Abstract: A flexible fuel rail system for fuel injection systems for internal combustion piston engines, particularly for engines having at least one or more banks of aligned cylinders. The fuel rail system incorporates two or more longitudinal fuel rails, connected by one or more crossover sections. The crossover section(s) include(s) one or more sections of enhanced flexibility, preferably corrugations. The fuel rails, crossover sections and sections of enhanced flexibility are preferably all fabricated from metal, preferably monolithically formed from a single piece of metal. The fuel rails preferably are provided with non-circular cross-sectional configurations, so that the walls of the fuel rails will flex, under the influence of fuel pressure pulsations caused by the fuel injectors, so as to substantially reduce or eliminate the negative impacts of such pulsations on the operation of the other injectors in the fuel injection system.

Abstract: A cargo area divider, has a flexible planar structure that can be pulled out and is held at a rear end on a roller-shade shaft and at a front end is equipped with a pull-out bar that extends over the entire width of the planar structure. The pull-out bar is conformingly into a hollow chamber region of a cover profile extending at least over the width of the planar structure.

Abstract: A protecting device for securing a storage space in the interior of a vehicle has a winding shaft associated, both in the pullout and in the rollup direction, with a control device which determines the rotations of the winding shaft as well as a selected protective position of the flat shaped article, and which, independently of the determined position, limits the pullout path for the flat shaped article to a length corresponding to the selected protective position, or releases it to be completely pulled out.

Abstract: A pinch bottom bag construction, for a multiwall bag, incorporating an easy open feature, which permits the controlled opening of a portion of the mouth opening of the bag, to create a spout-like opening, with the use of a tear strip disposed on the upper step of the manufacturer's opening.

Abstract: A covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle, having a flexible surface structure, is held, in a rollable or extendable manner, on a winding shaft supported solidly with the loading space. A coiled spring apparatus for exerting the force for rolling up onto the surface structure is provided on the winding shaft. A form-stable extending element is positioned on one frontal end area of the surface structure. The surface structure is guided over its path of extension within the load space by a guiding device, in that at least one locking device for blocking the surface structure relative to the guiding device is provided in at least one partially-extended working position, and in that a manually-triggerable releasing device, by which the locking of the surface structure can be ended, is provided for the locking device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring a pipeline expansion joint, in particular the conditions of a pressure-balanced expansion joint. A sensor is positioned so as to sense one or more physical characteristics of a pipeline fluid flow. A signal generated by the sensor(s) is received by a suitably configured electronic controller. The controller, in turn, is connected to a flow control valve, that is movable between at least an “off” or “no-flow” position, and a flow permitting position, connecting a source of compressible medium and the volume confined between the two (or more) balancing bellows of a pressure-balanced expansion joint. An accumulator may also be provided, that may be connectable via the flow control valve, to the confined volume. The controller will be operably configured to cause the valve to be moved, in response to signals received from the sensor(s) that correspond to stored numerical data in the controller that represent different potential operating conditions.

Abstract: A conical screw connection for multi-disk shaft couplings is described, having a tension bolt (1), a first spring collet (3) arranged on the tension bolt and having a collar (2), at least one second spring collet (5) having a collar (4) and supported by the first spring collet, with the disks of the multi-disk set being securable on said second spring collet, wherein the seat between the tension bolt and the first spring collet is conical, and the seat between the first spring collet and the second spring collet is cylindrical, and a tension element (7) which axially clamps the disks of the multi-disk set, where the tension bolt has a threaded borehole (8) for a screw (9) whose head (10) is supported on the tension element.

Abstract: A flexible connector apparatus for decoupling vibrations, for example, along the components of an internal combustion engine exhaust system. The flexible connector apparatus is provided for connecting first and second components in the exhaust system, and includes a bellows for accommodating relative movement between the first and second components. The flexible connector apparatus includes an attachment construction which enables weldless, gasketless connection of the bellows to at least one of the first and second components. The flexible connector apparatus may include a liner tube structure having inlet and outlet liner tubes.

Abstract: At least one screen apparatus is attached, on the one hand, to the seatback and, on the other hand, to the wall of the vehicle body, and is flexible in form, in order to permit the movement of the seatback, and which is rigid in form to retain its shape.

Abstract: A network switching apparatus and method which does not necessitate booting a computer system when switching networks by directly changing an Internet protocol (IP) address using a power saving mode provided in an operating system of the computer. The network switching apparatus includes a switching device for selecting at least one of the networks, and a control section for communicating with the network selected by the switching device, identifying a kind of the selected network, and performing a control operation using the power saving mode so that the selected network can be used without booting the computer system connected to the selected network when the network is switched.

Abstract: A device for distributing an oil-air mixture to various lubrication channels disposed in a bore (10) of a machine housing, comprises at least one cylindrical distributor (1) which is sealed on at least one of its front sides (8) towards the bore wall by a sealing ring (7) and whose axial position in the bore (10) is determined by at least one spacer (2), whereby the distributor (1) and the spacer (2) are introduced individually into the bore (10).

Abstract: A biopsy device includes an outer cannula, an inner rod, a sheath operably associated with the outer cannula, a handle assembly removably attachable to the sheath, and a release member for releasably attaching the handle assembly to the sheath. In one embodiment, a locking element associated with the sheath comprises a pair of notches located on either side of the sheath, and a locking element associated with the handle assembly comprises a pair of slots in communication with an opening within the handle assembly. The release member comprises a rotatable collar located in a channel on the handle assembly. When the release member is rotated from a first position to a second position, a portion thereof protrudes through the slots into the notches on the sheath, thereby locking the sheath in place.

Abstract: A sewing yarn comprises at least two roving yarns, which are twisted together with one another, whereby each roving yarn has the structure of a core yarn, comprising at least one first multifilament yarn component, forming a yarn core, and a second fiber yarn component spun over the core. In the cross-section of the sewing yarn, the fiber yarn thread covering of at least one roving yarn contains less than 41 individual fibers. For the manufacture of each roving yarn, a slubbing made of fiber yarns is compacted to 10 to 25 times of the volume of the roving yarns, introduced into a spinning device with the multifilament yarn component serving as the core, and is spun in said device, with at least two roving yarns being thereafter twisted together with one another.