| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6168059 |
Storage compartment with a displaceable lid arrangement |
January 2, 2001 |
| A storage compartment is covered by two lids that can be opened by a handle in such a manner that the two lids expose a storage compartment from the middle to the edges. An additional compartment is connected to the handle. This compartment, depending on the direction of motion of the ha |
| 6161857 |
Steerable axle spring suspension for a two-wheeler |
December 19, 2000 |
| A steerable axle spring suspension for a two-wheeler has a sliding tube and at least one longitudinal control arm which, swivellably about a transverse axis of the vehicle, is fixedly mounted on the vehicle frame. The sliding tube and the longitudinal control arm are connected with one |
| 6145485 |
Variable valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine |
November 14, 2000 |
| For a variable valve operating mechanism for an internal-combustion engine having variable valve lifts, which can be achieved at constant opening angles, variable valve opening angles are achieved in the case of particularly small valve lifts. To do so, the rocker axis of a valve lev |
| 6144111 |
Current breaker for a vehicle battery lead |
November 7, 2000 |
| In a current interrupter for a battery lead for motor vehicles, with a contact element between the two connecting parts for their electrical connection and with an auxiliary drive for separating the two connecting parts, contact element applies only a transverse force that is directed |
| 6142253 |
Vehicle frame having a step-through opening particularly for a two-wheeler |
November 7, 2000 |
| A vehicle frame is described which has a step-through opening, particularly for a two-wheeler, for a vehicle having a resilient front wheel suspension, a steering device for a front wheel, a resilient rear wheel suspension for at least one rear wheel, at least one seat device for a d |
| 6141616 |
Wheel braking regulating system for motor vehicles |
October 31, 2000 |
| A wheel braking system for a motor vehicle includes sensors, controllable actuators, and an electronic control device for regulating the rpm of a vehicle wheel when an actual driving state of the vehicle differs from a specified desired driving state calculated as a function of the drivi |
| 6134882 |
Regulating strategy for an NOx trap |
October 24, 2000 |
| A method for operating an NOx trap for an internal combustion engine includes measuring parameters that influence the delay between the metering of a regenerating agent and its becoming effective in regenerating the NOx trap. Such parameters include the fuel film on an intake wall an |
| 6131447 |
Process and arrangement for checking the operability of a secondary air pump in an internal-comb |
October 17, 2000 |
| In the case of a process for checking the operability of a secondary air pump in an internal-combustion engine in a motor vehicle using an electronic control unit, the control unit detects the rotational speed of the internal-combustion engine and the throttle valve angle in the intake |
| 6125800 |
Cooling system for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine |
October 3, 2000 |
| For a cooling system of a liquid-cooled internal-combustion engine, a charging, venting and pressure control arrangement is suggested. In this case, a compressive stress mechanically generated in the coolant is combined with a forward-flow system control, in which case the gradual sh |
| 6125714 |
Selecting device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle |
October 3, 2000 |
| A selecting device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle is suggested in the case of which the selector lever can be swivelled back and forth between two different shifting channels. One shifting channel for the step shifting permits a manual shifting of the automatic tran |
| 6116832 |
Screw with elastomer component to provide vibrational decoupling |
September 12, 2000 |
| The screw of the invention is characterized by a threaded shank of which the foot segment is an elastomer and of which the head segment is a dimensionally stable material, preferably a plastic. The screw comprising an elastomer buffer integrated into it in this manner is used to decouple |
| 6113864 |
Adsorber-catalyst combination for internal combustion engines |
September 5, 2000 |
| A combination of an adsorbent with a catalyst for internal combustion engines. The adsorbent-catalyst combination is built up in two or more alternating layers of zones, which are coated to be adsorbing, and zones, which are coated to have catalytic activity, and are connected in series |
| 6111209 |
Electrical combination switch |
August 29, 2000 |
