or to draw electrical energy to or from the antenna device. The antenna device has a first conductor and a second conductor, which are in energy exchange with the energy coupling device, extend away from the energy coupling device in different directions and are arranged a short distance from a third conductor. A first ohmic connection between the first conductor and the third conductor and a second ohmic connection between the second conductor and the third conductor are arranged at a predefined distance from the energy coupling device. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090029058 | Epoxy resins with improved elasticity - An epoxy resin AB comprising, in its polymer chain, moieties derived from aliphatic polyethers B1 5 having at least 4 carbon atoms in the alkylene group or from aliphatic polyesters B2 based on linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic polyhydric alcohols B21 and linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic polyvalent acids B22, where the average number of hydroxyl or acid groups in B21 or B22 is at least 1.9, a process for its preparation, and a method of use thereof to make elastic coating films that impart good corrosion resistance even in thin layers | 01-29-2009 |
20120308729 | AQUEOUS EPOXY RESIN DISPERSIONS - The invention relates to an aqueously dispersible epoxy resin E, comprising building blocks derived from an aliphatic polyether polyol A, an epoxy resin B having at least two epoxide groups per molecule, an epoxy resin B′ having at least two epoxide groups per molecule, which may be identical to B, or different from B, an epoxy-functional fatty acid ester D, and an aromatic polyol C, a process for the preparation thereof, and a method of use thereof. | 12-06-2012 |
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20120013011 | Conductive Lines and Pads and Method of Manufacturing Thereof - A semiconductor device and method are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region and an insulating layer arranged on the substrate. A first conductive layer is arranged in or on insulating layer in the first region and a second conductive layer is arranged in or on the insulating layer in the second region. The first conductive layer comprises a first conductive material and the second conductive layer comprises a second conductive material wherein the first conductive material is different than the second conductive material. A metal layer is arranged on the first conductive layer. | 01-19-2012 |
20120074572 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - One or more embodiments relate to a method for making a semiconductor structure, comprising: providing a workpiece; forming a barrier layer over the workpiece; forming a separation layer over the barrier layer; forming a conductive layer over the separation layer; and wet etching the conductive layer. | 03-29-2012 |
20120126228 | Material Structure in Scribe Line and Method of Separating Chips - A method for manufacturing a chip is disclosed. The method comprises forming a material structure in a kerf adjacent the chip on a wafer. The method further comprises selectively removing the material structure in the kerf and dicing the wafer. | 05-24-2012 |
20120273462 | ETCHING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ETCHING A MATERIAL OF A WORKPIECE - An etching device is provided, the etching device including a process chamber including an etchant, a structure configured to provide a laminar flow of the etchant, and a workpiece handler configured to move a workpiece through the laminar flow of the etchant along a predefined track. | 11-01-2012 |
20130256857 | Semiconductor Packages and Methods of Formation Thereof - In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor package comprises providing a first die having contact regions on a top surface but not on an opposite bottom surface. A dielectric liner layer is deposited under the bottom surface of the first die. The first die is attached with the deposited dielectric liner layer to a die paddle of a substrate. | 10-03-2013 |
20130277797 | Coil and Method of Manufacturing a Coil - A method for manufacturing an electronic device and an electronic device are disclosed. In an embodiment the method comprises forming an opening in an isolation layer, isotropically etching the opening thereby forming an extended opening with curved sidewalls, and forming a conductive material in the opening. | 10-24-2013 |
20140048940 | Conductive Lines and Pads and Method of Manufacturing Thereof - A semiconductor device and method are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region and an insulating layer arranged on the substrate. A first conductive layer is arranged in or on insulating layer in the first region and a second conductive layer is arranged in or on the insulating layer in the second region. The first conductive layer comprises a first conductive material and the second conductive layer comprises a second conductive material wherein the first conductive material is different than the second conductive material. A metal layer is arranged on the first conductive layer. | 02-20-2014 |
20140357055 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR WORKPIECE - A method for processing a semiconductor workpiece is provided, which may include: providing a semiconductor workpiece including a metallization layer stack disposed at a side of the semiconductor workpiece, the metallization layer stack including at least a first layer and a second layer disposed over the first layer, wherein the first layer contains a first material and the second layer contains a second material that is different from the first material; patterning the metallization layer stack, wherein patterning the metallization layer stack includes wet etching the first layer and the second layer by means of an etching solution that has at least substantially the same etching rate for the first material and the second material. | 12-04-2014 |
