Abstract: A friction clutch with a plate spring and a mechanism to compensate for wear of the friction linings, whereby there is a disengagement element approximately in the form of a membrane spring which exerts a lifting force on the plate spring or the application plate, with the interposition of the wear compensation mechanism. The wear compensation mechanism includes at least one ring-shaped component to which torque is applied by a spring force, and which has inclined partial surfaces on its circumference which engage in corresponding opposite surfaces.

Abstract: A flywheel with two centrifugal masses having a hub disc and a cover-like actuator element, on which flywheel both the hub disc and the cover-like actuator element are designed so that the two parts actuate friction devices which act independently of one another. The one friction device is designed to prevent the loss of the screws used for the fastening to the crankshaft.

Abstract: A membrane spring clutch with an automatic wear compensation mechanism. This mechanism provides a ring element between the outside circumference of the membrane spring and the application plate, which ring element is in contact with the application plate and an encircling ring surface, and is provided with oblique surfaces facing the membrane spring. The corresponding opposite surfaces in the membrane spring are produced by plastic deformation of areas of the membrane spring.

Abstract: A vibration damper between a vehicle body and/or a vehicle axle, comprising a cylinder in which a piston rod is guided so that it can move axially, whereby the piston rod is connected by way of a first connection to a bearing, and the cylinder is connected by way of an additional connection to a corresponding bearing, whereby the vibration damper runs through at least one bearing and has a self-locking closure by way of at least one radially movable flexible tab. The at least one radially movable flexible tab, by way of its end surface, forms a support for the vibration damper at the bearing in question for one direction, whereby the flexible tab(s) is/are accessible in the release direction, and an elastic clamping body is provided for the opposite direction, so that the vibration damper is restrained by way of the end surface and the clamping body.

Abstract: A system for engaging or disengaging a friction clutch has at least one drive, which drive is connected to an energy accumulator and is intended to move against the force of a spring mechanism of a friction clutch. The system can have at least one adjusting mechanism for the drive to compensate for the axial shift resulting from the change in position of the spring mechanism due to wear on the friction clutch. This adjusting mechanism can include an actuating mechanism connected to the transfer element. The actuating mechanism can be moved in the direction of motion of the drive, and can include a retaining mechanism which restricts the extension of the actuating mechanism by means of a stop. The retaining mechanism, by means of a retaining force, secures the orientation of the stroke of the actuating mechanism against an axial displacement until an axial shift occurs due to wear of the friction clutch.

Abstract: A motor vehicle friction clutch with a pressure plate which is fastened with the interposition of a clutch disc with friction linings to a flywheel, and which has a common axis of rotation with the flywheel, comprising an application plate located non-rotationally--but so that it can move axially--in a clutch housing, and an application means to apply the application force, is designed so that the amount of work which must be performed by an application means for the engagement and release of the clutch becomes minimal.

Abstract: A shock absorber with a pneumatic spring, has a spring carrier against which a roller tube is braced, which roller tube together with a spring bellows and an outer tube forms a spring chamber. There can also be an end cap braced against that end of the spring carrier facing the outer tube, wherein that the roller tube and the end cap are connected to form a structural unit, whereby the connection permits axial relative movement between the end cap and the roller tube, at least for assembly.

Abstract: A flywheel arrangement has a first flywheel releasably connected with the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a second flywheel rotatable relative to the first flywheel, and a torque carrier including a torsional vibration damper disposed between the two flywheels in a chamber at least partially filled with a viscous medium. The chamber is bounded on its side facing the second flywheel by a cover plate, which cover plate coordinates preferably with a seal disposed in the radially inward region of the cover plate. The seal has a plurality of sealing elements disposed one after another in the discharge direction of the viscous medium, and the sealing elements are installed up to gap width on the respective associated components to be sealed, whereby at least one of these sealing elements is associated with a flow guide which is used to divert viscous medium into a return channel leading into the chamber.

Abstract: A friction clutch/flywheel assembly includes a flywheel with a predetermined diametral area designed to hold a preferably cylindrical wall of a basin-shaped clutch housing, so that the clutch housing does not rotate and is also secured against axial movement with respect to the flywheel. The assembly is designed so that there is a clamping device allocated to at least one of the flywheel or the clutch housing, which clamping device is designed to be located in the contact area between the cylindrical wall of the clutch housing and the predetermined diametral area of the flywheel. By means of this clamping device, the flywheel and clutch housing can be held in a non-positive connection with one another.

Abstract: A torsional vibration damper is designed with a driving-side transmission element, with at least one planet carrier which can rotate relative to the transmission element and which planet carrier is provided with at least one plane wheel which is engaged on one hand with a sun gear and on the other hand with a ring gear, and with a driven-side transmission element. One of the transmission elements has control means for a spring device. There are centrifugal masses corresponding respectively to the driving-side transmission element and to the driven-side transmission element, at least one of which centrifugal masses is connected by means of the spring device to at least one element of the planetary gearset which acts as an intermediate mass, whereby the intermediate mass can be driven in a movement which is a function of the speed and direction of rotation of the two centrifugal masses with respect to one another.

