Abstract: Boat propeller drive with an underwater housing which is connected in a fixed manner to a boat hull and has tractor propellers arranged on that side of the housing facing ahead. Arranged in that end portion of the underwater housing facing astern is an exhaust discharge outlet for discharging exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine connected to the propeller drive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a load-bearing vehicle roof of so-called sandwich construction, wherein the material layer included in the vehicle roof comprises polymeric materials, laminate materials and/or metal layers. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such a vehicle roof. The load-bearing vehicle roof according to the invention comprises an outer cover layer (1), a core (3) and an inner cover layer (4) which together form a load-bearing structure. The load-bearing vehicle roof according to the invention is characterized in that at least one insulating layer (5) and/or a decorative layer (6), intended to be visible from a passenger compartment within a motor vehicle, is/are provided inside the inner cover layer (4), and that the insulating and/or the decorative layers (6) are provided as layers of the load-bearing vehicle roof before mounting onto the motor vehicle.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for adapting a propeller system including a propeller shaft (15, 16) and a propeller (7, 8) adapted to be mounted on the propeller shaft (15, 16). The propeller system includes a propeller (7, 8) connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a propeller shaft (15, 16), the propeller shaft (15, 16) having a portion provided with splines (19, 20) which cooperate with corresponding splines (25, 28) inside the hub (23, 26) of the propeller (7, 8) in order to obtain the rotationally fixed connection, where the splines (19, 20) on the propeller shaft (15, 16) and in the hub (23, 26) of the propeller (7, 8) are helical, with a predetermined oblique angle (alpha, beta). The invention also relates to a propeller shaft (15, 16) and a propeller (7, 8) which are intended to be used in the propeller system.

Abstract: A four-stroke internal combustion engine includes variable geometric compression ratio, electrically operated inlet valves and a device for supplying a homogeneous fuel/air mixture to the engine cylinders. The inlet valves and the compression ratio are controlled by a control unit, so that the fuel/air mixture, within a lower engine rpm range, is compressed to self-ignition.

Abstract: Boat propeller transmission with a horizontal input shaft, a bevel gear set, a vertical intermediate shaft, an additional bevel gear set, and at least one horizontal propeller shaft. Between the bevel gear sets, a two-speed planetary gear set is engaged, to provide two gear speeds in the same direction between the input shaft and the propeller shaft. A control unit controls the shifting between the low and high gear speed. A sensor senses the position of a gear selector. When the gear selector is in the reverse position, the control unit locks the planetary gear set in the high speed position, regardless of the engine speed.

Abstract: System and method for protecting a cooling system of a liquid-cooled engine using a protective material. This system enables a boat operator to flush the cooling system using salt, brackish or fresh water. In one embodiment, the system includes a reservoir, a dispenser and a connection device. The reservoir is capable of containing a protective material that can include, among others properties, anticorrosive properties. The dispenser controls release of the protective material from the reservoir and can be controlled manually or through a control unit. The system is coupled with the cooling system downstream from raw water intake ports and upstream from a terminal end of the cooling system as the cooling system terminates at the exhaust port. The protective fluid can be dispensed using gravity feed or a pump.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell structure includes a proton exchange membrane (4). An anode catalyst layer (1,16) is located on one side of the proton exchange membrane. A cathode catalyst layer (7) is located on the opposite side of the proton exchange membrane, and a gas distribution layer (3,5) is arranged on each side of the proton exchange membrane (4). The anode side gas distribution layer (3) is a flat, porous structure having water channels (3a) formed in the surface facing the membrane (4). The anode side gas distribution layer (3) is enclosed by a coplanar, sealing plate (2) with water inlet channels coupled to the water channels (3a) in the gas distribution layer.

Abstract: An hydraulic installation in a boat hull for swinging a properller rig pivotably suspended in a shell on a boat transom using a piston-cylinder device arranged in a hydraulic control circuit. A control valve included in the hydraulic circuit for controlling the flow to and from the hydraulic cylinder is sealingly mounted in a through-opening in the shell, so that one side of the valve faces outwardly towards the propeller rig in order to be subjected to water spray during driving and serve as an oil cooler.

Abstract: Four-stroke internal combustion engine with electrically operated inlet and exhaust valves (9,11) and means for supplying a homogeneous fuel/air mixture to the engine cylinders (1). The valves are controlled by a control unit (15), which, within a lower rpm range, closes the exhaust valve (11) before the piston (4) has reached its upper dead center point. Under the effect of trapped residual gas, a temperature increase is achieved, which results in compression ignition of the fuel/air mixture. The control unit (15) controls the exhaust valve (11), so that the amount of residual gases in the cylinders at the closing of the exhaust valves is greater at low loads and high rpm than at high loads and low rpm, in order to control the ignition delay in this manner.

Abstract: A device for the continuous further transport of air in a fuel system includes a container with an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice for the fuel. A tube provided in the container extends from the outlet orifice and opens into a collection space for air in the container. The invention also relates to a replaceable unit for such a device.

Abstract: A system for regulating the fuel-air mixture in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The system utilizes binary sensors to detect relative deviations from stoichiometric combustion, including individual combustion events, and allows for regulation to achieve optimal and similar combustion to take place in all the cylinders.

