| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5464239 |
Bicycle, and a bicycle having a hydraulic brake, and an actuator for a hydraulic brake on a bicy |
November 7, 1995 |
| 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 |
| 5463900 |
Balancing process and balanced component after this process |
November 7, 1995 |
| For balancing a rotating component, in particular a component arranged in the drive train of a motor vehicle such as a flywheel, for example, it is proposed that an incomplete mass ring is attached to the component, in which the gap is dimensioned so that it corresponds to the magnitude |
| 5462145 |
Hydrokinetic lockup torque converter with lockup clutch |
October 31, 1995 |
| A hydrokinetic torque converter equipped with a bridging or lockup clutch. The bridging or lockup clutch has a piston and a friction plate between the piston and the converter housing. For the non-rotating connection of the piston, there is a carrier plate or hub disc, which carrier plat |
| 5462142 |
Fluid operated damper with nonreleasable cover unit for electromagnetic value |
October 31, 1995 |
| A fluid oscillation damper is provided with an electromagnetically controlled valve for varying the damping force of the oscillation damper. The electromagnetically controlled valve is housed within a compartment confined by two housing parts. A first housing part is fastened to a co |
| 5454455 |
Cylinder piston device |
October 3, 1995 |
| In a cylinder piston device the piston when approaching the end of the cylinder abuts against an indentation of the cylinder and is tilted or angled by the abutment, on the one hand, and by an axially directed force acting onto the piston rod, on the other hand. Thus, a clamping effect i |
| 5450920 |
Method of operating a motor vehicle and the motor vehicle drive |
September 19, 1995 |
| A method for operating a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine, and having a drive train for receiving mechanical power of the engine and imparting motion to the motor vehicle via at least one set of wheels of the motor vehicle, can include a system for engaging and d |
| 5449055 |
Stop valve device |
September 12, 1995 |
| A stop valve device (36) mounted in the by-pass (32, 36) of a vibration damper between a high pressure part section (32) and a low pressure part section (32a) has a stop valve (38) which can be moved by an external control (46) into an opening preparation state in which the actual openin |
| 5447127 |
Internal combustion engine with an overhead camshaft |
September 5, 1995 |
| A lawn mower has at least one rotary cutting blade and an internal combustion engine for operating the at least one cutting blade, wherein the lawn mower can be operated on a substantially horizontal surface, while inclination of the mower on various surface slopes is also possible, |
| 5445573 |
Multi-speed gear hub |
August 29, 1995 |
| For free shifting in a multi-speed gear hub comprising a claw clutch, first and second springs are included for preloading a projecting claw part in mutually opposite directions. Preloading in the second direction is with less force than in the first direction, for abutment of the claw p |
| 5443279 |
Bicycle and bicycle with multispeed wheel hub |
August 22, 1995 |
| On a multispeed bicycle wheel hub with a sun and planet gear mechanism having at least two multistage planet wheels, the planet wheels are each constructed of two parts, with a first planet wheel part having a rolling gearing segment forming one planet wheel stage and a clutch gearing |
| 5443146 |
Impact-absorbing shock absorber with deformation body |
August 22, 1995 |
| An impact-absorbing shock absorber with two telescoping tubes, in particular for motor vehicles, for decelerating, as a result of hydraulic damping forces and pneumatic spring forces, a vehicle which collides with an obstacle, has an inner tube closed by a bottom, a gas chamber adjacent |
| 5443134 |
Hydraulic actuating device for brakes and gearshifts of bicycles or the like |
August 22, 1995 |
| A hydraulic actuating device for brakes and gearshifts on bicycles or the like comprises an actuating lever (1b), a transmitting cylinder (1a), a flexible pressure line (9) and a receiving cylinder (1). The receiving cylinder (1) is connected with a first component (A) of a device to be |
| 5441132 |
Double tube vibration damper unit |
August 15, 1995 |
| A double tube vibration damper comprises a pressure tube and a container tube. Two working chambers are defined by the piston within the pressure tube. A compensation space is provided between the pressure tube and the container tube. The pressure tube extends axially between a bottom wa |
