Abstract: A modular pump-nozzle unit for internal combustion engines, especially air-compressing, fuel-injected internal combustion engines, with precombustion chamber injection. The modular pump-nozzle unit includes a pump element having a pump piston and an injection nozzle. The pump element and the injection nozzle are in communication by way of a connecting duct. The pump element is arranged adjacent to the injection nozzle.

Abstract: In compact vehicle diesel engines, injection pumps are accessible only with difficulty for the purpose of adjusting a starting time of fuel delivery. An adjusting device is provided which includes an adjusting bolt or screw which may easily be reached from a top side of the engine. The adjusting bolt or screw includes a collar which is adapted to engage in a corresponding annular slot provided in an installation flange of a housing of the fuel-injection pump. A threaded portion of the adjusting bolt or screw is threadably accommodated in a threaded member pivotably fastened to the engine. When the adjusting bolt or screw is turned, the injection pump may be rotatably adjusted while a camshaft of the fuel-injection pump, connected to a timing drive of an internal combustion engine, remains in a previous position, thereby varying the start time of fuel delivery of the fuel-injection pump.

Abstract: A change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, with the transmission including a planetary gear transmission arrangement having a pair of sun gears, a pair of ring gears, and a double webbed planetary gear carrier supporting at least one primary planetary gear and at least one secondary planetary gear. The primary planetary gear meshes with one of the sun gears and the secondary planetary gear meshes with the primary planetary gear and the other of the sun gears. One sun gear, acting as a free transmisson member and one ring gear are respectively adapted to be brought into an operative connection by a gear shift brake arrangement. The other sun gear as well as a further transmission member may be placed in a driving connection with the input shaft of the transmission.

Abstract: A plastic fuel tank for motor vehicles, the fuel tank being formed in one piece with a surge tank disposed exteriorly of an interior of the fuel tank. The surge tank is separated from the fuel tank by means of a constriction and is connected with the fuel tank by means of an inlet opening. The surge tank extends out of the fuel tank toward the bottom thereof. In an area of the inlet opening the surge tank is provided with an indentation which forms a connecting passage or duct between the fuel tank and the surge tank. The connecting duct or passage is separate from the inlet opening and a fuel return line is arranged so as to discharge returned fuel into the connecting duct. The fuel return line is provided with a nozzle which, together with the indentation, results in the formation of an injector arrangement for injecting returned fuel and cooler fuel from the interior space of the fuel tank into the surge tank.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine which includes a combustion chamber adapted to be supplied with fuel by at least one atomizer nozzle. The gas turbine engine includes an air compressor for supplying compressed air to the combustion chamber, with the compressor including a secondary guide vane set having a plurality of ducts. At least one of the ducts of the secondary guide vane set is connected to the atomizer nozzle by means of a conduit. The at least one duct is equipped with a boundary layer bleed-off.

Abstract: A heating arrangement for preheating combustion air flowing through an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, the heating arrangement including a pot-shaped housing forming a combustion chamber into which an ignition device and a fuel injection nozzle project. A shut off valve controls an inflow of fuel and a shield sheet serves to shield the combustion flame. The pot-shaped housing is located in a flow path of the combustion air and is covered on its open side by a holder. The holder is fastened to the intake manifold and supports the ignition device, fuel injection nozzle, and shut off valve. The housing includes openings in an upstream wall portion from which the shield sheet projects into the housing in a vicinity of the opening in such a way that the shield sheet separates the combustion chamber from the fuel injection nozzle chamber.

Abstract: A hydraulic single-current or multiple-circuit brake system, preferably for a motor vehicle, which brake system includes a master brake cylinder operated by a brake pedal and individual brake circuits leading from the master brake cylinder to wheel brake cylinders. An accumulator is provided for enabling a build-up of pressure in the brake circuits when the brake pedal is not operated, with the build-up in pressure being controlled by a control unit such as a forward drive control, a distance control, or the like. A pressure modulator is installed in each of the individual brake circuits leading to the wheel brake cylinders at a position between the master brake cylinder and the wheel brake cylinder.

Abstract: An externally ignited internal combustion engine, operable by a homogeneous fuel, wherein liquid fuel is completely vaporized and at an approximately relatively lean proportion is mixed with air to provide for quantity control of the fuel-air mixture. The quantity control remains limited to a lower part throttle or partial load range and above such range, fuel in a liquid condition is injected into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine to enable a quality control over the fuel mixture. The injection of the fuel is carried out so that the injected jet of fuel does not contact the relatively cold wall parts of combustion chambers of the respective cylinders of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A drive mechanism for a fuel injection pump of an internal combustion engine, wherein a drive sprocket and an injection timer unit are arranged in a crankcase of the engine on a drive shaft connected to the camshaft of the fuel injection pump. The drive shaft is formed by a socket sleeve and is floatingly supported on the camshaft.

