Abstract: In an outer shell of a pump impeller of a hydrodynamic torque converter, an axial connecting branch of a hub is joined by friction welding to a bearing sleeve, which exhibits axial driving teeth for driving a recirculating positive-displacement pump. The friction welding apparatus uses a respective receiving fixture for holding the joint parts and a device for machining a weld bead with a tool.

Abstract: A method for the friction welding of parts and a holding device for at least one of the parts during the friction welding are disclosed. For the torsion-proof holding of the part in the holding device, regular positive-connection faces are provided therein. Corresponding positive-connection faces are fashioned in the region of the holding face of the part, such that the part can be retained in the holding device in a positive, torsion-proof manner. So as avoid forming the positive-connection faces located on the parts in a separate operation, these faces are produced only during the execution of the friction welding by utilizing the axial pressing force via an embossing operation carried out by the positive-connection counterfaces formed in the holding device and made cutter-like. For this purpose, the positive-connection faces are arranged in close succession in the form of a ring at an acute angle of less than 45.degree.

Abstract: In the case of a turbine wheel of a hydrodynamic torque converter having a lockup clutch, a radial flange of a hub is connected on its faces, in each case, by means of friction welding, with one radial flange respectively of an outer shell holding turbine blades and of a disk support which non-rotatably holds clutch disks.

Abstract: A method of producing a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising a cylinder head housing made of an aluminum material and having a base plate fitted into the combustion-chamber-side base wall of the cylinder head housing and made of a highly heat-resistant material. The combustion chamber plate is connected to the base wall of the cylinder head housing by friction welding.

Abstract: A process for the production of cup tappets for reciprocating-piston machines having a pressure plate made from wear-resistant alloyed tool steel and a cup casing, welded to the pressure plate, and made from cheap and cold-extrudable steel utilizes a friction welding process to weld the two parts to one another in a crack-free manner. The cup casing blank is produced by the cold-extrusion process and is carbonized before the welding so that good welding results can thereby be achieved despite the considerable strength differences and cross-sectional differences between the pressure plate and cup casing blanks. As a result of a preheating of the pressure plate, an impairment of the cup casing blank during the frictional heating can be compensated and cracks in the workpiece during or immediately after the welding can thereby be avoided.

Abstract: A structural assembly for interchangeably and supportably mounting electrical components of the type having snap-action mounts includes a pair of longitudinally-extending slide rails integral with a base wall of a housing. The slide rails have snap-fastening elements situated above the base wall, and bounding therewith channels in which the snap-action mounts are lockingly received with snap-action. Longitudinal grooves are provided on outer and interior surfaces of the base wall, as well as on side and end walls of the housing for receiving additional assembly parts.

Abstract: A lateral-duct fan having a lateral duct approximately of the shape of a torus cut normally to its axis of symmetry, and having a coaxial impeller having axially-symmetrically lined-up blades at its front side in a ring-shaped recess that faces essentially opposite the lateral duct with an axial gap therebetween. In order to reduce the critical interdependence between the size of the axial gap and the output of the fan, and thus increase the tolerances during the adjustment of the axial gap, i.e., to improve the output values of the fan with the same axial gap, it is provided that the radius of at least one edge of the recess, measured at the front side of the impeller, is smaller than the radius of a closest edge of the lateral duct, measured at an inner surface of a housing in which the lateral duct is formed.

Abstract: A fan, especially for the conveyance of the combustion air in a motor vehicle heating system, provides for adjusting of its output, with an efficiency that is as high as possible, and little operating noise. The fan, which preferably is a ring-duct fan, has a by-pass duct connected in by-passing relationship to the exit of the fan, with the by-pass duct containing an adjustable throttling member. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the by-pass duct leads back into the intake duct of the fan.