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20100129022 | ROLLING BEARING CAGE COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF PARTS - A rolling bearing cage has at least U-shaped limited pockets for rolling bodies. In the rolling cage, the U-shaped delimitation of one of the pockets is configured by the bonded connection of two web elements on an annular circumferential element, the circumferential element is free of cavities and penetrations for a complete connection to sections of the web elements, and the elements are configured to have a shape adapted to each other for placing the elements in the intended position for the bonded connection such that the positions of the web elements on the circumferential element is predetermined in the circumferential direction and/or in the axial direction of the circumferential element. | 05-27-2010 |
20100329599 | Rolling Bearing Cage - A roller bearing cage includes the following features: | 12-30-2010 |
20110211782 | Bearing Arrangement - A bearing assembly comprises at least two adjacently-disposed bearings. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. A bearing support retains the at least two bearings such that respective rotational axes of the at least two bearings extend in parallel. A spacer has at least two cylindrical openings configured to receive the respective cylindrical outer circumferential surfaces of the bearing outer rings such that a circumferential inner surface of each opening covers at least a portion of a width of the bearing outer ring received therein and surrounds an entire circumference of the bearing outer ring received therein. The bearing support is not fixedly connected to the spacer. | 09-01-2011 |
20110222808 | Bearing Support - A bearing support is configured to retain at least two bearings disposed closely adjacent to each other in a parallel relationship. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. The bearing support comprises at least first and second portions that are connected together. The first portion is formed as a component that has cylindrical openings configured to receive or seat the respective bearing outer rings and to surround the entire circumference of the respective bearing outer ring. The second portion is formed as a support plate. A bearing assembly includes the bearing support with a bearing seated in each of the respective cylindrical openings. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222809 | Bearing Support - A bearing support is configured to retain at least two bearings disposed closely adjacent to each other in a parallel relationship. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. A support part includes a recess configured to hold the at least two bearings. At least one junction portion is defined in the support part adjacent portions of the cylindrical circumferential surfaces of the bearings that are not filled by the bearings when the bearings are inserted into the support part. The support part is connected with a cover part that axially abuts on the bearings. The cover part includes at least one support element, which extends into the junction portion between the bearings in the assembled state of the bearing support and at least partially fills the junction portion. | 09-15-2011 |
20110255817 | Roller Bearing Cage - A roller bearing cage includes at least one bridge element having a surface provided for directly opposing an outer surface of a roller body. A plurality of ship-hull-shaped or droplet-t-shaped macroscopic recesses is formed in the surface for retaining a lubricant therein. The recesses have at least one of a width and a depth in the circumferential direction of the roller body that diminishes towards at least one end in the circumferential direction. A first group of the recess diminishes in a direction substantially towards one of the ends and a second group of the recess diminishes in a direction towards the other end. | 10-20-2011 |
20110299800 | Method for the Production of a Bearing Arrangement, and Bearing Arrangement - A bearing assembly comprises at least one bearing element abutting against at least one adjacent part at a contact surface. The bearing assembly can be manufactured by disposing a reactive nano-crystalline layer between the bearing element and the adjacent part in the area of the contact surface and then initiating an exothermic reaction in the reactive nano-crystalline layer, so that the bearing element bonds to the adjacent part in a materially-connected manner. The exothermic reaction involves at least partially heating the surface area of the bearing element and/or of the adjacent part that is located in the area of the contact surface. | 12-08-2011 |
20120014633 | Antifriction Bearing Cage - A roller bearing cage comprises first and second annular elements, each having at least three radially-extending bulges or indentations spaced around a circumferential direction of the annular elements. An axially-facing surface of each bulge or indentation serves as a guide surface for one axial end of a roller body. A plurality of bridge elements are bonded to and connect the first and second annular elements. Each bridge element is disposed between two adjacent bulges or indentations on a radial side of the annular elements that is opposite of the extension direction of the radially-extending bulges or indentations. The bridge elements are configured to support rolling surfaces of respective roller bodies such that a pocket for a roller body is defined between each two adjacent bridge elements and each two axially-opposing, radially-extending bulges or indentations. | 01-19-2012 |
20120112521 | WHEEL BEARING UNIT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to a wheel bearing unit ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120207416 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - A bearing assembly comprises a bearing support having at least one receptacle for a bearing. The bearing support also has at least one attachment segment for abutment and attachment of the bearing support onto an attachment portion of another component, such as a housing. At least one centering element protrudes in the axial direction and is disposed on the side of the attachment segment of the bearing support that faces towards the attachment portion of the other component. The at least one centering element is configured to at least partially enter into a corresponding opening in the attachment portion of the other component. | 08-16-2012 |
20130188900 | BEARING CAGE SEGMENT, BEARING CAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A bearing cage for a rolling element bearing includes a plurality of individual bearing cage segments configured to respectively accommodate rolling elements in rolling element pockets formed by the bearing cage segments. Each bearing cage segment includes a first coupling device disposed on a first axial end thereof. A first lamellar support ring defines first and second ring halves that are connected to each other, are axially adjacent to each other are biased towards each other. The first ring half extends through the respective first coupling devices of the plurality of bearing cage segments and the second ring half is disposed on an axially-inner side or an axially-outer side of the first coupling devices such that the first coupling devices are clamped between the first and second ring halves. | 07-25-2013 |
