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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8022677 | Electrical device and operating method An electrical device having a generator, e.g., for use in the vehicle electrical system of a motor vehicle, includes a controller for controlling the generator voltage. In the device, an area is provided in which a voltage control is carried out, and other areas are... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7427347 | Method for operating a measuring probe for measuring a gas concentration In a method for operating a measuring probe for measuring a gas concentration in a measuring gas with the aid of a solid electrolyte which conducts oxygen ions and has a measurement cavity for holding the measuring gas, a measuring electrode and an external electrod... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424355 | Method for operating and electrically adjustable vehicle seat In a method for operating an electrically adjustable vehicle seat which has at least one electrically adjustable upholstered seat element and a sitting weight measuring device for sensing the weight of a vehicle occupant sitting on the vehicle seat, prior to an init... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7378641 | Device and method for identifying an object in or on a closable opening The invention relates to a device and a method for identifying an object O in an opening that can be closed by means of a mobile element (12). Light is fed into at least one fiber-optic light guide (33, 34) from a light source (1, 2), and variat... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347048 | Internal combustion engine comprising an engine braking arrangement In an internal combustion engine comprising an engine braking arrangement including a constant throttle valve, an exhaust gas turbocharger with a variable turbine guide vane structure and a power turbine connected to an exhaust tract and a compressor connected to an... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347179 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine in which the angular locations where the fuel/air mix combustions takes place can be controlled by an adjustment of the inlet and outlet valve timing, the timing of at least one of the intake and exhaust valve ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337771 | Method and apparatus for the cylinder-specific determination and control of a fuel injection quantity In a method and apparatus for the cylinder-specific determination and control of a fuel injection quantity for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas pressures of the cylinders of the internal combustion engine is recorded on a time-resolved, i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318395 | Internal combustion engine having a coolant circuit In an internal combustion engine having a coolant circuit which comprises a first coolant line for the cylinder block and a second coolant line for the cylinder head of the engine, with the cylinder head having at least one inlet valve and at least one outlet valve ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293544 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine A method retains exhaust gas in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and compresses the exhaust gas during a charge change. A first fuel quantity is injected into the retained exhaust gas by direct fuel injection. A second fuel quantity is subsequ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270340 | Strut with an elastic wheel carrier mount In an independent wheel suspension including a wheel-guiding strut which is mounted on a vehicle body, a wheel carrier is so supported on the strut by several elastic pivoting bearings, that a high degree of driving comfort is provided by a controlled accommodation ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252615 | Lubrication system and method for hybrid electro-mechanical planetary transmission components This invention details a lubrication system for an automatic transmission, specifically the bearings of the planetary pinion gears. The planetary carriers have grooves formed in spider and flange sections thereof to carry the lubricating material from the inner diam... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249532 | Double clutch transmission In a double clutch transmission, particularly for front wheel drive cars with transversely mounted engines, the power path for the reverse speed extends through the same path as that for the second forward speed, both using the same input clutch, while the power pat... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232003 | Motor vehicle with lowerable drive unit In a motor vehicle comprising a vehicle body having a support structure for supporting a main drive unit and at least one support block disposed on the support structure by which the main drive unit is supported in the vehicle body, each support block comprises bott... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7186077 | Compressor, particularly in an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine In a compressor particularly of an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine having a compressor wheel rotatably supported in a compressor housing which includes a diffuser structure with an adjustable diffuser geometry comprising guide vanes pivotal... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182054 | Valve drive including a rocker lever with hydraulically actuated driver In a valve drive for a piston internal combustion engine with a first rocker lever which is in operative contact with at least a first cylinder valve, wherein a cam structure including a first cam and at least one additional cam is in active contact with a second ro... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178488 | Device comprising at least one functional unit of a camshaft adjusting device In an arrangement comprising at least one operating unit of a camshaft adjusting device for an internal combustion engine, the operating unit and at least one ventilation unit of a ventilation device are combined in an assembly module. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7131424 | Method for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine In a method of injecting fuel into the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, wherein a main injection process and a variable number of secondary injection processes assigned to the main injection process are carried ou... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124747 | Arrangement for supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel In an arrangement for supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel and a method for servicing and repairing the arrangement wherein a number of components, that is, a fuel reservoir, a fuel pumping unit, a fuel filter, a fuel level sensor and line elements are ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112049 | Deep-drawing tool The invention is concerned with a compression molding device (1) with a tool (3) generating at least a part of the work-piece geometry. At least one pressure measuring means (5) and/or at least one pressure space (4) is located directly b... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096855 | Device for controlling and/or regulating the fuel quantity supplied to an internal combustion engine In a device for controlling the fuel quantity supplied to an internal combustion engine via a fuel supply line and an injection nozzle which includes a nozzle needle and an actuator for controlling the position of the nozzle needle, wherein a sensor for the detectio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073479 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection In a method of operating an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection such that, in the engine startup period, a three-way catalytic converter disposed in the engine exhaust system is rapidly heated to a working temperature, in that a fuel quantity which... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072752 | Method for influencing the roll behavior of motor vehicles In a method for influencing the roll behavior of a motor vehicle having at least one axle with wheels at opposite sides of the motor vehicle, vehicle body movements caused by transverse forces acting at the center of gravity are reduced in that for each vehicle axle... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059310 | Exhaust gas recirculation In an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder-head with at least one combustion chamber in the cylinder head and the cylinder head has at least one intake passage and one exhaust passage, and an external exhaust gas recirculation line which branches off fro... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025428 | Axle for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles For an axle for vehicles, e.g., commercial vehicles, with a rigid axle body, axle guidance and/or axle support is provided, making it possible to adapt to different transverse distances in the axle guidance or axle support which are predetermined on the body side. | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017607 | Expansion container for a fuel tank In an expansion container for a fuel system of a motor vehicle wherein the expansion container includes a container wall and a gas vent connector mounted on the container wall so as to be in communication with the interior of the expansion container by way of a valv... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6983740 | Internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle In an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle having a support for supporting the internal combustion engine and a system for routing fresh gas and exhaust gas to and from the engine, a mixing valve of an exhaust gas recirculation system is integrated in the ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6973851 | Pull-handle arrangement for releasing a foot-operated parking brake of a motor vehicle Pull-handle arrangement for releasing a foot-operated parking brake of a motor vehicle. A pull-handle arrangement having a handle element which is held in a linearly movable manner in a handle mounting fixed on the vehicle and, with the aid of a cable, acts on the f... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6949401 | Semiconductor component and method for producing the same A method for producing a semiconductor component with adjacent Schottky (5) and pn (9) junctions positions in a drift area (2, 10) of a semiconductor material. According to the method, a silicon carbide substrate doped with a first doping materi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941194 | Motor vehicle communication system and method for exchanging data in a motor vehicle A vehicle communication system has at least one processor unit (1), arranged in the vehicle, for controlling applications, a plurality of different data sources (2, 4, 5, 6, 8) which are connected to the processor unit (1), and a plurality of op... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932189 | Device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle A device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle has a plurality of gas-carrying lines connected to an internal combustion engine. At least two of the gas-carrying lines are acoustically linked together by at least one connection. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6884690 | Thin-film resistor with high temperature coefficient for use as passive semiconductor component for integrated circuits, and method for producing the same The invention relates to a semiconductor component with a WSiN layer as thin-film resistor with high temperature coefficient for use as thermistor in bolometers. The production method comprises thermal decoupling by means of thermistors that are free-standing or dis... | 04/26/2005 |
| D504365 | Surface configuration of a front bumper for a vehicle | 04/26/2005 |
| D504383 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 04/26/2005 |
| 6862887 | Hybrid drive Hybrid drive containing a clutch between an engine power-output shaft (4) and a transmission power-input shaft (16) arranged axially with respect to the said power-output shaft; a first electric machine (6) connected to the engine power-output s... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6848397 | Cooling system, in particular for a motor vehicle engine having indirect charge air cooling In a cooling system for a motor vehicle engine having indirect charge air cooling, including a general cooling circuit for cooling a power-generating unit which comprises a coolant pump and a main coolant cooler, and an additional cooling circuit which branches off ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6810658 | Exhaust-gas purification installation and exhaust-gas purification method for purifying an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine An exhaust-gas purification installation for purifying exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust-gas catalytic converter which is arranged in an exhaust pipe of the internal combustion engine and a catalytic fuel reformer for generating a hy... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6752118 | Valve-controlled internal combustion engine In a valve-controlled internal combustion engine having a cylinderhead with an exhaust gas passage extending from a combustion chamber and a secondary air duct for supplying secondary air to the exhaust gas passage downstream of an exhaust valve opening, the exhaust... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6726441 | Compressor, in particular for an internal combustion engine In an air compressor, particularly for an internal combustion engine, which has a compressor housing with a flow duct structure and a recirculation arrangement including a bypass structure for recirculation some of the air entering the compressor wheel, a recirculat... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6705642 | Device for controlled deflation of a gas bag A device for deflating a gas bag includes a gas bag having a deflation opening which is closed along a breakable, predetermined line. The predetermined breaking line includes a closure element and is breakable by melting or sublimating the closure element. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6700475 | Electronic closure system, in particular a vehicle closure system An electronic closure system has one or more lockable and unlockable closure units, each arranged on an opening element of an object to be secured, at least one authorizing authentication element and a closure control unit with at least one authentication... | 03/02/2004 |