| 5439085 |
Oscillation damper |
August 8, 1995 |
| In an oscillation damper with bypass between an annular working chamber and a compensating chamber, a shut-off valve is provided in the bypass. The shut-off valve is on the one hand exposed to the pressure in the annular working chamber and on the other hand to the pressure in a control |
| 5435421 |
Hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper and a valve system for a hydraulic, adjustable vibration |
July 25, 1995 |
| Hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper with a piston fastened to a piston rod, which piston divides a work cylinder into two work chambers filled with damping fluid, whereby at least partly to control the damping force, there is a valve system with at least one electromagnetically activa |
| 5433307 |
Clutch plate for a friction clutch of a motor vehicle having a radially elastic plastic ring |
July 18, 1995 |
| A friction clutch, in particular for a motor vehicle, the friction clutch comprising a clutch plate, the clutch plate comprising a hub with a hub plate and two cover plates disposed on opposite sides of the hub plate. A plastic ring is disposed on one side of the hub plate. The inner por |
| 5431269 |
Transmission for a motor vehicle with a friction clutch having a clutch disc with torsionally lo |
July 11, 1995 |
| A clutch disc with a basic friction device, which can have a corresponding friction ring with axial projections that torsionally lock with the toothing of the hub, for transmission of the torque to the hub disc. |
| 5431260 |
Shock absorber having an elastic gasket upper mounting assembly |
July 11, 1995 |
| A shock absorber for motor vehicles having at least one end thereof fastened by means of rubber gaskets to a fastening part. To achieve a fastening which is economical, elastic, and has a high degree of insulation and a long useful life, each rubber gasket of the fastening, around th |
| 5423403 |
Fastening devices on a shock absorber outer tube |
June 13, 1995 |
| Fastening device on the outer tube of a shock absorber, comprising a receptacle for the connection to a vehicle axle and, optionally or in combination, additional mountings for a roll stabilizer and for brake hoses, whereby the connection and the additional mountings are at a distanc |
| 5419422 |
Driver plate for a clutch plate of a motor vehicle friction clutch |
May 30, 1995 |
| A driver plate for a torsion-suspended clutch plate of a motor vehicle friction clutch includes an annular disk-shaped lining support (1) composed of a plurality of segments (17), in the form of stamped sheet metal parts, and a reinforcement part (5), provided with windows (13) for r |
| 5417591 |
Connection device for an electrical arrangement shielded by an electrically conductive wall of a |
May 23, 1995 |
| A connection device of an electrical arrangement (8) shielded by an electrically conductive wall (2) of a housing includes a contact carrier member (4, 5, 6) composed of plastic material, and in particular embodied as a shaped plastic element, that is insertable into an opening (3) of th |
| 5413196 |
Oscillation damper |
May 9, 1995 |
| According to an illustrative example of the present invention an oscillation damper is provided with a bypass interconnecting two fluid chambers. A main valve is provided within this bypass for allowing variation of the damping behavior of the oscillation damper. An electro-magnetic |
| 5407047 |
Arrangement for securing a clutch to a crankshaft |
April 18, 1995 |
| In order to secure the flywheel (5) of a motor vehicle friction clutch (3) to the output end of a crankshaft (23) of an internal combustion engine, it is proposed that the flywheel (5) is fastened to the output end of the crankshaft (23) by means of an axially detachable centric clamping |
| 5402868 |
Container piston device |
April 4, 1995 |
| According to an illustrative example of the invention, a suspension strut of a motor vehicle comprises a protective bellows for the piston rod. This protective bellows protects the piston rod in all positions of the piston rod between an axially innermost operational position and an axia |
| 5400881 |
Vibration damper unit |
March 28, 1995 |
| In a double tube vibration damper a bottom valve body is provided adjacent an end portion of a pressure tube which end portion is remote from the entrance of the piston rod into the pressure tube. The bottom valve body is positioned by a positioning sleeve which is in frictional engageme |
| 5399128 |
Multi-speed drive hub with a separate mounting ring for the planetary gearset for bicycles |
March 21, 1995 |