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20110227388 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A SEAT AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ADJUSTING DEVICE - An adjusting device for a seat comprises at least one fluid chamber and a valve assembly in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. Each fluid chamber is configured to be installed in the seat to adjust at least a portion of the seat upon inflation or deflation. The at least one fluid chamber comprises a first fluid chamber. The valve assembly comprises a check valve and a 3/2-way valve. A first port of the 3/2-way valve is in fluid communication with the check valve, and a second port of the 3/2-way valve is in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber. | 09-22-2011 |
20120143108 | VALVE ASSEMBLY AND PNEUMATIC SEAT ADJUSTING DEVICE - A valve assembly comprises a housing and a plurality of valves disposed within the housing. The housing has a layered body which comprises a first layer and a second layer, which in combination define a fluid supply channel, a first plurality of fluid channels and a second plurality of fluid channels. Each valve of the plurality of valves may be in fluid communication with the fluid supply channel and respectively at least one fluid channel selected from the first plurality of fluid channels and the second plurality of fluid channels. The fluid supply channel partitions the layered body such that the first plurality of fluid channels is arranged on a first side relative to the fluid supply channel and that the second plurality of fluid channels is arranged on a second side opposite to the first side relative to the fluid supply channel. | 06-07-2012 |
20140230921 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPONENT - An adjusting device for a vehicle component comprises at least one inflatable chamber and a pump configured to supply fluid to the at least one inflatable chamber. The pump comprises a housing, a first output port provided on the housing and a second output port provided on the housing. At least one of the first and second output ports has an integrated check valve disposed at the respective output port. The integrated check valve is configured to receive fluid discharged from a pump chamber and is in direct fluid communication with the respective output port. The integrated check valve is arranged within the housing. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232155 | SEAT ADJUSTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SEAT ADJUSTMENT - A seat adjusting device comprises a plurality of inflatable chambers and a valve module. The plurality of inflatable chambers includes a first inflatable chamber and a second inflatable chamber. The valve module comprises a control valve which is a 4/4-way valve having four ports and four positions. A first port of the control valve is in communication with the first inflatable chamber and a second port of the control valve is in communication with the second inflatable chamber. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080216463 | Device for Removing Nitrogen Oxides From Internal Combustion Engine Waste Gas and Method for Dosing an Aggregate of Internal Combustion Engine Waste Gas - In a device and a method for removing nitrogen oxides from the exhaust of an internal combustion engine which is operated predominantly with an excess of air, the internal combustion engine is assigned an exhaust system having a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter which comprises two catalytic converter parts, whose reducing agent filling levels can be determined. Metering of a reducing-agent-containing additive into the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine takes place as a function of the reducing agent filling level of the first catalytic converter part and/or of the second catalytic converter part. | 09-11-2008 |
20080314028 | Method For Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - In a method for operating an air-compressing fuel-injection internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas post-treatment system with a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, a plurality of internal combustion engine operating settings are provided, each having respective predefined values for predefined internal combustion engine operating parameters. A heating operating setting is set when the internal combustion engine is warming up, while a basic operating setting is set in the warmed-up, while a basic operating setting is set in the warmed-up state. When the temperature in the exhaust gas system exceeds a predefinable first value, the heating operating setting is changed over to the basic operating setting. In the warmed-up state, at least one further, (third) operating setting, with an exhaust gas recirculation rate that is reduced compared to the basic operating setting, is provided in addition to the basic operating setting. | 12-25-2008 |
20100005783 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN EXHAUST GAS CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for monitoring an exhaust gas catalytic converter in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, includes a measuring apparatus that is arranged in the exhaust system in such a way that, in the greatest part of the operating range of the internal combustion engine, it assumes a temperature that is correlated with a temperature of the exhaust gas catalytic converter. The measuring apparatus has a temperature-sensitive component with a temperature-dependent characteristic component parameter that changes either abruptly at a predetermined transition temperature or temperature range, or continuously in a predetermined way as a function of the temperature. A control and evaluation unit connected to the measuring arrangement detects the characteristic component parameter and/or a change in the latter, and correlates it with an aging state of the exhaust gas catalytic converter. | 01-14-2010 |
20110005199 | Method for Reducing Emission of Nitrogen Oxide in a Motor Vehicle Having a Lean Burning Internal Combustion Engine - In a method for reducing the emission of nitrogen dioxide in a motor vehicle having an exhaust gas purification system having an SCR catalytic converter with adsorption centers for nitrogen oxides, an exhaust gas enriched with ammonia is supplied to the SCR catalytic converter above an operating temperature. Below the operating temperature, the exhaust gas supplied to the SCR catalytic converter is enriched with a material such that an adsorption of nitrogen oxides is inhibited at corresponding adsorption centers of the SCR catalytic converter. In order to reduce the overall NO | 01-13-2011 |
