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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934480 | Sealing member and sealing structure A sealing member 14 has a main seal 15 and a sub seal 21. The sub seal 21 is integrally formed with a first connecting element 20 that extends from the main seal 15. The first connecting element 20 has an upper bent p... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7789055 | Connection between an elastomeric element and a further element and method for producing such connection A connection between an elastomer part and a component involves the component, at the connection site to the elastomer part, being provided with a U-shaped groove which has an undercut and which the elastomer part engages positively. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7640905 | Engine cover mounting structure In an engine cover mounting structure, an internal portion of an elastic member comprises a small diameter hole portion having a small inside diameter and a large diameter hole portion having a large inside diameter which continues to the small diameter hole portion... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7441525 | Cylinder head cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine A cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine having a connecting element for attachment the cylinder head and a sealing element arranged between the cylinder head cover and the cylinder head. The connecting element is associated with a connecting are... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438036 | Oil metering valve seal A valve stem seal having an annular valve body with an upper surface, a lower surface, and defining an aperture is disclosed. The valve body is positioned for selective sealing engagement with a valve stem. At least one orifice is disposed on an inner surface of the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7353790 | Sealing arrangement and process for producing such sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for attachment to the contact surface of a device which is to be sealed includes one area opposite the contact surface containing at least two stiffening elements which are arranged in overlapping relation to one another at least at one point a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7316215 | Valve cover assembly for a vehicle engine and method for producing same The present invention relates to a valve cover assembly adapted to be secured to a cylinder head of a vehicle engine. The valve cover assembly includes a valve cover body formed from a first material and an attachment member formed from a second material and attache... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316214 | Cover for tightly sealing a device A cover for tightly sealing a device comprises at least one elastomer part which is designed to fit tightly against a contact surface of a device, and another part which follows the elastomer part, with the elastomer part being arc-shaped in a transition area to the... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302925 | Manifold gasket having pushrod guide A manifold gasket assembly includes a steel carrier fabricated with a plurality of air intake openings. Rubber material is molded to the carrier body to provide a seal about the openings when the gasket assembly is clamped between a cylinder head and intake manifold... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284527 | Tuned vibration absorber A tuned vibration absorber is disclosed that includes a base, a spring mounted to the base, and a mass mounted to the spring. The absorber is particularly, advantageous when mounted to a specific vehicle component via a mounting bolt that is already employed to moun... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281508 | Cylinder head cover assembly for the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and process for producing a cylinder head cover assembly A rocker cover assembly for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a rock cover, a gasket element and a stabilizing core. The gasket element is disposed between the rocker cover and the cylinder head, and includes a sealing material. The stabilizi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252059 | Closure assembly for a camshaft phaser A closure assembly for a camshaft phaser. A plug or a cap is provided with either a radially-sealing gasket seal or a face-sealing gasket seal, the seal being formed by insertion of the plug into a bore, or by installation of a cap over a neck formed in a cover plat... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234428 | Cam shaft assembly for an engine An internal combustion engine including an engine housing having a cam chamber and an aperture providing access to the cam chamber. The engine also includes an insert at least partially made from plastic received within the aperture, a crankshaft coupled to the engi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213814 | Seal assembly The subject invention discloses a sealing assembly that includes a first component and a second component moveable into and out of mating engagement to form a seal therebetween. The first component has a first sealing surface defining a groove and a sealing bead ext... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204218 | Sealing arrangement and cylinder head cover with such sealing arrangement The invention relates to a sealing arrangement with at least one hole through which the sealing arrangement is adapted to be attached to the contact surface of a device which is to be sealed. One area of the sealing arrangement around the hole containing a stiffenin... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7175183 | Arrangement for the gas-tight fixing of an inlet manifold with a connector flange to the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine Arrangement for the gas-tight fixing of an inlet manifold (1) with a connector flange to the cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine, with a sealing plate (3), arranged between the connector flange of the inlet manifold (1) and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159847 | Supplementary control valve device for the inlet channel of a reciprocating internal combustion engine The additional control valve device has a valve element which is guided between a gantry magnet and a trapping magnet in a reversibly movable manner in the direction of the longitudinal axis. An encircling seal is arranged on that side of the housing, in which the g... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159874 | Sealing construction A sealing construction provided with a plate member of metal and a rubber member forming a sealing portion and unitedly fixed to the plate member on which a ring concave groove is formed on an obverse face. And, plural through holes, having enlarged opening end port... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7063329 | Seal/method for improved retention of the sealing element in annular grooves A fitting having an axial end with a front face having an annular groove of half dovetail configuration for receiving a seal. The annular groove having a generally flat base portion, a first and a second side wall generally perpendicular with the base portion and a ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040268 | Engine cover brace assembly A sealed cover assembly for a fluid-containing cavity of an engine includes a cover including a fluid-containing wall with a peripheral edge having a sealing surface adapted to oppose a corresponding sealing surface of the engine, and a plurality of mounting opening... