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20100236305 | REINFORCED MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK - Motor vehicle lock ( | 09-23-2010 |
20130056999 | Secure door handle unit - The invention relates to a door handle unit for a lock in a vehicle with a door handle to open a door by a user, an operating unit showing at least the door handle, a coupling unit, or a combination of the door handle and the coupling unit, where by the mechanical coupling unit a motion of the door handle from a resting position into a operating position can be transferred to the lock, a crash block with a normal position, allowing a motion of the operating unit to operate the lock, and with a blocking position, which results during or after the impact of a force of acceleration, blocking any motion of the operating unit such that any operation of the lock is prevented, characterized in that the crash block in its blocking position can be transferred by a motion of the operating unit into the normal position. | 03-07-2013 |
20130121008 | Grip Device, In Particular for a Vehicle - The invention relates to a grip device ( | 05-16-2013 |
20140361556 | DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A door handle assembly for a motor vehicle includes an operating handle moveably supported on a handle mounting, a mechanical coupling device and a locking device. An acceleration force can move the locking device from a normal operating position, in which an actuation of the operating handle is possible, in a first blocking direction, in which an actuation of the closing assembly via the operating handle and/or the coupling device, is blocked. The locking device also blocks the door handle assembly when long lasting or strongly pronounced oscillations occur as a result of a crash. In that event, the locking device can move from the normal operating position in a second blocking direction, in which an actuation of the closing assembly via the operating handle and/or the coupling device is blocked, wherein the second blocking direction is oriented opposite the first blocking direction. | 12-11-2014 |
20140367977 | DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A door handle assembly for a motor vehicle includes an operating handle, a mechanical coupling device, and a locking device attached to a handle mounting. An acceleration force can block an actuation of the closing assembly via the operating handle and/or the coupling device so that an unintended unlatching of the door closure during a vehicle accident is prevented. The locking device has a locking element, which is movably coupled to the mechanical coupling device by a connecting element, such that, a pivotal movement of the mechanical coupling device will rotate the locking element about a rotational axis. The locking element includes at least one locking member which is designed to block the rotational movement of the locking element when a predetermined displacement speed of the operating handle has been exceeded. | 12-18-2014 |
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20100319173 | Apparatus for the connection of articles via at least one plasticizable connection element - An apparatus for the connection of articles via at least one connection element plasticizable by heat includes a cap, in particular a heatable cap, which is movable toward and away from the connection element and which has a shaft, for the forming of a rivet head at the connection element and having means for the cooling of the cap by means of a cooling fluid, in particular air. A first variant is characterized in that the shaft of the cap has a central cooling fluid supply passage preferably reaching up to and into the cap body and a plurality of respective at least generally radially outwardly directed cooling fluid passages starting from the central cooling fluid supply passage are provided within the cap body. Provision can alternatively be made that the cap is manufactured at least partly from porous, air-permeable material, in particular ceramic material, and the shaft of the cap is provided with a cooling fluid supply bore preferably reaching up to and into the cap body. Means for the direct heating of the cap can in particular also be provided, with them advantageously including at least one ceramic heating element. | 12-23-2010 |
20140166914 | Electromagnetic Actuator - The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator with a magnet coil arranged in a housing and with an armature plate, which is movable by energization of the magnet coil in an armature plate space in the direction of a front end of the housing and which is connected to an armature plunger, which at one end is guided through the housing and protrudes into a control space; according to the invention the armature plate is formed with at least one axial pressure compensation bore so as to produce pressure compensation between the armature plate space and the control space, and the housing has at least one bearing with at least one axial groove, in which the armature plunger is mounted movably. | 06-19-2014 |
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20110174102 | ACTUATION MEANS FOR A ROTATABLY SUPPORTED FLAP IN AN AUTOMOBILE COMPRISING A PUSH-PUSH KINEMATICS - A drive actuating a flap pivotably supported in or on an automobile, in particular actuating a fuel tank flap, comprising a push-push kinematics cooperating with one side of the flap, said push-push kinematics exhibiting the following features:
