| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5575182 |
Dual-mass flywheel |
November 19, 1996 |
| A dual-mass flywheel comprises a primary mass (7) which is adapted to be fastened to a crankshaft (3) of an internal-combustion engine concentric to an axis of rotation (1) and a secondary mass (9) which is mounted for rotation relative to the primary mass (7) around the axis of rotation |
| 5573265 |
Stabilizer system for a motor vehicle suspension system with a rotary actuator |
November 12, 1996 |
| A stabilizer system with a rotary actuator has a first stabilizer part which is non-rotationally connected to a rotary actuator vane assembly. A second stabilizer part is non-rotationally connected to a rotary actuator housing. The rotary actuator housing has hydraulic connections for |
| 5569088 |
Two mass flywheel for a motor vehicle transmission having a seperate thrust bearing between the |
October 29, 1996 |
| A two-mass flywheel has a first flywheel which can be connected to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, and can be provided with a thrust bearing for a hub of a second flywheel. The first flywheel can also be designed in its circumferential area with a radial bearing for the |
| 5566803 |
Clutch assembly for a motor vehicle having a flexible clutch disc |
October 22, 1996 |
| This invention relates to a clutch disc for a friction clutch in which the connection between the hub and the friction linings is made by several leaf-spring-like elements distributed over the circumference, which elements are fastened in their central area to the hub, are essentially |
| 5560463 |
Friction clutch for a motor vehicle transmission and a friction clutch having automatic adjustme |
October 1, 1996 |
| A motor vehicle friction clutch with an automatic adjustment for wear of the friction linings, whereby distributed over the circumference of the pressure plate there are several clearance sensors which act on the thrust plate with the interposition of an adjustment device. Each clearance |
| 5558189 |
Adjustable hydraulic vibration damper |
September 24, 1996 |
| A hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper with a piston fastened to a piston rod, which piston divides a working cylinder into two working chambers filled with damping fluid, whereby at least partly to control the damping force there is a pilot-controlled, electromagnetically actuated dam |
| 5558188 |
Vibration damper for a motor vehicle suspension |
September 24, 1996 |
| A motor vehicle suspension system for damping vibrations between, for example, the wheels of the motor vehicle and the body of the motor vehicle, can have a vibration damper unit with two fluid chambers therein and separated from one another by a piston unit. In addition, there can be |
| 5556354 |
Shifting arrangement for a change gear drive in multispeed hubs for bicycles |
September 17, 1996 |
| A shifting arrangement for change gear drives in multispeed hubs for bicycles has a plurality of control planes coaxially disposed relative to one another, within which, by cam control, trip cam rods, which are installed on the surface of the hub axle coaxially thereto, are swivellab |
| 5553713 |
Vibration damper assembly having a spring support with adjustable spring plate, and a spring sup |
September 10, 1996 |
| A vibration damper assembly having a spring support. The spring support comprises a first support with a spring plate and a second support with a spring plate, whereby at least one spring plate is axially adjustable, so that the spring tension of a spring between the spring plates can be |
| 5553695 |
Friction clutch for a transmission of a motor vehicle and a friction lining for a friction clutc |
September 10, 1996 |
| A friction clutch for a transmission of a motor vehicle generally will have a clutch disc, and the clutch disc will be provided with friction linings for engaging the friction clutch with a rotating engine flywheel. The friction rings can be provided, on both surfaces thereof with tr |
| 5553693 |
Hydrokinetic torque converter with lock-up clutch |
September 10, 1996 |
| Hydrokinetic torque converter with a lock-up clutch, which is equipped with one or more friction plates to increase the transmission capacity or to reduce the internal pressure, whereby at least a portion of the wall of the turbine wheel and the components holding the corresponding frict |
| 5551928 |
Torsional vibration damper with a planetary gearset |
September 3, 1996 |
| A torsional vibration damper is designed with a driving-side transmission element, with at least one planet carrier which can rotate relative to the transmission element and which planet carrier is provided with at least one plane wheel which is engaged on one hand with a sun gear and on |
| 5551541 |
Shock absorber |
