Abstract: A speed-adaptive dynamic-vibration absorber for a shaft rotatable about an axis, including a hub part on which at least one inertial mass is provided. The at least one inertial mass, starting from a middle position in which its center of gravity is the greatest distance from the axis, is moveable back and forth relative to the hub part along a path of motion in deflection positions in which the distance of the center of gravity of the at least one inertial mass changes with respect to the middle position, the path of motion having a radius of curvature which changes at least section-by-section with increasing deflection of the inertial mass out of the middle position.

Abstract: A medical bandaging material made of a microfilament nonwoven fabric with a mass per unit area of 30 to 150 g/m2 and a tear strength of >40 N/5 cm, the nonwoven fabric being made of continuous multicomponent filaments, melt-spun, stretched, and directly laid down to form a nonwoven fabric, having a titer of 1.5 to 5 dtex, and the continuous multicomponent filaments, after optional prebonding, being split, at least to the extent of 80%, into continuous microfilaments having a titer of 0.01 to 1.0 dtex and bonded.

Abstract: A method and tool for producing bipolar plates having liquid channels and gas channels, and having sealing elements made of polymer material for fuel cells. The bipolar plates are stamped, i.e., liquid and gas channels are impressed into the bipolar plates, and sealing elements are applied to the bipolar plates in one tool in two steps directly following each other.

Abstract: A switchable, hydraulically damping bearing has a supporting bearing and a bearing member that are elastically supported upon one another by a bearing spring made of an elastomeric material. The bearing has a working chamber and a compensating chamber that are arranged consecutively in the direction of vibrations. The chambers are filled with damping fluid. The working chamber and the compensating chamber are delimited by a shared partition on the sides facing each other. The chambers are connected in a fluid-conducting manner by at least one damping conduit provided in the partition. The working chamber is delimited by at least one elastic diaphragm that delimits an air chamber on the side facing away from the working chamber. The air chamber is connected to the environment by a switchable intake valve or a non-return valve, depending on the operating state of a supported engine.

Abstract: A gas inflator is movably supported in a spacer pot and/or in a protective sleeve of an airbag housing, and functions as a vibration damper weight. An annular spring element made of polymer material that is impermeable to gas is joined to the gas inflator's outer wall and to a supporting plate. A vacant vibration space is formed for the vibration damper weight between the gas inflator and the interior wall of the spacer pot or protective sleeve. The spring element is provided with a plurality of elastic projections that are distributed on the exterior periphery of the spring element. The projections cause a defined deceleration of the vibration weight in response to the traversing of the vacant vibration space.

Abstract: A filter cartridge made of an accordion fold pack folded in a zigzag-shaped manner and made of a thermoplastically moldable and heat-sealable material, whose folds are held at an adjusted, defined distance relative to each other, in particular made of a nonwoven fabric. The longitudinal direction of the accordion fold pack, transversely to the folds, the individual fold peaks are folded over in the same direction in at least one strip on one or both sides of the accordion fold pack and in each case fixedly joined to the next following, likewise turned-down fold at least in the overlapping region, by heat-sealing.

Abstract: A flexible, open-pored cleaning body having at least one scouring surface (2) provided in at least one subregion with continuously formed, raised projecting ridges (3), wherein the ridges (3) have regions C,D of different heights in the direction of their extension.

Abstract: A preform material for manufacturing a protective garment having a top material, in particular a firefighter's protective garment. The material is made of an insulating lining made up of an at least two-ply water-jet-consolidated nonwoven fabric having a weight per unit area of 80 g/m2 or lighter for each individual ply, a lining material having a weight per unit area of 120 g/m2 or lighter, that is quilted to the at least two-ply nonwoven fabric; and a semipermeable membrane, constituting a moisture barrier. After the at least two-ply water-jet-consolidated nonwoven fabric has been quilted to the lining material, the semipermeable membrane is laminated onto the outer side, facing away from the lining material, of the nonwoven fabric ply and has a weight per unit area of 20 to 30 g/m2.

Abstract: A composite material, including a laminate (1) made of a film (5) bonded to a nonwoven (7), wherein the nonwoven (7) and the film (5) are only bonded together at discrete points and the laminate (1) is stretched in at least one direction after being formed.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing multi-segmented filaments are provided. In one embodiment a first polymer material is passed into a die, the first polymer material and the die being maintained under predetermined rheological conditions. Next, the first polymer material is extruded through a plurality of die openings in the die, the die openings arranged in a group, the group configured to form at least two elementary filaments. Then, the two elementary filaments are connected to one another by adhesion contact to form a multi-segmented filament. In another embodiment a die for producing multi-segmented filaments is provided. This die comprises a polymer source maintaining a polymer under predetermined rheological conditions.

