Abstract: A method and a measuring system for characterizing a deviation of an actual dimension of a component from a nominal dimension of the component, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes a) determining at least one measured value characterizing the actual dimension at a position of the component by a measuring device; b) making a nominal value available with which the nominal dimension is characterized as a function of the position of the measured value; c) determining a spatial distance between the measured value and the nominal value; d) making a limiting criterion available with which a permissible deviation from the nominal value is characterized as a function of the position of the measured value; and e) determining a tolerance utilization value characterizing the deviation for the measured value as a function of the spatial distance and of the limiting criterion.

Abstract: A separable clutch for a motor vehicle has a clutch plate including a moveably mounted release unit. The clutch is pressure-medium actuated and includes an actuating piston acting on the release unit to engage and disengage the clutch, and a pressure chamber which is delimited at one side by at least one part of the actuating piston and at the other side by at least one part of a clamping piston. At least the actuating piston, the pressure chamber and the clamping piston are resiliently supported in a defined position against the release unit by spring force. The spring force is smaller than a limit force required for actuating the release unit. A pressure change in the pressure chamber, brought about by a clutch actuation causes the clamping piston to actuate a clamping device such that the clamping piston is fixed before the actuating piston actuates the release unit.

Abstract: A satellite printing unit of a web-fed printing press with printing couples is disclosed. Each printing couple includes a plate cylinder and a transfer cylinder where the transfer cylinders of all the printing couples roll off a common impression cylinder. Each plate cylinder features a high lockup slot and a low lockup slot and each transfer cylinder has a lockup slot. The transfer cylinders of the printing couples are aligned relative to the plate cylinders of the printing couples such that, on a first group of printing couples, which includes at least one printing couple, the lockup slot of the respective transfer cylinder rolls over the high lockup slot of the respective plate cylinder and on a second group of printing couples, which includes at least one printing couple, the lockup slot of the respective transfer cylinder rolls over the low lockup slot of the respective plate cylinder.

Abstract: This indicator unit includes a light source portion and a lens member including a first reflecting portion reflecting light received from the light source portion in a prescribed direction, a second reflecting portion reflecting the light reflected by the first reflecting portion and light received from the light source portion in a front direction intersecting with the prescribed direction and a display portion displaying the light reflected by the second reflecting portion in the front direction. The light source portion is so arranged that the anteroposterior position thereof overlaps the second reflecting portion.

Abstract: The diagnosis of the heating of a catalytic converter situated in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is described. The system includes monitoring the actual ignition angle intervention. A current ignition angle is acquired over a specified time and converted into a torque model used for catalytic converter heating. Using the torque model, a degree of fulfillment of executed catalytic converter heating measures is obtained and an error signal is generated by comparing the obtained degree of fulfillment to a limiting value.

Abstract: A container has a variable volume, wherein a basic container has a bottom panel and a roof panel. One or more hinged side panels are rotateable about a horizontal axis, and one or more expansion elements are telescopeable out of the basic container and have a bottom panel, a side open toward a front the basic container and a front panel opposite the open side. Each expansion element is open toward the top and, in a telescoped state, the roof panel is formed by a raised side panel of the basic container. One or more hoisting devices is associated with each expansion element and with which the expansion element is lowerable.

Abstract: N-sulfamoyl-N?-benzopyranpiperidine compounds of formula I and their physiologically acceptable acid addition salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for their preparation, and their use for the treatment and/or inhibition of glaucoma, epilepsy, bipolar disorders, migraine, neuropathic pain, obesity, type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, alcohol dependence, and/or cancer, and related concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds, 2,4,4,4-tetrafluoro-1-butene and (E)- and (Z)-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2 butenes. Furthermore, the present invention provides the following novel first and second processes for producing 2,4,4,4-tetrafluoro-1-butene, (E)- and (Z)-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2-butenes, and 1,1,3-trifluorobutadiene. The first process is a process for producing 2,4,4,4-tetrafluoro-1-butene by heating 1,1,1,3,3-pentaflurobutane at from about 200° C. to about 700° C. The second process is a process for producing (E)- and (Z)-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2-butenes by bringing 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane with a base. By the first and second processes, it is possible to obtain respective target fluorobutenes with high selectivity. In third to fifth processes, 2,4,4,4-tetrafluoro-1-butene, (E)- and (Z)-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2-butene, and 1,1,3,-trifluorobutadiene can be produced by heating 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: A device for connecting components (1, 2, 3) made of fusible plastic, especially pipes (12, 60) of a fuel pipeline or a fuel line to a fuel tank (8) of a vehicle. The device includes a heating element (4) having ends (44, 46) which are used to supply electrical energy. The device is easy to use, simple to mount, and produces a functionally reliable welded joint between the components (1, 2, 3). To achieve this, one component (3) includes a retaining body (16) for a retaining tool (50), and the two ends (44, 46) of the heating element (4) extend onto the retaining body (16) where they can engage contact elements (56, 57) on the retaining tool (50).