20150069591 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may include providing a semiconductor workpiece including a device region at a first side of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein a mechanical stability of the semiconductor workpiece is insufficient to resist at least one back end process without damage, and depositing at least one conductive layer over a second side of the semiconductor workpiece opposite the first side of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein the at least one conductive layer increases the mechanical stability of the semiconductor workpiece to be sufficient to resist the at least one back end process without damage. | 03-12-2015 |
20150091183 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include: a die including at least one electronic component and a first terminal on a first side of the die and a second terminal on a second side of the die opposite the first side, wherein the first side being the main processing side of the die, and the die further including at least a third terminal on the second side; a first electrically conductive structure providing current flow from the third terminal on second side of the die to the first side through the die; a second electrically conductive structure on the first side of the die laterally coupling the second terminal with the first electrically conductive structure; and an encapsulation material disposed at least over the first side of the die covering the first terminal and the second electrically conductive structure. | 04-02-2015 |
20150123264 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Forming Thereof - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a contact layer over a first major surface of a substrate. The substrate includes device regions separated by kerf regions. The contact layer is disposed in the kerf region and the device regions. A structured solder layer is formed over the device regions. The contact layer is exposed at the kerf region after forming the structured solder layer. The contact layer and the substrate in the kerf regions are diced. | 05-07-2015 |
20150194398 | Conductive Lines and Pads and Method of Manufacturing Thereof - A semiconductor device and method are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region and an insulating layer arranged on the substrate. A first conductive layer is arranged in or on insulating layer in the first region and a second conductive layer is arranged in or on the insulating layer in the second region. The first conductive layer comprises a first conductive material and the second conductive layer comprises a second conductive material wherein the first conductive material is different than the second conductive material. A metal layer is arranged on the first conductive layer. | 07-09-2015 |
20150221523 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include: a substrate having a front side and a back side, a die region within the substrate, a multi-purpose layer defining a back side of the die region, and an etch stop layer disposed over the multi-purpose layer between the multi-purpose layer and the back side of the substrate. The multi-purpose layer may be formed of an ohmic material, and the etch stop layer may be of a first conductivity type of a first doping concentration. | 08-06-2015 |
20150294911 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR WORKPIECE - A method for processing a semiconductor workpiece is provided, which may include: providing a semiconductor workpiece including a metallization layer stack disposed at a side of the semiconductor workpiece, the metallization layer stack including at least a first layer and a second layer disposed over the first layer, wherein the first layer contains a first material and the second layer contains a second material that is different from the first material; patterning the metallization layer stack, wherein patterning the metallization layer stack includes wet etching the first layer and the second layer by means of an etching solution that has at least substantially the same etching rate for the first material and the second material. | 10-15-2015 |
20150372073 | Coil and Method of Manufacturing a Coil - A method for manufacturing an electronic device and an electronic device are disclosed. In an embodiment the method comprises forming an opening in an isolation layer, isotropically etching the opening thereby forming an extended opening with curved sidewalls, and forming a conductive material in the opening. | 12-24-2015 |
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20130078474 | Aqueous Polyurethane-Polyurea Dispersions - The invention relates to a method for producing aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, where A) first a polyurethane prepolymer containing NCO groups is produced by reacting A1) polyisocyanates with A2) polymeric polyols and/or polyamines having number-average molecular weights of more than 400 to 8,000 g/mol, A3) possibly low-molecular-weight compounds having number-average molecular weights of 17-400 g/mol selected from the group comprising mono- and polyalcohols, mono- and polyamines, and amino alcohols, A4) isocyanate-reactive, ionically or potentially ionically hydrophilic compounds and/or isocyanate-reactive non-ionically hydrophilic compounds, A5) isocyanate-reactive compounds, which contain at least one C | 03-28-2013 |
20150307741 | Aqueous Polyurethane-Polyurea Dispersions - The invention relates to a method for producing aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, where A) first a polyurethane prepolymer containing NCO groups is produced by reacting A1) polyisocyanates with A2) polymeric polyols and/or polyamines having number-average molecular weights of more than 400 to 8,000 g/mol, A3) possibly low-molecular-weight compounds having number-average molecular weights of 17-400 g/mol selected from the group comprising mono- and polyalcohols, mono- and polyamines, and amino alcohols, A4) isocyanate-reactive, ionically or potentially ionically hydrophilic compounds and/or isocyanate-reactive non-ionically hydrophilic compounds, A5) isocyanate-reactive compounds, which contain at least one C | 10-29-2015 |