| An electrical switch combination, especially for controlling a cruise control of a motorcycle, has a first electrical toggle switch that can be pivoted from a middle position into two toggle positions, and which automatically returns to the middle position, and an additional electrical |
| 6100799 |
Process and device for indicating braking power or delay in cars |
August 8, 2000 |
| The invention relates to a process and an arrangement for indicating the braking intensity or the deceleration of a vehicle. A signal generating device generates a signal corresponding to a deceleration of the vehicle, or a brake pedal force of the driver. An indicating device, which has |
| 6100796 |
Obstacle recognition system in a motor vehicle |
August 8, 2000 |
| In an obstacle recognition system in a motor vehicle with an electronic control device and with sensors to detect the distance of an obstacle in a predetermined area, the control device, in a defined partial area of a part, possibly mounted on the vehicle, that could be detected by a sen |
| 6098518 |
Piston with piston rod |
August 8, 2000 |
| The piston (1) has a ball receptacle (14) for the rod head (4) of the piston rod (2) of a swash plate compressor. For absorbing particularly high pressures the rod head (4) has a relatively large diameter, so that the ball receptacle (14) extends close to the circumference of the piston |
| 6095120 |
Fuel injection system and method for an air-compressing internal-combustion engine |
August 1, 2000 |
| A fuel injection system for an air-compressing, particularly supercharged internal-combustion engine, has an electronic control unit for determining the injection quantity for a quantity adjusting mechanism. The fuel injection system has an electronically controlled or regulated injectio |
| 6092985 |
Connection for a torque converter |
July 25, 2000 |
| A driving connection is provided for torque transfer in the drive line of a motor vehicle for releasable connection of a crankshaft with a pump wheel of a coaxially mounted hydrodynamic torque converter in which the pump wheel is mounted so that it is rotatably supported integrally with |
| 6092691 |
Process and arrangement for proportioning viscous material |
July 25, 2000 |
| In order to obtain an optimal application of viscous material, such as an adhesive or a sealing agent. The process and apparatus combines the proportional metering device and the outlet valve to form a constructional unit. A static mixing tube is integrated into the filling opening. The |
| 6091779 |
Process for the wireless transmitting of energy and data |
July 18, 2000 |
| In the case of a process for the wireless transmission of energy and data between two parts, preferably the steering wheel and the steering column of a vehicle, having a transformer-type transmitter and consisting of a primary and secondary winding assigned to the parts, and a rectangula |
| 6089585 |
Telescopically compressible wheel suspension |
July 18, 2000 |
| A telescopically compressible wheel suspension, particularly for a front wheel of a motorcycle, having at least one standpipe and at least one slide pipe which are telescopically slidably guided inside one another in the axial direction via at least one slide bearing. The slide pipe and |
| 6086248 |
Process for the model-supported simulation of the coolant temperature in the case of a vehicle b |
July 11, 2000 |
| A process for the model-supported simulation of the coolant temperature in the case of a vehicle is provided. Conventionally, two temperature sensors are used for determining the coolant temperature, in which case one exists only for determining the temperature when an engine is switched |
| 6070844 |
Variable size vehicle beverage container holder |
June 6, 2000 |
| A beverage holder composed of hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts, where the parts are rotatable with respect to one another. The upper and lower parts are connected with one another by a plurality of rod-shaped connecting elements (rods). When the two parts are rotated relative to |
| 6062656 |
Brake system for motor vehicles |
May 16, 2000 |
| In the case of a brake system for motor vehicles, having a brake pedal, a brake booster, a master brake cylinder and an electronically regulatable brake unit, which is arranged between the master brake cylinder and the wheel brakes and by which, via an electronic control unit, the brake |
| 6053581 |
Process and system for briefly stopping a vehicle |
April 25, 2000 |
| A process and a system for briefly stopping a vehicle which utilizes a secondary brake circuit. In the present case, the problem is to be solved that the vehicle operator must exercise high brake holding forces in a stopped condition and, because of a constant slip stick effect, there wi |