| A multi-speed drive hub for bicycles includes a hub shaft (1), a driver (7), a hub sleeve (9), as well as a planetary gear train (21) as part of the hub speed-changing transmission. The planetary gear train in turn has a planet gear carrier (17); at least one multistep planet gear (23); |
| 5398789 |
Method of making a vibration damper and a vibration damper and a method for producing a containe |
March 21, 1995 |
| A casing for a vibration damper of a motor-vehicle comprises a container tube and a side tube with the side tube axis being substantially transverse to the container tube axis. The side tube is shaped such as to accommodate a bypass valve the opening and closing of which effects a va |
| 5398787 |
Damping pilot valve having vibration damper-related characteristic curves |
March 21, 1995 |
| In the case of a vibration damper with a by-pass (32, 32a) between an annular working chamber and a compensating chamber (28), there is in the by-pass (32, 32a) a shut-off valve assembly (36) with a valve shut-off element (42) and a valve seat (40b). The valve shut-off element (42) is |
| 5392885 |
Adjustable hydraulic vibration damper for motor vehicles |
February 28, 1995 |
| An adjustable hydraulic vibration damper for motor vehicles includes a hydraulically and/or pneumatically adjustable control body of a damping valve which guarantees a continuous damping force adjustment, whereby when a control pressure falls below a minimum value, a high damping force i |
| 5392668 |
Actuating means for a multispeed cycle hub |
February 28, 1995 |
| An actuating mechanism for a multispeed cycle hub comprises a housing adapted to be attached to an end of a hub shaft. A first cam, a second cam, and a pinion having engaging teeth are received in the housing for conjoint rotation. An elongated rack element is mounted for movement along |
| 5381335 |
Device for controlling a vehicle component in dependence upon transverse acceleration |
January 10, 1995 |
| A device is proposed for the control of a transverse-acceleration-dependent vehicle component, particularly a shock-absorber, dependent upon a control signal representing the transverse acceleration and obtained by means of a computer. In the device of the invention the computer is suppl |
| 5380248 |
Torsional shock absorber |
January 10, 1995 |
| The torsional shock absorber which is preferably suitable for a dual-mass flywheel comprises an input part (1) and an output part (21) which is rotatable round a common axis of rotation. Between control edges (43) of the input part (1) and control edges (41) of the output part (21), long |
| 5377803 |
Pressure plate arrangement for a motor vehicle friction clutch |
January 3, 1995 |
| A pressure plate arrangement (1) for a friction clutch of a motor vehicle is proposed, wherein an adjustment device (19), which automatically compensates for the wear of the friction linings (21), is disposed in the support path between a diaphragm spring (13) and a pressure plate (11), |
| 5377560 |
Double-mass flywheel |
January 3, 1995 |
| In a double-mass flywheel the flywheels of which are coupled with torsional flexibility by at least one set of at least two helical springs (31, 31'), it is proposed that the end spring (31') of the spring set arranged in a channel (29) encircling the axis of rotation (9) of the flywheel |
| 5373928 |
Clutch plate for a friction clutch |
December 20, 1994 |
| The invention relates to a friction lining of a clutch plate which is constructed with an encircling reinforcing ring to increase the stability of speed. This annular part is arranged outside the wear volume and has a considerably smaller radial dimension than the friction lining. |
| 5372378 |
Method and device for the operative influencing of damping assemblies of a vehicle |
December 13, 1994 |
| A method is submitted for the operative influencing of a damping supporting system mounted between a chassis and a body of a motor vehicle, which system has at least one damping assembly (12) mounted between the chassis and the body of the vehicle, in which method the damping properties |
| 5372224 |
Oscillation damper |
December 13, 1994 |
| An oscillation damper is provided with a by-pass that includes a by-pass valve. The by-pass valve is switchable between an open position and a closed position. When the by-pass valve is moved between the open and closed positions, the rate of change of the cross-sectional area of the |
| 5362278 |
Chain driving mechanism for a bicycle or the like |
November 8, 1994 |
| In a chain driving mechanism a chain runs around a wheel-side sprocket of a set of sprockets and around a pedal crank-side sprocket. The engaged sprocket is located between a sprocket of larger diameter and a sprocket of smaller diameter. The chain is in axial direction adjacent said |