| 07-21-2011 |
20140084599 | ACTUATION DEVICE FOR A FLAP - An actuation device for a flap mounted pivotably on a compartment, with a push-push kinematic, includes a first actuation part to be fastened on the flap and a second actuation part to be fastened on the component. The first actuation part engages with the second actuation part when the flap is moved from its opened position into its closed position, so that after a first stroke of the first actuation part in the direction of the second actuation part and a subsequent backstroke of the first actuation part, the actuation parts are held on each other in an arresting position. The arresting position is released by a second stroke of the first actuation part in the direction of the second actuation part so that the flap can be moved into its opened position, wherein the first actuation part and the second actuation part are disengaged. | 03-27-2014 |
20150061314 | ACTUATION DEVICE - The invention relates to an actuation device for a flap mounted moveably on a component between a closed position and an opened position, in particular for a flap mounted moveably on a housing of an automobile, comprising: a first actuation part and a second actuation part which are designed to engage with one another in a movement direction, locking means with a locking reception provided on the first or second actuation part and a locking element provided on the other of the first or second actuation part, wherein the locking element engages in the locking reception during engagement of the actuation parts and thus holds the actuation parts together in a locking position, wherein the locking reception has sufficient size so that in the locking position a relative movement between the locking element and the locking reception in the movement direction of the actuation parts and thereby a corresponding relative movement of the actuation parts in their movement direction with regard to one another is possible, and a sensor device which is designed to detect a relative movement between the locking element and the locking reception in the movement direction in the locking position. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110166624 | DEVICE FOR THE TRANSDERMAL STIMULATION OF A NERVE OF THE HUMAN BODY - A device for transcutaneous stimulation of a nerve of the human body includes at least one stimulation electrode and at least one reference electrode for transcutaneous nerve stimulation, the at least one stimulation electrode and the at least one reference electrode being connected to a control unit and being able to be supplied with an electrical current from the latter, and the at least one stimulation electrode and the at least one reference electrode being arranged in or on a housing which is designed to be fitted on or in the human ear, wherein the housing has a bow-shaped extension piece designed to be inserted into the auditory canal, said bow-shaped extension piece matching the shape of the entrance to the auditory canal or of the external auditory canal, and with an electrode head which is arranged at the end of the bow-shaped extension piece and which has two contact points for the two electrodes. To make the nerve stimulation effective and to make it easier to manage for the patient, it is proposed, according to the invention, that the bow-shaped extension piece is designed as a stiff element, wherein the bow-shaped extension piece is a spring element or comprises such an element, which spring element is designed to generate an elastic contact force for pressing the electrode head onto a region of the auditory canal. | 07-07-2011 |
20130231729 | ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - The electrode arrangement applies a transcutaneous electrical stimulation stimulus to the surface of a section of the human ear. A holding element attaches at or in the ear. At least one electrode is held by an electrode carrier. The holding element has a linear guide on a supporting rod which is linear movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the holding element. The electrode carrier is arranged at the supporting rod. To improve the handling of the electrode arrangement latching means are between the linear guide and the supporting rod, so that the supporting rod can be latched relatively to the linear guide along the longitudinal axis in predetermined relative positions. The latching means is a rack shaped contour, which is on the supporting rod and which extends into the direction of the longitudinal axis of the holding element. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231730 | ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for applying of a transcutaneous electrical stimulation stimulus onto the surface of a section of the human ear, which comprises a holding element to be attached at or in the ear as well as at least one electrode, which electrode is arranged in or at an electrode carrier, wherein the holding element comprises a linear guide in which a supporting rod is arranged linear movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis (L) of the holding element and wherein the electrode carrier is arranged at the supporting rod. To obtain an improved transcutaneous stimulation the invention proposes that the electrode carrier comprises at least one carrier section on which the electrode is arranged, wherein the electrode comprises at least one cylindrical and/or spherical segment shaped and/or conical surface section. | 09-05-2013 |
