| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4485149 |
Highly temperature-resistant, wear-resistant workpieces and method for their manufacture |
November 27, 1984 |
| A workpiece of a highly heat-resistant steel containing nickel or of a nickel-base alloy is provided with a hard coating containing titanium. An intermediate layer of an intermetallic phase Ni.sub.3 Ti intervenes between the core material and the hard coating. The deposition of the i |
| 4373512 |
Method and apparatus for protecting an arrangement located in an area of highly concentrated rad |
February 15, 1983 |
| Method and apparatus for the protection of an arrangement located in the region of highly-concentrated radiation, such as the radiation receiver of a solar tower project. Smoke cartridges forming a smoke fog or water vapor sprays form a diffusion radiation in the path of radiation toward |
| 4370094 |
Method of and device for avoiding rotor instability to enhance dynamic power limit of turbines a |
January 25, 1983 |
| A method of and device for avoiding rotor instability thereby increasing the dynamic power limit of rotary fluid machines such as turbines and compressors which have contact free seals in the gaps between the rotating and nonrotating elements of the machine in which the rotary flow of fl |
| 4369984 |
Passenger vehicle such as a bus having a laterally extending stair assembly |
January 25, 1983 |
| A stair assembly for a passenger vehicle, especially an omnibus, in which the stair assembly is arranged in a lateral access area of the vehicle. The stair assembly comprises a horizontally extendable first stair member connected by links to a second stair member to form a parallelogram |
| 4353334 |
Method of and apparatus for starting an air-compressing four-stroke cycle internal combustion en |
October 12, 1982 |
| A method of and apparatus for starting an air-compressing four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine, in which the air for the combustion process is preheated in the intake system or in chambers communicating with the intake system. The air conveying engine parts are, prior to the |
| 4352520 |
Composite of a vehicle frame and body parts |
October 5, 1982 |
| A motor vehicle construction which includes at least one vehicle body part such as a floor panel mounted on a vehicle frame by an insert. The body part is only affixed to the vehicle frame so that a connection between the vehicle frame and body part exists by way of the insert. The const |
| 4334836 |
Oil pump arrangement |
June 15, 1982 |
| An oil pump arrangement for the pressure oil supply for internal combustion engines, especially a gear oil pump, which comprises impeller gears housed in a pump housing. The gears are driven by the internal combustion engine and the pump housing is connected with a suction pipe and a pre |
| 4334718 |
Coupling bearing for rotors above critical speed |
June 15, 1982 |
| A coupling bearing for rotors running above critical speed, in which the bearing encloses the rotor and is connected and disconnected depending on radial rotor movements. A gap is provided between the coupling bearing and the rotor, and this gap has a predetermined space width which is a |
| 4317433 |
Flat-faced tappets for valve trains |
March 2, 1982 |
| Flat-faced tappets, especially for valve trains in reciprocating internal combustion engines, having a shaft with a substantially cup-shaped transmission end adapted to cooperate with other parts of the valve train, a cam follower member of a highly elastic material and a hollow space |
| 4313490 |
Heat exchanger |
February 2, 1982 |
| A heat exchanger for indirect recooling of a heat transfer medium, such as water, by air. The heat transfer medium has a relatively high heat transfer coefficient compared to that of air. The heat exchanger has two substantially parallel end walls or plates which are provided with holes. |
| 4313407 |
Injection nozzle for air-compressing direct injection internal combustion engines |
February 2, 1982 |
| An injection nozzle for an air-compressing direct injection internal combustion engine which has a combustion chamber in the shape of a body of revolution in the piston head or in the cylinder head, and in which a rotary air movement occurs in the combustion chamber about its longitu |
| 4311678 |
Method for removing uranium-containing deposits in uranium hexafluoride processing equipment |
January 19, 1982 |
| This invention pertains to a method for removing deposits of uranium compounds in uranium hexafluoride handling equipment. A fluorocarbon containing bromine is internally injected into the handling equipment at or below ambient pressure and this brominating agent removes uranium comp |
| 4308913 |
