Abstract: A firing mechanism for a pistol comprises a firing pin, a hammer for striking on the firing pin, a hammer spring biasing the hammer, and a catch lever for temporarily locking the hammer in a cocked position is designed to have a safety function. In order to provide a structurally simple mechanism which provides perfect safety against an unintended discharge of a shot without need for additional parts, the catch lever is provided with two locking surfaces. When the hammer is uncocked, the firing pin bears on one of said locking surfaces in the firing direction and the hammer bears on the other of said locking surfaces in the striking sense.

Abstract: A kick-down circuit for an automatic change-speed transmission with a kick-down control member transmitting a kick-down control signal when an accelerator or gas pedal is floored and with at least one gearshift control element operating in dependence upon a transmission output speed and a position of the gas pedal for an auxiliary operating force of a shift actuating member participating in a shifting between a higher gear and a lower gear. The gearshift control element, upon an occurrence of the kick-down control signal, may be brought into its position for the lower gear under the effect of an auxiliary control force dependent upon a position of the gas pedal. The kick-down control signal is temporally limited independently of the position of the gas pedal.

Abstract: A multiple-link gas pedal of a synthetic resionous material for a motor vehicle. The links of the gas pedal are joined by hinge-like film hinges integral in the material. A connecting member for a hinged connection of the foot plate with a pivotal lever suspended into a foot space is arranged in a zone of an upper end of the foot plate on a rear side thereof. A mounting member is articulated to the connecting member through a further film hinge. The mounting member is provided with a bore for receiving the free end of the lever. The bore exhibits at least one flaring portion and a lower end of the lever exhibits projections corresponding in number and shape to the flaring portions. After a passing of the lever end through the bore, the constructional position is obtained by mutual twisting of the components, in such a way that the projections rest on the underside of the mounting member on marginal zones of the bore which are not widened.

Abstract: A short-circuit fuse for electrical igniters with a plug-in connection wherein the short-circuit is automatically eliminated upon a connection of the igniter to a current carrying line. At least one pin-shaped electrode, extending out of the igniter, is surrounded by a common socket with at least one contact spring, arranged at the socket and extending essentially in parallel to the at least one electrode, being normally in contact with the electrode when the igniter is unconnected to the current carrying line. The contact spring has an elongated and leaf-like shape and is electrically conductively connected with either a further contact spring or with the igniter casing. Upon a connection of the igniter to the current carrying line, the contact spring is lifted off the electrode by the insertion of a connector plug.

Abstract: A gas-operated internal combustion engine which includes a volume control valve for a gas supplied to an air/gas mixer. An air filter is arranged within a charged air supply arrangement and, between a diaphragm of the volume control valve in a section of the air charge supply, a pressure equalizing connection is provided which, starting from the air filter or from the air/gas mixer and extending in a direction toward the volume control valve includes a throttle and a blocking biased check valve. A conduit branches off in the pressure-equalizing line at a point between the air filter and the check valve, with the conduit leading through a diaphragm operated valve to the intake manifold. The valve is controllable by the intake manifold vacuum such that the conduit is blocked with a high value intake manifold vacuum and opened with a low value intake manifold vacuum.

Abstract: A locking cap for an oil gauge pipe which includes a gauge rod mounted thereon, with the gauge rod being adapted to be inserted into the oil gauge pipe. An eccentric level arrangement is provided for locking the locking cap at the oil gauge pipe while a sealing ring is pressed between the locking cap and a flange of the oil gauge pipe. The eccentric lever is mounted on the locking cap and, in a locking position, reaches under the flange of the oil gauge pipe. In a locked position, the locking cap rests against the flange with the sealing ring being interposed between an inner surface of the locking cap and the flange.

Abstract: A hydrostatic bladder-type storage means for storing mechanical energy by a compressible media in a pressure bottle. An interior of the pressure bottle contains an elastically resilient bladder accommodating the medium. The pressurized medium is introduced into the bladder from one side of the bottle, with the bladder being surrounded by hydraulic oil which is adapted to be forced into and removed from a cavity located between the bottle and the bladder. A porous elastic body of foamed synthetic resinous material is provided in the bladder with the medium filling pores of the foam body. The foam body is intimately joined to the wall of the bladder and has a specific thermal capacity which is greater than the thermal capacity of the medium.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a lamp arrangement of a motor vehicle such as, for example, a divided headlight arrangement which is disposed so as to be set back with respect to a forward panel frame member of the motor vehicle. A separating web of the panel frame is located between two juxtaposed lamps of the divided headlamp arrangement with at least one nozzle being disposed in two lateral surfaces of the separating web. The nozzle is oriented toward the respective lens of the headlamps and emits a jet of cleaning fluid on the respective lenses.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for an air-compressing fuel injected internal combustion engine with a pump piston arranged in a pump cylinder and controlling a fuel control bore in the pump working chamber and with a control element in constant connection with the pump piston for the purposes of fuel control. The control element is constructed so that it constantly connects the pump working chamber to an intermediate chamber located above the control element and serving as a reservoir. The control element connects the pump working chamber and the pump pressure chamber by way of a bore arrangement only during a piston stroke. An arrangement is provided by which the communication between the pump working chamber and pump pressure chamber is temporarily interrupted during the piston stroke in such a way that, prior to the interruption, a variable preliminary injection quantity is conveyed and, after the interruption, a principal injection quantity is fed.