20130274848 | ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a electrode arrangement ( | 10-17-2013 |
20140046406 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO THE SURFACE OF A SECTION OF THE HUMAN EAR - The invention relates to a device for applying a transcutaneous electrical stimulation stimulus to the surface of a section of the human ear, which comprises a retaining element which is mountable on or in the ear and a number of electrodes which are arranged on or in an electrode carrier, wherein the device comprises a control apparatus which controls or regulates the generation of a potential difference between the electrodes. In order to permit an improved and safer transcutaneous stimulation the invention proposes that at least three electrodes are arranged on or in the electrode carrier, wherein the at least three electrodes are located in one plane, wherein the position of at least one of the at least three electrodes is adjustable on the electrode carrier and wherein the at least one electrode of which the position is adjustable is mounted such as to be displaceable in a translational manner in the plane. Furthermore, the invention relates a method for the operation of such a device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140126752 | DEVICE FOR THE COMBINED APPLICATION OF A TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULUS AND EMISSION OF AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL - The invention relates to a device for the combined application of a transcutaneous electrical stimulus to the surface of a portion of the human ear and emission of an acoustic signal into the auditory canal of the ear, wherein the device has at least one electrode head with at least one electrode for the application of the electrical stimulus, a loudspeaker and an output channel for acoustic signals into the auditory canal, a control device by which the application of the electrical stimulus and the emission of acoustic signals can be controlled. In order to achieve improved treatment of disorders using electrical stimulation, in particular tinnitus, the invention provides that the at least one electrode head which carries it is designed to allow it to be arranged in the Cymba conchae of the ear. | 05-08-2014 |
20150080986 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO THE SURFACE OF A SECTION OF THE HUMAN EAR - The invention relates to a device for applying a transcutaneous electrical stimulation stimulus to the surface of a section of the human ear, which comprises a retaining element which is mountable on or in the ear and a number of electrodes which are arranged on or in an electrode carrier, wherein the device comprises a control apparatus which controls or regulates the generation of a potential difference between the electrodes. In order to permit an improved and safer transcutaneous stimulation the invention proposes that at least three electrodes are arranged on or in the electrode carrier, wherein the at least three electrodes are located in one plane, wherein the position of at least one of the at least three electrodes is adjustable on the electrode carrier and wherein the at least one electrode of which the position is adjustable is mounted such as to be displaceable in a translational manner in the plane. Furthermore, the invention relates a method for the operation of such a device. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080216469 | Device for Controlling an Exhaust Gas Stream - The invention relates to a device for controlling an exhaust gas stream, in particular of an internal combustion engine in a passenger vehicle. Said device comprises a housing that can be traversed by exhaust gas ( | 09-11-2008 |
20090241527 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COOLING THE EXHAUST GAS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an arrangement ( | 10-01-2009 |
20120199319 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COOLING THE EXHAUST GAS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device may include a housing; a heat transfer region located in the housing and comprising a plurality of heat transfer tubes, the heat transfer tubes being distributed through an entirety of a cross-sectional area of at least a portion of the housing; a bypass duct that branches off from the housing at a location upstream of the heat transfer region, wherein an opening into the bypass duct is located in an outer wall of the housing; and an actuating element comprising a flap and a pivot shaft, the flap being pivotable about the pivot shaft. | 08-09-2012 |