September 3, 1996 |
| Shock absorber with adjustable damping force, comprising a pressure tube filled with damping medium, in which a piston on an axially movable piston rod divides a work chamber into a piston-side and a non piston-side chamber, whereby there is a damping medium flow between the two work |
| 5551540 |
Vibration damper and a vibration damper with a valve actuation device |
September 3, 1996 |
| A vibration damper is disclosed having a valve actuation device and a housing, in which housing the valve actuation device can be located. The valve actuation device has a controllable coil form, a coil core, and a movable armature for executing an actuation motion. At least a portion of |
| 5547050 |
Shock absorber having a piston permanently attached to its piston rod |
August 20, 1996 |
| A shock absorber valve for a hydraulic telescoping strut shock absorber, has, running through a valve body, passages whose respective outlet-side openings are covered by ring-shaped valve discs, whereby the valve discs and the valve body are fastened and axially braced in line. A ful |
| 5544725 |
Vibration damper having a spring plate, tube and base which are joined by a weld |
August 13, 1996 |
| Vibration damper which has a container tube which is closed on the end by a container base, whereby a suspension spring which encloses the vibration damper is supported on a spring plate, with connection mechanisms on the container tube and on a piston rod which can move axially inside t |
| 5542516 |
Friction clutch for a transmission of a motor vehicle and a clutch plate for a friction clutch |
August 6, 1996 |
| A friction clutch has a clutch plate with a hub and hub disc concentric to an axis of rotation, a lining support with friction linings, located on the one side of the hub disc, and a cover plate located on the other side. Coil springs for the load range can be located in preferably align |
| 5540456 |
Multispeed hub for a bicycle |
July 30, 1996 |
| A hub for a bicycle can typically have an axle for being non-rotationally connected to a frame of the bicycle, a hub body rotatably mounted about the axle, and a drive element rotatably mounted on the axle. A plurality of transmission elements can preferably be disposed between the axle |
| 5540313 |
Vehicular manual transmission having a friction clutch with automatic wear compensation |
July 30, 1996 |
| The present invention generally relates to a friction clutch with automatic compensation for wear inside the pressure plate. For this purpose, between the membrane spring and the pressure plate, there are preferably two sheet metal rings located one axially behind the other, which rings |
| 5538270 |
Bicycle, and a bicycle having a hydraulic brake, and an actuator for a hydraulic brake on a bicy |
July 23, 1996 |
| An actuator for a hydraulic brake for use on a bicycle with a handlebar, including a handle housing, a hydraulic master cylinder which contains a piston, and which hydraulic master cylinder is filled with brake fluid and is integrated into the handle housing, a brake handle by means of w |
| 5533815 |
Bearing arrangement for a device comprising two rotating components |
July 9, 1996 |
| For a dual-mass flywheel in the driving train of a motor vehicle there is proposed a cage-free ball-bearing 9 which has solid balls and is therefore particularly narrow in the axial direction and is sealed in a lubricant-tight manner by a sealing and insulating ring arrangement 31 fo |
| 5533596 |
Hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper for motor vehicles |
July 9, 1996 |
| A hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper for motor vehicles, with a damping piston fastened to a piston rod, which damping piston divides the work cylinder into two chamber halves filled with damping fluid, has a bypass located parallel to the valves of the damping piston. In the bypass |
| 5529161 |
Friction clutch for a transmission of a motor vehicle and a torsional damper for a friction clut |
June 25, 1996 |
| A friction clutch can typically have a rotary power input member which can be rotationally engaged by means of a torsional damping device such as springs located between the input and output members. The output member can include a hub, non-rotationally connected to a hub disc, and the i |
| 5527230 |
Multi-speed hub for bicycles |
June 18, 1996 |
| A multi-speed drive hub for bicycles, with or without a back-pedal brake, can have a hub shift transmission which has a first, and second, and a differential planetary gear set. A differential ring gear which belongs to the differential planetary gear set, can be connected to a hub sleev |
| 5527061 |
Anti-roll vehicular suspension system and a hydraulic rotary actuator system in an anti-roll veh |
June 18, 1996 |