Cooling tower with elevated heat exchanger elements supported on girders |
January 5, 1982 |
| Lattice-type supporting structures with girders on which heat exchanger elements of rectangular or square cross section are supported. Typically air/tube dry cooling elements for cooling towers are disclosed. The heat exchanger elements are supported by stilts on the girders at a distanc |
| 4308800 |
Rail vehicle for the transport of heavy and/or bulky goods |
January 5, 1982 |
| A rail vehicle for the transport of heavy and/or bulky goods with one multi-axle driving mechanism each. The driving mechanisms are respectively arranged on both ends of said rail vehicle. The rail vehicle furthermore includes at least one bridge girder interconnecting the bogies at each |
| 4294206 |
Combustion method and device for practicing same |
October 13, 1981 |
| A combustion process and apparatus for a spark ignited air compressing internal combustion engine with direct injection of the major portion of the fuel onto the wall of the combustion chamber provided in the piston in the form of a body of revolution, according to which a rotary motion |
| 4286556 |
Arrangement for air-compressing direct-injection internal combustion engines |
September 1, 1981 |
| An arrangement for air-compressing, direct-injection internal combustion engine having fuel ignition, at least one piston with a combustion chamber having a constricted throat and a pertaining cylinder having a pertaining cylinder head is disclosed. In this arrangement, the fuel injector |
| 4285611 |
Arrangement for the retaining of tubes |
August 25, 1981 |
| Arrangement for retaining at least two approximately mutually parallel extending tubes, including an adapter having an aperture through which the tubes are conducted. A clamping element is arranged in the aperture intermediate the tubes and presses these against the wall structure of the |
| 4284231 |
Device for ducting gas in a centrifuge block |
August 18, 1981 |
| A device for ducting process gas in a centrifuge block, comprising a hood for sealingly covering the centrifuge block and for defining at least one duct for the process gas. One embodiment has tubes within the hood in communication with connecting openings in centrifuge housings of the |
| 4284049 |
Fuel injector valve needle lift control arrangement |
August 18, 1981 |
| Control of valve needle lift in fuel injections for direct-injection internal combustion engines wherein an injector having at least one fuel supply pipe and one leak-off pipe is provided with a nozzle body in which is situated an axially slidably supported valve needle which is maintain |
| 4284041 |
Method of producing cylinder heads, and cylinder head produced thereby |
August 18, 1981 |
| A method of producing partially reinforced cylinder heads, including casting a material on a preformed workpiece with special material properties, whereby the casting material produces a mechanical and/or metallic bond with the preformed workpiece in the transition phase of the two m |
| 4278881 |
System to supervise operation of a bearing |
July 14, 1981 |
| To evaluate the condition of the bearing, particularly of bearings used in exhaust gas turbo-superchargers, the end cut surface of a light guide bundle having individual light guide fibers or filaments is exposed to a gap between rotating and stationary surfaces, for example the end port |
| 4278233 |
Arrangement for actuating gas-change valves |
July 14, 1981 |
| A hydraulic system for actuating gas-change valves in internal combustion engines or compressors wherein the output piston associated with each gas-change valve is capable of being moved against the force of a closing spring through a control circuit filled with control fluid by an input |
| 4278057 |
Method of burning applied-ignition fuels in an air-compressing direct-injection internal combust |
July 14, 1981 |
| A method of burning fuels ignited by applied-ignition in an air-compressing direct injection internal combustion engine according to which the fuel is, preferably in the form of a jet, sprayed onto the wall of the combustion chamber having the shape of a body of revolution with the major |
| 4274371 |
Apparatus for preheating the intake air for air-compressing internal combustion engines |
June 23, 1981 |
| A fuel delivery system provided with at least a fuel delivery pump and a high pressure pump distributing fuel to individual injectors on the cylinders included with apparatus for preheating the intake air for air-compressing internal combustion engines. Communication therewith occurs |
| 4273291 |
Fuel injector for internal combustion engines |
June 16, 1981 |