20130276744 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine includes a first flow channel; a second flow channel arranged adjacent to the first flow channel; a line separate from the second flow channel; and a valve channel in which an adjustable valve element is disposed. The valve channel is arranged upstream of the first and second flow channels and an inlet channel is arranged upstream of the valve channel in a flow direction of exhaust gas. The valve element includes a baffle plate, the baffle plate having an end portion that extends diagonally in the valve channel with respect to the flow axis of the first flow channel. The valve element includes a flap that is pivotably mounted at the end portion of the baffle plate such that the flap is pivotable about an axis that extends in a direction of a width of a common housing. | 10-24-2013 |
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20110188689 | CONDUCTION DEVICE FOR A HEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONDUCTION DEVICE - A hearing apparatus, more particularly a hearing aid, generally requires sound or electrical signals to be conducted from a housing, worn outside of an auditory canal of a user, to an earpiece which has been inserted into the auditory canal. An appropriate conduction device often has a soft tube. The tube must be fixedly connected to the earpiece so that the latter can be pulled out of the auditory canal using the tube. Nevertheless, the connection between the tube and the earpiece is made detachable by an appropriate plug so that the earpiece can be cleaned. The plug is attached as securely as possible to the soft tube. One end of the tube and a region of the plug may be encapsulated by a material by insert molding or the tube and the plug may be welded together. A method for producing a conduction device is also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
20120238702 | HYDROPHOBIC ABS PLASTICS MATERIAL FOR CASINGS - A hydrophobic ABS plastics material is formed from an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) plastic feed stock and a silicone additive. The hydrophobic ABS plastics material is used to produce a casing material, and also an electrical device. The hydrophobic ABS plastics material is ideally suited for protecting sensitive electronic components from moisture via a casing. | 09-20-2012 |
20120250923 | AUDITORY CANAL INSERT WITH A FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE AUDITORY CANAL INSERT - An auditory canal insert is to be produced which can be manufactured simply and cost-effectively and which is less susceptible to dirt, especially cerumen. To this end an auditory canal insert is proposed which has an at least essentially tubular inner section, an outer section lying at least in some area against a user's auditory canal wall when the device is being worn and a filter element, especially a cerumen-protection and/or attenuation element, in which the filter element is initially manufactured as a separate component and subsequently connected by an insert molding process in one piece with the inner section. For the filter element this thus enables a broad spectrum to be covered in respect of its acoustic and mechanical filter characteristics. | 10-04-2012 |
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20110144245 | Dry Pigment Preparations Comprising Non-Ionic Additives - The invention relates to a pigment preparation containing (i) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (ii) a dispersant that can be obtained by the polmerisation of monomers [A], [B], [C] and [D], where [A] is a monomer of formula (I) wherein A is C2-C4 alkylene and B is a C2-C4 alkylene different from A, and R is hydrogen or methyl, [B] is a monomer of formula (II) wherein D is 0 | 06-16-2011 |
20110184097 | Dry Pigment Preparations Comprising Anionic Additives - The invention relates to pigment preparations containing (i) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, and (ii) a dispersant of formula (I) or (II), or mixtures of dispersants of formulae (I) and (II), wherein A is C | 07-28-2011 |
20110288209 | Easily Dispersible Solid Pigment Preparations - The present invention relates to solid pigment preparations containing (A) 5 to 99 percent by weight of at least one pigment; (B) 1 to 95 percent by weight of at least one water-soluble dispersing additive based on copolymers that consist of the following structural units: (i) 1.0 to 50 mol percent of structural unit B1; a combined total of 50 to 99.0 mole percent of structural units (B2) and (B3); (iii) 0 to 49 mole percent of structural unit (B4). | 11-24-2011 |
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20090034767 | Method for adapting a hearing aid by a perceptive model - The provision of an individually adapted hearing aid for a patient is intended to be effected more quickly. A method is therefore provided by which, firstly, hearing loss data, in particular an audiogram, are generated by a person skilled in the art for example an ENT specialist, and the hearing loss data are transmitted to a manufacturer. Using a perceptive model based on the hearing loss data, the manufacturer selects a hearing aid and matches the hearing aid to the patient by means of the perceptive model. Finally, the manufacturer delivers the adapted hearing aid directly or indirectly to the patient. Due to the simplified workflow during the adaptation, the waiting times for the provision of the hearing aid are reduced for the patient. | 02-05-2009 |
