Abstract: A removable seat cover is provided for a rear passenger accommodating part of a motorcycle seat.

Abstract: A damping device is provided for damping the oscillations of a winding bobbin in spinning, twisting or winding machines. A bobbin holder, which can be swivelled around a swivel axle affixed to the machine, supports the rotatably supported winding bobbin, which is pressed against a drive roller. Damping elements act in swivel directions of the bobbin holder, the effect of the damping elements being greater in the swivel direction of the winding bobbin when it is raised from the drive roller than in the swivel direction when the winding bobbin is pressed against the drive roller. A friction jaw is provided for damping, which, with its pressing surface is pressed by resilient forces against a friction surface in the form of a cylinder surface. The axis of the cylinder surface is the swivel axle of the bobbin holder. The resilient force which loads the pressing surface exerts a moment on the bobbin holder, which tends to lift the winding bobbin from the drive roller.

Abstract: A servovalve, in particular for hydraulic power-assisted steering systems of motor vehicles, is in the form of a rotary spool valve with a rotary spool and a control bush, which coaxially surrounds the rotary spool and can be rotated against spring force relative to the rotary spool. A bearing, by which the control bush and the rotary spool are secured axially relative to one another, is integrated into the rotary spool valve.

Abstract: A multiplicity of laser diodes aim laser light directly onto the surface of a workpiece and are disposed over and according to the to-be-shaped contour of a workpiece, so that a detector unit for determining the spatial shaping of the workpiece and an evaluation and control unit can determine process parameters for further illumination in dependence on a comparison of an actual state of shaping and a desired state of shaping of the workpiece.

Abstract: In the case of a method for operationally testing an exhaust gas turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry, actual values are detected of operating quantities which influence the operational capability of the exhaust gas turbocharger and which comprise main quantities which are used for deciding whether a fault exists in the exhaust gas turbocharger, as well as auxiliary quantities which describe a component of the exhaust gas turbocharger and are used for identifying faults in this component. In a first step, for fault detection, a quantity is measured as the main quantity which determines the engine air supply. In a second step, at least one auxiliary quantity is measured for the fault identification and, in the event of an unacceptable deviation of the actual auxiliary quantity value from the desired auxiliary quantity value, a fault signal is generated.

Abstract: A filter comprising a housing, which consists of at least two housing parts, and a filter element attached inside the housing. The invention provides for at least one latch element by means of which a detachable latched connection can be established between the filter element and at least one of the housing parts.

Abstract: A suction system has a device for utilizing resonance effects is provided on an internal-combustion engine with a lambda control and opposed cylinder banks. The suction system also has a resonance container which is connected to an air filter by a pipe connection provided with an air flow sensor. For optimization with respect to the components and the operation, the pipe connection has a first pipe section and a second pipe section which are separated from one another and in which one throttle valve respectively is arranged. An air flow sensor is provided only in one pipe section, and the control of the air flow in the other pipe section takes place by way of the lambda control.

Abstract: A shoulder anchor device comprises a through anchor (23) for supporting a seat belt, a base member (3, 103) for mounting on a center pillar of a vehicle body, and a fixing mechanism (38, 40) for fixing the through anchor to the base member. The base member includes a channel-shaped anchor fixing portion (1) of a generally C-shaped cross-section for fixing the through anchor, and a pair of vehicle fixing portions formed integrally at opposite ends of the anchor fixing portion and formed into a generally flat plate-shape in a cross-section.

Abstract: A process for determining a resistance to activated protein C of a test specimen of human plasma following the steps of: (1) mixing together (a) the test specimen of human plasma, (b) a reactant deficient in factor V which supplies at least most of the coagulation factors other than factor V, and (c) the venom of Crotalus viridis helleri which specifically activates factor X to Xa, and incubating the mixture of (a), (b) and (c) for at least one minute at a temperature of between 10 and 45° C.; (2) introducing into the incubated mixture(i) Ca2+ or (ii) Ca2++exogenic activated protein C; and (3) determining the coagulation time (i) in the absence of activated protein C and (ii) in the presence of activated protein C. Steps (1) to (3) are repeated, but replacing, in step (1), the test specimen with a normal plasma as control and correlating resistance to activated protein C by comparing the determinations made in steps for the test specimen and for the normal plasma.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure seal is provided for the casing of a turbine, particularly a gas turbine, having a base plate facing the casing wall as well as a brush-against section facing the tips of the turbine rotor blades. The seal includes a multi-layered construction such that the base plate is adjoined by an air-evacuated honeycomb structure section which is therefore insulating in partial areas by a vacuum and which is covered by an intermediate plate, on whose side facing away from the honeycomb structure section the brush-against section is arranged. The intermediate plate is soldered to the honeycomb structure section under vacuum conditions. The brush-against section can also be constructed as a honeycomb seal, in which case the honeycomb cells of the honeycomb structure section have a significantly larger partial surface than the honeycomb cells of the brush-against section.

Abstract: The invention intends to always maintain a distance between a hydrostatic pressure bearing and a roll even in a transient state before and after the start of rolling, thereby sufficiently and surely preventing damage of those components upon contact with each other, and to prevent a lowering of yield. In a plate rolling mill comprising upper and lower work rolls, and hydrostatic pressure bearings for supporting barrel portions of idler rolls in a non-contact manner with fluid pressure substantially along the horizontal direction, the idler rolls supporting the work rolls substantially along the horizontal direction, gap restraining rolls are provided to prevent gaps between the hydrostatic pressure bearings and the idler rolls from becoming lower than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A hybrid drive, in particular for vehicles has a variable-ratio gear unit with a branch which can be driven by a primary motor. The gear unit is also connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a rotatable part of a first electric machine. A branch of the gear unit is connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a rotatable rotor of a second electric machine. Another branch connected in a rotationally rigid manner to an output shaft and to which the likewise rotatably arranged other machine component of the first electric machine is connected in a rotationally rigid manner. The rotor of the second machine can be fixed or released for rotation by a brake.

Abstract: An active suspension system for vehicles, particularly motor vehicles, has active supporting assemblies which are arranged between the vehicle body and the vehicle wheels. Each of the assemblies includes a passive spring as well as a lift-adjustable control unit arranged in series thereto. The supporting assemblies are controlled as a function of body accelerations of the vehicle, and low-frequency and higher-frequency fractions of body accelerations, which are taken into account differently. As a result, the vehicle follows the road profile comparatively directly while the comfort is good.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transmission comprising a mechanism for distributing energy of a drive source into a plurality of differential mechanisms; a plurality of motors connected to said plurality of differential mechanisms, respectively; and a mechanism for synthesizing energies outputted from said plurality of differential mechanisms.

Abstract: In an engine system, an ignition timing is changed in accordance with operation parameters of an engine. The engine system includes an exhaust gas clarifying equipment with a catalyst to clarify the specified components in the exhaust gas, catalyst temperature detecting unit for estimating or detecting the temperature of the catalyst, torque fluctuation detecting unit for detecting the state of fluctuation of an output torque of the engine, and ignition timing calculating unit for calculating the final ignition timing on the basis of the detected results of the torque fluctuation detecting unit and the catalyst temperature detecting unit.