| A fuel injector for internal combustion engines. The fuel injector is of the pin type and is provided with a nozzle needle which is axially displaceably mounted in a nozzle body and is adapted to be lifted off its valve seat in response to fuel pressure. A throttling pin of the nozzle |
| 4273079 |
Air-compressing direct injection internal combustion engine |
June 16, 1981 |
| An air-compressing direct injection internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber in the shape of a body of revolution which combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke contains nearly the entire necessary amount of combustion air which by suitable means is circulate |
| 4270407 |
Cams for actuating the valves of a reciprocating machine |
June 2, 1981 |
| The invention relates to a cam for actuating the valves of a reciprocating machine, the cam causing the valve to be opened via a flat-faced sliding-contact cam follower against the force of a closing spring. |
| 4266911 |
Wind power plant and method of erecting it |
May 12, 1981 |
| A wind power plant comprising a tower carrying a power system including a power house and vanes rotatable by the wind. The tower has a lower natural frequency of vibration between the lower and higher critical frequencies of vibration of the power system, and the tower has a higher natur |
| 4256065 |
Arrangement for the controllable operation of valves |
March 17, 1981 |
| Arrangement for the controllable operation of valves, including mechanically cooperating elements powered by external energy and acting on the valve. An electromagnetic control device produces a positive force interengagement of the mechanical elements so as to effect the actuation o |
| 4254915 |
Fuel injector for internal combustion engines |
March 10, 1981 |
| A fuel injector for internal combustion engines. The fuel injector comprises a nozzle needle which is axially displaceably arranged in a nozzle body and is adapted to be lifted off its conical valve seat in response to fuel pressure. A pin of the nozzle needle extends below the valve |
| 4248191 |
Method and means for preventing valve bridge cracks in cylinder heads of internal combustion eng |
February 3, 1981 |
| Method and device to prevent valve bridge cracks in the cylinder head of internal combustion engines. The cylinder head is exposed to compressive stresses acting radially inwards in the region between the valve seats and a surface facing the combustion chamber by a circular ring shrink f |
| 4241665 |
Articulated railway car connecting passage |
December 30, 1980 |
| A system for articulated bogie-type rail vehicles in which the adjacent ends of the car bodies are pivotally and rotatably supported by supporting arms extending beyond their end trusses on a single-part connecting portal jointed by bellows to the car box ends and mounted on a transverse |
| 4241659 |
Sheet transfer apparatus for rotary printing machines having serially arranged printing stations |
December 30, 1980 |
| To permit reversal of sheets having extended length, a sheet storage or sheet transfer drum in engagement with a sheet reversal drum is formed with a sheet displacement apparatus located on the sheet storage drum rearwardly--with respect to the direction of rotation thereof--of the g |
| 4239344 |
Reflector for solar collectors |
December 16, 1980 |
| A reflector for solar collectors including a mirror-coated glass plate of which the plate thickness lies below the thickness required for a self-supporting glass plate, and in which the glass plate has the mirror-coated side thereof bonded to a support member, thus providing a high-q |
| 4239201 |
Pleat-and-pinch folding apparatus |
December 16, 1980 |
| To eliminate the need for braking sheets or webs being fed to a pleat-and-pinch folding apparatus, a pleating blade, suspended to fold sheets in the nip between folding rollers is arranged for reciprocating movement in the direction of feed of the sheets or web, conjointly with movem |
| 4235499 |
Plug connection for contact supports |
November 25, 1980 |
| A plug connection for contact supports or contact holders which are constituted of an electrically insulating material, of which one is constructed hollow cylindrically-shaped and includes at least two longitudinal slots each provided with respectively one snap lock recess, and of wh |
| 4235202 |
Internal combustion engine |
November 25, 1980 |
| An internal combustion engine having in the piston crown or cylinder head a combustion chamber in the shape of a body of revolution with a constricted throat. At the end of the compression stroke, the combustion chamber accommodates substantially all of the air for combustion which is im |
| 4231543 |
Controllable hydraulic valve mechanism for reciprocating engines or pumps |
November 4, 1980 |