20120067029 | Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - In a method for operating an air-compressing fuel-injection internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas post-treatment system with a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, a plurality of internal combustion engine operating settings are provided, each having respective predefined values for predefined internal combustion engine operating parameters. A heating operating setting is set when the internal combustion engine is warming up, while a basic operating setting is set in the warmed-up state. When the temperature in the exhaust gas system exceeds a predefinable first value, the heating operating setting is changed over to the basic operating setting. In the warmed-up state, at least one further (third) operating setting, with an exhaust gas recirculation rate that is reduced compared to the basic operating setting, is provided in addition to the basic operating setting. | 03-22-2012 |
20130219864 | Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - In a method for operating an air-compressing fuel-injection internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas post-treatment system with a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, a plurality of internal combustion engine operating settings are provided, each having respective predefined values for predefined internal combustion engine operating parameters. A heating operating setting is set when the internal combustion engine is warming up, while a basic operating setting is set in the warmed-up state. When the temperature in the exhaust gas system exceeds a predefinable first value, the heating operating setting is changed over to the basic operating setting. In the warmed-up state, at least one further (third) operating setting, with an exhaust gas recirculation rate that is reduced compared to the basic operating setting, is provided in addition to the basic operating setting. | 08-29-2013 |
20130269327 | Motor-Vehicle Internal Combustion Engine with Exhaust-Gas Recirculation - A motor vehicle combustion engine includes an air supply section and an exhaust gas recirculation section that includes a particle filter and an SCR exhaust gas purification component. A first exhaust gas turbocharger includes a turbine arranged upstream of the particle filter in the exhaust gas section. A first exhaust gas recirculation line, which diverges from the exhaust gas section upstream of the turbine of the first exhaust gas turbocharger, and a second exhaust gas recirculation line, which diverges from the exhaust gas section downstream of the particle filter are provided to recirculate the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas section into the air supply system. An SCR catalyst is arranged in the second exhaust gas recirculation line. | 10-17-2013 |
20140041367 | Operating Method for a Motor Vehicle Diesel Engine Having an Exhaust Emission Control System - An operating method is provided for a motor vehicle diesel engine having an exhaust emission control system that includes a three-way catalytic converter and an SCR catalytic converter situated one behind the other in the flow direction of the exhaust gas. The diesel engine is operated, at least intermittently, with an air-fuel ratio of approximately λ=1.0 in a first operating range in which the SCR catalytic converter falls below a predefinable minimum temperature and with excess air that is typical for normal diesel engine operation in a second operating range in which the SCR catalytic converter exceeds the predefinable minimum temperature. An output signal of an exhaust gas sensor situated downstream from the three-way catalytic converter and which is correlated with a NOx concentration of the exhaust gas is used to set the air-fuel ratio in the first operating range. | 02-13-2014 |
20140109554 | Method For Operating a Motor Vehicle Diesel Engine - A method for operating a motor vehicle diesel engine having an exhaust emission control system is provided. The emission control system includes an oxidation catalytic converter, a particle filter, and an SCR catalytic converter, in which the exhaust gas that is discharged from the diesel engine is passed through the oxidation catalytic converter before passing through the particle filter and the SCR catalytic converter. A regeneration of the particle filter with thermal soot burn-off is occasionally carried out, during which the diesel engine is operated at an air-fuel ratio having a lambda value (λ) of at least approximately 1.0, and air is added to the exhaust gas after it exits the oxidation catalytic converter and before it enters the particle filter air, so that soot deposited on the particle filter is burnt-off. | 04-24-2014 |
20140318105 | Method and Device for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine Comprising an Exhaust Gas Cleaning Unit - A method for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust emission control unit with at least one exhaust emission control component which acts catalytically and/or by filtration involves operating the internal combustion engine, during a cold start or warm-up of the internal combustion engine, using a cold start engine operating process with predefined values for predefined internal combustion engine operating variables. The cold start and/or the warm-up of the internal combustion engine is controlled or regulated as a function of soot loading of a particle filter of the exhaust emission control unit. | 10-30-2014 |
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20120161464 | TENSIONING STAY FOR A COLLAPSIBLE ROOF OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a top fabric having a rear region, a tensioning stay arranged underneath the top fabric and attached to the rear region of the top fabric, and a pair of roof guides extending along opposite sides of a roof opening. The top fabric is movably coupled to the roof guides such that the top fabric is movable between a closed position in which the top fabric covers the roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric is moved rearward away from the roof opening. The tensioning stay is a flat-shaped component that imparts the rear region of the top fabric to have side regions and corner regions. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161465 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A ROOF CAP OF A COLLAPSIBLE ROOF - A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a roof guide, a roof cap, a top fabric, and an adjusting mechanism. The adjusting mechanism movably couples the roof cap to the roof guide such that the roof cap with the top fabric are movable relative to the roof guide between a closed position in which the top fabric covers a roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric exposes the roof opening. The adjusting mechanism includes front and rear control arms coupled to the roof cap. The front control arm includes a locking hook and the rear control arm includes a latching hook. The locking hook engages a front cavity of the roof guide in the closed position to fix the roof cap in place and the latching hook engages a rear cavity of the roof guide in the opened position to fix the roof cap in place. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161466 | FOLDING SLIDING ROOF - A folding sliding roof for a convertible vehicle includes a top fabric, a guide rail, a sliding top bow, and a corner bow. The sliding top bow is connected to the top fabric and is displaceably mounted to the guide rail to move the top fabric between closed and opened positions. The corner bow is connected to the top fabric and is pivotably mounted on the guide rail about a pivot axis. | 06-28-2012 |