20100158289 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND HEARING AID SYSTEM WITH A SOURCE SEPARATION DEVICE - A method for operating a hearing aid system and a hearing aid system with a source separation device, include at least one hearing aid in which interference signals are intended to be suppressed and useful signals are intended to be accentuated with justifiable computational complexity. Source-specific reception signals are first of all generated and analyzed by the source separation device, in particular a BSS unit. Then, parameter settings for operating the hearing aid which effect the suppression of interference signals or the accentuation of useful signals are derived from the result of the analysis. An output signal generated by the hearing aid does not emerge directly from the source-specific reception signals and therefore a periodic operation of the BSS unit suffices and signal processing in real time is not necessarily required in the BSS unit. | 06-24-2010 |
20110051965 | Hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing a hearing aid device - The invention relates to a hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises a housing and a first conductive layer. The housing further comprises a first non-conductive layer and a second non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer is between the first non-conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer. | 03-03-2011 |
20110286616 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A PASSIVE UNIT SEATED DEEP IN THE AUDITORY CANAL - Hearing devices and, more particularly hearing aids, can be inserted into the auditory canal in an improved fashion. A hearing device has a first unit, which can be completely inserted within a human auditory canal. The first unit has a first housing into which a sound-recording element, a receiver and, connected therebetween, an amplifier are integrated. The hearing device moreover has a second unit, which is outside of the first housing and can be inserted into the human auditory canal in addition to the first unit. The second unit is galvanically connected to the first unit and configured for wireless energy absorption and for supplying the first unit with current. Hence, the first unit, together with the second unit, does not require a battery as an energy source and can thus have a smaller configuration, and therefore it can optionally be introduced further into the auditory canal. | 11-24-2011 |
20120250920 | HEARING AID DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEARING AID DEVICE - A hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing the hearing aid device provide a housing and a first conductive layer. The housing has a first non-conductive layer and a second non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer is disposed between the first non-conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100261965 | Apparatus For Fluorescence Diagnosis - An apparatus for fluorescence diagnosis comprises an illumination system for illuminating a target area. The illumination system has a light source designed for generating white light and an illumination path. The apparatus further comprises an observation system for observing the target area, which has an observation path. The illumination system has a first illumination mode, in which an illumination spectral filter is arranged in the illumination path, which filter is transmitting in an excitation spectral range and substantially non-transmitting in the spectral range on the long-wavelength side outside of the excitation spectral range, and said illumination system has a second illumination mode, in which the illumination spectral filter is not arranged in the illumination path. An observation spectral filter is arranged in the observation path in the first illumination mode and in the second illumination mode, which filter is substantially non-transmitting in the excitation spectral range and transmitting in the spectral range on the long-wavelength side outside of the excitation spectral range. The observation spectral filter additionally is transmitting in the spectral range on the short-wavelength side outside of the excitation spectral range. | 10-14-2010 |
20110140003 | Test apparatus for an optical investigation system - A test apparatus for an optical investigation system, with an imaging device and a light source for optical investigation of an object in remitted light and/or fluorescent light includes a housing with a hollow space and an aperture for inserting a distal end of the imaging device into the hollow space, a reference surface with predetermined optical properties in the hollow space, at least either for remission of illuminating light directed onto the reference surface or for emission of fluorescent light, and a positioning device to hold the imaging device of the distal end of the imaging device at a predetermined position in relation to the reference surface. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149057 | Method for testing an optical investigation system - A method for testing an optical investigation system, with an imaging device, a video camera and a light source for optical investigation of an object, a reference surface with predetermined optical properties is illuminated with illuminating light from a light source. An image of the reference surface is recorded by the imaging device and the video camera. An operating condition of the video camera that prevails during the recording of the image is recorded. The functionality or another property of the investigation system is determined on the basis of the recorded operating condition. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149084 | Method for testing an optical apparatus - A method for testing an optic investigation system with a light source and an imaging device for the optic investigation of an object in remitted light and fluorescent light, where the light source is configured to generate illuminating light with a first predetermined illumination spectrum or with a second predetermined illumination spectrum, and where an observation beam path of the imaging device includes a first predetermined transmission spectrum or a second predetermined transmission spectrum, the imaging device is positioned with respect to a reference surface with an indicator area with a wavelength-dependent optical property, where the optical property essentially varies between a first focal point of a first product of a first predetermined illumination spectrum and the first predetermined transmission spectrum and a second focal point of a second product of the second predetermined illumination spectrum and the second predetermined transmission spectrum. The reference surface is illuminated with illuminating light from the light source. On the basis of the recorded image a determination is made as to which illumination spectrum and which transmission spectrum are present in the observation beam path on recording the image. | 06-23-2011 |
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20080245476 | Silane-Crosslinking Adhesive, Sealant or Coating With a Silicic Acid Filler and Use Thereof - The present disclosure provides a silane crosslinking adhesive, sealant or coating containing a polymer, consisting of an organic framework that supports at least two alkoxy or acyloxysilyl groups and at least one filler. The filler consists at least partially of a highly disperse silicic acid with a BET surface area of 35 to 65 m | 10-09-2008 |
20080319118 | LABELED POLYMER DISPERSION AND ADHESIVES OBTAINED THEREFROM - Polymer dispersions containing water, at least one water-dispersible polymer, and at least two ions or elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Ba, Sr, B, Co, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Ag, Pb, Zn, W, La, Ce and Sn or salts thereof. The ions or elements are present in the dispersion in amounts of at least 10 ppm. | 12-25-2008 |
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20080265476 | Self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut with internal level control - Self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut includes a working cylinder divided into first and second working spaces by a working piston carried on a hollow piston rod; a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber partially filled with hydraulic damping medium, the high pressure chamber having a gas cushion and being connected to the second working space; and a piston pump including a pump rod extending into the hollow piston rod, the pump rod having a bore connected to the low pressure chamber, an end provided with a suction valve inside the hollow piston rod, and a deregulating opening, which is closable as a function of position of the working piston in the working cylinder. An adjustable damping valve located outside the external tube has a first flow connection connected to the first working space, and a second flow connection connected to the second working space and the high pressure chamber. | 10-30-2008 |
20080314708 | Piston-cylinder unit - Presented is a piston-cylinder unit. The piston-cylinder unit includes an outer tube defining a cavity, a working cylinder disposed in the cavity of the outer tube and filling only a portion of the cavity. The unfilled portion of the cavity is a compensating space. The compensating space is divided into an area filled with a damping medium and an area filed with a gas. The piston-cylinder unit further includes a piston rod that includes a damping piston. The piston rod is disposed in the working cylinder and has freedom of axial movement, and is configured to displace the gas. The piston-cylinder unit further includes a reservoir that has a variable volume configured for actuating the compensating space. | 12-25-2008 |
20090000469 | Piston-cylinder unit - A piston-cylinder unit configured to provide a level adjustment function based on internal pressure includes a working cylinder, a piston rod, a working piston mounted on the piston rod, and fastening elements coupled to the piston rod and the working cylinder. Each fastening element is configured to attach to a chassis or a vehicle body. One of the fastening elements is mountable with freedom of axial movement relative to the piston rod or the working cylinder and includes a cylindrical bore and a chamber disposed between the cylindrical bore and an end surface of the piston rod or a journal of the working cylinder. The end surface of the piston rod or the journal includes a first effective pressure-actuated cross-sectional area approximately the same as a second effective pressure-actuated cross-sectional area of the piston rod. The first and the second cross-sectional areas are actuated by system pressure. | 01-01-2009 |
