Abstract: The stiffness of the suspension is very much a function of the load in hydro-pneumatic vehicle suspensions. With high loads the vehicle suspension is stiff and with a light load it is relatively soft. In addition, the vehicle suspension of the wheel on the outside of the turn is stiffer than that of the wheel at the inside of the turn. The changes in the stiffness of the vehicle suspension are very disagreeable and can result in dangerous driving conditions. Equalization of the stiffness of the vehicle suspension is provided with the aid of a supplemental force. The supplemental force acts in the same direction as the load force of the vehicle chassis. The vehicle suspension is preferably suited for motor vehicles.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having at least one pump piston each of which include one control slide that is axially displaceable on the pump piston. For fuel control, the pump piston is also rotatable, while the control slide is secured against torsion, and a ball-shaped tang that engages a slit of a rider is present on the control slide. The tang is controlled by the rider and a control rod to control the fuel injection quantity.

Abstract: A fuel injection system, for internal combustion engines in which fuel is brought to high injection pressure and distributed via magnet valves to the various fuel injection locations with the aid of a simple, unregulated high-pressure injection pump; high-pressure injection does not take place until a fuel injection quantity control valve, connected to the distribution of the high-pressure side, has closed a relief line. It thus becomes possible to vary the injection time to the maximum possible extent, without entailing major structural expense.

Abstract: A presser controller device of a carriage in a flat knitting machine in which the carriage comprises: cams that project from the carriage for urging selector jacks of corresponding knitting needles which are parallelly arranged on a needle bed of the traverse knitting machine; cam lift-down plates arranged in parallel therein for actuating their respective cams for upward and downward movement; holding means for holding selected ones of the cam lift-down plates in a given location; springs coupled to their respective cam lift-down plates for constantly urging them in one direction; and actuating means for pressing the cam lift-down plates for displacement while resisting the yielding force of the springs.

Abstract: A paddle wheel for propelling a water craft. The paddle wheel includes a plurality of oppositely disposed paddles which are rotatable with a supporting shaft. Each of the paddles are formed with side and end plates with a rounded portion between the outer edges of the sides. The bottom half portion of the paddles is filled with concrete and the upper half is filled with air or evacuated. Thus, the paddles remain in a vertical position as the paddle wheel rotates.

Abstract: A bendable ornamental panel is constructed by connecting the edge portions of thick portions and intermediate thin portions in order and the angle .theta. between the side surface of a base portion of the thick portion and the thin portion is set to be between 80 degrees and 130 degrees. The reverse side of the thick portion and that of the thin portion is formed in a plane. A side end thin portion having flexibility is connected to the outside end edge portion of one of the side end thick portions. The thickness of the side end thin portion is formed relatively thick at the base portion and formed gradually thin from the base portion to the tip end portion.

Abstract: A diaper holding device for a person in a body cast. The diaper holding device includes two T-shaped portions having VELCRO on a face surface so that the two T-shaped portions can surround the body cast with a portion between the legs of the body cast.

Abstract: A power strip for electrical switch devices which includes a plurality of plug connection parts disposed in a base body in a sealed-off manner, and is joined with the aid of contacts to conductor tracks of a first printed wiring board. The conductor tracks of a second printed wiring board are linked with further plug connection parts. To enable opening at will, the plug connection parts are disposed in an insert part that can be introduced into a recess of the base plate. The insert part is fixed in the base body with the aid of a comb-like part. The embodiment of the tines of the comb-like locking part enables simple assembly and disassembly.

Abstract: A hydraulic dual-circuit brake system, with an anti-skid system (ABS) and traction control (ASR) for motor vehicles having a four-channel hydraulic unit with control valves, a return pump with two separate pump elements for each brake circuit, and two low-pressure reservoirs connected to the inlets of the pump elements. For supplying brake pressure in the traction control mode, at least one brake fluid reservoir is provided, which communicates with a pump element assigned to a brake circuit having at least one driven wheel, and a reversing valve is disposed in each connecting line between the master brake cylinder and the outlet of such a pump element.

Abstract: A method for attaching a wire-identifying tab to an electric wire end, the tab comprising a marking portion having identification mark and being a cylinder having a slit extending axially over the full length of the tab, the method comprising the steps of engaging the tab with a pair of rigid sheets in contact with each other at their upper portions, from their one ends and in parallel with them, subsequently inserting the wire end into the tab while the pair of sheets are displaced apart from each other perpendicular to the tab, and finally disengaging the sheets from the tab, thus fitting an outer surface of the wire end in the tab.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, having a reciprocating pump piston and an annular slide displaceable on the pump piston and having a control bore which cooperates with a control recess on a pump piston that communicates with the pump work chamber via a conduit. Because of a crooked position of the control bore with respect to the piston axis, an ellipse-like opening cross section is created, which in cooperation with the oblique control edge opens a fast, large opening cross section, by way of which in cooperation with an equal pressure valve disposed in the injection line, the fuel can flow out quickly, and a reliable, fast closure of the injection valve is assured. A pressure holding valve is also provided which opens toward the work chamber.