20140070572 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A ROOF OPENING - A motor vehicle and a method for at least partially opening and closing a folding roof for the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle a roof frame defining a roof opening and a roof mechanism configured to permit a selective closing and at least partial opening of the roof opening. The roof mechanism includes a folding roof system having a hood cover with a plurality of spaced apart first transparent elements in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and a second plurality of transparent elements between the first transparent elements and configured such that, in the at least partial opening of the roof opening, the hood cover forms folds in which the first transparent elements are positioned in an upper, upward-facing side of a fold and the second transparent elements are positioned in a lower, downward-facing side of a fold and are concealed by the first transparent elements. | 03-13-2014 |
20140077532 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A ROOF OPENING - A motor vehicle with a roof opening in a fixed roof surface of the motor vehicle and a roof mechanism configured to close and at least partially open the roof opening. The roof mechanism includes a front folding roof system having a front folding-top configured to close and at least partially open a front region of the roof opening, a rear folding roof system having a rear folding-top configured to close and at least partially open a rear region of the roof opening; guide rails configured to permit displacement of the front and rear folding top, respectively, to close and at least partially open the frontad rear regions of the roof opening. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100183991 | Premixing burner and method for operating a premixing burner - A method for operating a premixing burner is provided. The premixing burner includes a premixing zone. An air mass flow and fuel may be injected into the premixing zone, and a potential hot gas backflow area may form. A fluid containing no fuel is injected downstream from the fuel injection into the premixing zone in order that a hot gas backflow area does not form. A premixing burner including a premixing zone is also provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20100186417 | USE OF INERT GASES FOR SHIELDING OXIDIZER AND FUEL - A method for protecting a burner from being heated excessively during the combustion of a fuel in a combustion chamber is provided. The fuel is injected through a fuel nozzle at the same time as an inert gas in the surroundings of the injected fuel is injected into the combustion chamber in such a manner that the fuel is separated spatially from an oxidizer by the inert gas until an ignitable mixture of the fuel is produced. | 07-29-2010 |
20100186643 | Device and method for extending the service life of firing installations - A device for increasing service life of a combustion installation is disclosed. The combustion installation has a gas-conducting component and a conducted gas has dirt particles. The gas-conducting component has a layer which is partially detached together with the dirt particles of the gas when the layer is impinged with the gas and when a dirt particle is deposited on the layer. | 07-29-2010 |
20100323309 | Burner and Method for Reducing Self-Induced Flame Oscillations - A method for reducing self-induced flame oscillations is provided. In a first fluid mass flow flowing through a jet nozzle from a fluid inlet opening to a fluid outlet opening, a second fluid mass flow is injected on an axial position of the jet nozzle positioned downstream from the fluid inlet opening. One fluid mass flow includes air, and the other fluid mass flow includes a fuel. A second method for reducing self-induced flame oscillations is also provided. In a first fluid mass flow flowing through a jet nozzle from a fluid inlet opening to a fluid outlet opening, a second fluid mass flow is injected on a radial position of the jet nozzle in relation to the circumference of the jet nozzle. One mass flow includes air and the other fluid mass flow includes a fuel. Burners which ensure the execution of the method are also provided. | 12-23-2010 |
20120167583 | Method for Starting a Burner - A method for starting a burner for combusting synthesis gases is provided. The burner includes first and second fuel passages, the first fuel passage encompasses the second fuel passage in a substantially concentric manner and the gas transferred to the burner is mixed with combusting air and is combusted. In order to start the burner, the second fuel passage is first loaded with a synthesis gas to a predefined burner power at a first starting phase and the first fuel passage is loaded with the synthesis gas at a second starting phase. | 07-05-2012 |
20130074506 | TURBINE BURNER - A turbine burner is provided. The turbine burner has a secondary feed unit and a primary feed unit. The primary feed unit has a primary mixing tube and a fuel nozzle that are arranged concentrically around the secondary feed unit. The primary mixing tube and the fuel nozzle have a fluid flow connection. The fuel nozzle has an annular wall that is radially spaced in the axial direction from the secondary feed unit such that a gap height is fainted by the annular wall and the secondary feed unit. The annular wall has an inside wall directed toward the secondary feed unit and having blades with a leading edge on the upstream side. The fuel nozzle has an inlet and the blades have an axial distance from the inlet. The ratio of the distance to the gap height is greater than 1 and less than the gap height. | 03-28-2013 |
20130247578 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FIXED GAS TURBINE, DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE OPERATION OF A GAS TURBINE AND POWER PLANT - A method of operating a gas turbine, a device for regulating the starting and/or the operation of a gas turbine and a power plant are provided. The method includes continuously extracting fuel from a fuel network, and combusting, in at least one combustion chamber of a gas turbine, the fuel by adding combustion air. For an increase of a fuel stream supplied to the at least one combustion chamber, a fuel volume is extracted from a fuel store and supplied to the fuel still to be supplied to the at least one combustion chamber. | 09-26-2013 |
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20100183991 | Premixing burner and method for operating a premixing burner - A method for operating a premixing burner is provided. The premixing burner includes a premixing zone. An air mass flow and fuel may be injected into the premixing zone, and a potential hot gas backflow area may form. A fluid containing no fuel is injected downstream from the fuel injection into the premixing zone in order that a hot gas backflow area does not form. A premixing burner including a premixing zone is also provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20100186417 | USE OF INERT GASES FOR SHIELDING OXIDIZER AND FUEL - A method for protecting a burner from being heated excessively during the combustion of a fuel in a combustion chamber is provided. The fuel is injected through a fuel nozzle at the same time as an inert gas in the surroundings of the injected fuel is injected into the combustion chamber in such a manner that the fuel is separated spatially from an oxidizer by the inert gas until an ignitable mixture of the fuel is produced. | 07-29-2010 |