| An anti-roll vehicular suspension system and a hydraulic rotary actuator system in an anti-roll vehicular suspension system with a hydraulic rotary actuator in a two-part stabilizer apparatus, having a first stabilizer part, which is non-rotationally connected to a rotary actuator shaft, |
| 5527060 |
Load-sensitive vehicular suspension system |
June 18, 1996 |
| According to an embodiment of the invention it is proposed, for determining the weight of the useful load on a vehicle, that the height of the vehicle body above the chassis be determined, this height be compared with a threshold value and that a switch is made between a hard damping |
| 5526714 |
Torsional vibration damper for the drive line of a motor vehicle |
June 18, 1996 |
| A torsional vibration damper for the drive line of a motor vehicle includes an input damper part rotatable about an axis of rotation, an output damper part rotatable about the axis of rotation relative to the input damper part over a limited relative angle of rotation, a spring system co |
| 5524871 |
Method of making a shock absorber and a shock absorber made by the method |
June 11, 1996 |
| Process for the filling of a piston-cylinder unit, for example a shock absorber, with compressed gas and for closing the gas chamber of the piston-cylinder unit with a sealing element in the form of a base. The piston-cylinder unit is placed in an apparatus which apparatus can be con |
| 5524739 |
Transmission having a clutch with an arrangement for fastening the clutch to the crankshaft and |
June 11, 1996 |
| A system of fastening a flywheel on an output end of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, the flywheel being combined into a single component with a clutch plate unit and a clutch disc. The fastening can be achieved with essentially axial joint surfaces on the output end on one |
| 5522611 |
Multiple sprocket chainwheel for bicycle derailleur |
June 4, 1996 |
| A multiple sprocket chainwheel for bicycle derailleurs to drive a hub bushing on the rear wheel by means of at least two sprockets which have different numbers of teeth, and which are located non-rotationally on a chainwheel bushing, whereby spacing connecting rings with bearings and a |
| 5518225 |
Pneumatic spring-vibration damper assembly |
May 21, 1996 |
| Pneumatic spring, consisting of a spring bellows acting as a rolling bellows, whereby the spring bellows border a spring chamber provided with a gas charge under pressure, whereby the spring bellows are connected on one hand to a roll-off tube and on the other hand to an axially-movable |
| 5518089 |
Shock absorber with a check valve and a check valve for a shock absorber |
May 21, 1996 |
| A shock absorber with a check valve device and a check valve device for a shock absorber is disclosed. The check valve device located in the bypass of a shock absorber between a high-pressure segment and a low-pressure segment has a check valve which can be moved by an external control i |
| 5515956 |
Hydrokinetic torque converter |
May 14, 1996 |
| Hydrokinetic torque converter, including a housing driven by an internal combustion engine with a housing wall near the drive which is provided with a concentric guide hub, a pump wheel integrated into the housing wall away from the drive, a turbine wheel located between the pump wheel a |
| 5509512 |
Shock absorber with adjustable damping with controlled damping characteristics |
April 23, 1996 |
| A vehicle, including a vehicle body, a chassis with wheels and tires on which the vehicle rests, a number of vehicle suspension springs and shock absorbers which are mounted between the wheels and the vehicle body and execute a change in their axial length as a function of the wheel spri |
| 5503598 |
Derailleur arrangement, in particular for bicycles |
April 2, 1996 |
| A derailleur with at least two sprockets (A, C) on a sprocket unit (A-C) is designed so that the chain (B) can be shifted up and down more easily between a smaller sprocket (C) and a larger sprocket (A). For this purpose, there is a double tooth space (ZA) on at least the larger spro |
| 5501438 |
Motor vehicle vibration damper |
March 26, 1996 |
| A motor vehicle vibration damper having a piston disposed on a piston rod within a cylinder of the damper unit, is provided with a mechanical limit-stop for resisting and limiting movement of the piston rod out of the cylinder. The limit stop can preferably comprise a spring disposed |
| 5495925 |
Anti-theft device for a motor vehicle |
March 5, 1996 |
| An anti-theft device for a motor vehicle has a control device for disengaging at least a part of the drive train of the motor vehicle when an incorrect security code is entered, and can allow for normal operation upon entry of a correct security code. |
| 5493936 |
Two-mass flywheel |
February 27, 1996 |
