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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7559488 | Injection nozzle An injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine includes a nozzle body having a first nozzle outlet, a second nozzle outlet and a delivery chamber for fuel, an outer valve needle engageable with an outer valve seating to control fuel injection through the firs... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7531944 | Piezoelectric actuator and enclosure therefor An enclosure for enclosing piezoelectric elements of a piezoelectric actuator comprises a side wall that is shaped to define at least one strain compensation formation selected from a longitudinally-extensible part at which the side wall can be extended or contracte... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525234 | Drive circuit for an injector arrangement A drive circuit (20a,20b) for an injector arrangement having at least one piezoelectric injector (12a,12b) is described. The drive circuit comprises: a first charge storage means (C2) for operative conne... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525052 | Multifunction switch assembly for power adjusted vehicle passenger seat A multifunction six-way switch assembly having a plurality of sealed dome type or membrane switches disposed on a circuit board and arranged in pairs such that a single knob actuator may be slidably moved in opposite directions along a first axis for actuating eithe... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523875 | Injection nozzle An injection nozzle (4) for an internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle (4) including a nozzle body (6) provided with a bore (8) defining a valve seating surface, and having a first nozzle outlet and a second nozzle outlet, a firs... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7516906 | Fuel injector A fuel injector for use in an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle which is engageable with a valve needle seat to control fuel injection through an injector outlet. An actuator, typically in the form of a piezoelectric actuator stack, is arranged to c... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510407 | Top mount filtered header assembly A filtered electrical connection header assembly for an electrical device, and methods for assembling a filtered connection header assembly for an electrical device, are disclosed. An electrical connection header may include a housing for an electrical circuit and a... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509947 | Fuel injection pump A fuel pump for use in an internal combustion engine comprises a pump housing provided with a plunger bore, a pumping plunger which is movable within the plunger bore by means of a cam drive arrangement to perform a pumping stroke to pressurise fuel within a pumping... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509942 | Fuel system A fuel system for supplying pressurised fuel to a plurality of fuel injectors (14a-14f) comprises an accumulator assembly (16) having first and second accumulator volumes (18, 20) defined within a common accumulator housing ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7504839 | Flexible circuit with micro-sized probe tips and a method of making the same A flexible circuit includes a plurality of electrical traces and a plurality of probe tips directly formed thereto. The electrical traces are made of a first electrically conductive material and the probe tips are made of a second electrically conductive material th... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486005 | Connector arrangement An electrical connector arrangement for a piezoelectric actuator (10) having a stack (26) of one or more piezoelectric elements, the electrical connector arrangement including positive and negative terminals (30, 32) for connection with distribu... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485012 | Electrical connection system having wafer connectors An electrical connection system comprises a connector shell and a plurality of wafer connectors that plug into the connector shell. Each wafer connector holds a plurality of electric terminals that are attached to ends of electric cables, and a lock bar that is atta... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479613 | Rotating and pivoting control device Control device for activating/deactivating functions, comprising a supporting plate comprising a contact surface providing electrical contacts, a control member for selecting a function with the actuation of a switching means, the control member mounted rotatably ab... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476843 | Method for determining the position of a first moving component relative to a second component and device for applying said method A method for determining the position of one of two components in relative motion with respect to each other, using optical means, comprises: directing at least one light beam emitted by a light source attached to one component tow... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475462 | Wire marker An automated wire harness machine is capable of manufacturing a wire harness in an automated process. The wire harness is generally a plurality of bundled, preferably un-stripped, insulated wires. Each un-stripped end portion of each wire is preferably terminated by... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472460 | Clamping apparatus The invention relates to a clamping apparatus comprising a base body and two clamping straps which are arranged opposite one another on one side of the base body, are made flexible at least sectionally, extend convexly to one another in a non-clamping state of the c... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7451938 | Fuel injector A fuel injector comprising a valve member which is engageable with a valve seating to control fuel delivery from the injector, an actuator arrangement and an amplifier arrangement for transmitting movement of the actuator arrangement to the valve member. The amplifi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454286 | Combustion control in an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to: self-tuning engine control algorithms using inputs from transducers that measure pressure in the engine cylinders, and from an engine crankshaft rotational position sensor; methods of processing the input signals to “self-tune” ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453048 | Direction change device for motor vehicle An indicator device for vehicles includes a fixed support mounted in the vicinity of a steering column, an actuation lever, a moveable finger mechanically connected to the actuation lever, and safety means. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the move... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448924 | Current distribution bus A current distribution bus comprises an electrically conductive conduit which has been brought into a flattened shape at least regionally by pressing and whose end sections are made in sleeve shape for the connection of electrical leads. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7438497 | Plastic component having breakaway feature A plastic component is attached to a mounting structure by a fastener that extends at least into a mounting hole in the plastic component. The mounting hole is located near an edge corner of a cantilevered mounting tab that forms part of the plastic component. The m... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438585 | Electrical connector terminal housing An electrical connector terminal housing adapted for carrying an electrical terminal, and including a rear wall, a front wall, and sidewalls longitudinally extending between the front and rear walls. A first transverse wall and a second transverse wall longitudinall... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435904 | Wiring harness clip and method of making same from an extrudable blank An extrudable wiring harness clip has an elongate base for taping the wiring harness clip to a bundle of cables and an integral self expanding head for attaching the bundle of cables to a support panel or the like. The extrudable wiring harness clip has a constant c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422480 | Shielded electric connector and cable assembly and method for making same A shielded electric cable assembly comprises a shielded electric cable and a shielded electric connector that has an inner terminal, an insulator and an outer shielding terminal. The inner terminal has an attachment portion that is supported on a projecting anvil of... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422005 | System and method for operating a piezoelectric fuel injector A method of operating a fuel injector including a piezoelectric actuator having a stack of piezoelectric elements, comprises applying a discharge current (IDISCHARGE) to the actuator for a discharge period so to discharge the stack from a first differenti... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423224 | Wire bundle routing assembly and installation method A wire bundle routing assembly for routing and at least partially enclosing and sealing a wire bundle between a a vehicle door frame and a vehicle door body. A door mounting base is slidably receivable in a slot formed in a front wall of a door body and includes a w... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418941 | Fuel injection apparatus A fuel injection apparatus comprising a fuel injection arrangement for delivering a fuel injection pulse sequence to a combustion chamber during a combustion cycle, the fuel injection pulse sequence comprising a plurality of discrete fuel injection pulses, each disc... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413479 | Cover lock An electrical housing has a first member and a second member that can be locked and unlocked with a cover lock. The cover lock itself can include a male member disposed on one of the members, and a female member disposed on the other of the members for mating with t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408116 | Insulated non-halogenated heavy metal free vehicular cable Described is an insulated non-halogenated, heavy metal free vehicular cable comprising an inner core of a copper based metal wire having a cross sectional area of at least about 0.1 mm2, and an outer insulation, covering the length of the inner core, comp... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406936 | Accumulator fuel system An accumulator fuel system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of engine cylinders, includes an accumulator fuel volume (12; 112) for supplying high pressure fuel to one or more of a plurality of injectors (10) of the fuel system, each... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404526 | Injection nozzle An injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle including an outer valve needle which is engageable with an outer valve seating so as to control injection through a first nozzle outlet, an inner valve needle which is movable within the ou... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404393 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system comprising an accumulator volume (10) arranged to be charged with fuel by means of a high pressure fuel pump (12) and for supplying fuel at a first injectable pressure level to a plurality of fuel injectors (22), wherein ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401596 | Piezo stack temperature estimator The invention relates to a method of estimating the temperature of a piezoelectric actuator body for controlling the operation of a fuel injector mounted within an engine housing and supplied with fuel from a high pressure fuel pump. The piezoelectric actuator body ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402750 | Cable loom The invention relates to a cable loom, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, the cable loom comprising at least one electrical cable and a stretching device longitudinally engaging at least a section of the cable loom, wherein the stretching device exerts a forc... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402057 | Enhanced shorting clip An electrical connector (12) has a body (20) with a shorting clip (26) mounted at a distal end (24) of the body (20). The clip (26) axially extends into a cavity (22) of the body and normally shorts two electrical mal... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396255 | Electrical connector An electrical connector has terminals that are retained in terminal cavities of a connector body by rigid lock nibs that project into the terminal cavity from a rigid wall and rigid lock nibs that are attached to a flexible beam that is opposite the rigid wall and t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395815 | Fuel injection pump The invention provides a fuel injection pump comprising a pump housing and a pumping arrangement associated therewith, wherein the pumping arrangement includes a pumping plunger and a plunger drive arrangement, the pumping plunger having a first end reciprocably rec... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384309 | Electrical connector body having cantilevered terminal hold-down beams An electrical connector body includes a rear face, a front face, and a terminal cavity longitudinally extending substantially between the rear and front faces. A rigid retention wall longitudinally extends at least partially between the rear and front faces and incl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385828 | Electronic shunt resistor assembly An electronic shunt resistor assembly comprises a planar shunt resistor and an electronic monitoring unit. The planar shunt resistor has a resistance element and first and second terminal bars at opposite ends of the resistance element. The electronic measuring unit... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371115 | Mat seal device A mat seal device for preventing water from entering an electrical connector through an opening provided for cables to be inserted into the connector. The device includes an elastic mat that plugs an opening in the connector. A peripheral edge seal of the mat seals ... | 05/13/2008 |