Abstract: A motor vehicle provided with an engine space or trunk arranged in the forward end thereof and with an end wall located between the space or trunk and the passenger compartment. A brake pedal, mounted in a suspended fashion connected to a braking device located outside of the passenger compartment, extends through the end wall. The braking device is arranged so that, upon a frontal structural deformation caused by a collision, the brake device executes a pivotal motion by which the brake pedal is guided away from the driver of the vehicle and against the end wall. A two-stage deformation member is provided which includes a rigid upper pot-shaped deformation member to which the braking device is attached. A pedal shaft of the brake pedal is mounted in an upper zone of the upper pot shaped member, the upper pot shaped member passes over by way of a step or shoulder into a larger deformable lower pot-shaped member connected with the end wall.

Abstract: A mechanical valve clearance compensator for internal combustion engines with cup tappet operation. A wedge provided with a wedge-shaped surface is supported in the cup tappet to be displaceable at right angles to a travel direction of the cup tappet. The wedge is under a constant action of a compression spring which acts in a direction toward clearance compensation and is intermittently acted upon in an opposite direction by an operating cam fixedly connected with the cam shaft. The operating cam is fashioned as a radial cam and acts upon a pin longitudinally displaceably guided in the cup tappet. The pin, in turn, is supported on a sliding surface of a wedge, with the sliding surface having a greater inclination than an inclination of the wedge-shaped surface.

Abstract: A sliding guide member which includes a sliding member accommodating one end of flexible cable assembly which is adapted to transmit tensile and compressive forces. The end zone of the sliding member in proximity of the cable assembly, which zone is slidingly movably guided within a fixed guide sleeve, is constructed to be offset with respect to the remaining zone in which is accommodated an adjusting element for the sliding guide mechanism. The guided end zone of the sliding member has an approximately spherical shape and includes a bore for a suspension mounting of an end of the flexible cable assembly, which end is provided with a ball element. The sliding member is provided with a threaded bore extending in the axial direction for accommodating the adjusting element, which is equipped with an external thread so as to enable a coupling of the adjusting element to the sliding member.

Abstract: A remote control device for a speed-change transmission of a motor vehicle. A joint carrier, articulated to a vehicle part by a joint with a joint center immovable with respect to shifting movements, is connected by a universal joint with a gear shift rod leading to a gear shift device in the speed-change transmission and is adapted to be actuated to pivotal movements about the immovable joint center by a gear shift lever in a selection plane as well as in at least one shifting plane extending at right angles to the selection plane. A joint axis of a pair of pivots of the universal joint cooperating with the gear shift rod lies within or in parallel to the selection plane. The gear shift lever is pivotably mounted to a vehicle part by a second joint having a joint center immovable with respect to the shifting movements by lying offset or spaced from the immovable joint center of the joint carrier.

Abstract: A brake valve useable in conjunction with a vehicle braking system monitored by an anti-locking device and operable by a brake pedal through a trailing spring sometimes also called a simulating spring. The brake valve is provided with a control slide valve longitudinally displaceable by the trailing spring. The slide valve regulates a metered feed of the pressure medium conducted from a pressure source to the wheel brake cylinders. The pressure medium is relieveable at the wheel brake cylinders by anti-lock valves. The slide valve includes two control slide valves of which is associated with a pressure reservoir. One control slide valve cooperates with an emergency piston providing free through-flow during normal operation of the braking system. The emergency piston, upon a failure of the pressure medium source, after an emptying of the pressure reservoirs, is operable mechanically by the brake pedal after a spring-loaded ball valve has been closed at the emergency piston.

Abstract: A fuel tank of a synthetic resinous material, especially for motor vehicles, with a connecting socket of a synthetic resinous material arranged in a lower zone of the fuel tank. The connecting socket is provided on its outside wall with a metal sleeve. The metal sleeve freely projects into an interior of a fuel tank and terminates beyond an inner end of the connecting socket. An outer end of the metal sleeve is set back or axially spaced from an outer end of the connecting socket.

Abstract: A brake valve useable in conjunction with a vehicle braking system is monitored by an anti-locking device and operable by a brake pedal through a trailing or simulating spring. The brake valve is provided with a control slide valve for regulating a metered feed of the pressure medium conducted from a pressure source to the wheel brake cylinders of the braking system. The pressure medium is furthermore relievable at the wheel brake cylinders by anti-lock valves. The control slide valve cooperates with at least two emergency pistons freely traversible during normal operation of the braking system. Each of these emergency pistons are mechanically operable from the brake pedal in case of failure of the energy supply or of a brake circuit after a valve associated with the respective pistons has been closed.

Abstract: A motor vehicle which may be utilized in a track or rail bound conveyance or on a normal roadway, with the vehicle including steerable supporting wheels and at least one transverse guide member arranged between opposite steerable supporting wheels on a horizontally pivotable track guide lever. The transverse guide member acts on the steerable supporting wheels and extends, in an operating position, below a tread level of the supporting wheels and, by way of a horizontal swivel joint in the track guide lever, can automatically be retracted from the operating position into an ineffective or waiting position and/or lowered into an operating position by roadway responsible roller feelers or the like movably guided at right angles to the driving direction. An expanding drive or force transmission system is coupled with the roller feeler with the system producing, upon a roller feeler movement, a movement oriented in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an Otto engine having a mixture-control unit provided with an air flow sensor and a fuel distributor. The fuel injection system may be switched from service with a gasoline-operated engine to service with a gas-operated engine and, in the process, the sensor plate of the air flow sensor is opened as well as blocked in the open position with a gas-operated engine.