20100186643 | Device and method for extending the service life of firing installations - A device for increasing service life of a combustion installation is disclosed. The combustion installation has a gas-conducting component and a conducted gas has dirt particles. The gas-conducting component has a layer which is partially detached together with the dirt particles of the gas when the layer is impinged with the gas and when a dirt particle is deposited on the layer. | 07-29-2010 |
20100323309 | Burner and Method for Reducing Self-Induced Flame Oscillations - A method for reducing self-induced flame oscillations is provided. In a first fluid mass flow flowing through a jet nozzle from a fluid inlet opening to a fluid outlet opening, a second fluid mass flow is injected on an axial position of the jet nozzle positioned downstream from the fluid inlet opening. One fluid mass flow includes air, and the other fluid mass flow includes a fuel. A second method for reducing self-induced flame oscillations is also provided. In a first fluid mass flow flowing through a jet nozzle from a fluid inlet opening to a fluid outlet opening, a second fluid mass flow is injected on a radial position of the jet nozzle in relation to the circumference of the jet nozzle. One mass flow includes air and the other fluid mass flow includes a fuel. Burners which ensure the execution of the method are also provided. | 12-23-2010 |
20130074506 | TURBINE BURNER - A turbine burner is provided. The turbine burner has a secondary feed unit and a primary feed unit. The primary feed unit has a primary mixing tube and a fuel nozzle that are arranged concentrically around the secondary feed unit. The primary mixing tube and the fuel nozzle have a fluid flow connection. The fuel nozzle has an annular wall that is radially spaced in the axial direction from the secondary feed unit such that a gap height is fainted by the annular wall and the secondary feed unit. The annular wall has an inside wall directed toward the secondary feed unit and having blades with a leading edge on the upstream side. The fuel nozzle has an inlet and the blades have an axial distance from the inlet. The ratio of the distance to the gap height is greater than 1 and less than the gap height. | 03-28-2013 |
20130247578 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FIXED GAS TURBINE, DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE OPERATION OF A GAS TURBINE AND POWER PLANT - A method of operating a gas turbine, a device for regulating the starting and/or the operation of a gas turbine and a power plant are provided. The method includes continuously extracting fuel from a fuel network, and combusting, in at least one combustion chamber of a gas turbine, the fuel by adding combustion air. For an increase of a fuel stream supplied to the at least one combustion chamber, a fuel volume is extracted from a fuel store and supplied to the fuel still to be supplied to the at least one combustion chamber. | 09-26-2013 |
20140190177 | METHOD FOR RUNNING UP A STATIONARY GAS TURBINE - A method for running up a stationary gas turbine is provided. The turbine has a combustion chamber, the burners of which have a pilot burner and a main burner and by which various types of fuel are introduced into the combustion chamber for burning. The method, carried out while a rotor of the gas turbine is accelerating from a standstill to a nominal speed, includes feeding fuel of a first type of fuel to the pilot burners and feeding fuel of the first type of fuel to the main burners. In order to provide a method in which a comparatively low supply pressure is required in the fuel supply system and in which combustion vibrations that put the machine at risk are avoided during the running-up process, it is proposed that fuel of a second type of fuel is fed to the burner before the nominal speed is reached. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090010583 | Multi-Row Anti-Friction Bearing - The invention relates to an anti-friction bearing comprising a first bearing race, a second bearing race and a plurality of anti-friction bodies that are located between the first bearing race and the second bearing race. According to the invention, the anti-friction bodies are arranged in several rows and the pitch diameters of at least two rows differ. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010586 | Asymmetrical Triple-Row Anti-/Friction Bearing - The invention relates to an anti-friction bearing comprising a first bearing race, a second bearing race and a plurality of anti-friction bodies that are located between the first bearing race and the second bearing race. According to the invention, the anti-friction bearings are arranged in several rows, which are asymmetrical in the longitudinal direction of the anti-friction bearing in relation to any plane that runs perpendicularly to said longitudinal direction of the anti-friction bearing. | 01-08-2009 |
20110182541 | RADLAGEREINHEIT MIT FUNKTIONSKOMBINIERTEM WAELZNIETBUND - A wheel bearing unit having which has an outer ring, one or two inner rings and load-transmitting rolling elements arranged between the two rings. An orbitally formed shoulder of a wheel hub is provided for the pre-stressing of the wheel bearing unit via the inner ring, and a toothed ring which has an outward-facing radial tooth system is arranged on the inner ring, as is usual in wheel bearing units with all-wheel drive capability. The wheel bearing unit has a small axial width which benefits the handling characteristics of a vehicle by attaching the toothed ring to the orbitally formed shoulder and transmitting the drive torques via this attachment. Welding and a plastically formed tooth system on the orbitally formed shoulder are proposed as examples of such fastening. | 07-28-2011 |
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20110186466 | FLUID METERING CONTAINER - The invention relates to a container ( | 08-04-2011 |
20130071302 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLUIDIC CONNECTION BETWEEN CAVITIES - A device, particularly a microfluidic system, is proposed, in which two cavities are arranged spatially close to one another and are sealed off from one another by a common cover. A fluidic connection can be produced between the cavities by movement of a pin-shaped body towards the cover. In this way it is possible to release a reagent in controlled manner without having to put it under pressure. | 03-21-2013 |
20130341231 | BLISTER PACKAGING FOR LIQUID - A packaging is proposed, particularly a blister packaging, having at least one cavity for holding a liquid. The packaging comprises a capillary stop for the liquid which surrounds the cavity. | 12-26-2013 |
