Abstract: A device for connecting two tubular piping parts, in particular piping parts in a motor vehicle exhaust system, has two connector pieces with a sealing device being mounted between the connector pieces. The connector pieces are stressed against each other in axial direction by a spring device. The spring device has a wire spring which surrounds one connector piece at least partially with two spring branches and is supported by this connector piece. The wire spring is stressed against a stop on the other connector with the spring branches or another area of the wire spring.

Abstract: A repeating rifle having a bolt action comprises a breech housing (1), a breech body (3) which can be moved and can be rotated in this breech housing (1) and has a movable plug (4) and a firing pin (6) which is loaded by a firing pin spring (7) and has a cocking piece (8), in which case the breech body (3) has in its interior a cocking guide which interacts with the cocking piece (8). In order to achieve maximum safety and maximum operating convenience with as little physical complexity as possible, a cocking cam bush (33) is guided such that it can be moved in the longitudinal direction in the breech body (3) as the cocking guide, on which cocking cam bush the firing pin spring (7) is supported, and the plug (4) has a guide sleeve (36) which interacts with the cocking cam bush (33).

Abstract: A method for operation of a direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine operated over large areas of the characteristics map with stratified charge by way of fuel injection during the compression stroke. In order to guarantee reliable mixture ignition and combustion, the method of the present invention provides an ignition system which generates alternating voltage so that high voltage rapidly builds up between the electrodes of a spark plug, and generates ignition sparks with a spark duration that can be defined as a function of operating point.

Abstract: A method for the measured spatial 3D position detection of surface points of an object in a photogrammetric online system, in which a surface measurement point is touched by a probe tip. The spatial 3D position of the probe tip at the instant of touching is computed, with respect to a reference system, using an electronic camera. The computed 3D spatial position is stored as data. The electronic camera is rigidly connected to the probe, the camera being pointed away from the object at a target area which covers the volume to be measured. The target area has known reference points which form the reference system.

Abstract: A railway vehicle has, located centrally on the end of a car body 1, a coupling device and at least one shock absorbing device 9, 10, which has a permanently deformable support element. To achieve an effective protection against under-running in an impact the, individual shock absorbing elements 9, 10 are parallel to one another underneath a horizontal plane that contains a coupling device 4.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle drive unit, which comprises a drive engine and a transmission with a continuously variable gear ratio, comprises the following steps: a) the required vehicle acceleration (ASOLL) is calculated from a throttle control lever position (XFP, XHG) and the current speed of travel (VFZ), b) a required transmission variation (IGDSOLL1) is calculated from the required vehicle acceleration (ASOLL) and the current rotation speed (NMOT) of the drive engine, c) a limited required transmission variation (IGDSOLL) is determined from the required transmission variation (IGDSOLL1) such that the engine rotation speed (NMOT) does not fall below a value which depends on the position of the power control element (XEP) of the drive engine, d) the continuously variable transmission is varied in accordance with (IGDSOLL); e) the actuation parameter (XEPSOLL) for the power control element of the drive engine is obtained directly from the throttle control lever position (XFP, XHG).

Abstract: In a method of checking for a transposition of lambda sensors of a multicylinder internal combustion engine having at least two separate exhaust pipes connected to different cylinders, a catalytic converter arranged in each exhaust pipe, a lambda sensor arranged in each exhaust pipe upstream of the respective catalytic converter, a lambda sensor control circuit for each lambda sensor, and an air inlet connection associated with at least one exhaust pipe upstream of the respective lambda sensor, air is supplied to one of the exhaust pipes, and the signal provided by the respective Lambda sensor is compared with a stored threshold signal value to determine whether the lambda sensor installed is operative and is connected to the proper lambda sensor control circuit.

Abstract: A repeating rifle having a chamber to which a magazine guide is secured by means of threaded bolts, into which magazine guide a bar magazine can be inserted, can selectively receive a longer magazine. In order to make this possible with a minimum of parts and manual operations, there is provided an adapter which fits onto the chamber or onto a stock and is secured by means of bolts which are screwed into threaded bores in that end of the threaded bolts which faces away from the chamber.

Abstract: In a container for belted ammunition, this ammunition forms loops between intermediate walls, thus ensuring that the ammunition can easily be drawn out, that the belted ammunition is supported vertically on the base, and a wall has a vertical aligned outlet opening for the belted ammunition, and that the base has a low-friction plastic covering.

Abstract: The reciprocating piston engine has an annular swivel disk (6), driven by the engine shaft (5) and whose inclination with respect to the latter is adjustable, for driving circumferentially juxtaposed reciprocating pistons (2). For this purpose it is connected in articulated manner both to a sliding sleeve (21) axially guided on the engine shaft (5) and to a driver (13), which transmits the driving force and which is spaced from the engine shaft (5). As a result of the annular shape of the swivel disk, which is advantageous both dynamically and from the manufacturing standpoint a space-saving, articulated engagement of the driver (13) in a radial bore (16) of the swivel disk (6) is rendered possible.