| 6053131 |
Heat exchanger for liquid heat exchange media |
April 25, 2000 |
| A heat exchanger for liquid heat exchange media for alternate valve-controlled heating or cooling of one of the liquids, to achieve high-quality regulation of a valve device and small temperature differentials between the inlet and outlet of the heat exchange means that serves for he |
| 6047683 |
Process and arrangement for controlling the fuel injection quantity for an internal-combustion e |
April 11, 2000 |
| In a process for controlling the fuel injection quantity for an internal-combustion engine in a vehicle via an electronic control unit, the actual angle of the crankshaft is detected and, as a function of the actual angle, of a defined fuel injection time and of a defined injection e |
| 6047607 |
Transmission gear wheel with damping capability |
April 11, 2000 |
| A transmission gear wheel has at least two gear wheel elements which are provided with teeth on their circumference and which, coaxially and non-displaceably with respect to one another in the circumferential direction. Mutually offset teeth connect the elements with one another such |
| 6046673 |
Selecting arrangement having a display device |
April 4, 2000 |
| A selecting arrangement having a display device, particularly for a motor vehicle, is described by which, by the deflection of a control element which is automatically restored for certain deflecting directions, particularly of a selector lever, a currently selected operating position |
| 6032587 |
Folding table |
March 7, 2000 |
| A table that can be pulled out is located on the underside of a pivotable armrest on a center console of a motor vehicle. The table consists of a base panel as well as a pivot panel. The pivot panel can be pivoted by a bearing mechanism which can be raised either toward the driver side ( |
| 6012423 |
Hypocycloidal crank mechanism for piston engines, engines especially for opposed-cylinder intern |
January 11, 2000 |
| For a hypocycloidal crank mechanism for piston engines, particularly for internal-combustion engines with opposed cylinder banks, which, in a rotationally movable manner arranged on a crank pin of a crankshaft, comprises two lifting eccentrics for the oscillating control of two piston |
| 6011484 |
System and method for controlling refueling of a motor vehicle |
January 4, 2000 |
| A system and method for controlling refuelling of a motor vehicle having an internal-combustion engine and having a control unit for a central locking system and several locking/unlocking devices (VEEs) for doors and covers which are controlled by the control unit. The locking and unlock |
| 6007087 |
Vehicle steering wheel with airbag module |
December 28, 1999 |
| A vehicle steering wheel to be fitted with an airbag module, with a steering wheel body that is at least partially covered with plastic foam, the body being designed to receive an airbag module. The side of the steering wheel body that faces a vehicle occupant is a permanent part of |
| 6006622 |
Transmission gear arrangement for compensating play at the tooth flanks |
December 28, 1999 |
| A transmission gear is composed of two gear elements provided with teeth on their circumference. The gear elements are displaceable coaxially in the circumferential direction and with their teeth offset with respect to one another. The elements are also connected with one another shapewi |
| 6002973 |
Process for changing an electronic memory for use-related data of a vehicle |
December 14, 1999 |
| In the case of a process for changing an electronic memory for use-related data of a vehicle, the changed new data and the old data maintained in the memory are sent to a comparator, in which case the comparator permits the taking-over or acceptance of the new data into the memory only i |
| 6000421 |
Valve device for a heat exchanger located in a bypass in a cooling circuit, especially of an int |
December 14, 1999 |
| A cooling circuit includes a valve device (1, 1', 1") for a separate heat exchanger (42), especially of an internal combustion engine (48). To achieve a combined pressure limitation and pipe or hose break valve, a valve body (6, 35, 50), upon reaching a coolant throughput for maximum |
| 5997088 |
Vehicle seat |
December 7, 1999 |
| A vehicle seat, especially for single-track vehicles such as motorcycles, etc. The vehicle seat has a backrest that serves as a true backrest in its upright position and serves as an extra seat in a folded position. According to the invention, the tilt of the backrest can adjusted when i |
| 5988673 |
Arrangement of an inflatable head protection system in a motor vehicle |
November 23, 1999 |
