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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126498 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING CAMBER AND/OR TOE The invention relates to a device for adjusting the camber and/or toe of the wheels (20) of wheel suspensions (10), especially for motor vehicles, including a wheel carrier (12) on which the respective wheel (20) is rotatably mounted and whic... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120079913 | ASSEMBLED SHAFT ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY ASSEMBLED CAMSHAFT FOR VALVE-CONTROLLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES The present invention relates to an assembled shaft element, in particular an assembled camshaft for valve-controlled internal combustion engines, wherein a hub body having at least one functional part, in particular at least one cam, is held on a shaft by a formfit con... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120053816 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TIME DELAY INHERENT IN A LAMBDA PROBE In an arrangement, wherein a post-catalytic converter lambda probe is arranged downstream of a catalytic converter having an oxygen store, and wherein both the oxygen store and the post-catalytic converter lambda probe can be subject to aging, a time delay in the reacti... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049469 | Wheel Suspension for a Motor Vehicle The invention relates to a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, comprising a wheel-side carrier part (12) holding a vehicle wheel (1) in a rotatable manner, and an axle-side guiding part (14) between which mutually rotating rotary parts (16, 18<... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048217 | COOLANT CIRCUIT Coolant circuit, in particular a coolant circuit having a plurality of sub-circuits 1, 2, 3 of an internal combustion engine 11 includes a primary cooling circuit 1 and a heating circuit 2 as well as a coolant delivery pump 5 disposed ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047687 | HINGE FOR A SWINGABLE BODY PART OF A VEHICLE A hinge for a swingable body part of a vehicle includes a hinge element having an attachment part, and at least one connection element for securing the attachment part of the hinge element to a body part or vehicle shell structure. The attachment part of the hinge eleme... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120042186 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE NETWORK A control device (21) for a vehicle network, having a microprocessor (30) and a transceiver (40). The control device (21) can be switched off or switched to a sleep mode during a previously defined state or event during the operation of the m... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038093 | Elastomeric Plain Bearing Having Switchable Rigidity The invention provides a bearing body (2) which is divided in the radial direction (r) by at least one insert (6) arranged in the bearing body (2) parallel to the bearing axis (12) into at least two spring packets (7, 8) having an oute... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031178 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER An offset in the signal of a pre-catalytic converter lambda probe of an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine affects a measured oxygen intake storage capacity and a measured oxygen removal storage capacity of an oxygen store with identical magnitude, but ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031075 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY The oxygen storage capacity of an oxygen store associated with a catalytic converter of a combustion engine is computed by forming an integral which begins at the time of a changeover in the exposure, e.g., from rich to lean, and ends when the output signal of a post-ca... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110278812 | ARRANGEMENT OF A STABILIZER ON A WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES The invention relates to an arrangement of a stabilizer (44), which is configured in two parts, on a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, characterized in that the stabilizer parts (43) thereof can be rotated relative to one another in the same or opposit... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278811 | ARRANGEMENT OF A STABILIZER ON A WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES The invention relates to an arrangement of a stabilizer (26), which is configured in two parts, on a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, comprising torsion bars (26b) which are separated from each other and are each articulated on wheel suspension... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120017721 | SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION The invention relates to a shaft-hub connection, in particular of assembled camshafts (10) for combustion engines, at which at least two functional parts (14, 16, 18) are shrunk or pressed onto corresponding rotationally symmetric shaft sections (24, 26... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110265741 | COOLANT CIRCUIT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder crankcase with at least two opposing cylinder banks, and cylinder heads associated to the cylinder banks, includes a first subcircuit for cooling the cylinder crankcase and a second subcircuit in sepa... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110308166 | APPARATUS FOR SPRING-ASSISTED PIVOTING OF A LIFTGATE OR DOOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH APPARATUS An apparatus for spring-assisted pivoting a liftgate or door against gravity between a closed position and an open position includes a torsion bar spring system with springs arranged in parallel in a meander pattern and connected with one another in fixed rotative engag... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110302918 | Motor vehicle and method for operating a combustion engine The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a combustion engine (10), from which exhaust gas is conducted to a turbine (16) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (18), wherein exhaust gas can be diverted in flow direction of the exhaust gas upstream and ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301820 | ELECTRICALLY ACTUATABLE MODULE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATABLE MODULE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE The invention relates to an electrically actuatable assembly of a motor vehicle having at least one component comprising a non-volatile memory. The component has base functionality characteristic for the component and required for the operation of the assembly. The memo... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110284125 | Tank venting device for a fuel tank of a vehicle, and method for venting a fuel tank The invention relates to a tank venting system for a fuel tank (12) of a vehicle, having a vent line (14) for discharge of gaseous hydrocarbons from the fuel tank (12) during refueling thereof. Gaseous hydrocarbons originating from the fuel tank ( 11/24/2011 | |