| 5359884 |
Displacement sensor for an actuating drive in particular in a vehicle |
November 1, 1994 |
| A displacement sensor for an actuating drive, particularly in a vehicle, having an actuating motor and an especially power takeoff member of the actuating drive, comprising a sensor housing having an axis, a drive member drivable by the actuating motor and rotatably supported coaxially |
| 5358456 |
Gear unit for combination with an auxiliary power consuming unit of a motor-vehicle |
October 25, 1994 |
| According to an illustrative embodiment of the invention, a planetary gear box is combined with an electric generator of a motor-vehicle. The planetary gear box comprises a free wheel and a gear change clutch. Such, the transmission ratio of the planetary gear box is changeable. The |
| 5358078 |
Hydraulically-operable disk brake for bicycles or similar vehicles |
October 25, 1994 |
| In accordance with the invention, a hydraulic disk brake for bicycles is provided which includes a brake caliper 1, 101, a brake piston 8, 108, 208, and a guide cylinder 2, with the aid of which the brake system can be pre-adjusted in a coarse manner with respect to the bicycle frame. Th |
| 5357177 |
Electrical adjustment device |
October 18, 1994 |
| An electrical adjustment device, in particular an electrical chain transfer device for bicycles is disclosed, comprising an adjusting element, a drive device for the adjusting element, a control unit for controlling the drive device and a presetting device connected with the control unit |
| 5353898 |
Vibration damper unit |
October 11, 1994 |
| In a vibration damper for a motor vehicle a flow path connecting a working chamber of the cylinder with a damping behavior control unit is confined by a flow path tube surrounding the cylinder. The flow path tube is provided adjacent its axial end portions with bead-shaped grooves ac |
| 5353897 |
Vibration damper |
October 11, 1994 |
| A vibration damper has a variable damping effect. The variation of the damping effect is obtained by a control valve. This control valve is subject to the pressure force of a damping liquid on the one hand and to a pressure force of a electrorheological liquid on the other hand. The |
| 5346441 |
Combination of two-stator-rotor units with a connecting gear unit therebetween |
September 13, 1994 |
| According to an illustrative example of the present invention, an internal combustion engine is provided with a gear box. This gear box is driven by an end portion of the crank shaft. A belt pulley is provided around the axis of the gearbox. The belt pulley drives through a belt an elect |
| 5337866 |
Device for monitoring a friction clutch |
August 16, 1994 |
| For the protection of an automatized friction clutch of a motor vehicle it is proposed, by means of a computer device (23) to compute periodically data for the instantaneous friction performance of the clutch (5) and to add them up in several also periodically actualized time window stor |
| 5330393 |
Gear unit for combination with an auxiliary power consuming unit of a motor-vehicle |
July 19, 1994 |
| According to an illustrative embodiment of the invention, a planetary gear box is combined with an electric generator of a motor-vehicle. The planetary gear box comprises a free wheel and a gear change clutch. Such, the transmission ratio of the planetary gear box is changeable. The |
| 5322150 |
Arrangement for controlling the slip of an automatic friction clutch |
June 21, 1994 |
| A slip control loop (13) is proposed which compares the actual differential speed between input and output speed of a friction clutch (5) of a motor vehicle with a desired differential value and adjusts a positioning drive (7) of the clutch (5) according to the desired differential speed |
| 5321878 |
Method for removing a motor vehicle friction clutch |
June 21, 1994 |
| The invention relates to a method for removing a motor vehicle friction clutch of modular design and to friction clutches suitable for this method. The arrangement of openings in the clutch plate and the use of specific tools for venting the friction clutch enable the clutch plate to |
| 5318486 |
Driving hub for a vehicle, particularly a bicycle, with an infinitely adjustable transmission ra |
June 7, 1994 |
| The drive hub for a vehicle, particularly for a bicycle, includes a hub axle 1, a hub shell 9 rotatable relative thereto, and a driver or actuator 13 mounted on the hub axle 1. The driver 13 drives the hub shell 9 over a ball friction gear 17, the ball carrier plates 25 and 27 of which f |