| An inflatable head protection system has an air bag which is provided at least partly along a member or a column of the vehicle body in the non-inflated condition following its course. This air bag is held by a separate deformation element which is constructed as a shaped sheet metal |
| 5988121 |
Piston engine having a hypocycloidal piston stroke transmission with a Watt's guide, particularl |
November 23, 1999 |
| For a piston engine having a hypocycloidal piston stroke transmission with a Watt's guide, particularly having pistons in opposed cylinders, in which case the transmission is rotatably arranged on the crank pin of a crankshaft and comprises a stroke and a guide eccentric which are no |
| 5987877 |
Turboprop engine with an air-oil cooler |
November 23, 1999 |
| A turboprop engine in the pod of which an air-oil cooler is disposed downstream of a cooling air inlet opening. The oil cooler exhaust air is discharged via an air duct with which a cooling air conveying device is associated. In this way it is ensured that there is always a sufficient |
| 5987395 |
Process for measuring the distance between a motor vehicle and an object |
November 16, 1999 |
| In the case of a process for measuring the distance between a motor vehicle and an object, in the vehicle, in the case of a short distance of the object, the output signals of a first measuring device with a corresponding measuring range and, in the case of a longer distance of the o |
| 5987382 |
Radio signal receiver for motor vehicles with an RDS decoder for digital signals |
November 16, 1999 |
| In a radio signal receiver for motor vehicles with a radio receiver with an RDS decoder for digital signals, convertible via a table into traffic information, the signals can be forwarded from the decoder via a data link to a navigation system provided with a route data storage which gen |
| 5960872 |
Device for stabilizing the temperature of the transmission oil of a motor vehicle |
October 5, 1999 |
| In order to control the temperature of the transmission oil of a motor vehicle driven by a liquid-cooled engine, a coolant/transmission oil heat exchanger is provided. The coolant stream supplied to the heat exchanger is miscible in a thermostatic valve from recooled and non-recooled coo |
| 5956016 |
Operating device for menu-controlled functions of a vehicle |
September 21, 1999 |
| In an operating device for menu-controlled functions of a motor vehicle that can be shown symbolically on a screen and selected by an actuator, the actuator is movable between mechanical stops into a position that corresponds to the position of the symbol of the selectable function on |
| 5947556 |
Child seat for a vehicle |
September 7, 1999 |
| A child seat is composed of a base, which can be fastened on a vehicle seat, as well as of a removable shell part. In order to be able to carry out an inclination adjustment of the shell part with respect to the base also during the drive without any safety risk, a connection element is |
| 5927803 |
Rollover protection system for a passenger car |
July 27, 1999 |
| A rollover protection system for a passenger car, particularly for a convertible, includes a headrest 2 assigned to a vehicle seat and a rollover bar 1 which can be translationally displaced from a lowered inoperative position upwards into its supporting position. In its inoperative |
| 5927381 |
Vehicle heater |
July 27, 1999 |
| In order to house a latent heat storage device in a vehicle in a manner which saves as much space as possible and at a site which is secured against accident-caused deformations, the latent heat storage device is installed in the passenger compartment in the area of the front passeng |
| 5921141 |
Operating device for a motor vehicle transmission |
July 13, 1999 |
| An operating device for a motor vehicle transmission is described which has a shift lever which, for shifting between transmission ratios, is movably mounted on the motor vehicle. In particular, the shift lever can be shifted in a respective shifting channel about a shifting axis essenti |
| 5919112 |
Motor vehicle having an automatically shifted transmission |
July 6, 1999 |
| A motor vehicle is described which has an engine and an automatically shifted transmission. As an operating element, the transmission has at least one selecting device by which a driver controls an electric transmission control device. As a function of a driving position selected on |
| 5916062 |
Process and system for aiding a starting movement of a vehicle |
June 29, 1999 |
| The invention relates to a process and a system for aiding a starting movement of a vehicle. Problems occur particularly when starting on a hill or on a steeply sloping road because it is difficult or impossible for the vehicle operator to simultaneously release the foot brake pedal and |