| 20110248844 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE The invention relates to a method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle wherein, as the states of the locking system, there is an unlocked state, a locked state from which it is possible to switch to the unlocked state via at least a first operating elemen... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110239965 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine with a crankcase, a crankcase vent and an intake system. According to the invention, the pressure in the crankcase can be reduced, depending on a differential pressure between the intake syste... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110210525 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES The invention relates to a wheel suspension for motor vehicles with level adjustment of the body, having a vertical adjusting device (22; 80) which is disposed between a wheel guide element and the superstructure of the motor vehicle and which is particularly des... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110160981 | Method for Operating a Drive Unit and Drive Unit The invention relates to a method for operating a drive unit, wherein the drive unit has an internal combustion engine, which is provided with at least one fuel pump, which is controlled and/or regulated by a pump control unit and which is intended for introducing fuel ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110138778 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE The invention relates to a method that is intended for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle and that flushes the temporarily unused injection valves with fuel for the purpose of preventing and/or removing deposits. In order to make possible in a si... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110114905 | TELESCOPICALLY COLLAPSIBLE SCISSOR CAR JACK A scissor car jack includes a spindle, a base, a support head, a cross-member, and a spindle support with a threaded bore for holding the spindle. The base and support head are rotatably connected to the crossmember and the spindle support by way of a respective support... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110079738 | Filter Means, Motor Vehicle, and Method for Operating Filter Means The invention relates to an activated charcoal filter for storing and releasing gaseous hydrocarbons which originate from a fuel supply means of a motor vehicle. The activated charcoal can be supplied with gaseous hydrocarbons via an inlet. A heating means for heating o... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110077908 | Method for Diagnosing the Functional Reliability of a Lambda Probe In the change from lean to rich exhaust gas or vice versa, signals are recorded by a lambda probe and are used to diagnose the functional reliability of this lambda probe So that special reliability of this procedure is ensured, the change is triggered by an event. The ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110025077 | FRONT HOOD SAFETY CLOSURE SYSTEM HAVING A SEPARATE CATCH-HOOK CONTROL A front hood safety closure system for motor vehicles includes a rotary latch disposed in a manner allowing it to swivel about an axis, a catch hook assigned to it, a striker as well as a retaining pawl likewise disposed in a manner allowing it to swivel about an axis, ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100308518 | Spring Strut Arrangement for Wheel Suspension of Motor Vehicles The invention relates a spring strut arrangement for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles, which is formed from a telescoping shock absorber, a suspension spring element which is preferably made as a helical compression spring, and a preloaded spring element which is pre... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100260576 | Securing Nut In order to improve a securing nut comprising a base member which is provided around its circumference with a key face contour, a threaded bolt receptacle which is provided with an internal thread and passes through the base member in the direction of a central axis as ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253026 | Device for Adjusting the Chamber and/or Toe of the Wheels of Wheel Suspensions The invention relates to a device for adjusting the camber and/or toe of a driven wheel of a wheel suspension, in particular for motor vehicles, with a wheel carrier on which the wheel is pivoted, the wheel carrier being divided into a carrier part which holds the wheel... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100240485 | Axle Drive Device for an Axle of a Motor Vehicle, as well as Motor Vehicle The invention relates to an axle drive device (4) for an axle (2, 3) of a motor vehicle (1), with a drive assembly (5, 13) and a differential (6, 14). Here, it is provided that the drive assembly (5) is in the form of an electri... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100162804 | Method for Checking the Function of a Tank Venting Valve The invention relates to a method for checking the function of a tank venting valve between the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine and a fuel tank or a fuel vapor reservoir in which the tank venting valve in operation of the internal combustion engine is o... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100139381 | Method and Device for Monitoring an Ozone-Oxygen Conversion Means, especially for Vehicles The invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of an ozone-oxygen conversion means, especially for monitoring of the installation site of a heat exchanger and/or a temperature sensor (DOR sensor) of an ozone-oxygen conversion means, especially for vehicl... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100139268 | Internal Combustion Engine with Two Chargers and Method for Operating Same The invention relates to an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder which has at least two exhaust valves which are connected to exhaust gas lines in which there are the turbines of the exhaust gas turbochargers which have compressors for the charging air ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100132665 | Method for Controlling as well as Method for Reducing Engine Speed The motion of a piston in an engine is braked, for example, within the scope of a method for controlling the engine speed, in that ignition takes place prior to a predetermined optimum ignition point. In this way, more than half of the fuel burns before the piston reach... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100109264 | Method for Producing Different Vehicle Models as well as Wheel Suspension for a Vehicle The invention relates to a method for producing different vehicle models in which in a comfort-oriented version a vehicle wheel is pivoted in a wheel guiding element of a wheel suspension. According to the invention, in a model with enhanced dynamics of vehicle motion, ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100095747 | Method and Device for Testing the Tightness of a Fuel Tank of an Internal Combustion Engine The invention relates to a method and a device for testing the tightness of a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a vehicle, with a pressure switch which communicates with the interior of the fuel tank, and a diagnosis means for testing the serv... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100083657 | Method for Controlling and/or Adjusting a Charging Pressure of an Exhaust Gas Turbocharger as well as an Internal Combustion Engine The invention relates to a method for controlling and/or adjusting the charging pressure of an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas turbocharger having a turbine, a compressor which is driven by the latter and which makes available ... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100078910 | Steering Device for a Motor Vehicle The invention relates to a steering device for a vehicle, with at least one actuator which pivots at least one steerable vehicle wheel by a steering angle which can be stipulated by way of a steering angle transducer. According to the invention, the actuator has a wheel... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100072714 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES The invention relates to a wheel suspension for motor vehicles, with at least one wheel-side support member which pivotally supports one vehicle wheel and at least one axle-side support member, between which at least one intermediate element is connected, in particular ... | 03/25/2010 |