20140114240 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING A CARPULE - A device and a method are proposed for actuating a carpule, in which a piston is displaced in the carpule by means of a ram that is telescopically extensible by rotation, and in this way a liquid medicament formulation is expelled. For carrying out different processes, different operating movements are provided, particularly the operation of an operating element in different directions and/or the operation of different operating elements. This promotes simple, intuitive and safe operation. | 04-24-2014 |
20140131247 | METHOD FOR FILLING A CAVITY, IN PARTICULAR A BLISTER OF A BLISTER PACKAGING, WITH A LIQUID, AND SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT FOR USE IN SUCH A METHOD - Method for completely filling a cavity, in particular a blister of a blister packaging, with a liquid, and semifinished product for use in such a method. | 05-15-2014 |
20140160877 | METHOD FOR MIXING AT LEAST ONE SAMPLE SOLUTION HAVING AT LEAST ONE REAGENT, AND DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for mixing at least one sample solution (P) with at least one reagent (R) in at least one chamber (2) of a microfluidic cartridge (MC) and a device for carrying out the method. | 06-12-2014 |
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20100128772 | RECEIVER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR THE DEMODULATION OF A QUADRATURE-MODULATED SIGNAL - The invention relates to a receiver for a quadrature-modulated signal, which can be divided into an inphase signal (I) and a quadrature signal (Q). The inphase signal (I) is fed to first and third equalizers (EZ | 05-27-2010 |
20110002423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for data processing. The data contains symbols and a control parameter is determined based on a correlation property of the symbols of the data. In this manner signal recovery is achieved that is robust against any kind of distortion and is fast enough to track time varying clocking disturbances. Further, a communication system is provided containing such a device. | 01-06-2011 |
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20130045015 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A signal processing method and a signal processing arrangement for coherent receivers are provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a coherent complex signal, extracting orthogonal in-phase and quadrature signal components from the coherent complex signal, quantizing the orthogonal signal components independently, combining the quantized orthogonal signal components as real and imaginary part of a complex number resulting in a first signal, and soft differential decoding the first signal resulting in a second signal. | 02-21-2013 |
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20140294387 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ADAPTIVE DISPERSION COMPENSATION - A received optical signal is coherently demodulated and converted into electrical complex samples (p(n); (px(n), py(n)), which are dispersion compensated in a compensation filter ( | 10-02-2014 |
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20100037645 | CONDENSER FOR A REFRIGERATOR - A condenser assembly for a refrigerator is provided that includes a condenser arranged in a frame, the condenser being configured for a flow of a refrigerant therethrough. The frame has at least one evaporation tray that is arranged above the condenser and one evaporation tray that is arranged below the condenser. | 02-18-2010 |
20100043476 | Cooling Device Having Three Temperature Zones - A cooling device is provided having three storage zones that are insulated from each other and cooled via evaporators through which a coolant flows. A first coolant circuit extends through a first and a second of the three storage zones and a second coolant circuit positioned parallel to the first coolant circuit extends through the first and the third of the storage zones. | 02-25-2010 |
20110232326 | EVAPORATOR FOR A REFRIGERATOR - An evaporator for a refrigerator, in particular a domestic refrigerator, includes at least one refrigerant channel and at least one plate. The plate has a receptacle, arranged in a space defined by the refrigerant channel, for positioning a tube. The receptacle is formed by at least one projection, which forms a longitudinal guide of the tube. The projection is formed on the at least one plate and defines a channel having a channel wall upon which the tube bears at least partially in a longitudinal direction. The tube is, for example, a protective tube for a temperature sensor. | 09-29-2011 |
20120000232 | HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS FOR A HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR - A refrigeration apparatus includes a self-contained refrigeration module having an at least largely complete refrigeration circuit for cooling a refrigeration chamber of a household refrigerator and having a separate housing. At least one evaporator is arranged in the refrigeration circuit, wherein the housing is provided with apertures for passage of air cooled by the evaporator and air to be cooled by the evaporator. The refrigeration apparatus can be used for a household refrigerator which includes a refrigerating chamber housing having at least one refrigerating chamber. A door leaf is arranged on the refrigerating chamber housing for closing the refrigerating chamber. The refrigerating chamber housing has apertures in communication with the apertures of the housing of the refrigeration module for passage of air cooled by the evaporator into the refrigerating chamber and for passage of air from the refrigerating chamber to the evaporator. | 01-05-2012 |
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20090252621 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - A high pressure fuel pump encompasses at least one delivery chamber and one high pressure outlet. In addition, a pressure limiting valve with a valve that is actuated by a pressure differential is provided that can open from the high pressure outlet to the delivery chamber. On a high pressure side of a valve seat of the pressure limiting valve, it is advantageous that a throttle device is provided, whose free cross section is at most approximately equal to a desired maximum opening cross section of the pressure limiting valve. | 10-08-2009 |
20110209687 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine with direct injection, comprising a pump housing, a low-pressure region on the intake side, and a high-pressure region on the output side. The high-pressure fuel pump comprises a purely mechanical pressure regulating device for regulating a constant pressure in the high-pressure region. | 09-01-2011 |
20120279474 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, a low-pressure delivery unit for the fuel, at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one low-pressure injection device. The fuel system further provides a high-pressure delivery unit, which has a drive region and a delivery region and at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one high-pressure injection device. According to the invention, the fuel is first delivered by the low-pressure delivery unit to the drive region of the high-pressure delivery unit and from there onward to the low-pressure injection device and/or to the delivery region of the high-pressure delivery unit. | 11-08-2012 |
