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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5992942 | Covering for light-alloy rim vehicle wheels during extended transport A covering for air-permeable light-alloy rims of motor vehicles protects the disc brake lying behind against salt corrosion during overseas transport for long periods. In order to be able to fit such a covering easily and remove it again just as easily, b... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5824432 | High-temperature battery A high-temperature battery for the power supply of electrically powered vehicles is disclosed which has a thermally insulating housing and a cooling system with a cooling body which is arranged inside the thermally insulating housing. Air or other fluid c... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5579729 | Internal combustion engine An opposed-cylinder internal-combustion engine, includes a cylinder block and crankcase which is longitudinally divided in the center of the crankshaft bearing. A bearing support is connected with the crankcase by way of cylinder head bolts. The cylinder ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5544934 | Passenger car with a removable top assembly A passenger car body includes a removable top constructed as a roof which covers a passenger compartment above a belt line of the body. So that the occupants have particularly good viewing conditions while the venting of the passenger compartment is good,... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5538329 | Wheel for a motor vehicle and method of making same A rim for a motor vehicle has several radial hollow spokes in a wheel disk which is manufactured in a die tool and is connected with a rim well. The cast wheel disk is connected with a deformed rim well by friction welding in the area of a rim flange. On ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537965 | Intake system for an internal-combustion engine An intake system for an internal-combustion engine, having a suction manifold comprising a chamber, has an intake connection on the inflow side and several individual suction pipes on the outflow side, which suction pipes lead into a cylinder head of the ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5535608 | Device for unlocking and locking to spaced apart tilting hoods of a motor vehicle An automobile with a body passenger compartment open at the top has two tilting hoods located at a distance from one another, with each hood being provided with a lock that is connected by a connecting element with an operating handle of an operating devi... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533704 | Holder for an electric motor, especially for a fan of a heater of air conditioner A mounting for an electric motor is provided for an electric motor having a fan wheel of a heating or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle. A plurality of support elements made of rubber-elastic material are disposed around the circumference of a po... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533602 | Turbine wheel of a hydrodynamic converter In the case of a turbine wheel of a hydrodynamic torque converter having a lockup clutch, a radial flange of a hub is connected on its faces, in each case, by means of friction welding, with one radial flange respectively of an outer shell holding turbine... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533423 | Differential housing for the axle drive of a motor vehicle A differential housing is made up of many parts composed of deep-drawn readily shapable steel sheets. A conical bearing part jacket receives a differential pin and one differential gear. A cover inserted into an opening in the jacket bears an additional d... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531476 | Occupant restraint system for motor vehicles with an airbag The invention relates to an occupant restraint system for motor vehicles having a gas bag or airbag which, when not in use, is accommodated collapsed in a housing or the like. In the event of an accident to the motor vehicle, the airbag is automatically i... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531426 | Hydraulic support A hydraulic support in the form of a hydraulically damped elastomer support is disclosed. The hydraulic chambers of the support are arranged and designed in such a way that effective damping is achieved both in the case of vibrations in the longitudinal d... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529562 | Exercise apparatus An exercise platform mounted on a support structure with a curved base, so that the platform can rock between two end positions. The platform being adapted so that a person can exercise thereon. The curved base ensures that the person maintains a preferre... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529025 | Cooling system for an internal-combustion engine of a motor vehicle comprising a thermostatic valve which contains an electrically heatable expansion element A cooling system for an internal-combustion engine of a motor vehicle having a radiator and a thermostatic valve by which the temperature of the coolant can be controlled in a warm-up operation, a mixed operation and a radiator operation. The thermostatic... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527126 | Press fit A press fit between a spline shaft and a spline hub is disclosed. The spline shaft has, on one end region, a spline-shaft toothing arranged on the outside and the spline hub has an inner spline-hub toothing which corresponds essentially to the spline shaf... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524923 | Instrument panel for a motor vehicle An instrument panel for a motor vehicle extends over the width of a passenger compartment in front of a driver's seat and of a passenger seat, and exhibits an outer skin provided with a multiplicity of small through-passages which are distributed at least... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524465 | Work rolls crossing type mill, rolling system and rolling method A lubricant is supplied from headers of lubricant supply units onto surfaces of back-up rolls at locations spaced from contact positions between a pair of work rolls and a pair of back-up rolls. The headers each include a lubricant spray nozzle for sprayi... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522457 | Heat exchanger, particularly radiator for internal combustion engines of commercial vehicles The fastening of a fan shroud on water boxes of a heat exchanger is byway of a swivel pin/hinge connection and by way of at least one plug-type bracket which engages in a receiving pocket in the case of a swivel operation. Only a swivel operation will the... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522161 | Arrangement for the continuous heat setting of yarns In the case of an arrangement for the continuous heat setting of yarns, which are guided by means of transport belts into, and then out of, a heat setting chamber using superheated steam, at least one central mast is provided which is equipped with severa... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5517814 | Supporting disk for a supporting disk bearing arrangement of an open-end spinning rotor A supporting disk for the supporting disk bearing arrangement of an open-end spinning rotor comprises a base body and a ring-shaped fitting, whose outer circumference serves as a bearing surface for a shaft of the open-end spinning rotor. The base body ha... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515691 | Motor vehicle with an air-conditioning system The invention relates to a motor vehicle with an air-conditioning system which contains an environmentally compatible, non-flammable and non-toxic circulating medium. In order to avoid any risk to the vehicle occupants in a vehicle crash as a result of fi... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5511847 | Front end covering for a motor vehicle A front end covering for a motor vehicle has air conducting paths which extend adjacent to the roadway on both sides from the vehicle front in the direction of the front wheels. The air conducting paths extend next to one another and are curved in the ver... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509495 | Drive assembly for motor vehicles A drive assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a forward engine supported in two bearings on the vehicle body, a rearward drive unit supported by way of at least one elastic bearing, and a central support tube arranged in-between. This central support tu... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509262 | Supporting disk for a supporting disk bearing for open-end spinning rotors In the case of a supporting disk for a supporting disk bearing for open-end spinning rotors, the front side is provided with signal generators for the purpose of non-contact revolution counting, which function by magnetic field lines. Preferred are perman... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5508843 | Sight scope In a sight scope device, a sleeve-like body is provided with a translucent mirror and a light source. Light emitted from the light source is reflected by the translucent mirror and proceeded toward an eyepiece side so as to served as an aiming point. A sh... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5499456 | Sight scope In a sight scope, an erect sleeve received in a scope body is inclined with respect to the axis of the scope body by an inclination adjusting mechanism. A movable sleeve capable of moving axially of the erect sleeve is disposed within the erect sleeve, an... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5498018 | Wheel suspension A wheel suspension for an axle of a motor vehicle, particularly a McPherson front axle, has a transverse control arm and a pivotally connected tension strut, the transverse control arm being held on the wheel carrier by way of a joint, and the body-side b... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497677 | Accelerator pedal device for a motor vehicle An accelerator pedal device for a motor vehicle is provided with a pedal plate which is swivellably disposed on a pedal holding device in the form of a housing, and an adjusting device is connected with the pedal plate. The pedal holding device consists o... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5495736 | Method and apparatus for descaling and cold rolling metal strip In descaling and cold rolling of metal strip, there are performed the steps of joining strips longitudinally together, passing the joined strip continuously through a descaler, subdividing the descaled strip into long strip lengths and coiling the long st... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5493591 | Internal pump for nuclear reactors A nuclear internal pump is disclosed in which a flywheel and a thrust disc acting as an auxiliary impeller are fixed on a motor shaft. Fixed orifices X and Y are formed respectively between outer circumference section at larger and smaller diameter sides ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5492265 | Method for soldering printed-circuit boards under low pressure The invention relates to a method for soldering electronic components to printed circuit boards or other elements to be connected by soldering, as well as suitable continuous soldering systems. The use of electronic modules, designed in the form of printe... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5492242 | Container for fluids or fluid-like products Paint buckets and other sales packaging for paints, solvents and the like must be cleaned from contamination by residual amounts of the previous content before a reuse. A container according to the invention has protective layers which are applied to its ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5490484 | Air intake system of an internal-combustion engine An air intake system has two resonance chambers coupled together by connecting pipes. The resonance chambers are connected to the cylinders by individual intake pipes. A further common chamber is coupled by means of resonance pipes to the resonance chambe... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5487363 | Internal-combustion engine comprising two cylinder banks For avoiding exterior, cooling-water-carrying ducts, an internal-combustion engine comprising two mutually opposite cylinder banks has integrated ducts for the feeding and removal of the cooling water to the cooling jackets and the cylinder heads.... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5482353 | Adjustable lumbar supports for seats There is disclosed a lumbar support mechanism for a seat having a bracket adapted to be fixed on one side frame of a seat, a waistband adapted to extend across the seat between the bracket and the other side frame of the seat behind cushioning material of... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481860 | Spinning machine having a plurality of spinning stations with independently controllable delivery rollers In the case of a spinning machine comprising several spinning stations, which each contain one drafting unit, and comprising depositing sites for cans containing sliver, transport devices are provided for the transporting of the delivers from the cans to ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5480360 | Differential for the axle drive of a motor vehicle A differential for the axle drive of a motor vehicle has a differential case which is made of thin-walled metal sheets and which is freed of forces caused by the bevelled gearing of the differential bevel gears and axle shaft gears. The axle shaft gears a... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5479775 | Air-compressing fuel-injection internal-combustion engine with an exhaust treatment device for reduction of nitrogen oxides The invention relates to a diesel internal combustion engine with an exhaust treatment device for the reduction of nitrogen oxides and with a fuel injection system comprising a high-pressure pump and at least one solenoid valve-controlled injection nozzle... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5478195 | Process and apparatus for transferring an object and for processing semiconductor wafers Apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers includes a load lock chamber with a first gate valve and a second gate valve so as to load and unload cassettes through the first gate valve, and to convey the wafers from the load lock chamber to a plurality ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5472579 | Hot-rolled steel strip manufacturing and descaling method and apparatus This invention provides a method and an apparatus for removing scales from hot-rolled steel strips to produce steel strips with excellent surface conditions. In a pickling facility to pickle the hot-rolled steel strip, the pickling method of this inventio... | 12/05/1995 |