| A controllable hydraulic valve mechanism for reciprocating engines or pumps including a drive piston, operable by a cam is provided with control edges and projects into a drive cylinder; a working piston which operates the valve directly and is guided in a working cylinder. The valve mec |
| 4227685 |
Sheet feeding apparatus, particularly for rotary printing machines |
October 14, 1980 |
| To align sheets being fed to a printing machine without interruption of smooth flow of sheet feeding, the sheets are aligned while they are being fed from a stack to a set-up or alignment table 19 by imparting thereto a lateral force to direct the moving sheets towards a side or lateral |
| 4226466 |
Truck, especially a large capacity vehicle or tractor semi-trailer combination |
October 7, 1980 |
| A truck, especially a large capacity vehicle or tractor semi-trailer combination including a motor-steering unit, which essentially includes the motor, the transmission, the axles, the wheels, and where applicable, a fifth wheel for a semi-trailer; a payload carrier or semi-trailer; and |
| 4224835 |
Self-cooling resonance torsional vibration damper |
September 30, 1980 |
| A resonance torsional vibration damper, especially a multi-member vibration damper which includes a primary member including one, preferably a plurality of, fixedly interconnected parts and arranged on a shaft or crankshaft. The damper furthermore includes one or more secondary members |
| 4222430 |
Method of armo-coating valve seats of internal combustion engines |
September 16, 1980 |
| A valve element is formed with a groove or notch in the region of the valve seat. The valve element is then introduced into a crucible pot which has the outer shape of the valve, when coated, and a cover is placed thereover completing the shape of the valve, when coated. Granular coating |
| 4221623 |
Method of manufacturing fiber-reinforced plastic bodies |
September 9, 1980 |
| A method of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic body of irregular geometrical shape including winding a ring of fibers such that different sections of the ring around its periphery correspond in contour to sections of the body. The sections of the ring are cut from the remainder |
| 4217823 |
Drive arrangement for a changeable satellite printing mechanism |
August 19, 1980 |
| The invention relates to a drive arrangement for a changeable satellite printing mechanism of a rotary printing machine in which at least two main subject matter printing cylinders, that is, cylinders directly carrying subject matter to be printed, or transfer cylinders, can be selective |
| 4215899 |
Cabin for trucks with trailer-fixtures |
August 5, 1980 |
| In a cabin for trucks with trailer-fixtures, a first sleeping-berth is arranged behind and between the seats on the rear wall of the cabin pivotally about a horizontal pin. A second sleeping-berth is provided, that is conveyable from an operational position next to the first sleeping |
| 4213625 |
Pneumatically suspended bus |
July 22, 1980 |
| A bus arranged in accordance with the present invention permits the boarding level to be minimized at bus stops without unduly reducing the ground clearance to be maintained during operation. When supporting struts are being extended at a bus stop, the bus will tilt forward about a h |
| 4213390 |
Remote-control adjustment retrofit system for an ink supply in a printing machine |
July 22, 1980 |
| An elongated carrier or holder 11, in the form of an elongated, hollow channel profile, is screwed to the frame 2 of the printing machine. The carrier 11 is formed with a long slot 15 through which clamping bolts 17, 18, attached to clamping plates 16 internally of the channel 11, can pa |
| 4206738 |
Heat exchanger |
June 10, 1980 |
| A heat exchanger for indirect recooling of a heat transfer medium, such as water, by air. The heat transfer medium has a relatively high heat transfer coefficient compared to that of air. The heat exchanger has two substantially parallel end walls or plates which are provided with holes. |
| 4205887 |
Printing machine cylinder bearer construction |
June 3, 1980 |
| To permit replacement of a cylinder bearer ring without disassembly of the respective cylinder from the printing machine, the cylinder bearer ring is constructed as a composite element assembled of two parts 1, 9; one of the parts has a central, generally U-shaped cut-out to surround the |
| 4205790 |
Fuel injector |
June 3, 1980 |
| A fuel injector for air-compressing, direct-injection internal combustion engines. The injector essentially comprises a nozzle body, a hollow nozzle needle which is axially displaceable therein, and a second nozzle needle which is displaceable within said hollow nozzle needle. The two no |