20090033009 | Self-pumping hydropneumatic spring-damper unit - A self-pumping hydropneumatic spring-damper unit with internal leveling control is provided. The spring-damper unit has an oil-filled work cylinder under pressure by gas cushions. A damping piston is displaceable in the work cylinder and arranged at the end of a hollow piston rod whose hollow space serves to receive a pump by means of a pump rod fastened to the work cylinder. Damping medium is sucked out of a reservoir space when the piston rod moves outward and is conveyed into the work space when the piston rod moves inward. The pump rod has a control opening and, at a distance therefrom, an outlet bore for pressure equilibrium between work spaces in the work cylinder. At least one pressure-dependent throttle point is provided in the pump space between the high-pressure and low-pressure gas cushions. A first flow connection in the pump rod provided with at least one check valve connects the low-pressure gas cushion to the pump space. A second flow connection having the throttle point is connected to the work space by the outlet bore. | 02-05-2009 |
20090065991 | Self-Pumping Hydropneumatic Spring Strut - A self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut with internal leveling control, particularly for motor vehicles, has an outer tube having an oil-filled high-pressure work space in the work cylinder, which high-pressure work space is under pressure by at least one gas cushion which is arranged in a high-pressure chamber and acts as a spring, a second work space on the piston rod side, and a piston which is supported by a hollow piston rod and which is axially displaceable in the work cylinder in a sealed manner, a piston pump which is driven by the spring movement of the vehicle and pumps oil out of a low-pressure chamber into the work space connected to the high-pressure chamber and which comprises a pump rod and a pump cylinder which is formed by the hollow piston rod, and the high-pressure chamber can be connected to the atmosphere by a flow connection which is arranged in the piston rod guide and has a closing element. The piston rod is sealed in the piston rod guide by means of at least two seals which are arranged one behind the other axially. A flow connection extends from between two adjacent seals into the low-pressure chamber. The flow connection is acted upon by a check valve which passes damping medium only in direction of the low-pressure chamber. | 03-12-2009 |
20100011578 | Check Valve - A check valve includes a housing, a bore, and a liftably movable valve body which is spring-loaded at least after a small axial travel of the valve body and tightly contacts a valve seat. The bore is constructed as a stepped bore, the bore section of smaller diameter having the valve seat, and the bore section of larger diameter receiving the liftably movable valve member. A ball which is held captive by a holding element arranged in the bore is provided as valve body. The valve seat has a contour corresponding to the valve body in the area of the contact surface of the valve body. | 01-21-2010 |
20110240424 | Vibration Damper with Integrated Level Control - A vibration damper with integrated level control includes a cylinder in which a hollow piston rod with a piston outfitted with damping valves is guided so as to be axially movable. The piston divides the cylinder into a workspace on the piston rod side and a workspace remote of the piston rod. The workspace on the piston rod side is limited at the end by a piston rod guide, and the workspace remote of the piston rod is connected to a pump space by at least one connection opening in a separating wall. The separating wall supports a hollow rod on which the piston slides and controls the pump operation of the vibration damper. A compensation space receives the damping volume displaced by the piston rod due to a dynamic load, and the piston rod guide is guided in the cylinder so as to be movable axially, and the connection opening in the separating wall is outfitted with a valve that opens in the direction of the work space remote of the piston rod. | 10-06-2011 |
20120273311 | ADJUSTABLE DAMPING VALVE DEVICE FOR A VIBRATION DAMPER - Damping valve device for a vibration damper, including an actuator that acts on a preliminary stage valve body of a preliminary stage valve. The preliminary stage valve body is arranged in a pre-loading line with a main stage valve body of a main stage valve. The lifting path of the main stage valve body is proportional to the lifting path of the preliminary stage valve body, and the damping characteristic of the damping valve device is influenced by a valve spring arrangement. The preliminary stage valve body controls an adjustable spring compressor that determines the pre-loading of a main stage valve spring is part of the valve spring arrangement. | 11-01-2012 |
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20090181947 | BICYCLIC ENAMINO(THIO)CARBONYL COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to novel bicyclic enamino(thio)carbonyl compounds, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects. | 07-16-2009 |
20090253749 | SUBSTITUTED ENAMINOCARBONYL COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to novel substituted enaminocarbonyl compounds, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects. | 10-08-2009 |
