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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183494 | Method for connecting a sheet metal component, such as a pipe, to a cast metal component, such as a housing port, in particular for an exhaust system In the method according to the invention for connecting a sheet metal component (3) to a component (5) consisting of cast metal, the sheet metal component (3) and the component (5) are welded to one another by means of a pulse-welding met... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182206 | Ring seals for gas sealing and vibration damping A connection device for connecting two turbine housings (1, 2) of a two-stage turbocharging system includes a male/female joint for joining the two turbine housings; a cylindrical ring seal (3) installed under compression inside the male/female joint f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172513 | Adjusting shaft arrangement of a turbocharger The invention relates to an adjusting shaft arrangement (1) of a variable turbine geometry turbocharger or waste gate turbocharger having an adjusting shaft (2) which has a fastening section (3); having a lever (4) which is connected to t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171731 | Engine air management system An air management assembly (10) for use in an engine (12) with an exhaust manifold (14) that outputs an exhaust gas and an intake manifold (16), with a filter (18) in fluid communication between the exhaust manifold (14) and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161745 | Turbocharger The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2); and having a compressor (3) connected to the turbine (2) by means of a bearing housing (4), the compressor comprising a compressor housing (5), which has a re... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146551 | Concentric cam with phaser An assembly for an engine comprising at least one phaser and a camshaft assembly. The camshaft assembly has an outer camshaft piece and an inner camshaft piece. The outer camshaft piece includes an outside cam integrally attached to the housing of the phaser through... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656960 | Clutch mechanism with annular ridge | 04/03/2012 |
| 8137226 | Silent chain A silent chain that can reduce friction loss during travel of a chain. A silent chain 1 is configured by stacking a large number of link plates 2 comprising a pair of tooth parts 22 and pin holes 21 in the thickness direction and the leng... | 03/20/2012 |
| D653728 | Valve disk | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105195 | Rotational one way clutch chain tensioner with frictional damping A tensioner for a power transmission system includes two tensioning arms operatively engaged with a strand of either the chain or the belt of the power transmission system. The upper end of each tensioning arm is connected to a one way rotational clutch which is piv... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105194 | Torque biased friction hinge for a tensioner A pivot joint for a single blade spring tensioner or double blade spring tensioner generates a biased friction loss at a pivot joint. The friction torque generated in one direction of joint rotation is greater than the friction torque generated in the opposite direc... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096774 | Turbocharger The invention relates to a turbocharger (15) comprising a bearing housing (7) which mounts a rotor shaft (12) and has a bearing-housing oil space (13); comprising a compressor housing which is connected to the bearing housing (7) a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086329 | Method of actuator control The present invention is related to a method of controlling a device having a calibration process. The calibration process has a partial calibration routine and a calibration routine. A detector within the control system is capable of receiving one or more input sig... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084913 | DC motor with asymmetrical poles The present invention relates to a motor having a stator with a magnetized rotor rotatably positioned in the stator. The stator and the rotor each have at least two magnetic poles. At least one of the stator poles has a different area confronting the poles of the ro... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083046 | Clutch assembly and friction plate A friction plate is provided including ,a core plate, a core plate first friction facing having a first radius and a first height; and a core plate second friction facing having a second radius differing from the first radius and a second height differing from the f... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082733 | Air handling system with after-treatment The present invention is a turbocharger (18) and control system based strategy to control exhaust gas filters (30) for aftertreatment regeneration. The air handling system (10) uses the variable turbine geometry (VTG) of the turbine (20) ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066602 | Tension-reducing random sprocket A sprocket is provided having a plurality of teeth around its circumference. Adjacent teeth are separated by roots each having a root radius defined as the distance between the center of the sprocket and a point along the root closest to the sprocket center in a rad... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066600 | Ratchet mechanism for a chain drive A ratcheting tensioning device for a closed loop chain driven power transmission system of an internal combustion engine consisting of a base tensioner arm (12) and an adjusting tensioner arm (14) which each contact different strands or chain. Optional... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062138 | Torsional vibration damper comprising end blocks and drive train comprising said torsional vibration damper A torsional vibration damper includes a primary element with at least one primary driver, a secondary element with at least one secondary driver, at least one spring device between the primary and secondary drivers for resiliently elastic coupling of the primary and... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061976 | Variable geometry turbocharger, vane ring assembly with retaining member A vane ring assembly which includes a lower vane ring (23), an upper vane ring (31), one or more guide vanes (80) positioned at least partially between the vane rings, and a plurality of spacers (49, 50 or 59) positioned between th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057333 | Series spring blade tensioner A blade tensioner includes a blade shoe assembly with parallel stacked flat springs that pivots at one end and is supported in series by a spring loaded ramp at the opposite end. Providing a spring loaded ramp in series reduces the overall stiffness of the tensioner... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057311 | Sliding block for a torsional vibration damper, separator sheet comprising a sliding block, torsional vibration damper comprising a sliding block and method for producing a sliding block A torsional vibration damper includes at least one spring element and a sliding block. The sliding block includes a first surface section that operatively faces an adjacent spring element, is harder than another surface section of the sliding block, has first and/or... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056691 | Device for axially positioning a clutch device The invention relates to a device for axially positioning a clutch device, especially a dual-clutch device, on a rotary drive, wherein the clutch device is mounted so as to rotate about a rotational axis of said rotary drive. A retaining nut is coaxially screwed wit... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056338 | Re-introduction unit for low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation condensate at or before compressor The present invention is an exhaust gas recirculation system for a motor vehicle, having a turbocharger unit (18) which has a turbine (20) and a compressor (36), the compressor (36) having a compressor wheel (42) which rotates on a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052559 | Tensioner with two way damper A tensioner for a power transmission system includes two tensioning arms operatively engaged with the strand of the chain or the belt of the power transmission system. The upper end of each tensioning arm is connected to a two way damper which is pivotally mounted b... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052558 | Force limiting tensioning arm A tensioner for a chain driven power transmission system of an internal combustion engine, having a ratchet as part of the tensioning system is disclosed. The tensioner contains at least one bracket that is pivotally mounted to the engine adjacent one strand of the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025599 | Pivot arm tensioner with sliding ratchet mechanism An engine chain or belt tensioning system includes a tensioner pivot arm with a ratcheting means that includes backlash in an engine timing system. The tensioner system includes a tensioner pivot arm having a fixed pin, radially projecting ratchet teeth, a tensioner... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021744 | Fully fibrous structure friction material The present invention relates to a friction material having a fully fibrous content fibrous base material. The base material has dispersed therethrough, in a penetrating gradient, a desired amount of friction modifying particles. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021255 | Silent chain power transmission device The present invention is directed to decreasing noise from the onset of engagement with the sprocket teeth till seating thereon and also to reducing wear to the silent chain and the sprocket. A face (a) of a sprocket tooth, which contacts the chain at the onset of e... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016554 | Combination hydrodynamic and rolling bearing system The present invention is directed toward a hybrid bearing which will have the advantages of ball bearings as well as hydrodynamic oil films. The present invention is a hybrid bearing assembly for a turbocharger unit, having an inner race track with a series of groov... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8007386 | Blade tensioner with opposing spans A tensioner for tensioning a strand of chain between two sprockets including a tensioner body and a ramp fixed to ground. The tensioner body has an oval shape defined by first and second arcuately curved sides. Each side has a distal end, a proximal end, and a blade... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002658 | Chains for power transmission A power transmission chain includes a plurality of links and a bending-restraining mechanism. The bending-restraining mechanism includes a wire extending in a lengthwise direction along the chain and engaging at least three adjacent joints of the chain. The wire is ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980373 | Electronically controlled fluid coupling device with fluid scavenge control A viscous fan drive with a front-mounted fan and electrical actuation without a tethered harness. The mechanical package includes an inverted viscous clutch, a drive pulley and a split electromagnetic actuator with the electrical portion mounted to a stationary moun... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972234 | Silent chain String vibration is reduced without causing friction loss. A silent chain is comprised of a multiple number of link plates, each of which has a pair of tooth portions and pin holes and which are laminated laterally and longitudinally and guide plates which are arran... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963380 | OD wiper A viscous fan drive having improved pumping efficiency from removing fluid from a fluid operating chamber to a fluid reservoir chamber is achieved by providing a wiper element that is located within the radial clearance between the clutch and the housing that effect... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963274 | Two component low pressure EGR module An engine (10, 100, 200, 34) assembly comprising an engine (36), at least one exhaust gas recirculation valve, (54) at least one throttle valve, and an actuator (12,112,212) operably connected to the EGR valve (56) and the throttle... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955206 | Self-energizing brake for a tensioner A tensioner that includes a blade shoe (106), at least one blade spring (112), a ramp 122), and a brake (132). The blade shoe has a curved chain sliding face, an underside, opposite the chain sliding face, a proximal end pivotally attache... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954785 | Hydraulic slide valve provided with a piezoelectric washer The invention relates to a hydraulic slide valve for controlling flow-rate or pressure comprising at least one movable valve moving from a closed position by contacting a seat and an open position remote therefrom, the displacement of said valve being controlled by ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954616 | Fluid friction clutch A fluid friction clutch with improved fluid pumping system. A scraping member is provided adjacent the clutch plate and has a duct which communicates with the reservoir chamber. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954318 | PTM self-bleed/failsafe open system for FWD and RWD A hydraulic system having a solenoid bleed valve for bleeding air out of the system is provided. The present invention is a hydraulic system having an actuator, a coupling operably associated with the actuator, and a first solenoid valve operably associated with the... | 06/07/2011 |