Abstract: The invention is intended to simplify a default mechanism of a throttle valve opening and closing device for the purpose of improving mountability of the device to a vehicle. When a motor generate no driving forces, a throttle valve is held in a position (1) by a return spring. In this position, gaps are formed between the throttle valve and a wall surface of an intake passage. Spherical recesses are formed in parts of the wall surface of the intake passage. In a position (2) where the throttle valve is opposed to the spherical recesses, the gaps are minimized in an operating range of the throttle valve.

Abstract: In a multi-cylinder engine having a compression ignition combustion mode, a vibration detecting sensor that is preferably mounted in a cylinder block or a cylinder head is used to detect a frequency and the detected frequency is appropriately analyzed to detect or estimate a cylinder pressure peak value and peak timing for each cylinder. An amount of internal EGR, a fuel injection condition, an engine speed and the like are then controlled so as to bring each of these parameters into an appropriate range thereof. The control apparatus suppresses variations in combustion states among different cylinders and different cycles arising from unit-to-unit variations or deterioration in the engine or part-to-part variations or deterioration in a component thereof.

Abstract: An on-vehicle breakdown-warning report system is disclosed. an occurrence of break-down is detected and judged based on a signal in an electronic control system installed on a control apparatus for an engine ignition system, a charging system, an engine fuel system, a engine cooling system, a power transmission system, and an oil lubricating system of an automobile or a diagnosis display system; and a diagnostic data is sent to an information terminal device of a diagnosis and maintenance agency or a service company having a diagnosis and maintenance agency as a contents information by using an on-vehicle mobile communication apparatus, and an action for an emergency measures and a maintenance schedule is asked.

Abstract: A vertical type of double disc surface grinding machine of the present invention comprises a clamp device which can clamps and holds a work like a brake disc at a correct clamping position under a stable state even when a configuration of a work upper surface is complicated. This machine is equipped with a pair of upper and lower grinding wheels, a work holding jig which is self rotatable, and said clamp device. The clamp device is equipped with a clamp unit freely rotatable through a bearing onto a clamp rod of an elevator actuator. The clamp unit is equipped with a steel ball contacting with a central concave portion of a work upper surface.

Abstract: An element for carrying out and documenting a program or test sequence allows specific functions to be carried out. The element has at least one control input to which an external control signal can be supplied, and a variable can be varied in the element as a function of the external control signal. The process of carrying out a particular function can be varied by the element in such a manner that, when the variable has a specific value (“0”) and the external control signal is at a first signal level, the variable assumes a value (not equal to “0”) which differs from the specific value; and when the variable is at that specific value and an external control signal which is at the first signal level is once again applied, the variable remains at that specific value.

Abstract: An engine fuel control device includes an idle speed control valve that controls an engine speed during idling by bypassing a throttle valve, an air bleed valve that is disposed downstream from a regulator for regulating the pressure of a fuel gas supplied to the engine and that controls a flow path area of a passage open to atmosphere, a target speed setting means that sets a target engine speed during idling, a throttle valve opening control means that controls the opening of the idle speed control valve so as to maintain the target engine speed, a control factor setting means that sets a factor so as to control the opening of the idle speed control valve, a capturing means that captures a change in a state of the factor, and a control means that controls the air bleed valve based on the change in the state of the factor captured by the capturing means. It controls the air bleed valve.