Abstract: A device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium by use of a temperature-dependent measuring resistor bathed by the flowing medium and accommodated in a measuring channel. The device has a flow obstacle, embodied in the form of a trip edge, upstream of the measuring element in the region of an inlet opening of the measuring channel, so as to create a chronologically and spatially stable separation zone in the region of the trip edge, thereby preventing chronologically and spatially unstable separation zones and makes it possible to attain a reduction in measuring signal noise. The invention is contemplated for measuring the mass of a flowing medium, especially for measuring the aspirated air mass in internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A fuel injection device with a pump plunger which is driven in reciprocation and a working space which is enclosed by the pump plunger, and is connected to an injection valve connected directly to the pump housing. To control the fuel injection quantity and the injection instant, a solenoid valve is provided which is arranged in a fuel passage that is connected to the pump working space and serves for the filling and/or relief of the pump working space. To reduce the volumes subjected to the high pressure, the fuel passage is arranged in such a way that the fuel passage intersects the cylinder bore which accommodates the pump working space, and the solenoid valve is arranged at the entry of this passage.

Abstract: A device for severing packing strips having blisters from a continuous film having a transport roller and, at a specific distance therefrom, a stamping device. The stamping device is combined with a stop, against which blisters of the packing strip to be stamped out run. By use of the stop, an always similar position of the blisters within the packing strip is achieved in the case of different expansion behaviors of the continuous film. By use of a buffer zone for a part of the continuous film, matching to different continuous films is achieved.

Abstract: A copper foil for printed circuits of which a shiny side has resin dust resistance, excels in heat discoloration resistance and rust preventiveness, and does not adversely affect the solderability and resist adhesion, and a method of treating the surface of such copper foil. The copper foil for a printed circuit comprises a first layer of zinc alloy composed of zinc and nickel and/or cobalt, formed on the shiny side surface of a copper foil, and a second layer composed of a mixture or compound of benzotriazole derivative and phosphorus compound (and silicon compound) formed on the layer. The method for treating the surface of a copper foil for a printed circuit comprises the steps of forming a first layer of zinc alloy composed of zinc and nickel and/or cobalt by electroplating on the shiny side surface of a copper foil, and forming a second layer by immersing it in an aqueous solution of benzotriazole derivative and phosphorus compound (and silicon compound).

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the distributor type which has at least one pump piston driven in a reciprocating stroke motion, a rotating distributor shaft which via a distributor bore upon rotation establishes a communication between the pump work chamber, defined by the pump piston, and an injection nozzle, and a switching valve for metering the fuel injection quantity. To achieve highly stable hydraulics upon opening and closing of the switching valve, a low-pressure piston is connected to the valve member of the switching valve; the low-pressure piston is axially displaceably guided on the low-pressure side of the switching valve, downstream of the outlet of a relief bore, in a wall segment. Preferably, the outer diameter of the low-pressure piston is made to largely approximate the diameter of the seat face of the valve member on the associated valve seat.

Abstract: An arrangement for pumping fuel out of a supply tank to an internal combustion engine having an electrically driven pumping unit which is disposed in a ram pot inserted into the supply tank. The ram pot is filled with fuel from the tank by means of a jet pump provided on its bottom; the intake opening of the jet pump is preceded by a filter that is formed by at least one ring of teeth axially protruding from the bottom of the ram pot, which enclose an intake chamber into which the intake opening of the jet pump protrudes.

Abstract: A metering valve for metering a fluid for a fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, with a hydraulic displacement amplifier for converting the actuating displacement of a piezoelectric actuator into an increased stroke of the valve needle. Integrating the displacement amplifier spatially into the valve housing in an "O valve" to give a small overall volume is served by providing the lifting piston of the displacement amplifier with an end section of reduced diameter which projects into a recess in the operation piston of the displacement amplifier. A Belleville spring lying in the amplifier chamber bounded by the pistons presses the operating piston against the actuator, and a helical compression spring arranged in the recess concentrically to the end section presses the lifting piston against the valve needle.

Abstract: A vibration damping arrangement for improving the structure-borne noise isolation of a hydraulic unit forming part of a slip-controlled brake system from a vehicle. The hydraulic unit is supported elastically on the vehicle, below its center of gravity, on three rubber spring elements. In this arrangement, the rubber spring elements are situated both in front of and behind a vertical projection of the center of gravity and symmetrically in and on both sides of a vertical plane passing through the center of gravity. In addition, the three rubber spring elements are arranged along the lateral surface of an imaginary circular cylinder, on the horizontally extending longitudinal axis of which the center of gravity of the hydraulic unit lies. The rubber spring elements are formed of disk springs, the ends of which, carry fastening elements, extend approximately tangentially to the lateral surface of the imaginary circular cylinder.