Abstract: Heating devices are used to prevent icing and deposition of fuel on the throttle valve under adverse operating conditions; these device comprise electrical resistance hot wires applied to the surface of the throttle valve, yet these wires lead to undesired turbulence in the fuel-air mixture flow. As the length of time in operation increases, the efficiency of the hot wires is lessened by corrosion of their surface. These disadvantages are avoided by integrating the heating device with the component to be heated. To this end, the heating device is disposed in an axial bore of the throttle valve shaft. This arrangement is used especially with mixture-compressing internal combustion engines equipped with carburetors or central injection systems.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump designed to deliver an amount of fuel divided into a pilot and a main injection volume, including a surface of a pump plunger which is guided within a pump cylinder, apart from two recesses limited by an inclined control edge, a first horizontal control edge is formed by a frontal shoulder; and on a side opposite the shoulder, it has a fully enclosed transverse groove with a second and third control edge. Two control apertures and an annular groove above them in the wall of the pump cylinder effect the control, in conjunction with the aforementioned control edges, of the precisely determinable pilot injection and, after a delivery interval, determined by the difference (b-a) between the width (b) of the transverse groove and the distance of the annular groove to the control aperture, the subsequent main injection.

Abstract: The control apparatus has a fuel injection pump, into which suction chamber fuel is fed by a feed pump that aspirates from a tank. A reversing valve is included in the connecting lines between the tank and the fuel injection pump, and by means of this valve, to turn off the engine, the line connections can be changed such that the suction chamber communicates with the feed side of the feed pump and the compression side of the feed pump communicates with the tank. The reversing valve is embodied as a two-position multiposition valve and has an electromagnet, disposed, partly spray-coated, in the valve housing, which is of plastic, of the multiposition valve. A valve member can be displaced counter to the force of a restoring spring by the electromagnet; the valve member acts upon one ball at a time, serving as a closing body, of double seat valves disposed on both sides of the valve member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an unbalance point positioning method and an apparatus therefor, which carry out a positioning operation with high precision and within a short time by using, as a trigger, an unbalance phase signal due to revolution of an unbalance point of a measured object, and effecting deceleration control through feedback control with a voltage corresponding to a rotational frequency of the measured object.The apparatus includes means for rotating the object at a high speed and for determining the amount as well as the angular position of the unbalance of the object. Once the angular position is determined, this information is used to trigger a predetermined deceleration signal, which smoothly and continuously decelerates the measured object until the object is stopped with the unbalance point at a preselected position. A gradual deceleration curve, generated using a resistor and capacitor circuit, is used to minimize slippage between the rotating object and the drive mechanism.

Abstract: A fuel distributor, including a plug connection which serves to provide electrical contact for the fuel injection valves comprising a socket and a plug. The plug connection that is located directly on the valve connection neck, in a region between two sealing elements, that seal off a connection between the fuel distributor and the fuel injection valve, so that the fuel-carrying region is sealed off from the guide conduit, which in turn is sealed off from external influences such as splashing water. Thus, even the plug connections located in the region of the guide conduit are protected. The fuel distributor is especially suitable for fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing internal combustion engines with externally supplied ignition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flat knitting machine capable of obtaining a high quality knit fabric excellent in knitting property (ease of knitting), by variably adjusting the knock-over timing when knitting, depending on the characteristics of knitting threads and knitted texture of the knit fabric. The characteristics of the knit fabric depends upon the sinkers which have at least one aperture near a tip end of the sinkers. A knitting thread stopping wire rod is passed through one aperture near the tip end of the sinker. The knit fabric depends upon which aperture near the tip end that the knitting thread stopping wire rod is passed.

Abstract: It is proposed in the case of an electromotive power steering as a steering aid for motor vehicles and similar, particularly for the speed range during parking (parking power steering), having a reduction gear between the servo-motor and the steering column or the drive leading on to the mechanical wheel displacement, that at least one clutch block be so arranged that it creates a drive connection from the servo-motor drive to the steering gear side of the steering column when, upon a moment being exerted manually at the steering wheel, a pawl connected to the steering wheel side of the steering column produces the requisite clutch pressure by mechanical action on the at least one clutch block, while the gear wheels acted upon by the clutch are formed as ring gears fitted to a carrier flange which is joined firmly to the driven section of the steering column so that it cannot rotate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting the unbalance of a rotatable object wherein the apparatus learns from past errors and automatically adjusts to improve future unbalance corrections of the object. The object is rotated a first time and the amount and angular location of unbalance is detected and recorded. The object is than corrected for this measured unbalance and the corrected object is rotated again. The amount and angle of any remaining unbalance is detected. Then the first detected unbalance is combined with the unbalance detected in the corrected object to obtain a correction quantity which can be used when later correcting said object. The invention can be used on objects which have two separate planes of unbalance to correct the unbalance in both planes. The invention can also correct for any errors caused by any inaccuracies in the plane separation process.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of a distributor type for internal combustion engines including, a pump plunger guided within a pump cylinder, which forms a pump chamber and which is driven to perform reciprocating and rotating motion by a driving gear which is submerged in a lubricating oil bath. The pump plunger has a distribution hole which is in contact with the pump chamber and which sequentially links this chamber, during the compression stroke of the pump plunger, to injection jets. The fuel filling of the pump chamber takes place via a magnetically operated valve, which is open during the intake stroke and closed during the compression stroke of the pump plunger.