| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D459274 |
Motor vehicle body |
June 25, 2002 |
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| 7458203 |
Hybrid vehicle and method for operating a hybrid vehicle |
December 2, 2008 |
| A method for operating a hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid vehicle has a combustion engine and an electric motor each providing a torque for operating the hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has an exhaust gas system with a catalytic converter system for at least one exhaust gas |
| 7454986 |
Device and method for measuring torque in an electromechanical steering system |
November 25, 2008 |
| A device and a method for measuring torque for an electromechanical steering system comprises a steering means that is connected in a driving manner to a steering mechanism via a torsion rod which is provided with an input shaft part (101) and an output shaft part (102), an electric |
| 7429233 |
Method for shifting from a source gear to a target gear in a twin clutch transmission |
September 30, 2008 |
| Gear shifts are carried out from a source gear to a target gear of a twin clutch transmission. The twin clutch transmission has sequentially directly successive gears assigned to different transmission input shafts. In each case one upshift and downshift threshold, which is defined a |
| 7419020 |
Electrical energy system in a hybrid car |
September 2, 2008 |
| An electrical energy system (1) in a hybrid car comprises an electrical motor (3), a capacitor (4) and a battery (5). The capacitor (4) is connected electrically to the electrical motor (3) and the capacitor (4) is switched in parallel with the battery (5) and the capacitor (4) has a |
| 7409359 |
Configurator for configuring and displaying the appearance of an article to be configured |
August 5, 2008 |
| A configurator and a method of configuring articles has a processor with a memory for storing at least one data record representative of the outward appearance of a type of article and data representative of a plurality of different element designs related with one type of article. A use |
| 7395659 |
Hybrid vehicle and method for operating a hybrid vehicle |
July 8, 2008 |
| A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, each of which can deliver a torque, particularly in order to drive at least one vehicle wheel. An exhaust gas system having a catalytic converter system is assigned to the internal combustion engine. The conver |
| 7367919 |
Transmission configuration and method for controlling a transmission |
May 6, 2008 |
| A transmission configuration includes an automated dual-clutch transmission having two transmission sections with respective input shafts, respective output shafts and respective motor clutches. The motor clutches are connected, on a motor side thereof, to a drive shaft and to a resp |
| 7358894 |
Key for a vehicle |
April 15, 2008 |
| A vehicle comprises a base station for wireless transmission of locating support information to support locating, supported on a locating satellite, as well as a key for the vehicle, in which the key includes a locating module to determine the position of the key as a function of a s |
| 7356988 |
Method for controlling the temperature of a catalyst and multicylinder engine comprising a lambd |
April 15, 2008 |
| The invention is directed to a method for controlling the temperature of at least one catalyst arranged in an exhaust gas cleaning system (12) of a lean-runnable multi-cylinder engine (10), wherein energy is introduced into the exhaust gas cleaning system (12) by a lambda split, and to a |
| 7292916 |
Method for operation of a vehicle and corresponding device |
November 6, 2007 |
| An engine (9) of a vehicle (1) is started by first inserting an ignition key (3) into an ignition lock (2) of the vehicle (1). The vehicle (1) can be started by merely pressing the inserted ignition key, whereby said ignition key (3) is further inserted into the ignition lock (2) and tak |
| 7285074 |
Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train |
October 23, 2007 |
| A method and a device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train determine the direction of rotation of the drive train by evaluating sensor signals of a first sensor unit on the output side of the drive train. The first sensor unit includes a sensor wheel fastened to a rotatable co |
| 7278303 |
Method for diagnosing an engine control unit and corresponding engine control unit |
October 9, 2007 |
| A method for diagnosing an engine control unit (4) conducts an analysis as to whether the signal values from the cylinder pressure sensors (3) are faulty based on at least one characteristic value which is derived from an evaluation of signal values from the cylinder pressure sensors (3) |