Abstract: Air suspension system with a compressed air container of an air suspension system for a motor vehicle with a vehicle frame and a vehicle body, comprising a number of elastic air springs which are connected to the reservoir, whereby the air springs and the reservoir are to be considered as compressed air containers, characterized by the fact that at least one compressed air container is located inside a cavity formed by at least one vehicle part which is independent of the air suspension system strictly speaking.

Abstract: Vibration damper, in particular for motor vehicles, including a work cylinder, a work piston fastened to a piston rod and dividing the work cylinder into two work chambers, possibly an equalization chamber and a piston rod guide which seals the piston rod against the atmosphere, whereby the work chambers are filled with a magnetorheological fluid to which an electric coil can be applied. In the event of a failure or malfunction of the electric coil, it must be possible to achieve a safe damping force, by having at least one permanent magnetic field which acts on the magnetorheological fluid.

Abstract: A rotary actuator having a cylinder and a motor shaft as well as end caps which define a working area, a number of ribs on the inside surface of the cylinder and an equal number of vanes on the motor shaft which divide the working area into work chambers, and seals inside grooves in the ribs and the vanes. The work chambers are alternately supplied with hydraulic medium, and the seals hydraulically separate the working chambers from one another. The seals are in the form of one-piece gasket members and there is a space between the seals and the side walls of the groove in the static rest position. The gasket member, via its end surfaces, its surfaces which define the height of the gasket member, and one side wall, perform a sealing function during operation of the rotary actuator.

Abstract: Telescoping vibration damper consisting of a work cylinder and a jacket tube forming an equalization chamber, whereby there is a base valve in the floor of the work cylinder. The object is to create a simple base valve which can be simply and economically manufactured and which allows an optimum flexibility of design, whereby the correct formation of the control edges can be easily accomplished. To achieve this object, the base valve is realized in the form of at least two disks with corresponding notches, whereby the notches of both disks jointly form the flow connection of the base valve and are connected with corresponding valve disks to form a single component.

Abstract: A transmission of a motor vehicle can have a friction clutch with a torsional vibration damper and a clutch disc. In the friction clutch there can be a control plate for the control of a friction action as a function of the torsion angle, which control plate can be centered in one direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation by means of at least two diagonally opposite stop edges. The stop edges preferably can interact with two opposite-facing end surfaces of the coil springs within the clutch disc. It can thereby be possible to center the control plate independently of the guide diameter of the hub.

Abstract: A device to damp vibrations in a motor vehicle between the engine and the drive train, whereby there is a torsion damping device between a first centrifugal mass and a second centrifugal mass. The torsion damping device contains coil springs which are guided in guide blocks and spring cups. A bearing for the second centrifugal mass is provided on the first centrifugal mass by way of a friction bearing in the radially inner area of the spring cups and guide shoes.

Abstract: A Shock absorber, in particular a MacPherson strut unit, with a decompression stop limit bracket which is fastened to a container tube and which, in the event of a rebound of a vehicle axle, comes into contact with a body-side support surface, comprising a base plate with side walls which is welded to a reinforcement plate and a radial guide plate which is connected to the container tube, characterized by the fact that the side walls and the guide plate as well as the reinforcement plate form a groove which is filled by a weld seam such that all the parts forming the groove are connected to one another by means of the weld seam.

Abstract: A dual-mass flywheel comprises a primary mass (7) which is adapted to be fastened to a crankshaft (3) of an internal-combustion engine concentric to an axis of rotation (1) and a secondary mass (9) which is mounted for rotation relative to the primary mass (7) around the axis of rotation (1). The secondary mass (9) is coupled in a rotationally elastic manner to the primary mass (7) by a torsion-damping arrangement (19). The primary mass has two formed sheet-metal parts (35, 37) which define a cavity (47) to accommodate springs (17) of the torsion-damping arrangement (19) and is provided with supplementary masses in order to increase the moment of inertia. The supplementary masses may be made up of extensions (45, 63) of the formed sheet-metal parts (35, 37) or of additionally welded-on mass-rings (67). In particular, the supplementary masses are located in a region which is generally radially outwardly of the secondary mass (9).

Abstract: A hydraulically actuated clutch release system for a motor vehicle friction clutch, including a piston-cylinder unit oriented concentrically to a transmission input shaft, whereby the cylinder is fastened to the transmission housing, and has the cylinder chamber for the piston between an inner and an outer cylinder shell. The piston itself is guided inside a guide element surrounded by the outer cylinder shell. The outer cylinder shell, next to the guide element, has at least one retaining member which can be brought into contact with the guide element, and through which retaining member the guide element can be secured against participation in the movement of the piston during the engagement and release of the clutch. In this case, when there is a change in the axial position of the piston caused by wear in the friction clutch, the action of the retaining member can be suppressed for a displacement of the guide element.

Abstract: A clutch plate having a hub and hub disc which are manufactured from two individual parts, wherein the two parts are non-rotationally connected by means of gear teeth so that there is essentially no play in the circumferential direction. Either the lining carrier or cover plate or both can thereby be guided with respect to a guide diameter of the hub by means of a plastic metal friction or sliding pair.