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20090219773 | Integrated Circuit, Method for Acquiring Data and Measurement System - An embodiment of an integrated circuit comprises a plurality of cells. Each cell comprises a first supply node, a second supply node, a series connection with a first transistor, a second transistor and an electrical element. The series connection is coupled between the first and the second supply node. The electrical element includes a first and a second node. A third transistor is coupled between the first node of the electrical element and a first output node of the cell and a fourth transistor is coupled between the second node of the electrical element and the second output node of the cell. A control terminal of the first, the third and the fourth transistor is coupled to a first control node of the cell and a control terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a second control node of the cell. | 09-03-2009 |
20120034760 | Metallization for Chip Scale Packages in Wafer Level Packaging - In one embodiment, a method for forming the semiconductor device includes forming a first trench from a front side of a substrate. The substrate has a front side and an opposite back side, and the first trench having sidewalls and a bottom surface. A insulator layer is formed over the sidewalls and the bottom surface. A first conductive layer is formed over a top portion of the sidewalls of the first trench. The substrate is separated along the first trench. | 02-09-2012 |
20120119389 | Method for Fabricating a Semiconductor Chip and Semiconductor Chip - A method includes structuring a semiconductor substrate to produce a number semiconductor chips. Each of the semiconductor chips includes a first main face and a number of side faces. An indentation is formed at a transition between the first main face and the side faces. | 05-17-2012 |
20120289023 | Method for Producing a Semiconductor Device - A method for producing a semiconductor device having a sidewall insulation includes providing a semiconductor body having a first side and a second side lying opposite the first side. At least one first trench is at least partly filled with insulation material proceeding from the first side in the direction toward the second side into the semiconductor body. The at least one first trench is produced between a first semiconductor body region for a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor body region for a second semiconductor device. An isolating trench extends from the first side of the semiconductor body in the direction toward the second side of the semiconductor body between the first and second semiconductor body regions in such a way that at least part of the insulation material of the first trench adjoins at least a sidewall of the isolating trench. The second side of the semiconductor body is partly removed as far as the isolating trench. | 11-15-2012 |
20120289047 | Method for Producing a Connection Region on a Side Wall of a Semiconductor Body - A method for producing a connection region on a side wall of a semiconductor body is disclosed. A first trench is produced on a first surface of a semiconductor body and extends into the semiconductor body. An insulation layer is formed on the side walls and on the bottom of the first trench, and the first trench is only partially filled. The unfilled part of the first trench is filled with an electrically conductive material. A separating trench is produced along the first trench in such a way that a side wall of the separating trench directly adjoins the first trench. The part of the insulation layer which adjoins the separating trench is at least partially removed, with the result that at least some of the electrically conductive material in the first trench is exposed. | 11-15-2012 |
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20110165760 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES IN A SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS - In the method of producing bipolar transistor structures in a semiconductor process, an advanced epitaxial trisilane process can be used without the risk of poly stringers being formed. A base window is structured in a polycrystalline silicon layer covered with an oxide layer, and a further step is epitaxial growing of a silicon layer in the base window from trisilane. The window structuring is performed in a sequence of anisotropic etch and isotropic ash steps, thereby creating stepped and inwardly sloping window edges. Due to the inwardly sloping side walls of the window, the epitaxially grown silicon layer is formed without inwardly overhanging structures, and the cause of poly stringers forming is thus eliminated. | 07-07-2011 |
20120214314 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising complementary bipolar transistors, wherein for manufacture of a PNP-type structure, an emitter layer having a surface oxide layer is present on top of an NPN-type structure, the emitter layer comprising lateral and vertical surfaces, and wherein for removal of the oxide layer, an ion etching step is applied, wherein for the on etching step a plasma for providing ions is generated in a vacuum chamber by RF coupling and the generated ions are accelerated by an acceleration voltage between the plasma and a wafer comprising the semiconductor structure, and wherein the plasma generation and the ion acceleration are controlled independently from each other | 08-23-2012 |
20130032892 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR IN BIPOLAR-CMOS TECHNOLOGY - A process of forming an integrated circuit containing a bipolar transistor and an MOS transistor, by forming a base layer of the bipolar transistor using a non-selective epitaxial process so that the base layer has a single crystalline region on a collector active area and a polycrystalline region on adjacent field oxide, and concurrently implanting the MOS gate layer and the polycrystalline region of the base layer, so that the base-collector junction extends into the substrate less than one-third of the depth of the field oxide, and vertically cumulative doping density of the polycrystalline region of the base layer is between 80 percent and 125 percent of a vertically cumulative doping density of the MOS gate. An integrated circuit containing a bipolar transistor and an MOS transistor formed by the described process. | 02-07-2013 |
20130193557 | Electronic Device and Method for Increasing Reliability of Bipolar Transistors Under High Voltage Conditions - The invention relates to an electronic device with a bipolar transistor having an emitter, a base and a collector. The base has a first region of a first concentration of the first dopant for forming an electrically active region of the base and a second region of a second concentration of the first dopant close to the surface of the base region. The first region is separated from the second region by a region of a third concentration of the first dopant and the third concentration is lower than the first and the second concentration. | 08-01-2013 |