Abstract: A wheel cover for passenger motor vehicles with a mounting member fashioned as a wire spring ring. The wire spring ring is provided with radially outwardly projecting bracket members which are guided at the hub cap and are lockable into a recess at a rim of a wheel. Two mutually concentrically arranged hubcap sections are provided which cover the rim of the wheel and form between them an annular vent slot. The hubcap sections are connected to each other by webs. An inner hubcap section covers the wire spring ring and the webs are arranged axially in front of braces of a bracket member, which braces emanate toward the outside from the circular ring shape of the wire ring.

Abstract: An arrangement for preventing an unauthorized starting of vehicles which includes a data carrier preferably connected to a key provided for mechanical locks of the motor vehicle and with an evaluating circuit triggering a signal if the correct information is introduced into the arrangement. The data carrier contains at least one of unerasable vehicle-related information or erasable arbitrary information. The evaluating circuit includes at least one read/write unit and a comparison unit wherein the total data of the data carrier are examined and which, in addition to the signal triggered if the information was recognized as correct, passes on the vehicle-related information at least partially to a terminal provided for one of external diagnostic systems or a diagnostic system provided in the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle, especially a cab-over engine commercial vehicle, with a steering wheel which is disposed generally horizontally in a normal operating position and a steering column which is generally vertical and displaceably supported in the direction of the vehicle from in the vicinity of the steering wheel. A steering assembly formed by the steering wheel and steering column is displaceable to a protective position in which position the steering wheel assumes a fixed position when the steering column is displaced in the direction of the front of the vehicle. The steering column and steering wheel are automatically and positively displaced into their protective positions as a function of the deceleration of the vehicle and/or deformation of the vehicle front.

Abstract: The invention comprises a hollow body, suitable for receiving diffusible substances and made of plastics material coated with varnish resins, the external surface of which has a roughness, measured in profile according to DIN 4768, Part I, of Rz=from 2 to 150 .mu.m and R.sub.max =from 5 to 250 .mu.m on which a coating, positively linked with that surface to provide a seal against diffusion of liquids and gases present in the body, consisting of a chemically crosslinked polyurethane resin is located in a layer thickness of from 10 to 800 .mu.m.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement for fastening a carrier to a roof of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a support member which extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is disposed at respective side edges thereof. The fastening arrangement includes a carrier bracket which is adapted to be mounted near a side edge of the motor vehicle. The carrier bracket includes a threaded bore for accommodating a threaded portion of a carrier holder of the carrier. A cap cover is detachably insertable into the threaded bore so as to seal the bore when the carrier holder is not accommodated therein. The carrier bracket may be completely disposed beneath the surface of the roof or include a portion which projects beyond the upper surface of the roof. The carrier bracket may be provided with an annular flange that is applied with a seal and with pretensioning to the roof surface with a lower portion of the bracket being swagged so as to fix the bracket to the roof surface.

Abstract: A piston internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder and with a cooling system coordinated thereto that operates with a fluid medium and includes an oil-spray cooling system; at partial engine loads, the cooling output is reduced by disconnection of a part of the oil-spray cooling system so that the heat content in the combustion space increases while the specific fuel consumption is reduced and the warm-up period of the engine after the start is reduced.

Abstract: A protective molding for an edge of a hinged motor vehicle part, characterized in that the molding has a substantially V-shape cross sectional configuration and includes a guide leg terminating along one longitudinal side in an end portion, and a mounting leg for mounting on the vehicle part, the mounting leg being provided along the other longitudinal side of the guide leg, the guide leg defining a contact area adopted to contact an inner surface of the vehicle part adjacent said edge, and in that the end portion of the guide leg curves outwardly with respect to said V-shape configuration of the molding in a hook-shape adapted to surround the edge of the vehicle part for protecting said edge and wherein a portion of the outwardly curved, hook-shaped end portion of the guide leg adapted to surround said edge is tapered.

Abstract: A process for exposing silicon crystals on the surface of an aluminum alloy of high silicon content and with undissolved silicon particles, wherein the aluminum alloy is connected as the cathode in an electrolyte containing an aqueous alkali nitrate solution which is at least 0.01 molar with respect to the nitrate ions and is subjected to electrolysis with a minimum current density of 0.5 A/dm.sup.2 to remove aluminum from the alloy surface without removing silicon crystals. The electrolyte can also contain at least 0.005 mol/l fluoride ions and 0.05 mol/l-14 mol/l nitrite ions to suppress generation of hydrogen at the cathode and oxygen at the anode, respectively.

Abstract: An electrically driven rail or track bound vehicle which can be supplied with electrical power from an overhead wire. The vehicle includes a current collector carrying at least one bow trolley, with the current collector being adjustable to varying levels. A width of the bow trolley is automatically variable in such a manner that, with the current collector being adjusted to a low level, the bow trolley is narrow and with the current collector being adjusted to a high level, the bow trolley has a wide width. The width of the bow trolley is variable continuously with height variations of the current collector.

Abstract: A spring seat with a supporting groove for the freely terminating end of a spring wire of a coil spring for an axle suspension of a motor vehicle. The supporting groove extends merely over a circumferential angular range of about 75.degree. to 120.degree.. The supporting groove is fashioned to be approximately V-shaped in cross section and the terminating end of the spring wire of the coil spring only contacts the flanks of the V-shaped supporting groove.

Abstract: A wheel cover for wheels of a passenger motor vehicle which includes a mounting arrangement formed of several retaining elements located on the wheel cover. The retaining elements are adapted to engage in groove-shaped recesses in a wheel rim by means of flexible locking elements. The retaining elements are provided with opposite bearing portions that are associated with each of the locking elements, with the opposite bearing portion supporting themselves at a dish of the wheel.