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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6334472 | Apparatus for sterilizing, filling and sealing packaging containers An apparatus for sterilizing, filling and sealing containers has a sterilization chamber, a cooling chamber, and a filling and sealing chamber, through which the containers are conveyed by means of an endless conveyor device. For presterilizing the chambe... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6155532 | Valve for controlling fluids A valve for controlling fluids, which is provided with a fluid-filled coupling chamber that is disposed between an actuator piston of a piezoelectric actuator and a piston that actuates a valve member. In order to compensate for a leakage in the coupling ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6116870 | High pressure pump with solenoid operated valve A high pressure pump which has a working chamber, which on the one hand, is connected to a low pressure circuit via a solenoid valve and on the other hand, is connected to a high pressure reservoir via a check valve. The solenoid valve has a spring-loaded... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116859 | Pressure operated by-pass valve disposed in the cover of a feed pump for reverse flow A feed pump having a pair of gears that mesh with each other and are driven to rotate in a pump chamber. The gears supply a feed medium from an intake chamber connected to a storage tank, along a supply conduit constituted between the end face of the gear... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113364 | Pump unit for a slip-controlled, hydraulic brake system of motor vehicles A pump housing, including a pump unit having a collection chamber that receives leaking brake fluid. In the installed position of the pump unit, an outflow bore leads downward from the collection chamber to the ambient air. A body which in one direction a... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6113066 | Electromagnetically actuated valve for hydraulic brake for motor vehicles The valve has a seat valve with a hollow cone-shaped valve seat (28) and a closing member in the form of a segment of a ball. The valve seat is centrally fed by an influx bore that communicates with a pressure fluid inlet. A tappet that has the closing me... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6098760 | Brake apparatus for vehicles A brake apparatus for vehicles having a wheel brake on each vehicle wheel, each wheel brake has a brake body non-rotatably connected to the vehicle wheel, a brake actuator that engages the brake body for braking purposes, and a brake anchor plate that con... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099556 | Method of controlling exothermic reaction of an exothermic composition, the exothermic composition, an exothermic device and an application pad An exothermic composition, enclosed in a container at least part of which is gas-permeable, generates heat in the presence of air. The exothermic composition includes a water absorber having a water absorptive ability reversibly variable with temperature ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095119 | Fuel injection system for internal combustion engines A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines having a high-pressure fuel reservoir supplied from a high-pressure fuel pump. The high-pressure fuel reservoir takes the form of a hollow sphere, which is welded together from two forged hollow hemi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6079391 | Fuel injection system for internal combustion engines A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines in which a high pressure fuel reservoir is provided, from which fuel is supplied to injection valves in an electrically controlled manner. In order to reduce damage which occurs when there are leaks ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6058705 | Hydraulic brake system The invention relates to a hydraulic brake system having a tandem master cylinder as the brake force set-point value transducer for braking by external force, downstream of which are disconnection valves for hydraulically disconnecting the master cylinder... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6058915 | Multicylinder internal combustion engine with externally supplied ignition This disclosure is directed to a multicylinder internal combustion engine with externally supplied ignition, which has a fuel vaporizing device which is connected to individual intake tubes of the engine via a line system. The line system is embodied as b... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6059543 | Pump appliance, in particular for a tank system of an internal combustion engine Known tank systems have an adsorption filter in order to accept degassing constituents of the fuel in a fuel tank. Such tank systems have to be tested for leaks and a pump appliance is provided for this purpose. The pump appliance is fitted to a ventilati... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6055955 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, for motor vehicles having a direct fuel injection and externally supplied ignition, which has at least one combustion chamber enclosed between a cylinder head and a reciprocating piston displaceable in a cylinder bore, the c... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6041760 | Fuel injection pump with an injection adjuster piston used to adjust the onset of injection A fuel injection pump for adjusting the injection onset by an injection adjuster piston. The piston is embodied as a follower piston of a control slide disposed in the piston on one side the piston encloses a work chamber and is acted upon by the pressure... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039300 | Gas supply valve for gas-powered vehicle A gas inlet member is fixed to a valve body and an upper part stem and a lower part stem are inserted slidably into a vertical stem opening above the gas inlet member. A valve member is provided in the gas inlet member and a gas flow passage is formed. A ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039271 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines is already known in which the valve seat body is produced by multiple complicated work processes. In the novel valve, a valve seat body of simple design that can be made economically is used. The valv... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038983 | Table arrangement for motor vehicles A table arrangement for mounting on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle having a table top and a container-shaped bottom part, as well as an adjusting device for determining the angular position of the table top in relation to the bottom part. The table... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6035722 | Pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in a pump work chamber of a fuel injection pump A pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of a medium bounded by a wall, in particular for detecting the pressure in the pump work chamber of a fuel injection pump, with a housing that is disposed in a through bore of the central screw plug of the fuel... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6028370 | Adjusting device for a sun roof of a motor vehicle The adjusting device for adjusting a position of a sun roof of a vehicle has one incremental position encoder and two absolute position encoders, with whose aid, at each position of the sun roof, an unambiguous association with the actual position of the ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6024421 | Media divider for vehicle hydraulic brake systems A media divider has a divider piston, which is received in a cylinder bore and embodied as a tubular deep-drawn part. Two pairs of a sealing ring and an annular guide part disposed side by side are provided, whose axial spacing is defined by at least one ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6024251 | Device for decanting a pressurized liquid A device for decanting a pressurized liquid into packaging containers, such as ampules, vials, or the like, having a reservoir for the liquid and a distributor that is connected to the reservoir via a supply line. A sterilizing filter is interposed in the... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6021760 | Fuel injection device for internal combustion engines A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines in which the motion of a fuel injection valve member is controlled by the pressure in a control chamber. The pressure in the control chamber is controlled by a control valve whose valve member is act... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021761 | High-pressure pump for fuel delivery in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines The invention relates to a high-pressure pump for fuel delivery in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, which includes a tank, a pre-feed pump, and the high-pressure pump. The pre-feed pump aspirates a total fuel flow from the tank and t... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021762 | Seam test on a fuel injection pump, and the fuel injection pump required for applying same A process for leak testing in fuel injection pumps that have a pump housing that can be plugged into a motor housing, in which an outlet of the fuel injection pump, which feeds into an annular chamber that is divided by sealing rings and is normally disch... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6018976 | Process for tightly closing a bore in a work piece made of ductile material The process is characterized by means of successively executed displacements of material of a work piece into the inner bore diameter at different points of the mouth of a bore. The displacement of the material is executed by means of a die that can be mo... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6017099 | Oscillation damper for damping fluid oscillation in a hydraulic anti-slip control braking system in motor vehicles The vibration damper has a sleevelike shaped part comprising an elastomer as a diaphragm. The shaped part is received tightly on the opening end of a bore of a housing and surrounds an extension of a support body disposed in the bore. Provided on a side f... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6016786 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system having a high pressure fuel injection pump whose high-pressure pumping is determined by an electrically controlled valve that controls a relief conduit, and the phase of the fuel injection is determined by the closure of this valve... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6012556 | Electric motor-driven braking apparatus The invention relates to a braking apparatus having an electric service motor, which serves to actuate a brake via an actuating device. To enable adjusting an air clearance, the invention sets forth a helical gear and a load moment block, which blocks the... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6007109 | Sealing element for a hydraulic screw connection comprising a hollow screw and an annular stub A sealing element for a hydraulic screw connection, comprising a hollow screw and an annular stub, for securing a rigid or flexible line connected or connectable to the annular stub and to a hydraulic component, wherein the annular stub is fixed in a pres... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5996908 | Filter for a fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a fuel inflow conduit, which discharges at an injection opening, and into which inflow conduit a rodlike filter body is inserted, preceding the injection opening, which filter body on each of ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996556 | Quantity control valve The invention relates to a quantity control valve for a fuel injection system, used in internal combustion engines, with a longitudinal slide that is movable in a valve housing between a restoring spring chamber and a control chamber and that allocates th... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5992018 | Valve needle and process for producing a valve needle An electromagnetically actuatable valve, including a connecting piece, which is connected to an armature. The valve needle has a connecting piece with a circular cross section with an armature head formed by cold forming in which the armature head is weld... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992396 | Tank venting system for motor vehicles A tank venting system for motor vehicles, having an internal combustion engine supplied from a fuel tank. A filter housing with an adsorption filter, and an air inlet and an air outlet that can be connected to a venting neck of the fuel tank. An air pump ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992400 | Gas delivery system of an internal combustion engine A gas delivery system in which air supplied to the internal combustion engine via a supplementary conduit is controlled. In the gas delivery system, the main conduit gas flow traveling through the throttle valve conduit is controlled by a throttle valve a... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993179 | Housing block with a piston pump for a brake system The invention relates to a housing block into which a piston pump is inserted. For sealing off and fixing a cylinder of the piston pump in the housing block, the cylinder is provided with a radially outward-protruding annular shoulder, which when the cyli... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992766 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, including a valve member, which is displaceable in a valve body counter to a restoring force of a valve spring and has a valve sealing face, which cooperates with a valve seat disposed on the valve b... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988774 | Hydraulic brake system with anti-lock arrangement for a vehicle A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle with an anti-lock arrangement operable by wheel brake pressures are individually variable in front wheel brakes and rear wheel brakes, connected to diagonal brake circuits, of a four-wheeled vehicle, in order to redu... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988997 | Piston pump having a hardened piston with a wavy profile A piston pump for delivering hydraulic fluid for ABS brake systems having at least one pump piston. The pump piston is driven to execute an axial stroke motion and which, with a sliding face embodied on its circumference, slides against the inner wall of ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988768 | Hydraulic braking system for road vehicles, in particular passenger cars A brake system that includes a power-actuated service brake and an auxiliary brake that is actuated by muscle power. To achieve a desired characteristic curve of the pedal when the service brake is actuated, a path simulator is provided in a master cylind... | 11/23/1999 |