20100048646 | N'-Cyano-N-Halogenalkylimidamide Derivatives - The present application relates to novel substituted N′-cyano-N-halogenalkylimidamide derivatives, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects. | 02-25-2010 |
20100240705 | SUBSTITUTED ENAMINOCARBONYL COMPOUNDS USED AS INSECTICIDES - The present application relates to novel substituted enaminocarbonyl compounds, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects. | 09-23-2010 |
20120157498 | SUBSTITUTED ENAMINOCARBONYL COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to novel substituted enaminocarbonyl compounds, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects. | 06-21-2012 |
20120178116 | POLYPEPTIDES FOR IDENTIFYING FUNGICIDALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS - The invention relates to a combination of polypeptides from phytopathogenic fungi having the biological activity of an aurora kinase and the function of an aurora kinase activator, to nucleic acids coding therefore, to the use of the polypeptides and nucleic acids for identifying modulators of an aurora kinase, to processes for identifying such modulators and to the use of these modulators as fungicides. | 07-12-2012 |
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20080248681 | Electrical connector arrangement for knife contacts - An electrical connecting arrangement includes a locator device mounted on a photovoltaic panel for relatively positioning a connector housing such that a resilient contact on the connector housing is arranged for electrical connection with a stationary rigid contact on the photovoltaic panel that extends in space relation within a chamber contained in the locator device, connection being made via an access opening contained in the locator device. Preferably, the stationary contact is a knife contact having a rectangular configuration defining a pair of parallel end edges that are supported by a pair of support slots defined in the opposed walls of the access opening, thereby to support the stationary contact during the engagement thereof by the resilient contact. | 10-09-2008 |
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20090230792 | Connection arrangement for supplying power to an electric motor - A connector arrangement is provided for supplying electric power to a three-phase motor to produce motor operation in either a delta mode or a star mode, use being made of modular units that are removably mounted within a chamber contained in an outer frame that is secured to the motor housing. A power supply module arranged within the chamber includes a main receptacle containing a stack of terminal blocks having bus bars that transmit to the motor windings three-phase power that is supplied either by external power supply lines that extend into the chamber though openings contained in the side walls of the outer frame, or from an inverter arranged externally of the outer frame. Auxiliary receptacles are removably connected with the external surface of the main receptacle for monitoring the operating condition of the motor, or for controlling a motor operation, such as braking. | 09-17-2009 |
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20080302190 | Method and Device for Testing the Strength of a Connection Using Centrifugal Force - The invention relates to a method for examining the resistance of a connection between two bodies, whereby one of the bodies only has a small mass. A correspondingly directed force is exerted upon the connection until disconnection thereof. The force used is the centrifugal force which acts at a distance from a rotational axis in a concentric manner about said rotated connection. Said method is particularly advantageous if the body having a small mass is a coating which is applied to the other body. In order to obtain a sufficiently high centrifugal force, an examining stamp is applied to the body having the small mass and/or the coating on the side oriented away from the connection. The adhesion between the body and/or the coating and the examining stamp is greater than between both of the bodies and/or the coating and the other body. | 12-11-2008 |
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20100204328 | Solution and Method to Reduce, Treat and/or Prevent Oxidative Stress and Cell Activation - The present invention concerns a solution and methods to reduce, treat and/or prevent oxidative stress and cell activation. According to the invention the solution gives rise to the following concentrations of constituents within a blood flow of 0.1-18 mM N-acetyl-cysteine, optionally of 0.01-0.21 mM vitamin C, optionally of 2-26 mM gluconic acid and optionally of 0.01-5 mM glutathione. According to the invention the methods comprises adding a solution according to the invention in an extracorporeal setting through the membrane by adding the solution to the dialysis fluid, or by infusion of a solution according to the invention, either by bolus injection, continuous injection or a combination thereof. | 08-12-2010 |
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20090050242 | METHOD OF FABRICATING STRIPS OR FOILS, RESPECTIVELY, FROM TiA16V4 - A method of fabricating a superplastically formable strip or a superplastically formable foil from TiAl6V4 with a thickness of no more than 0.9 mm, preferably less than or equal to 0.5 mm, comprises the steps:
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