Abstract: A coolant pump that includes: a rotating slide ring, which is arranged on the pump impeller towards an axial end of the entry opening; a static slide ring, which is arranged on the pump housing around the mouth of the inlet opposite the rotating slide ring; the rotating slide ring has a sliding surface and the static slide ring has a sliding surface, the sliding surfaces are facing one another and form a sliding bearing that receives a force directed axially away from the pump impeller to the pump housing; and a microstructure for creating a hydrodynamic lubricating film between the sliding surfaces is formed on at least one of the sliding surfaces facing one another, the microstructure includes cavities that collect liquid coolant on the at least one sliding surface.

Abstract: In an adjustable coolant pump for delivering a coolant for a combustion engine, a delivery flow of the coolant can be limited by a regulating slide which is actuated by a hydraulic actuator in a hydraulic control loop, wherein the hydraulic control loop is supplied with the coolant from the delivery flow, and includes an axial piston pump and a proportional valve for generation and adjustment of a pressure on the hydraulic actuator. A sliding shoe, which is arranged on an intake side of the axial piston pump, surrounds an inlet of the axial piston pump, and a filter disk for filtering the coolant prior to entry into the hydraulic control loop is in sliding contact with the sliding shoe so that coolant from the pump chamber is sucked into the axial piston pump through the filter disk and the sliding shoe, while a rotational movement of the filter disk is transformed into a stroke movement of the axial piston pump. The filter disk consists of a ceramic material.

Abstract: A mechanically driven coolant pump having a controllable delivery rate for a main delivery circuit from a first outlet and for a secondary delivery circuit from a second outlet of the coolant pump. The coolant pump comprising a hydraulic control circuit which is derived from the coolant pump and has an input-side auxiliary pump, an output-side proportional valve, and a regulating slide for limiting the flow of the main delivery circuit. A cylindrical portion of the regulating slide can be axially displaced in the pump chamber in order to radially shield the pump impeller by means of a pressure in the hydraulic control circuit counter to a restoring force. A regulating valve is connected to the hydraulic control circuit to limit the flow of the secondary delivery circuit, wherein actuations of the regulating slide and of the regulating valve are associated with pressure ranges in the hydraulic control circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanically driven coolant pump having a controllable delivery rate for a main delivery circuit from a first outlet and for a secondary delivery circuit from a second outlet of the coolant pump, said coolant pump comprising, among other things, a hydraulic control circuit which is derived from the coolant pump and has an input-side auxiliary pump, an output-side proportional valve, and a regulating slide as a hydraulic actuator for limiting the flow of the main delivery circuit, wherein a cylindrical portion of the regulating slide can be axially displaced in the pump chamber in order to radially shield the pump impeller, specifically by means of a pressure in the hydraulic control circuit counter to a restoring force.

Abstract: An apparatus for activation of a control valve is configurable as a slide, ball valve, rotary slide, poppet valve, or the like, and controls or regulates pressure-impacted media, for example, regulating the coolant volume stream of an internal combustion engine. A push piston linearly displaceable in a piston guide rigidly disposed on the flow housing, with an activation joint, is fastened onto the flow housing. A connecting rod is disposed in the activation joint. A push joint is disposed at the push piston end that lies opposite the activation joint, in which push joint the activation element of a control valve is displaceably and/or rotatably disposed. A reset spring is disposed adjacent to the push joint and acts on the push piston, in the direction of its longitudinal axis, so that the push piston always lies against the connecting rod without play, with the activation joint.

Abstract: An apparatus for activation of a control valve is configurable as a slide, ball valve, rotary slide, poppet valve, or the like, and controls or regulates pressure-impacted media, for example, regulating the coolant volume stream of an internal combustion engine. A push piston linearly displaceable in a piston guide rigidly disposed on the flow housing, with an activation joint, is fastened onto the flow housing. A connecting rod is disposed in the activation joint. A push joint is disposed at the push piston end that lies opposite the activation joint, in which push joint the activation element of a control valve is displaceably and/or rotatably disposed. A reset spring is disposed adjacent to the push joint and acts on the push piston, in the direction of its longitudinal axis, so that the push piston always lies against the connecting rod without play, with the activation joint.

Abstract: An axial-flow coolant pump mechanically driven by a pulley, a gear wheel, a plug-in shaft, or the like, for internal combustion engines uses a semi-axial impeller, a Francis impeller or diagonal impeller with three-dimensionally, spatially curved blades as the rotor, and the stator disposed in the pump housing possesses an inner guide cone that narrows in the flow direction, and an outer conical guide cap disposed to be spaced apart from the cone, and the two, spaced apart symmetrically, are connected by way of three-dimensionally, spatially curved stator vanes, wherein the rotor is spaced apart from the stator by a ring gap, in such a manner that the rotor has a minimal distance, not only, on the face side, from the adjacent outer edge of the guide cone, but also, on the face side, from the adjacent outer edge of the guide cap.

Abstract: A lubricant valve for oil pumps of internal combustion engines has a double piston in a piston guide of a valve seat of the pump housing, the double piston consisting of a cold-start piston which is arranged in a control piston and is arranged in a cold-start piston guide which is arranged in the control piston, wherein, lying opposite the cold-start piston guide, a piston rod is arranged on the piston head of the control piston, on which piston rod, spaced apart from the piston head of the control piston, a working piston is arranged which the piston rod protrudes beyond in the form of a spacer rod, wherein, adjacent to the working piston, inflow holes are arranged in the piston head of the control piston and, adjacent to the piston head, outflow holes are arranged in the cylinder wall of the cold-start piston guide of the control piston.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricant valve for oil pumps of internal combustion engines, in order to supply the bearings and sliding surfaces of the engines with lubricant in an optimum manner in order to reduce the wear. The invention is based on the problem of developing a lubricant valve for oil pumps of internal combustion engines, which lubricant valve combines, in particular, the functions of a cold-start valve and those of a control valve within itself with a minimum amount of installation space and is constructed in such a way that it is insensitive with respect to the wear debris and/or foundry sand which is entrained by the lubricant, in the process makes high throughflow quantities possible, in addition is of inexpensive construction in terms of production and assembly technology and can be produced inexpensively, and, moreover, always operates robustly, reliably and insusceptible to disruptions, even under extreme use conditions.