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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367584 | Gas generating system A gas generator (10) includes an igniter (27) and first and second inflation gas generant compositions (52, 52′) positioned to enable fluid communication with the igniter (27) upon activation of the igniter. Flow regulators (54, 54 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7337797 | Ball valve and method of manufacture A ball valve having a ball valve assembly disposed within a unitary, elongated tube is provided. The unitary, elongated tube has a first, inlet end, a medial portion having a cross-sectional area, and a second, outlet end. The first, inlet end is a swedged tube havi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314184 | Fuel injector with a metering assembly having at least one annular ridge extension between a valve seat and a polymeric valve body A fuel injector is described that includes a polymeric housing, pole piece, filter assembly, coil assembly, spring member, armature assembly and metering assembly. The polymeric housing has a passageway extending between an inlet and an outlet along a longitudinal a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310986 | Method for producing a compensation collar for an injection valve The positioning of the actuating drive in a fuel injector with a piezoactor (2) that is screwed into the housing (1) of the fuel injector is performed by applying a voltage (U) to the piezoactor (2) that corresponds to a given idle stroke (h), a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275760 | Multi-chamber gas generating system A multi-chamber gas generating system (10) has a housing (12) with openings (24) formed in a wall thereof. A gas-tight internal divider (42) separates the housing into two chambers (80, 80′). A first gas generating sub-assembly (... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267365 | Inflator An inflator for a vehicle occupant restraint system. The inflator includes a cylindrical outer wall having a longitudinal axis and a first opening formed therealong for enabling fluid communication between an interior of the inflator and an exterior of the inflator.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258284 | Fuel injector with a metering assembly having a seat molded to a polymeric support member A fuel injector is described that includes a polymeric housing, pole piece, filter assembly, coil assembly, spring member, armature assembly and metering assembly. The polymeric housing has a passageway extending between an inlet and an outlet along a longitudinal a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243901 | Rotary valve apparatus and associated methods A rotary valve is provided with an elliptical valve disc that seats against a seal element operatively mounted in an elliptically shaped depression formed in the rigid annular portion of a seal cartridge structure carried by the valve body. Due to the elliptical sha... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237801 | Gas generating system A gas generating system (10) includes a tubular outer housing (12) having a longitudinal axis (L) and one or more apertures (12d) formed therealong to enable fluid communication between an interior of the outer housing and an exterior of ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234682 | Ball valve and method for production thereof The invention provides a ball valve excelling in economy due to the efforts devoted to the reduction of cost, enjoying light weight and high reliability, manifesting high and uniform accuracy, and enabling manufacture of compact finished products having a small inte... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231797 | Calking die and calked heel A calking die for calking a component in a receiving bore, in particular for calking a securing flange in a stepped receiving bore of a valve block of a traction-controlled vehicle brake system, having an end face oriented toward the component, which face can be bro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231702 | Connector and method of use thereof A connecting structure is provided. The structure includes a post with a first end, middle portion, and a second end, a plurality of prongs flexibly connected to the first end, extending toward the second end in a V-shape. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219847 | Fuel injector with a metering assembly with a polymeric support member and an orifice disk positioned at a terminal end of the polymeric housing A fuel injector is described that includes a polymeric housing, pole piece, filter assembly, coil assembly, spring member, armature assembly and metering assembly. The housing has a passageway extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening along a longitud... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7175413 | Elastomeric dispensing valve manufacture A system for molding dispensing valves includes first and second mold sections, at least one of which is movable with respect to the other between a closed position in which the mold sections form a plurality of dispensing valve mold cavities, and an open position i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150418 | Nozzle plate member for supplying fluids in dispersed manner and manufacturing method of the same The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability e... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7080628 | Intake control device for internal combustion engine An intake control device for an engine includes a throttle body that defines a throttle bore, which is substantially circular-shaped in cross section, through which intake air flows. A throttle valve is rotatably assembled in the throttle bore of the throttle body. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080820 | Elliptical sealing surface for butterfly valve A reduced component wear valve is comprised of a valve body having a passage therethrough and a disc attached to a rotatable shaft. The disc is utilized with a seal forming a gap between the disc and the seal proximate to the rotational axis of the disc. When the di... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7051961 | Fuel injector with a coating An assembly for a fuel injector having a metallic armature and a metallic poppet attached to the armature at an interface location. The armature and/or the poppet includes a coating at the interface location, where the coating has a higher resistance to corrosion as... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6981512 | Tubular flow conduit with in-line integrated check valve and method of making same An integrated in-line tube and check valve assembly fabricated by end-form mandrel expanding an outlet end portion of deformable tube stock, such as metal, of nominal starting diameter, and concurrently end-forming a valve seat on the inside of the expanded tube sec... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6971246 | Vehicle air conditioner with front and rear air conditioning units In a vehicle air conditioner having front and rear air conditioning units, a refrigerant cycle includes front and rear evaporators for cooling air in a cooling mode, a hot-gas bypass passage through which hot-gas refrigerant discharged from a compressor flows into t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6929019 | Method for the production of a valve A method for the manufacture of a valve having at least one valve opening surrounded by at least one valve seat and an elongated valve member able to be brought into different positions by pivoting. In order to adjust the switching stroke of the valve member the val... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916011 | Ball valve and production method therefor The invention provides a ball valve excelling in economy due to the efforts devoted to the reduction of cost, enjoying light weight and high reliability, manifesting high and uniform accuracy, and enabling manufacture of compact finished products having a small inte... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912783 | Method of manufacturing a valve plate for compressor In a manufacturing method of a valve plate for a compressor according to this invention, a punch die 43 formed with a convex and concave configuration at its tip end face 42 is set at a press machine 41, and the punch die 43 is depressed ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6799735 | Nozzle plate member for supplying fluids in dispersed manner and manufacturing method of the same The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability e... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6749412 | Check valve retainer for a scroll compressor A check valve retainer for a scroll compressor includes a retaining lip that fits into a recess formed in a scroll. The retaining lip may be manufactured as an integral part of the check valve retainer for press fitting or may be formed by an expansion fit locking m... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742932 | Axle bolt An axle bolt has a shaft with a pair of opposed ends. An axle passage extends within the shaft and a transverse passage extends radially outwardly from the axial passage. A head attached to one end of the shaft has an outer face. A recess extends in from the outer f... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6675477 | Method for manufacturing spool valve A spool valve is provided which has a plurality of small-diameter portions formed at predetermined spacings on a peripheral surface of a shaft, and pairs of annular ridges on peripheral surfaces of the small-diameter portions to have a larger diameter tha... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6543133 | Method of manufacturing armature/needle assembly for a fuel injection A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. The fuel injector includes a housing and an armature/needle assembly reciprocally mounted in the housing. The armature/needle assembly includes an armature having an armature end and a longitu... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6497040 | Process for producing an angled bore in a component A process for producing an angled bore in a component, wherein a straight bore is first let into the component and, after the straight bore is let into the component, this component is deformed so that an angled bore course is produced.... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6412170 | Method of manufacturing a control flap A first sleeve and a second sleeve are put onto the shaft at a predetermined axial distance apart and are pressed radially. The shaft is encapsulated between the first and the second sleeve with a thermoplastic in such a way that a vane body, which has at... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6360440 | Method for locating injector ball valve guide A method for locating an injector ball valve guide in alignment with a valve seat mounted in a common recess of an injector valve body. The valve guide is a disk that has a central opening which guides a valve ball of an associated valve member. During as... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6317978 | Electromagnetically actuated valve An electromagnetically actuated valve is provided having that an axially movable valve needle, which is formed by an armature, a valve closing body and a connection piece connecting the two. The tubular connection piece has two elongated slots, which do n... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6314635 | Integrated crimp bias apparatus and method The reliability of a gas pressure regulator is ensured through the use of the disclosed integrated crimp bias apparatus and method for biasing and crimping components of a diaphragm subassembly for the regulator. Omission of crimping of the components aft... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6264168 | Practical forged flange-type valve fabrication method A forged flange-type valve fabrication method that has all the left and right pipeline connections thread fastened to the two sides of the valve body. Utilizing such a forging method, one-piece or two-piece valves have a left and a right primary elements ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6213141 | Rotary valve apparatus and associated methods A rotary valve is provided with an elliptical valve disc that seats against a seal element operatively mounted in an elliptically shaped depression formed in the rigid annular portion of a seal cartridge structure carried by the valve body. Due to the ell... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6199776 | Fuel injection valve and method for the production of a valve needle for a fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve that possesses an axially movable valve needle which includes at least one armature and one spherical valve closure element. The armature forms a closure element support which is joined at its downstream end to the valve closure ele... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6173914 | Valve and method for producing a valve seat for a valve A valve includes an orifice disk element having at least two sheet metal layers lying in sandwich fashion against one another. The orifice disk element includes at least a base region with the opening geometry necessary for spray discharge of the medium, ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6131282 | Method of manufacturing a valve element having a spherical surface on tip end portion A method of manufacturing a valve element with a spherical surface on a tip end thereof by first molding a tip end portion 3 of a material 14 into a truncated cone-like shape and then cold-forging the end portion 3 with a die having a semi-spherical reces... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6098655 | Alleviating sticking of normally closed valves in nuclear reactor plants Normally closed valves that operate in the environment of nuclear power plants are provided with surface-modified valve seat components to alleviate sticking of the valves. The surface modification is achieved by ion implantation of a coating of, for exam... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6061906 | Process for manufacturing a spool valve A process for manufacturing a spool valve whereby a plurality of quenching processed collars are fitted to a shaft material so that the collars are arranged at predetermined positions on the shaft material. The collars have respective substantially centra... | 05/16/2000 |