| 7273304 |
End region of a vehicle with a lid |
September 25, 2007 |
| A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle end region having lights and having a pivotable lid for closing a vehicle interior space. The pivotable lid has given regions which cover at least some of the lights when the pivotable lid is in a closed position and the pivotable lid is pivoted |
| 7245205 |
Vehicle with control for the automatic adjustment of the transparency of vehicle window panes |
July 17, 2007 |
| The invention concerns a vehicle with a window pane, especially a front window, a rear window, a side window or a roof window, for covering of the internal space of the vehicle. The transparency of the window pane is adjustable, and the vehicle includes a control for automatic adjustment |
| 7237842 |
Headrest, particularly for a motor vehicle seat |
July 3, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a headrest (10), particularly for a motor vehicle seat. At least on element is provided that can be displaced relative to a retaining device (12) of the headrest (10). The at least one element can be displaced, in part and/or in total, about at least one horizont |
| 7237838 |
Active headrest with decoupled lumbar frame |
July 3, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a headrest arrangement for a backrest section (10) of a motor vehicle seat with a headrest, which receives the headrest bars and is supported in the guides on the side of the backrest, wherein the guides in the backrest can be moved within limits from a normal |
| 7235017 |
Constant velocity fixed joint having crossed raceways, universal joint shaft and method for prod |
June 26, 2007 |
| A constant velocity fixed joint includes a joint outer part and a joint inner part with crossed ball raceways. The ball raceways of the joint outer and inner parts form ball raceway pairs and balls are disposed in respective ones of the ball raceway pairs. A cage is held in place at one |
| 7230396 |
Device method for switching of currents in a stator winding of a generator-electric motor combin |
June 12, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a device and a method for switching currents in a stator winding (1) of a generator/electric motor combination, said stator winding (1) comprising at least one winding which can be short-circuited or switched in a highly-resistive manner by means of at least one |
| 7225701 |
Locking device having an actuating lever for an adjustable steering column |
June 5, 2007 |
| A locking device has an actuating lever for an adjustable steering column in a vehicle. The locking device is provided between a mounting fixed on the vehicle and a casing tube. The casing tube surrounds the steering column and can be adjusted relative to the mounting. The actuating leve |
| 7205044 |
Plastic part and method for producing the plastic part and use of the plastic part |
April 17, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a plastic part (10), in particular for an interior lining of an automobile, with a support (16) and at least one layer (14) foamed onto the support (16) and a slush skin (24), wherein the foamed layer (14) comprises at least partially an integrated fabric (22 |
| 7175531 |
Constant velocity fixed joint and assembly method |
February 13, 2007 |
| A constant velocity joint has an outer part, an inner part, and a full cage that is accommodated in a self-holding manner between these parts. The cage is formed with windows for holding balls inside races on the outer part and on the inner part. The cage is guided around a common ce |
| 7174713 |
Method for determination of composition of the gas mixture in a combustion chamber of an interna |
February 13, 2007 |
| An engine management system uses physically based models to determine the composition and mass of the fresh air/exhaust gas mixture suctioned by an internal combustion engine. The models are closely coupled to each other in a partial manner and are used to simulate the filling of the |
| 7172054 |
Apparatus and method for lubricating and cooling gear mechanisms |
February 6, 2007 |
| A device for lubricating and cooling gear mechanisms has a supply line for supplying lubricating and coolant oil from an oil sump into a first channel in a spray pipe. The first spray channel connects to at least one first nozzle for the targeted spraying of the lubricating and coolant o |
| 7131932 |
Method for determing a transmittable torque of a clutch in an automatic transmission of a motor |
November 7, 2006 |
| A method for determining a transmittable torque of a clutch of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, in particular an automated shift transmission, uses the clutch for transmitting torque from an engine shaft to a transmission input shaft and uses a synchronizing device for s |
