Abstract: In a camshaft support arrangement for supporting a camshaft in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine by bearing structures, one end bearing adjacent one end of the cylinder head is formed integrally with a removable cover mounted onto the one end of the cylinder head.

Abstract: In an arrangement for mounting an air intake module on an internal combustion engine including a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover wherein the air intake module comprises an air collector and air induction pipes mounted on the cylinder head and extending therefrom to the air collector, an oil filler pipe having one end mounted on the cylinder head cover extends to the air intake module and is firmly connected thereto so as to form a bracing structure for the air intake module.

Abstract: An arrangement for measuring distortion in cylinders. A sensor projects straight out of the end of a motion-transmitting arm. The arm can be both translated and rotated. The sensor accommodates a probe that probes the geometry of the surface of the cylinder. The sensor has a distortion-measuring structure accommodated in the head of a surface-geometry probe and a check for axially secured and undeflected tensioning of the probe. The probe is an elongated geometry-probing pin. The structure is securely tensioned remote from the chuck in the vicinity of a structure-attachment section in the head. The structure includes at least one zone of attenuation between the chuck and the structure-attachment section and has a resilient section and a strain gauge.

Abstract: A probe is an elongated tube with sensors positioned to match the cylinder bores with respect to number and distance apart and having radially projecting contact pins. When employed as intended, the probe rotates and slides back and forth in stationary bearings that are in turn accommodated in uprights in a stand. The probe extends through the bores of the work, which is precisely positioned between the uprights by the same bearings. A drive unit with a driveshaft in alignment with the probe and with motors that operate in conjunction with the latter to generate a translation and a rotation respectively is also mounted stationary in the stand independent of the aforesaid bearings. One end of the probe is coupled to the driveshaft such that it can neither rotate on nor slide axially along it by a universal joint that compensates within limits for angular error and radial shaft displacement.

Abstract: A measuring arrangement for form measurement of cylinders, comprises a measuring arm insertable into a cylinder space, a measuring sensor which is guided by the measuring arm, movable translatorily in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the measuring arm and driveable independently of the measuring arm in a circumferential direction, a sensing pin which is displaceable radially and along an axis of the measuring sensor and arranged for sensing a geometry of walls of cylinders, a driving arm which is movable translatorily and rotatably and having an end, the measuring arm being formed as a thin sensing body which is in operative connection with the end of the driving arm, formed bending-resistant, and extends parallel to the driving arm, the sensing body having an end which is spaced from the driving arm and carries the measuring sensor, and the measuring sensor being provided with the sensing pin.

Abstract: A measuring device for hollow cylindrical surfaces, such as bores and the like, comprises a housing to be fixed in the bore by clamps, a measuring arm rotatable by a first step motor, a measuring head axially movable along the measuring arm substantially parallel to the axis of the bore surface by a second step motor and a sensor incorporated in the measuring head and radially movable relative to the measuring head against the force of a leaf spring in contact with the bore surface. The leaf spring supports strain gauges, the output signals of which are representative of the radial or transverse paths of the sensor and thereby for the shape of the bore surface to be measured.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for positioning and altitude-stabilizing an inert mass slewable on a movable base in at least one axis are disclosed. Oppositely rotatable driving parts are supported on either the base or the mass, and the driven parts on the other of the base or mass are friction coupled to the driving parts under the control of one or more control devices. The control devices are controllable electromagnetic clutches or brakes, and control of the magnetic field is achieved by the hyperexcitation through feedback and intensification of the measured magnetic field strength and/or the control torque.