Abstract: In a piston for an internal combustion engine, which includes in its top an annular cooling oil passage which, at one side of the piston, is in communication with a cooling oil supply passage extending axially through the piston and has a bottom opening through which cooling oil is supplied by an injection nozzle, and, opposite the cooling oil supply passage, a cooling oil return passage in communication with the annular cooling oil passage for removing the cooling oil therefrom, at least the cooling oil supply passage includes cooling oil retaining pockets which retain, during outward movement of the piston, part of the cooling oil supplied to the cooling oil supply passage and from which the retained cooling oil is dislodged and moved to the annular cooling oil passage during inward movement of the piston.

Abstract: A multiple-unit railway vehicle having three car bodies where the respective neighboring car bodies are each connected in a pivoting manner to one another by means of a single coupling, and each car body sits only on one two-axle truck. In the vicinity of the respective center pivot and possibly also on the trucks, there are actuator elements that are used to influence the articulation angle between the longitudinal axes of the car bodies.

Abstract: A method for determining knocking combustion in an internal combustion engine having an alternating current ignition system, which method is used to control the duration of the ignition spark burning time as well as the ignition energy while the fuel-air-mixture is ignited by the spark plug, in dependence on the load condition and other characteristic values provided by the engine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a covering device (1) for a spray nozzle passage opening (64) of a headlight washer system (66) for a motor vehicle. The covering device has a hinged door (14) which fits flush into a pivoting mounting frame (10) placed in the opening (64) and which, in the closed position under spring tension visibly covers the entire opening (64) in which the mounting frame (10) is inserted. In this way, the covering device (1) fits flush into the surrounding exterior skin (80), thus ensuring a smooth and even seam.

Abstract: A process for the catalytic reduction of NO.sub.x, the reduction taking place in the presence of a catalyst which comprises(a) from 20 to 97 wt % of A.sub.2 O.sub.3,(b) from 1 to 40 wt % of CuO,(c) from 1 to 50 wt % of ZnO,(d) from 1 to 40 wt % of Ag,(e) from 0 to 2 wt % of Pt,(f) from 0 to 20 wt % of oxides of rare earth metals, elements of the 3rd subgroup of the Periodic Table of the Elements or mixtures thereof,based on the total weight of the components (a) to (e), which adds up to 100 wt %, wherein, in each case, up to half the weight of the component (a) may be replaced by Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, Ga.sub.2 O.sub.3 or mixtures thereof, of the component (b) by CoO, of the component (c) by MgO, of the component (d) by Au and of the component (e) by Pd, Ru, Os, Ir, Rh, Re or mixtures thereof, is used for reducing NO.sub.x, especially in combustion off-gases, the components (a), (b) and (c) forming a spinel which is doped with the components (d), (e) and (f).

Abstract: A lift body has a variable camber to achieve a flow-favorable profile. The lift body has a structure which is elastically deformable at least in one area. An integrated adjusting device includes at least one dimensionally stable adjusting body which can be rotated about an axis and which is in an operative connection with the deformable structure. Each adjusting body has a curved conical shape whose local cross-section corresponds to the local profile thickness. Each adjusting body is in a direct and/or, via a sliding layer, an indirect contact with the deformable structure.

Abstract: A method for performing shifting operations in an automated, mechanical transmission, which is coupled via an automated clutch to an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine. The setpoint engine torque (MDsoll) is essentially predefinable by a gas pedal (10) and/or by a vehicle-speed controller or limiter (17, 18). The setpoint engine torque is varied in response to gear shifting operations through the intervention of an electronic control device, as follows: The area of the electronic control device that is designated for the transmission control is continually supplied with the setpoint engine torque MDsoll1. In response to manually or automatically introduced gear shifting operations, a switch is made to the setpoint engine torque being input by the electronic transmission control, which calculates this setpoint engine torque (GW-MD) as a function of gear-change parameters and/or extracts it from gear-change characteristics maps or curves.

Abstract: A safety device for rifles having a housing (1) which accommodates a breech body (3) and having an operating part (14) which is arranged on the butt grip and is operatively connected to a catch (12) for a release plunger (30) which is loaded, when the breech is cocked, by the force of a firing pin spring (7), and in the case of which items a breech holder (10) is provided in the vicinity of the catch (12), can be lowered against the force of a spring and engages in a guide groove (11) in the breech body (3), is intended to be improved and, furthermore, the operating convenience is intended to be increased.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled cylinder head for a multicylinder internal combustion engine. The cylinder head has a coolant chamber in which gas exchange passages running in the direction of a transverse engine axis and at least one chamber for a spark plug and/or an injection nozzle are arranged. Also, bolt pipes for distributing the bolt tension forces of the cylinder head bolts are provided, the cylinder head being joinable to a crankcase of the internal combustion engine with interposition of a cylinder head seal. The bolt pipes have ribs formed by thickened configurations of adjacent wall sections of the gas exchange passages in the region of the cylinder head bolt. A high, uniform surface pressure on the cylinder head seal is thereby enabled, even in the regions between the cylinder head bolts, and even when space is restricted.

Abstract: A method for determining an operating parameter of an internal combustion engine. An ionic current signal curve at a spark plug of the internal combustion engine is measured for a number of ignitions as a function of time. The measured signal curves are then averaged to obtain an averaged signal curve. A maximum and/or the time of the maximum of the averaged signal curve is determined. Based on the maximum of the average signal curve and/or the time of the maximum of the average signal curve, the operating parameter is calculated.