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7007641 | Electro-hydraulic assembly for controlling engine valve deactivation A Lifter Oil Manifold Assembly or LOMA has a metal deckplate with a non-metallic valve mount/stiffener having elastomeric seals on the surface contacting the deckplate. The electrically operated valves for controlling flow to individual valve lifters are mounted on ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004879 | Axle differential with stamped carrier cover pan An salisbury axle assembly that includes a differential gearset in a carrier housing. A housing cover is coupled to the carrier housing and is operable for sealingly closing a window on the carrier housing through which there is access to the differential gearset. T... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6962134 | Rocker arm shaft retainer and assembly A rocker arm shaft retainer includes an elongated contoured sheet-like body having two opposite ends, two opposite sides longer in length than the ends, and a central portion between the sides. A plurality of fingers extend from the central portion towards the sides... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6883483 | Gasket with pushrod retainer In an engine having a rocker member adapted to rock about an axis intermediate the rocker member and a pushrod extending from a lower body to an upper body and engaging an end of the rocker member, a gasket for sealing the lower body to the upper body is provided. T... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6863039 | Casing cover having a device for assuring sealing forces A casing cover (1, 10, 20) for an internal-combustion engine, particularly valve covers or oil pans, for being mounted detachably and fluid-tight to the engine block (5, 13, 21), having a peripheral edge that is profiled to receive an elastomer seal ( | 03/08/2005 |
| 6802289 | Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing having and a cover member mounted thereto, a phase adjusting mechanism accommodated in the housing to hydraulically change the rotation phase of a crankshaft and a camshaft, a supply/... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6691656 | Cam phaser hydraulic seal assembly A rotary hydraulic seal assembly for sealing a rotationally eccentric annular gap between a rotating cam phaser element and a stationary cover. The assembly includes a tubular sleeve disposed between the phaser and the cover at the junctures of control oi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6666297 | Acoustic shielding article An acoustic shielding article which includes a shaped thermoplastic element that has a metal inlay element fixedly attached thereto, is described. More particularly, the acoustic shielding article (1) includes: (a) a shaped thermoplastic element (3) havin... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6666180 | Valve timing control device A valve timing control device according to the present invention has a between-sealing-faces clearance defined between a frontal end of each shoe of a first rotor and an outer periphery of a boss section of a second rotor corresponding to the frontal end ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6601554 | Device for varying the valve control times of an internal combustion engine, especially a camshaft adjusting device with a pivotal impeller wheel A hydraulic camshaft adjusting device, which comprises a drive wheel (2) and a pivotal impeller wheel (10) connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a camshaft (9), the drive wheel (2) comprises a. cavity formed by a peripheral wall (3) and two lateral ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6543400 | Oil supply route in a camshaft for a cam phaser A cam phaser assembly having an improved configuration of the C1 oil gallery in the camshaft supplying oil to the cam phaser. An axial bore in the camshaft is formed over its non-threaded outer portion at a diameter substantially greater than the diameter... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6520134 | Screen printable foam coating for sealing and vibration isolation of cam cover baffles A baffle for use in an interior of a cam cover and a method of making the baffle are disclosed. The baffle includes a structural layer, which is made of metal, and an isolation layer that is made of a resilient foam. The isolation layer is disposed on a s... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6516762 | Valve timing adjusting device having seal unit A seal member of a seal unit of a valve timing adjusting device has foot portions and protrusive guides protruding from a seal reverse plane along internal surfaces of the foot portions. A plate spring of the seal unit has foot portions and fork portions ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6487996 | Device for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft with regard to the crankshaft of a reciprocating internal combustion engine A device for the angular adjustment of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion piston engine, particularly a vane-type adjuster comprising a stator and a rotor arranged coaxially to the stator, vanes of the rotor being pivotable by o... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484678 | Valve timing regulation device A plate spring is pre-assembled as a unit into a seal member which contains the section between an advancing oil pressure chamber and a retarding oil pressure chamber in a valve timing regulation device. Both the seal member and the plate spring are adapt... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6457448 | Device for varying the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine A hydraulic camshaft adjusting device in a rotary piston design, which comprises a drive wheel (2) that is drive-connected to a crankshaft and an impeller wheel (10) connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a camshaft (9), the drive wheel (2) comprisin... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6446590 | Valve timing control device A valve timing control device includes a first rotor, a second rotor, a fitting hole, a tier control member, an accommodation hole, a first release hydraulic pressure chamber and a second release hydraulic pressure chamber. The first rotor rotates in sync... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439183 | Valve timing adjusting device A valve timing adjusting device, in which the housing member including a chain sprocket and a shoe housing, and a vane rotor are relatively rotatable. The inner surfaces on both axial sides of the housing member and the outside surfaces on both axial side... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427654 | Device for changing the control timing of the gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, in particular a hydraulic camshaft adjustment device of the rotary piston type A hydraulic camshaft-adjusting device of the rotary piston type that includes of a drive gear (2) directly connected to a crankshaft and an impeller that is directly connected to a camshaft (3). The drive gear (2) has a cavity formed from a perimeter wall... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418897 | Device for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft The invention concerns a device for the angular adjustment of a camshaft relative to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, particularly a vane-type adjuster (1) comprising a stator (12) that is driven by the crankshaft preferably through a trac... | 07/16/2002 |