Abstract: A pumping device including a common pumping diaphragm with two stop valves each of which are equipped with a valve closing member that alternately assumes an open position and a closed position during the pumping operation. The pumping device according to the invention is provided for a fuel evaporation inhibiting system of an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines with a high pressure fuel pump that delivers fuel from a low pressure chamber via high pressure lines to at least one injection valve that protrudes into the combustion chamber of the engine to be fed. The device includes a through flow limiting valve that defines a maximum fuel flow quantity in one or a number of high pressure lines and has a valve member, which can move axially and in its closed position, can be brought against a valve seat counter to the force of a restoring spring by fuel flowing toward the injection valve when a maximum fuel flow quantity is exceeded. Wherein the fuel flow through the valve member that is lifted up from its seat can be adjusted in at least one throttle location in the valve member.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines which has a moving part supported in a housing bore and on its jacket face on one side, has an exit opening that is under high pressure, and whose bearing is improved by virtue of the fact that at least one closed annular groove is provided on the jacket face of the part or in the wall of the housing bore, axially adjacent to the exit opening. As a result, a more even pressure distribution of the pressure field prevailing in the regions of the exit opening is achieved on the circumference of the moving part and as a result, a less damage prone, improved bearing with great high pressure tightness of the moving part is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a knitted fabric of three-dimensional silhouette shape which comprises a front half and a back half coupled at side edges to each other forming a tubular shape and in which the circumferential length of the tubular shape is varied by increasing and/or decreasing the number of wales of one of the two, front and back, halves and also, a method of knitting the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting two electrical connecting conductors to an electrical device, in which the ends of the connecting conductors are injection molded into a connection piece and connected to connection contacts which are secured onto a securing pin in a manner lying one behind the other and coaxially isolated by an insulating piece and, by means of a screwing part, the connection contacts, make contact with connection elements which are likewise mutually electrically isolated by means of an insulating part. In order to secure any desired rotational position, the connection piece has a peripheral toothing of the electrical device. This permits space-saving production, which is amenable to assembly, of an electrical connection between connecting conductor and electrical device, it being possible to bring the external connecting conductors into a desired position with little outlay.

Abstract: A device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium having a temperature-dependent sensor element, which is inserted flush in a recess of a sensor carrier and is retained therein by means of an adhesive. The sensor carrier is made by bending a thin metal strip and has two elements, a frame element and a retaining element, which together form a recess, into which the sensor element is inserted flush and glued by means of an adhesive to a plateaulike protuberance of a bottom face of the retaining element. The sensor carrier is intended for a device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium for measuring the flow rate or mass of the air aspirated by internal combustion engines.

Abstract: An apparatus for governing an idling rpm of an internal combustion engine by controlling a quantity of operating fluid that can be supplied to the engine from an operating fluid source via at least two flow lines. A first valve opening cross section at a first valve opening is controlled by a first valve closing member, and a second valve opening cross section and a second valve opening is controlled by a second valve closing member. The first and second valve closing members are adjustable by an adjusting drive in such a manner that the first valve opening and the second valve opening are disposed parallel to one another between the operating medium source and the intake conduit of the engine. The valve closing members are coupled in such a way that upon their actuation, the first valve closing member always uncovers a flow cross section at the first valve opening first, and only then does the second valve closing member uncover a flow cross section at the second valve opening.

Abstract: A bearing is fixed in a housing in such a way that it is fixed axially relative to a throttle flap shaft which remains rotatable relative to the bearing. The throttle flap shaft can then be gripped relative to the bearing, in a bearing recess of the throttle flap housing. The throttle device is suitable particularly for vehicles having a throttle-type internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay having a coil core which carries a coil. The coil is connected to one end to the short limb of an L-shaped magnet yoke, on a long limb of the L-shaped magnet, a hinged armature is supported in a manner which allows the armature to pivot about a pivot axis on the long limb of the magnet. In order to achieve a precisely defined switching behavior which is concurrent for the relays of a series, the length of the coil core is produced by means of upsetting as a function of the height of the pivot axis above a base area of the magnet yoke on which the coil core is secured, with the result that the position of the hinged armature with respect to a pole face of the coil core is precisely defined.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine, which comprises setting one piston of the internal combustion engine into a favorable starting position (X) and to supply a fuel/air mixture to the combustion space by means of a starting air source before the starting of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A clean air facility including a structure made of horizontal and vertical pipes secured together at their ends. The pipe structure includes horizontal pipes upon which blowers are secured. A clean pan is secured above the blowers and includes holes in a bottom of the pan through which air is drawn to the inlet of the blower. A cover on the pan includes slots along one edge through which air is drawn by the blowers. The outlet of the blowers are connected by ducts to an air feed covering secured to a HEPA filter through which air is blown by the blowers. The clean air facility is enclosed by vinyl panels on the sides, back, top and front. Each of the blowers, the pan, the side panels and the front panel are secured in place by VELCRO.RTM. fastener connections.