| 7086221 |
Method for increasing an exhaust gas temperature of a spark-ignition, direct injection internal |
August 8, 2006 |
| The invention relates to a method for at least temporarily increasing an exhaust gas temperature of a spark-ignition, direction injection internal combustion engine (10) involving at least one measure, which is executed by the engine, whereby this at least one measure consists of a spark |
| 7082855 |
Dual-mass flywheel |
August 1, 2006 |
| A dual-mass flywheel includes a primary-side first sheet-metal shaped part configured to be fastened centrically with respect to an axis of rotation. The primary-side first sheet-metal shaped part contributes to a primary mass. A secondary-side second sheet-metal shaped part is mounted |
| 7073324 |
Device and method for determining the need for regeneration in a NO.sub.x storage catalyst |
July 11, 2006 |
| The invention relates to a device and method for determining the need for regeneration in a NO.sub.x storage catalyst (18) arranged in the exhaust train (12) of an at least periodically lean-operating internal combustion engine (10) for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the ne |
| 7066862 |
Method for a shift control of a power shift transmission |
June 27, 2006 |
| A method for a shift control of a power shift transmission includes closing an incoming, engaging clutch unit assigned to a new gear and opening the outgoing, disengaging clutch unit assigned to an old gear such that the closing and the opening overlap in time. The incoming clutch un |
| 7048672 |
Method for controlling the shifting of an automated twin-clutch transmission |
May 23, 2006 |
| A method for controlling the shifting operation of an automated twin-clutch transmission includes executing a shifting operation between a load gear and a target gear assigned to a first transmission unit by using an intermediate gear assigned to a second transmission unit. The engin |
| 6969492 |
Exhaust-gas cleaning system with nitrogen oxide reduction and with the addition of reducing agen |
November 29, 2005 |
| An exhaust-gas cleaning system includes a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter for reducing nitrogen oxides which are contained in the exhaust gas. A reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust-gas flow and is in the form of a vapor. A reducing-agent metering device for the |
| 6945560 |
Airbag device for a vehicle |
September 20, 2005 |
| An airbag device for a vehicle includes an airbag and a sensor element located on the side of the airbag which moves towards the vehicle occupant. The sensor element is formed of sensor strips which transmit sensed pressure changes in the form of a sensor signal to a control device. |
| 6920862 |
Methods for controlling a fuel metering in the multiple injection operating mode |
July 26, 2005 |
| The invention relates to two methods for controlling a fuel metering of a direct-injection internal combustion engine (10) in a multiple injection operating mode according to which at least two fuel injections into a cylinder (12) are carried out during a compression cycle of the cylinde |
| 6910547 |
Mounting arrangement of an automobile drive unit having a combustion engine and a transmission |
June 28, 2005 |
| The invention aims at providing a compact mounting arrangement for an automobile drive unit consisting of a combustion engine and a transmission. According to the invention, the crankshaft of the combustion engine and an auxiliary shaft driven by said crankshaft extend in the longitu |
| 6895934 |
Method for detection of a leak in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine and inter |
May 24, 2005 |
| The identification of a leak in the intake port (1) of an internal combustion engine (3) with lambda regulation (8) can be performed by the generation of an evaluation signal in accordance with a control signal of the lambda regulation (8) and the monitoring of the evaluation signal with |
| 6776585 |
Control valve for a wobbleplate compressor |
August 17, 2004 |
| A control valve for installation in a wobbleplate compressor with a changeable working volume is provided with an inlet for a connection to a pressure chamber, a first outlet for connection to a crank chamber, and a second outlet for connection to a suction chamber. A closing element |
| 6705078 |
Method and device for controlling a NOx storage catalyst that is arranged in an exhaust gas chan |
March 16, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a method for controlling a NO.sub.x storage catalyst by means of a NO.sub.x -sensitive measuring device, especially a NO.sub.x sensor, that is arranged downstream in relation to the NO.sub.x storage catalyst which is arranged in an exhaust gas channel of a co |