20130328130 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR IN BIPOLAR-CMOS TECHNOLOGY - A process of forming an integrated circuit containing a bipolar transistor and an MOS transistor, by forming a base layer of the bipolar transistor using a non-selective epitaxial process so that the base layer has a single crystalline region on a collector active area and a polycrystalline region on adjacent field oxide, and concurrently implanting the MOS gate layer and the polycrystalline region of the base layer, so that the base-collector junction extends into the substrate less than one-third of the depth of the field oxide, and vertically cumulative doping density of the polycrystalline region of the base layer is between 80 percent and 125 percent of a vertically cumulative doping density of the MOS gate. An integrated circuit containing a bipolar transistor and an MOS transistor formed by the described process. | 12-12-2013 |
20140103489 | Electronic Device Comprising a Semiconductor Structure Having an Integrated Circuit Back End Capacitor and Thin Film Resistor and Method of Manufacturing the Same - An electronic device comprising a semiconductor structure having an integrated circuit back end capacitor and an integrated circuit back end thin film resistor and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises a first dielectric layer, a bottom plate of the capacitor and a thin film resistor body. Furthermore, there is a second dielectric layer which is disposed on the bottom plate of the capacitor and on top of the thin film resistor body. A top plate of the capacitor is disposed on the second dielectric layer in a region of the second dielectric layer which is defined by the lateral dimensions of the bottom plate of the capacitor. The bottom plate and the resistor body are laterally spaced apart layers which are both disposed on the first dielectric layer and which are composed of a same thin film material. | 04-17-2014 |
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20110151750 | GRINDING MACHINE FOR GRINDING WORKPIECES - Grinding machine for grinding workpieces, in particular cams, a grinding machine holder and a method for grinding cam sets using such a grinding machine. Grinding machine comprising a machine bed, at least one grinding spindle, two grinding wheel holders, on which in each case at least one grinding wheel is arranged and which are arranged in opposite directions to one another in their orientation and are oriented parallel to one another with their longitudinal axes, and two workholding devices which in each case have a work headstock and a steady rest and which are arranged in opposite directions to one another in their orientation and are oriented parallel to one another with their longitudinal axes, wherein each work headstock and the associated steady rest are designed for the arrangement therebetween of a separate work fixture having workpieces to be ground. | 06-23-2011 |
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20120258648 | GRINDING MACHINE COMPRISING TWO SPINDLE SETS - The invention relates to a grinding machine for grinding workpieces, in particular for the simultaneous grinding of two workpieces which are arranged in a tightly adjacent manner. The grinding machine comprises at least two first grinding spindles and at least two second grinding spindles which in each case have a grinding disk receptacle and are mounted pivotably via a support on the spindle block of one of the first grinding spindles, with the result that they can be pivoted about the rotational axis of the respective first grinding spindle. | 10-11-2012 |
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20080311319 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR STICKING OBJECTS - The invention relates to a method for sticking, a container, a pocket tape, a method for the production of a pocket tape, a device for the production of a pocket tape, a method for the production of an adhesive tape, an adhesive tape and a device for the production of an adhesive tape. The invention is characterised in that adhesive zones are spaced from one another by non-adhesive zones. | 12-18-2008 |
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20100070289 | Architectural Design for Embedded Support Application Software - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing embedded support. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include, for example, a Support Request Processing process component that handles a request reflecting the initial inquiry to clarify and solve an incident during the operations of an IT system and a Software Problem Reporting process component that handles the collection and reporting of context data in the IT system. | 03-18-2010 |
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20100138257 | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR SELLING STANDARDIZED SERVICES APPLICATION SOFTWARE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing selling standardized services. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Customer Quote Processing process component; a Sales Order Processing process component; a Service Confirmation Processing process component; a Financial Accounting Master Data Management processing component; a Customer Invoice Processing process component; an Accounting process component; a Balance of Foreign Payment Management process component; a Due Item Processing process component; and a Payment Processing process component. | 06-03-2010 |
20100153158 | PROVIDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES - Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having project management functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described. | 06-17-2010 |
20120124545 | Dialog Generation - In one aspect, a method of generating a computer-based dialog process includes receiving, in a computer system, a process type for creating a process. The process type includes (i) step elements each corresponding to a user-interaction task in the process, and (ii) step groups each including one or more of the step elements, wherein the process type defines an order of the step groups. The method includes receiving executable code for the process in a configuration-time context. The executable code (i) specifies that each of the step groups is performed in one or more steps, thereby defining a granularity of the process, and (ii) assigns at least one of the step elements in each step group to each of the one or more steps, thereby defining an order of the step elements in each step group. The method includes generating a runtime implementation of the process using the executable code. | 05-17-2012 |
20120311337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNED STATELESS DATA TRANSFER - According to some embodiments, a method and system provides receiving a first request for service from a client during a communication session by a server, providing a response to the first request to the client, the response to the first request including state information specific to the first request and a memory of the server; clearing the server memory of the state information specific to the first request; receiving, by the server, a second request for service from the client during the communication session, the second request including the state information specific to the first request; and restoring a state of the server memory based on the state information specific to the first request received in the second request. | 12-06-2012 |