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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6400135 | Mounting for a wheel-speed sensor A mounting for a wheel-revolution sensor in the wheel support of a motor vehicle for scanning a revolving pole ring on a wheel comprises an insert which passes through a bore in the wheel support which receives the sensor in an ideal position with respect... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394925 | Hydrostatic mechanical torque divider transmission with four areas A power-split gear consists of an adjustable hydrostatic unit (5), of a five-shaft summing gear (9) with a first, second and third output shaft, and of a range gear. So that the gear can be manufactured and controlled more easily, the range gear consists ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6260298 | Pistol having a firing bolt safety device A pistol, comprising a housing which contains a trigger device and a slide which slides on this housing and contains a barrel and a breech, in which case the breech is provided with a firing bolt which can be driven by a mainspring. In order to provide en... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257507 | Pump nozzle of a type with an open injection nozzle A unit fuel injector of the type with an open injector comprises an injector body (1) with an axial space (4), which ends in an injector cap (3), an injection plunger (15) guided in the axial space and serving as a closing-off element, which injection plu... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6205696 | Gun with detachable barrel mounting A rifle has a barrel which is mounted detachably in the housing in that pairs of clamping rings (11, 12) are provided between the rear part of the barrel (5) and the inner cylindrical surface (3) of the housing (1), which clamping rings (11, 12) have mutu... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6199611 | Wheel carrier for motor vehicle with a tire-inflating system A wheel carrier for the steered wheel of a motor vehicle with a tire-inflating system, the wheel carrier comprising a shield with an eye at the top and bottom for receiving a kingpin, an axle tube which supports wheel bearings, a wheel hub supported on th... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6178682 | Repeating rifle with semirigidly lockable bolt action and striking-pin safety A repeating rifle having a bolt action comprises a breech housing (1), a breech body (3) which can be moved and can be rotated in this breech housing (1) and has a movable plug (4) and a firing pin (6) which is loaded by a firing pin spring (7) and has a ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6169950 | Method for controlling a vehicle drive unit having a continuously variable transmission A method for controlling a vehicle drive unit, which comprises a drive engine and a transmission with a continuously variable gear ratio, comprises the following steps: a) the required vehicle acceleration (ASOLL) is calculated from a throttle control lev... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6164180 | Container for belted ammunition In a container for belted ammunition, this ammunition forms loops between intermediate walls, thus ensuring that the ammunition can easily be drawn out, that the belted ammunition is supported vertically on the base, and a wall has a vertical aligned outl... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164000 | Repeating rifle with magazine adapter A repeating rifle having a chamber to which a magazine guide is secured by means of threaded bolts, into which magazine guide a bar magazine can be inserted, can selectively receive a longer magazine. In order to make this possible with a minimum of parts... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6131325 | Safety mechanism for rifles with a cylindrical breech A safety device for rifles having a housing (1) which accommodates a breech body (3) and having an operating part (14) which is arranged on the butt grip and is operatively connected to a catch (12) for a release plunger (30) which is loaded, when the bre... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6102791 | Cooling-air outlet for a vehicle The cooling-air outlet of a vehicle comprises a grill and a frame which encloses said grill and is provided on an outside wall of the vehicle. In order to render the grill, as far as possible, invisible in a thermal-imaging environment, the frame projects... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102006 | Fuel injection system for diesel motors An injector unit consists of a housing (1), of a controllable piston pump (5) and of an injection nozzle (4) adjoining the latter and having a nozzle chamber (25), the housing (1) possessing a fuel supply chamber (23) fed from outside and a return orifice... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085853 | Drive system for multi-axle motor vehicle The drive system for a motor vehicle having a front axle and a plurality of rear axles, which are driven or can be driven, consists of a central differential, an inter-axle differential, following the central differential in the direction of the power flo... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082404 | Closable radiator grid for an armored vehicle A closable radiator grid for an armored vehicle which comprises two frames which have a plurality of parallel plates, wherein one frame is closed with respect to the other in a partition plane transverse to the direction of the plates. In order to disturb... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6080074 | Process for precise adjustment of a hydrostatic and mechanical torque division gearing A hydrostatic/mechanical multiple path power transmission comprises an adjustable hydrostat unit (4), a summing planetary gearbox (10) with two input shafts (6, 8) and at least two output shafts, and a step gearbox (11) connected to the output shafts. In ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6058616 | Sighting device for small arms An aiming device for handheld firearms comprises a rear notch sight and a front sight, in which case the rear notch sight (1) has an essentially trapezoidal rear notch sight cutout (6) which diverges downward from an upper edge (5), and the front sight (2... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6029542 | Power-split gear and its installation in a gear case A power-split gear consists of a hydrostatic unit and of a mechanical gear unit which are accommodated in a common case with a cover. So that the components can be easily mounted and exchanged, a distributor shaft coupled to an engine is mounted in the ca... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6029557 | Apparatus for feeding belted ammunition A physically economic apparatus which is insensitive to defects for feeding belted ammunition by means of starwheels is driven by a spring energy store which comprises a helical spring and a closed chain loop. The chain loop is formed by four sprocket whe... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6009969 | Method for the automatic control of the locking clutches of an all-wheel driven vehicle, and vehicle with articulated-vehicle steering and lockable differentials A method for the automatic locking of the differentials of an all-wheel driven vehicle, slip signals being formed which, as soon as they exceed a threshold value, initiate the driving of the respective differentials. In order to take into account the infl... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6001038 | Method of controlling a power distribution hydromechanical branched transmission in uncertain gear positions Described is a method of controlling a power distribution hydromechanical branched transmission consisting of an adjustable hydrostatic unit (4), an integrating planetary gear (10) with at least two outputs (26, 27) and, connected to the integrating plane... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5980411 | Process for controlling the couplings of a hydrostatic and mechanical torque division gearing A method of changing the range of a hydrostatic/mechanical power split transmission is specified: firstly, the command to engage the clutch for the next range is given, then the transfer of the load to this clutch is carried out and then the command to di... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5934571 | Two-stage fuel-injection nozzle for internal combustion engines A fuel-injection nozzle consists of a nozzle housing terminating in a nozzle tip, a pintle guided in the housing, the pintle is pressed by spring action against a conical valve seat in the nozzle tip, the conical valve seat has a plurality of spray holes ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5930929 | Handgun with a trigger-securing device A handgun comprises a grip (1), a slide (2), a trigger device (3) having a trigger (10) and a trigger safety lock. In order to provide a simple, ergonomically correct trigger safety lock, this safety lock is formed by a safety locking element (8) which mo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5911645 | Process for operating a stepless drive unit consisting of an internal combustion engine and a power branching transmission A drive unit is composed of an internal combustion engine (1) and of a continuously controllable division gear which comprises a continuously controllable hydrostatic engine/pump unit (4) and a summator gear (10) with subsequent range gears (12, 13) for s... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5881486 | Hand-held firearm with a light casing A hand-held firearm, comprising a casing which accommodates breech parts, a stock which is attached to the casing, and a barrel which is detachably connected to the casing, and having a mounting for a telescopic sight. In order to avoid the disadvantages ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5806487 | Fuel injection pump unit with control and process for its calibration A fuel injection pump unit consists of a fuel injection pump (1), in which a quantity-determining member (6) is set by an actuator (13), its position being detected by a position sensor (15), and of a control unit (2) which calculates an injection quantit... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5695426 | Automotive transmission apparatus The invention so-called torque transfer case in the housing of which there are provided a torque input shaft and, mounted at a level below, a differential gear with propeller shafts extending from opposite sides thereof in parallel relationship with the t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690204 | Hydraulic actuator and clutch therewith A hydraulic actuator consists of a cylinder and a piston whose primary face is acted on by a working fluid and from whose secondary face protrudes a piston rod, the working fluid being furnished by a pressure fluid source. In order to allow for fast shift... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5676219 | System for controlling the axle differential locks of automotive vehicles In a system for the automatic control of form-locked clutches serving as differential lock in drive axles of a motor vehicle, in which control signals for a coupling actuator are formed by comparison of slippage signals with threshold values, both the eng... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5524738 | Jaw clutch having profiled jaw clutch elements A jaw clutch for the drive of motor vehicles has a first clutch half and a second clutch half which are axially displaceable relative to one another, both clutch halves are provided with axially protruding jaw elements which are distributed uniformly over... | 06/11/1996 |
| 4850246 | Interaxle differential for motor vehicles An interaxle differential for connection between two driven axles (14) of a motor vehicle comprises a liquid friction coupling (1) and a planetary gear train (15) comprising three torque-transmitting members (16, 18, 20). The liquid friction coupling (1) ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4846068 | Cartridge for firearms A cartridge (1) comprises a cartridge case (2), which is closed at its rear end and contains a propellant charge (3) and a primer (7). The tip portion of the cartridge case defines a socket (4), which accommodates a full-bore projectile (5). The tip porti... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4842111 | Drive system for motor vehicles having driven front and rear axles A drive system for motor vehicles having driven front and rear axles comprises a liquid friction coupling, which is incorporated in the rear axle drive train, and a clutch, particularly an overrunning clutch, which is connected in series with said liquid ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4836160 | Internal combustion engine provided with a sound-insulating enclosure An internal combustion engine is provided with a sound-insulating enclosure (2), which defines a sealed passage extending through the enclosure. A passage which extends through the enclosure is sealed by a sealing ring (9), which consists of a rubber-elas... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4834041 | Reciprocating internal combustion engine and support assembly A reciprocating internal combustion engine which is enclosed by a sound-insulating sheath comprises a crankshaft. A coupling which insulates against structure-borne sound is provided for coupling the crankshaft to an auxiliary drive shaft for driving auxi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4830136 | Four-wheel drive motor vehicle A four-wheel drive of a motor vehicle is arranged to effect automatic changes between a two-wheel drive mode and a four-wheel drive mode in dependence on the slip of two wheels (5) which are permanently driven. A frequent change from the four-wheel drive ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4823549 | Apparatus for collecting soot from exhaust gases of an air-compressing, self-igniting internal combustion engine Apparatus for collecting soot from soot-laden exhaust gases flowing in an exhaust gas line of an air-compressing compression ignition engine comprises a housing adapted to be incorporated in said exhaust gas line and to be flown through by said soot-laden... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815217 | Orthogonal adjusting mechanism and orthogonally adjustable sight An orthogonally adjustable sight, particularly for rifles, comprises a housing (1), in which a carrier (2) for an eyepiece consisting, e.g., of a peephole sight (3), is mounted for an adjustment in two orthogonal directions. Actuators (4, 5) are provided ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4770651 | Hydraulically controlled shaft coupling A shaft coupling comprises two coupling members, which are connected or adapted to be connected to respective shafts. One of the two coupling members is provided on a coupling face with an even number of bores, which have a uniform angular spacing and are... | 09/13/1988 |