| 6668631 |
Method of checking the performance of catalysts in internal-combustion engines |
December 30, 2003 |
| A process is suggested for checking the catalyst performance in internal-combustion engines, in which by means of detected operating parameters of the internal-combustion engine similar operating conditions are determined. It is suggested to compute from a defined number of measured |
| 6655356 |
Internal combustion engine with fuel injection valves |
December 2, 2003 |
| An internal combustion engine, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a cylinder head and fuel injection valves. The cylinder head has seats for the fuel injection valves. Alignment devices on the seats and on the fuel injection valves interact with one another such that, when a fue |
| 6637190 |
Method for desulphurating a nox-storage catalyst that is arranged in an exhaust channel of a com |
October 28, 2003 |
| A process for desulfurizing at least one NO.sub.x storage catalytic converter, which is arranged in an exhaust pipe of an internal-combustion engine, includes setting a minimum desulfurization temperature at the NO.sub.x storage catalytic converter and an operating mode of the intern |
| 6427669 |
Actuators for pump-nozzle-injection elements or injection pumps for internal combustion engines |
August 6, 2002 |
| A drive for pump-nozzle injection elements and injection pumps of an internal combustion engine. The drive includes a crankshaft, a camshaft for actuating the injection elements, and form-locking traction member for drivingly connecting the crankshaft to the to the camshaft so that torqu |
| 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 |
| 4951802 |
Assembly station, particularly for working on automotive vehicle bodies |
August 28, 1990 |
| An assembly line has an assembly station including tools installed in a work zone of the assembly station and a transporting device having a generally horizontal travel path passing through the assembly station. The transporting device carries a workpiece into and out of the assembly |
| 4895125 |
Apparatus for the feedback of exhaust gases in an internal combustion engine |
January 23, 1990 |
| An internal combustion engine has an intake gas conduit; an output setting member disposed in the intake gas conduit and arranged for controlling therein the flow of intake gas; an exhaust gas conduit; a throttle member disposed in the intake gas conduit upstream of the output setting me |
| 4811631 |
Shifting method for hydrodynamic-mechanical transmission |
March 14, 1989 |
| In a hydrodynamic-mechanical transmission for motor vehicles, consisting of a torque converter followed by a planetary gear with hydraulically actuable shift mechanism associated with the several transmission elements to select the various speeds, the planetary gear including a first sun |
| 4774043 |
Method for production of a hollow shaft of fiber-reinforced plastic |
September 27, 1988 |
| In order to achieve defined fiber orientation angles in the fiber-reinforced plastic material of a hollow shaft, consisting of such material, the hollow shaft having regions of different diameters, a braided fiber tube constituting the starting material is pulled over a core, is impr |
| 4768281 |
Clutch discs for a fluid friction clutch and process for making same |
September 6, 1988 |
| Lamellar clutch discs consisting of sheet steel and arranged in an enclosed housing filled with a viscous liquid medium for a fluid friction clutch are described. To achieve a torque transmission behavior of the clutch that will remain constant over long periods of time, the surfaces of |
| 4720977 |
Method and device for operation of a supercharged internal combustion engine |
January 26, 1988 |
| A method for operation of an internal combustion engine supercharged by means of an exhaust gas turbo-supercharger for vehicles, in particular passenger automobiles, as well as a device for putting the method into effect. In order to achieve a more rapid response of such a supercharged |
| 4712581 |
Distribution device for a two-phase flow |
December 15, 1987 |
| A device for uniform distribution of a two-phase flow containing a liquid and a gaseous component, in particular a fuel-air mixture in a mixture delivery arrangement of an automobile, the device being provided with a flow-in line bore arranged centrally in a housing as well as with a |
| 4697621 |
Method and device for filling a fluid friction clutch |
October 6, 1987 |
| A method is described for filling a fluid friction clutch having a drive and a driven side with sets of clutch plates, whose housing, closed off from the outside, is partially filled to a relatively high degree with a viscous liquid medium as well as a device for practicing such method. |