Abstract: A filter cartridge arrangement, including a filter cartridge that is connected on its face with a snap-on ring, forming a seal, where the snap-on ring can be snapped into an opening in a filter housing and where the snap-on ring demonstrates a radial flange on the outside circumference. The radial flange is structured as a circular sealing surface and is supported by a seal on the side of the filter housing that faces the radial flange, forming a seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a structured textile material made of at least two different, needled base nonwoven fabrics. The base nonwoven fabrics have a structure obtained by needling from at least one side. The needles used for the structure needling are fork needles or crown needles, and the depth of the forks and barbs, respectively, is so selected that, when piercing through, they completely fill up with fibers of the base nonwoven fabric facing the needles. The textile material have unmixed, pure fibers in the pattern, in the background and on the reverse side.

Abstract: An air filter having a depth filter material which includes a nonwoven fabric having a upstream side and a downstream side. The nonwoven fabric is formed of adhesively and/or cohesively bonded fibers, the fibers having intertwinements which are produced by liquid-jetting from the downstream side prior to the adhesive and/or cohesive bonding, and the fibers, because of the liquid-jetting, being compacted increasingly from the upstream side toward the downstream side in such a way that differently compacted regions are formed, in which particles of different size can be separated.

Abstract: A device for controlling the flow rate of hydraulic fluid in a supply line for the cylinder chambers of suspension cylinders in vehicles, especially tractors, having a permanent suspension axle, whose height is regulated by a level control device, a choke being inserted into the supply line for limiting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid, the supply line (2) being furnished with a bypass line (15) circumventing the choke (4), an auxiliary choke (16), controlled by a control unit (17) having level sensors, being inserted into the bypass line, the auxiliary choke being switched on in response to pronounced static load change when the limit stops of the vehicle axle are reached, permitting a larger flow rate of the hydraulic fluid.

Abstract: A dual-mode twin-chamber thrust bearing having hydraulic damping has a working chamber and an equalizing chamber, which are separated by a partition. The chambers are hydraulically connected by a damping channel or optionally by other vibration-damping devices. The partition is provided in its center with a passage that is closable by an actuator, and the outer wall of the equalizing chamber formed by an elastic bellows. The actuator and the elastic bellows form an integral component, which is displaced by an electric motor via an actuator mechanism.

Abstract: A floor covering made of an elastomer material having a relief-type patterned surface (2) which is provided with irregularly distributed indentations (3), which have an elongated shape, which partially contact and/or intersect each other, and which have a depth (T) of 0.02 mm to 0.2 mm, at a width (B) of 0.2 mm to 2.5 mm and a length (L) of 5 mm to 50 mm.

Abstract: A cassette filter made of a case open at either end that is formed of flat sheets which surround a dimensionally stable filter pack in a dust-tight manner. The sheets are cemented to each other and to the filter pack by means of adhesive layers and are spatially fixed in position by the filter pack.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement, including a surface to be sealed off of a rotationally symmetrical machine element and a radial shaft sealing ring. The sealing ring has a sealing lip made of polymer material, which contacts the surface along a sealing edge that is formed of two mutually intersecting conical surfaces, the first conical surface, facing the space to be sealed off, forming a steeper angle with the axis of rotation than the conical surface facing away from it. A spiral-shaped groove having a rounded groove bottom is recessed into the surface, the groove bottom has a radius of curvature of 0.4 to 1.6 mm, and the depth of the groove is less than 15 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A device for controlling the flow rate of hydraulic fluid in a supply line for the cylinder chambers of suspension cylinders in vehicles, especially tractors, having a permanent suspension axle, whose height is regulated by a level control device, a choke being inserted into the supply line for limiting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid, the supply line (2) being furnished with a bypass line (15) circumventing the choke (4), an auxiliary choke (16), controlled by a control unit (17) having level sensors, being inserted into the bypass line, the auxiliary choke being switched on in response to pronounced static load change when the limit stops of the vehicle axle are reached, permitting a larger flow rate of the hydraulic fluid.

Abstract: A tubular filter body is embedded at the extremity into a molding compound. A u-shaped end piece with a u-shaped groove is provided. Liquefied molding compound is poured into the U-shaped groove. The filter body is introduced into the groove, and immersed into the molding compound. The molding compound is allowed to cure to produce a permanent bond.