Bei einem Verfahren zum Betrieb eines in einem Kraftfahrzeug eingebauten Verbrennungsmotors (10) mit gesteuerten Ein- und Anslassventilen, der mit einem elektrischen Energiespeicher (21) ladenden elektrischen Maschine (16) fest gekoppelt ist, wird zur Gewinnung von Rekuperationsleistung im Schub- oder Bremsbetrieb des Verbrennungsmotors (10) unter Beibehaltung des vom Fahrer erwarteten Brems- oder...

Motor vehicle drive unit, comprising an internal combustion engine (1), a disc clutch (3) manually operated by a clutch pedal (15), a gearbox (4) and an electronic control unit (10) for controlling the engine torque and rpm. A first sensor (16) signals to the control unit whether or not the clutch pedal is depressed, while a second sensor (11) coupled to the gearbox signals to the control unit whe...

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zum Steuern einer Bremsausrüstung eines Kraftfahrzeuges. Hierbei wird ein Betriebszustand eines Kraftfahrzeuges ermittelt, in dem das Kraftfahrzeug aus einem Zustand, in dem dessen Geschwindigkeit ungleich Null ist, in einen Zustand gebracht werden soll, in dem sich das Fahrzeug nicht mehr bewegt. Wird ein solcher Übergang aus e...

Die vorliegende Erfindung stellt eine Anfahrhilfe für ein Kraftfahrzeug bereit, das eine Bremsausrüstung aufweist, die im Stillstand des Kraftfahrzeuges automatisch oder unter Steuerung eines Fahrzeugführers für den Stillstand erforderliche Bremskräfte aufbringt. Um ein Anfahren des Kraftfahrzeuges durch einen Abbau der im Stillstand erzeugten Bremskräfte zu unterstützen, wird ein Anfahrwunsch ein...

This invention pertains to silicone core-shell or gel particles that contain active ingredients. The silicone particles are produced by emulsifying and reacting a composition comprising a siloxane have a first reactive group, a crosslinker having a second reactive group, at least one emulsion liquid, a surfactant and an active ingredient. The active ingredient is encapsulated in the silicone parti...

In a method for compounding a polymer with a filler, the filler and the solid polymer are comminuted together mechanically. Talc used as the filler and polyethylene are ground together in solid state so that reactive or adhesive moieties are released from inside the talc, which react with reactive and adhesive moieties formed of the polyethylene in the same grinding. In the manufacture of a compos...

The invention relates to a method for controlling the morphology of the surface of a polymer comprising the steps of: -depositing on said surface a template layer of a substance which is distributed according to any suitable design acting as a template for a final surface structure; and - applying on said template layer a solvent of said polymer or a mixture of said solvent and the polymer.The inv...

Schaumstofflaminat, Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung und seine VerwendungZusammenfassungSchaumstofflaminat, enthaltend- eine Schicht aus einem durch eine Aussenhaut verschlossenen Schaumstoff, die Naturkautschuk oder synthetischen Kautschuk enthält oder hieraus besteht, und mindestens eine mit aktinischer Strahlung gehärtete Klarlackierung sowie gegebenenfalls zwischen der Unterseite der Klarlackie...

The present invention provides a method for determining magnetometer errors during wellbore survey operations. It is capable of determining errors on up to three axes, with or without the use of an external reference measurement of the local magnetic field, and is capable of providing an accurate result using data from a minimum number of surveys. A model is used to correct the observed data and t...

A system and method for authoring and playback of multimedia content together with sharing, interconnecting and navigating the content using a computer network (684) is disclosed. Creation, presentation and sharing of multimedia content and applications takes place within an active authoring environment (672), where data is always "live", and any piece of content can be played alongside any other ...

A method of tracking browsing activity of a user in a computer network (210) including two or more independent computer network servers (220, 221, 2118) or server clusters, the user establishing a connection session with the computer network, the method including the steps of: receiving a user request for content located on a first of the network servers or server clusters; dynamically including a...

A distribution information processing method for receiving distribution information from a terminal (3) of an affiliate shop through a communication network (5) and providing the distribution information to a terminal (4) of a user. The method comprises the steps of receiving user registration information specifying the attribute of the user and transmitted from the terminal (4) of the user throug...

A method for processing data on transactions between customers (1) and suppliers (2) and of the kind that comprises at least one PC (1) connected, via a local network or the Internet, to at least one first mainframe (3), wherein said mainframe (3) is arranged with a data processing program comprising means for retrieving, storing and processing information about at least one customer's (1) at leas...

The present invention relates to a payment system comprising a terminal (26) for establishing a connection via a mobile communication network to purchase chargeable services or products, a service provider's payment centre (25) for receiving information on the payment of services or products purchased by a subscriber, and a billing centre (24) for maintaining subscriber-specific billing data compr...

The invention concerns a method for customer loyalty-building characterised in that it comprises a step which consists in recording digital data identifying site visitors in a first database comprising a recording table on a loyalty building server for single identifiers of recorded visitors and specific data, and recording on the equipment of the visitor a digital file containing the identifier a...

Conventionally there has been a problem that after a user sells a specific share out of the shares in hand, if the user wants to purchase a share of a specific name, the user may not purchase it because of congestion of the Internet circuit, suffering a loss. According to the invention, a share trading service center provides a bulk trading screen to a specific user who is a contractor, prompts th...

An electronic shopping mall where customers enjoy shopping involving haggle. The electronic shopping mall includes a shopping mall server (a sale management reception server (101) and a discount server (102)) for managing the electronic shopping mall and a shop server (shop servers (103A, 103B,..., 103N)) for managing virtual shops being the tenants of the electronic shopping mall. The shopping ma...

An expert introduction and appointment system comprises a server (10), an expert terminal (12), and client terminal (14), the two terminals (12, 14) being connected to the server (10) through a network. The expert inputs data such as the expert's attributes and the schedule through the terminal (12), and the client inputs data such as the client's attributes, the request to the expert's attributes...

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for rewarding a contributor for contributing one or more contributions to an electronic publishing environment, the method comprising calculating a reward for the contributor that depends on one or more criteria selected form the group comprising the quantity of the contributions and the quality of each of the contributions.; La présente invent...

A musical Blue Book DVDonCD is distributed primarily through an e-commerce website created by an application services provider (ASP) and advertised through the ASP and producer, artist or other sites, as well as traditional marketing channels. This disk, when played in a standard CD player, will play Red Book audio. When placed in a compatible computer or device, the DVDonCD will play a DVD video ...