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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181564 | Fuel pump A fuel pump for use in an internal combustion engine, the fuel pump comprising a pumping plunger for pressurising fuel within a pump chamber during a plunger pumping stroke, a rider member co-operable with a drive, and an interface member, for example a foot of the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7793583 | Mechanical tappet in particular for a fuel pump of an internal combustion engine A mechanical tappet (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801, 901, 1001) is provided, in particular for actuating the lifting of a pump piston (39) of a fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, with a sleeve-shaped tappet housing (102, 202, 302, 4... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7784394 | Butt joining method A butt joining method is provided that is capable of joining together two members with high strength and high accuracy by utilizing plastic deformation. A bolt-shaped member having a female part at one end thereof and a piston rod having three annular grooves on a f... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779748 | Piston pump A piston pump, having a pump housing in which a pump piston is guided in an axially moving fashion so that when the pump piston is actuated, a fluid is conveyed from a suction side to a pressure side via a pumping chamber that adjoins the pump piston; a region for g... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7497157 | Fuel supply pump and tappet structural body The present invention provides a fuel supply pump which is suitably used in a booster-type accumulator fuel injection device and a tappet structural body which is suitable for the fuel supply pump. For this end, in a tappet structural body which includes a roller an... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7341128 | Disk brake arranged TMX A brake rigging for a railway vehicle having a singular truck-mounted brake apparatus for generating a braking force and a plurality of disk caliper assemblies for applying the braking force to each wheel. Wedge-like elements are rigidly attached to the braking beam... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325478 | High pressure low volume pump A piston carrier supports an elongated, slender piston rod for reciprocation in a pump cylinder to pump fluid into and out of the cylinder. The piston rod is made of a material such as sapphire or zircon and has a diameter less than about ten millimeters, and the pu... | 02/05/2008 |
| RE39998 | Composite wear component Composite wear component produced by casting and consisting of a metal matrix whose working face or faces includes inserts which have a very high wear resistance, characterized in that the inserts consist of a ceramic pad, this ceramic pad consisting of a homogeneou... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308849 | High-pressure pump, in particular for a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine A high-pressure pump has at least one pump element including a pump piston defining a work chamber and driven at least indirectly by a drive shaft in a reciprocating motion, counter to the force of a restoring spring. The pump piston is braced on the drive shaft at ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293495 | Motor-pump unit The invention relates to a motor-pump unit for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a motor and a pump which is provided with a shaft that is driven by said motor, with the shaft end being rotatably mounted by means of at least one bearing in an accommodating me... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278348 | High-pressure pump for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine A high-pressure pump having a drive shaft and at least one pump element including a pump piston driven in a reciprocating motion by the drive shaft. A ring on which the pump piston is braced via a support element is rotatably supported on a portion of the drive shaf... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273003 | Plunger pump A plunger pump, includes: a plunger pump unit including a pump chamber and a plunger for pressing a hydraulic fluid in the pump chamber to perform a discharging operation of the hydraulic fluid; a motor; and a cam portion driven by the motor to rotate and press the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270047 | Fuel injection pump In a fuel injection pump, a tappet is provided on an end thereof on a side of a cam ring with a hollow. Force acting on the tappet from a plunger due to fuel pressure is dispersed to a sliding contact surface outside the hollow so that contact face pressure between ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7210463 | Pump, especially for a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine A pump having least one pump element with a pump piston guided in a sealed fashion in a cylinder bore (26) of a housing part delimiting a pump working chamber in the cylinder bore, and driven into a stroke motion. The working chamber is connected to an inlet ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7168929 | Pump aggregate for a hydraulic vehicle braking system A pump unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system with traction control has an electric motor driving a radial piston pump. A rotor shaft of the pump unit has a hollow shaft with two standardized, hardened cylindrical pins that are press-fitted into the ends of the h... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7086324 | Surfaces of the polygon or piston base stroke disc of injection pumps and processes for their manufacture The invention relates to the surfaces of the polygon (2) and/or the plunger foot plate (3) of a high-pressure pump for a diesel motor, at least one of the surfaces having cavities at least in the contact area between the polygon (2) and the plun... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083395 | Pump system for pumping liquefied gases Under one aspect of the present invention, a liquefied gas pump assembly is coupleable to a source of liquefied gas. A cooling assembly is positioned generally adjacent to a pump module. The cooling assembly has a converging pump-head-receiving aperture, a fluid inl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077337 | High pressure fuel supply apparatus A high pressure fuel supply apparatus 6 having: a plunger 161 reciprocating and sliding in a sleeve 160 of a high pressure fuel pump 16 so as to form a fuel pressurizing chamber 163 between the plunger 161 and the sleeve ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7047868 | Piston and cylinder assembly with push rod retention A piston and cylinder assembly in which the rear end of the piston defines an arcuate concavity opening in the rear face of the piston, a retainer having an arcuate configuration matching the arcuate configuration of the piston concavity is positioned in the concavi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7024980 | High-pressure fuel pump A high-pressure fuel pump of a simple construction is capable of distributing the position of contact between a tappet and a cam so as to improve durability of the tappet without causing seizure of a piston. A cylinder is arranged in a housing, and the piston is rec... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017471 | Pneumatic brake booster provided with a control rod and method for mounting same A method and structure for connecting a pneumatic booster (S) to a brake pedal (F) by nesting a second element (3) inside a second element (2) of a control rod (1). The second element (3) is held one inside the first element (2) by... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6991438 | Radial piston pump with piston rod elements in rolling contact with the pump pistons In a piston pump for providing high-pressure fuel in a common-rail fuel injection system including a camshaft (2), which is mounted rotatably in a pump housing (1) and which has at least one eccentric cam 93) for operating a pump piston (4, 1... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6981429 | Actuating device, especially a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator, for transmissions of vehicles, particularly motor vehicles An actuating device for a transmission of a motor vehicle has a housing and two pistons moveably arranged in the housing. A coupling part is arranged between the two pistons and is acted on by the two pistons so as to be moved by the two pistons. The coupling part i... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6968772 | Slide-type cylinder coupling for CMP load cup A slide-type cylinder coupling which is suitable for the quick connect/disconnect attachment of a lift piston on a pedestal lift cylinder to a lift pedestal on a load cup or HCLU station of a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. The cylinder coupling includes a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957950 | Compressor with compact screw connected housing and adjustable mounting means According to the invention, a compressor having a threaded screw connection portion formed directly on a fitting portion of the housing is provided. Since no through bolt or the like for connecting two-parts of the housing is used, the diameter of the housing can be... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951165 | Fuel pump for an internal combustion engine A fuel pump for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing (14) in which a piston (16) is guided. A working chamber is confined in areas by the piston (16). An eccentric shaft or camshaft acts on the piston (16) on its end furthe... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948988 | Hydraulic tilt system for marine propulsion device An outboard motor includes a drive unit and a bracket assembly mounted on an associated watercraft. The bracket assembly includes a swivel bracket carrying the drive unit for pivotal movement about a steering axis and a clamping bracket supporting the swivel bracket... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935469 | Assembly with ball-joint connection for a master cylinder equipped with such an assembly, and method of assembling such an assembly A ball-joint connection for a braking system comprising a male element (2) and a female element (4). A first end (14) of the male element (2) includes pegs (30,30′) that are automatically radially extracted when the first end ( | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923109 | Mounting mechanism for a push rod of a master cylinder A hollow cylinder has an opening at one end, and a push rod passes through the opening so that a coupling at one end of the push rod is in the cylinder. A piston is reciprocally movably in the cylinder, and a spring urges the piston into contact with the coupling. T... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910407 | Fuel injection pump In a fuel injection pump, a tappet is provided on an end thereof on a side of a cam ring with a hollow. Force acting on the tappet from a plunger due to fuel pressure is dispersed to a sliding contact surface outside the hollow so that contact face pressure between ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6871578 | High-pressure fuel supply apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a high-pressure fuel supply apparatus, in which the durability of the fuel sealing section is improved and additionally the evaluation time is reduced. The high-pressure fuel supply apparatus comprises a piston havin... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854376 | Device for actuating a least piston and method for detecting failure in a device A device (1) for actuating at least one piston (2) moving axially in the bore (3) of a body (4), the piston (2) being driven by the longitudinal or curved movement (F2) of a control arm (5). Also disclosed is a method... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6802245 | Brake booster A brake booster having an input element (20) for actuating the brake booster is described. The input element (20) at its end facing a brake pedal has a receiving sleeve (20A) for an actuating rod (34), which is to be coupled to the brake ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6799954 | Tappet turning-prevention structure for fuel supply apparatus A tappet turning prevention structure for a fuel supply apparatus includes a piston defining a fuel pressurizing chamber within the housing. A tappet disposed at one end of the piston has accommodated in it a roller driven by a cam of an engine and a roller supporti... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6705206 | Fluid actuator rotor for hinged vehicle safety devices A fluid actuator attaches a hinged safety device to a vehicle and pivots the hinged safety device between retracted and extended positions. The housing of the actuator has a base and a removable cover. A sub-assembly is attached to the base. The subassembly includes... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705203 | Extended male slipper servo pad arrangement for positioning swashplate and method assembling same An extended male slipper servo pad provides an improved connection between the swashplate and a positioning mechanism in a variable displacement hydraulic unit. The swashplate assembly includes a swashplate having a socket formed therein and a male slipper servo pad... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6662707 | Axial piston engine The invention relates to an axial piston engine (1) comprising a housing (2) and a cylinder drum (5) that is pivotably arranged in one interior space (3) of the housing. Several cylinder bores (6) are embodied in said cylinder drum (5). Pistons (7) are mo... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6640688 | Actuator assembly An actuator assembly comprising at least one prime mover, a shaft having a first end and a second end, the shaft being operatively connected to the prime mover for reciprocal movement, a frame, the shaft being reciprocably movable in the frame, and linkag... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637317 | Piston for a hydraulic pressure chamber The present invention relates to a piston for a hydraulic pressure chamber, especially a piston bore of a spot-type disc brake, wherein the piston is configured as a bowl-shaped hollow cylinder that is open on one side and made from a metal blank of a con... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6554587 | Pump and diaphragm for use therein The pump of the present invention preferably includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port and a chamber located in fluid communication with the inlet port and the outlet port. A diaphragm is sealingly secured in the chamber and, together with t... | 04/29/2003 |