| A two-mass flywheel includes a device (11) that in series with a slip friction clutch (13) couples a secondary mass (5) rotationally-elastically to a primary mass (1). The slip friction clutch (13) includes two side disks (25, 27), similar to cup springs, that engage opposite faces of a |
| 5492051 |
Rotary actuator with a modified seal structure |
February 20, 1996 |
| Rotary actuator, including a cylinder and motor shaft, as well as end caps which define a work chamber, whereby a number of ribs on the inside surface of the cylinder and the same number of vanes on the motor shaft divide the working area into work chambers which are alternately supplied |
| 5485417 |
Process and arrangement for controlling a vibration damper |
January 16, 1996 |
| The process according to the invention allows the adjustment of different damping characteristics of a motor vehicle damper taking into account the state of travel of the motor vehicle and damping requirement defining quantities depending on the travelling state according to an operating |
| 5483137 |
Control device |
January 9, 1996 |
| A control device for controlling at least one adjustment member, in particular an electrical chain transfer of a bicycle, is proposed. The control device comprises a signal transmitter which is disposed at a location distant from the at least one adjustment member and which can be se |
| 5481459 |
Control system for an active suspension system in a motor vehicle and method for controlling mot |
January 2, 1996 |
| An active hydraulic system for a motor vehicle, which active hydraulic system comprises a supply pump, a number of valves to control the actuators, and a measuring device to determine the movement parameters of the vehicle. The components of the active hydraulic system follow a proce |
| 5480129 |
Shock absorber with air shock module, air shock module for a shock absorber and process for inst |
January 2, 1996 |
| Pneumatic spring comprising an elastic expansion bellows, a receptacle fastened to the expansion bellows, at least one fastening element between the expansion bellows and the receptacle, a point where it is attached to the vehicle chassis, a piston rod of a shock absorber which has a sho |
| 5477949 |
Shock absorber |
December 26, 1995 |
| A piston rod guide is provided for a shock absorber assembly, wherein the piston rod guide has a reflux passage for returning damping fluid back to the annular space formed between the cylinder walls of the shock absorber. The reflux passage is configured in a manner such that the return |
| 5477947 |
Automobile shock absorber with frequency-selective action |
December 26, 1995 |
| A shock absorber with frequency-selective action, in particular for motor vehicles, can have a working cylinder filled with a damping fluid and divided into two working chambers by a piston which has throttle valves and is fastened to a piston rod. For optimal damping adjustment in v |
| 5476166 |
Flywheel and clutch system for a motor vehicle |
December 19, 1995 |
| A flywheel of an internal combustion engine, wherein the flywheel has a reduced outside diameter. The flywheel has lugs which point radially inward, which lugs facilitate the fastening of the flywheel to the clutch housing. It is thereby possible to locate the threaded fasteners on a |
| 5471896 |
Dual-mass flywheel |
December 5, 1995 |
| A dual-mass flywheel comprises a primary mass (7) which is adapted to be fastened to a crankshaft (3) of an internal-combustion engine concentric to an axis of rotation (1) and a secondary mass (9) which is mounted for rotation relative to the primary mass (7) around the axis of rotation |
| 5469755 |
Multi-speed bicycle hub and an operating mechanism thereof |
November 28, 1995 |
| A multi-speed bicycle hub is combined with an operating mechanism. The operating mechanism is fastened to a hub shaft. In the operating mechanism there is provided a linearly movable operating slide. This operating slide is provided with control tracks. The control tracks act on pivot le |
| 5468033 |
Impact absorbing bumper mount and method of making |
November 21, 1995 |
| Impact-absorbing bumper mount with two telescoping tubes, in particular for motor vehicles, to decelerate a vehicle via damping forces when the vehicle strikes an obstacle, whereby a work piston is guided in a sealed manner in one of the tubes, and with which, in addition to a weight |
| 5467851 |
Shock absorber with a check valve module and a check valve module for a shock absorber |
November 21, 1995 |
| Shock absorber with adjustable damping force, comprising a cylinder, an axially movable piston rod with a piston connected to it, a number of fluid chambers with capacities which can be changed relative to one another as a function of the movement of the piston rod relative to the cy |
