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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6196304 | Tube-block-type heat transfer device and method of making same A tube-block-type heat transfer device has a tube block consisting of several tubes arranged side-by-side, having spacing elements which are inserted between two adjacent flat tube end areas respectively, and have in each case at least one connection duct... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6123056 | Control apparatus and control method for lean burn engine and engine system An electronic engine control system for a lean burn engine includes a unit for detecting an amount Qa of intake air fed into a cylinder of the engine, a unit for detecting an engine speed Ne, a unit for calculating a basic fuel injection pulse width TPbas... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6045183 | Child seat for vehicles A child seat for vehicles, particularly for passenger cars, having a seat bucket which has a seat surface, a back support and two side parts which laterally bound this back support. For improving such a child seat such that new function areas are opened u... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6016644 | Method of mowing meadows, method of composting grass cuttings, a mowing machine and device for processing grass cuttings The invention concerns a method of mowing meadows and the like, a method of composting cuttings, a mowing machine and a cuttings processing apparatus. A mowing machine according to the invention includes a driven rotating cutting member 4, a cuttings conv... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6015183 | Center tunnel for a motor vehicle and method of making same A center tunnel for a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, has a section shape that is open at the bottom and has sections in the form of hollow members that are directed lengthwise, at least areawise. A center tunnel that has a simple design and can be m... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6000421 | Valve device for a heat exchanger located in a bypass in a cooling circuit, especially of an internal combustion engine A cooling circuit includes a valve device (1, 1', 1") for a separate heat exchanger (42), especially of an internal combustion engine (48). To achieve a combined pressure limitation and pipe or hose break valve, a valve body (6, 35, 50), upon reaching a c... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5991684 | Apparatus and method of detecting combustion state of internal combustion engine and recording medium storing program for execution of the detecting method In an apparatus of detecting a combustion state of an internal combustion engine, a combustion parameter value of the engine is calculated on the basis of measurement data concerning an engine speed, the value of the data concerning the engine speed is co... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5965222 | Process for manufacturing a trim and the trim itself A basic part is produced which has a three-dimensionally structured surface; then the surface of the basic part is covered by means of a resin layer in such a manner that all elevations of the three-dimensionally structured surface are covered; subsequent... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5954565 | Rolling mill equipped with on-line roll grinding system and grinding wheel A grinding head unit is constituted by a grinding wheel, a drive device for rotating the grinding wheel, and a movement device for moving the grinding wheel. When vibration of a mill roll is applied to the grinding wheel, a plain wheel integral with an ab... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5953896 | Adaptor for an open-end spinning arrangement and method of making same An adaptor is provided for an open-end rotor spinning arrangement, which adaptor is exchangeably arranged on a cover element of a spinning rotor and projects partly into the inside of the spinning rotor. The adaptor comprises the first section of a yarn w... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950415 | Opening device for an open-end spinning machine and method of making same A flexible sealing ring is arranged at an opening roller of an open-end spinning machine which rotates in a chamber of a housing connected to a vacuum source, which sealing ring is supported concentrically to the opening roller in the housing. In order to... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5911674 | Spindle for a spinning or twisting machine In the case of a spindle for spinning or twisting machines, two housings, separated by an annular gap, are provided, namely an outer housing, secured to a spindle rail, and an inner housing which takes up the neck bearing and the step bearing for the shaf... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5907950 | System for injecting nitrogen-oxide-reducing agents into an exhaust stream A method and apparatus for injecting a nitrogen-oxide-reducing agent into an exhaust stream that has an injector unit for controlled injection of a reducing agent into the exhaust stream and an injection element that incorporates a micromechanical spray j... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5875684 | Guide for a selector lever A selector lever guide assembly for a gearbox is provided, in which the selector lever is movable in two gear-shift gates which are parallel to each other and which are connected by a transverse gate. In order to guide the selector lever in such a way as ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5813211 | Feeding and opening device for an open-end spinning arrangement In the case of a feeding and opening device for an open-end spinning arrangement, a stationarily mounted sliver support is arranged at the end of the sliver to be opened to single fibers. The sliver support comprises a deflecting edge for deflecting the s... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810385 | Collision-protection system having an airbag The invention relates to a collision-protection system for passengers of motor vehicles. In a manner which is known in principle, an airbag is automatically inflated in the event of an accident. In order to control the direction and speed of expansion, th... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5803530 | Convertible having a wind deflecting device The convertible has a wind deflecting device which is arranged on a folding-top compartment lid swivellably about a transverse axis. In the inoperative position, the wind deflecting device is situated on the top side of the folding-top compartment lid and... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802916 | Shift device for a change speed-gearbox In a shift device of a change speed gearbox, a shift rod is mounted axially displaceably on a shift casing unit and on a casing part, securing the latter, of a gearbox casing, which is divided into two, and a shift rocker is pivotably mounted on two beari... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802827 | Spindle for a spinning or a twisting machine A spindle for a spinning or twisting machine comprises a guiding tube, which supports a neck bearing and a step bearing for a rotatably supported shaft. In proximity to the neck bearing, the guiding tube is supported by means of a metal membrane in a bear... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5788784 | Process for intermediately quenching light-metal castings coming from a solution heat treatment furnance This invention relates to a process for heat treating light-metal castings, particularly cylinder heads for piston engines, in which, after solidifying and removing the castings from the mold, they are solution treated with the residual casting heat at ap... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5775282 | Auxiliary injector An auxiliary injector arrangement in a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine. The auxiliary injector arrangement includes at least one injector mounted in the inlet manifold upstream or downstream of the throttle and adapted to supply fuel ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5772245 | Vehicle body Vehicle bodies having a mounting frame fastened to a floor frame lead to damage to the mounted assemblies and floor frame when, for example, the engine assembly is arranged directly adjacent to the vehicle front or rear side. It is proposed to provide a c... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5769453 | Adjusting arrangement for adjusting the slope of a swivellably connected casing tube of a steering spindle of a motor vehicle An adjusting arrangement for adjusting the slope of a swivellably connected casing tube of a steering spindle of a motor vehicle comprises a supporting device which is disposed on the vehicle body and with which the casing tube is connected by way of a sp... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765904 | Folding top for vehicles A folding top for passenger car vehicles is disclosed which can be displaced from a vehicle top closed position into a rearside deposited position and is composed of a supporting folding top structure and a folding top covering interacting therewith. The ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5704418 | Heat transfer device Heat transfer devices, particularly the radiators for internal-combustion engines of motor vehicles are provided with a fan shroud and a fan arrangement. In this case, the shroud must be adapted to the dimensions of the radiator in such a manner that it c... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5692367 | Device for damping the vibrations of a package on spinning, twisting or winding machines A device is disclosed for damping the vibrations of a package on spinning, twisting or winding machines. Damping elements act on the swivel-mounted package holders, which damping elements are arranged on the machine frame and which are effective on the sw... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5688105 | Brush seal for turbo-engines A brush seal assembly is provided for sealing off spaces on a circumferential gap which are acted upon by pressure in a different manner, particularly between an engine casing and an engine shaft. On the engine casing, a holding device for a bristle bundl... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687683 | Automatic decompressor for valve-controlled internal combustion engines An automatic decompressor for valve-controlled internal combustion engines consists of a decompression lever mounted pivotably on the camshaft and cooperating with a charge changing valve on the internal combustion engine. The decompression lever is mount... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687753 | Fuel tank for vehicles, particularly motor vehicles A fuel tank for vehicles, particularly motor vehicles, is provided with an operational ventilating system which is composed essentially of a vent outlet arranged in the area of an upper fuel tank wall, of an exterior air feeding and air removing pipe conn... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685200 | Brake pressure rod A brake pressure rod is described for operating a vehicle brake and is arranged between a pedal and a brake booster. The brake pressure rod consists of an extruded profile with breakthroughs. On one end of the brake pressure rod, a bearing is arranged for... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5681081 | Vehicle seat A seat for vehicles is provided with a pivotable seat back and a seat belt system including a seat belt, a belt roll-up device, and a belt deflector mounted on the seat back. A locking device triggerable in the event of a collision is provided for securin... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5676851 | Method of making a capacitance type acceleration sensor A capacitance acceleration sensor and method of making same are disclosed. A capacitance acceleration sensor includes a movable electrode etched from a silicon plate which is clamped between two solid dielectric plate members of glass, silicon oxides, or ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676322 | Spinning system and method including yarn winder tube doffing apparatus In order to form a yarn reserve winding on the edge of a rotating empty winder tube after a doffing action on a package-producing spinning aggregate, the rotational speed of a drive roller which drives the winder tube is kept constant. The delivery speed ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675964 | Open end spinning supporting disk with asymmetric magnetic rotational speed indicator 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 means of magnetic field lines. Preferred a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5669237 | Method and apparatus for the low-temperature fractionation of air For the method, air (103, 104) is fractionated in a medium-pressure column (6) and a low-pressure column (5). The sump heating (3) of the low-pressure column (5) is carried out with a second airflow (204), which is liquefied at the same time. An intermedi... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5653098 | Ring spinning machine with sliver feed system For the direct spinning of drafting frame sliver, a one-sided ring spinning machine is provided, in the case of which the spinning stations are arranged on one side of the machine and the depositing sites for the cans containing the sliver to be spun are ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5641196 | Roof construction for a motor vehicle A roof construction includes a movable roof section which, after being lowered, can be displaced under a fixed roof section. Viewed in the forward driving direction, a protective and covering strip is provided on the rear edge of the movable roof section.... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5626363 | Adjustable steering device An adjustable steering device for motor vehicles has a steering spindle which can be axially displaced in at least one jacket tube by way of an adjusting device. The adjusting device adjusting device is provided with an operable adjusting element which ho... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5623900 | Internal-combustion engine comprising an intake system An internal-combustion engine comprising an intake system has a chamber with an intake connection and individual suction pipes which are connected with a cylinder head and which, by means of valves, lead into the individual cylinders. An air supply and ai... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5613478 | Device for controlling the air flow of a supercharged internal combustion engine The invention relates to a device for controlling the air flow of a supercharged internal combustion engine with a supercharger to deliver charge air from a suction line located upstream of the supercharger through a charge air line located downstream of ... | 03/25/1997 |