Abstract: Servo-assisted steering arrangement for an element pivotable about a steering axis, for example a propeller drive means suspended on a boat transom, said drive means driving a pair of hydraulic steering cylinders (20a, 20b) which connect the drive means to the transom. A manually driven low pressure pump (39), for example a steering wheel pump, communicates both with a cylinder chamber (70, 71) in each steering cylinder (20a, 20b) and with a control valve (36). A motordriven high pressure pump (41) communicates via the control valve with the other cylinder chamber (72, 73) in each steering cylinder. The control valve is disposed so that, when the low pressure pump is driven, it opens a communication both between the pressure side (40) of the high pressure pump and a cylinder chamber (72) in the one cylinder (20b) and between the return side (42) and the corresponding cylinder chamber (73) in the other cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a load-bearing vehicle structure of composite material, and a method for moulding such a load-bearing vehicle structure. The invention concerns the fields of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, sandwich structures and compression moulding. The load-bearing vehicle structure (1) according to the invention comprises first (2) and second (3) surface materials with reinforcement fibers and one or several intermediate pieces of core material (4, 5, 6, 7) which are arranged in pattern adapted to a load-bearing material structure, and is characterized in that the surface materials and/or the core material comprise(s) thermoplastic material, and that the first surface material is attached by means of thermal bonds to first faces of the piece or pieces of core material and that the second surface material is attached by means of thermal bonds to second, opposing faces of the piece or pieces of core material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel system as well as a method for controlling the same. More specifically, it relates to a fuel system of motor vehicles adapted to be powered by alcohol-containing fuels, and specifically by alcohol-containing fuels and by petrol, so-called Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV). These vehicles can be powered by fuels with varying alcohol content, and also by pure petrol. The fuel system according to the invention comprises a main tank (1) for fuel, a cold-start tank (2) with fuel which is sufficiently inflammable to be used in connection with cold starts, as well as fuel line system connecting these tanks to each other and to injection means of the engine of the vehicle, where at least one pump (8, 13) is adapted to transfer fuel through the fuel line system. Specifically, the invention relates to a system which is controlled so that fuel is transferred from the main tank (1) to the cold-start tank (2) when the alcohol content of the fuel is below a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Inboard/outboard trim/tilt assembly including a shield assembly for being secured to a transom of the boat. A gimbal ring is pivotably coupled to the shield assembly at an axis of rotation. A drive frame is pivotably connected to the gimbal ring so that the drive frame pivots in conjunction with the gimbal ring. A single trim cylinder is included that has a first end connected to the gimbal ring and a second end connected to the drive frame. The trim cylinder has a cylinder rod and a cylinder housing and the cylinder rod is movable within the cylinder housing. The cylinder rod moves in a first direction relative to the cylinder housing for tilting the drive frame to a trim up position and moves in a second direction relative to the cylinder housing for tilting the drive frame to a trim down position. For protective purposes, the trim cylinder is at least partially covered by a portion of the gimbal ring.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for control of a combustion engine (11) having control elements (4, 5, 17) for generation of an air/fuel mixture to each cylinder (3) of the engine (1), an exhaust system (7, 8) which is connected to the engine (1), an exhaust catalyst (10) and a NOx absorbent (11) which are provided in the exhaust system (7, 8), which method comprises: control of the control elements (4, 5, 17) in a first operating condition for generation of a comparatively lean exhaust gas mixture to the NOx adsorbent (11) for adsorption of NOx compounds in the exhaust gas mixture, and control of the control elements (4, 5, 17) in a second operating condition for generation of a comparatively rich exhaust gas mixture to the NOx absorbent (11) for desorption of NOx compounds in the exhaust gas mixture.

Abstract: A protective arrangement for vehicles, comprising a luggage-compartment divider which, in the vehicle, can be pivoted into an active position so as to divide two spaces in the vehicle, or into an inactive position so as to form an opening between the spaces, and a coupling arrangement which is arranged on each side of the luggage-compartment divider and is adapted to engage in a mounting in the vehicle so as to form in this way an articulation around which the luggage-compartment divider can pivot. At least one spring element is arranged so as to preload and thus fix the luggage-compartment divider in the active position and in the inactive position.

Abstract: Stern drive assembly configured for utilization in an inboard/outboard power plant for a boat. The stern drive assembly includes a central rigid core that is configured at an upper portion to be coupled to the stern of a carrying boat. A lower portion of the core is designed to accept a boat-moving force generated by a water propulsion unit that is coupled thereto. A thin-walled housing is configured to be secured about a predominance of the centrally located rigid core. The housing has an outer surface that establishes an exterior of the stern drive assembly and an inner surface directed generally toward the central rigid core. A portion of an exterior surface of the central rigid core is configured to cooperate with a corresponding portion of the inner surface of the thin-walled housing. These two portions, when in cooperative orientation one with the other, form a functional feature for the stern drive assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes first and second elements for providing support for a person sitting in the vehicle seat. A link mechanism is arranged so as to interconnect the first and second elements in an articulated manner, so that the second element can be folded towards and away from the first element. The first and second elements, when in a folded-together state, extend in an essentially common plane, and the second element accommodates the first element.