Abstract: An automobile inside door-actuation device comprising a housing which can be assembled to the door's frame and a drive lever pivotably supported inside the housing on pivot pins, characterized in that the drive lever, the pivot pins and the housing are molded from plastic(s) by two-component injection molding into one unit, the properties of the selected plastics being such that the mutually displaceable parts do not bond to each other during injection molding.

Abstract: A plastic, undetachable anchor (10) to affix a component (52) to a support (54), comprising a rectangular affixing aperture (56), the anchor comprising a resilient, flange-like head (12), a hollow shank (16) subtending an axis and connected at one end to the head (12) and receiving an affixation screw (20), further resilient detent arms (40,42) connected to the shank end away from the head (14), where the detent arms (40,42) running obliquely outward toward the head (14) are fitted at their free ends with a detent shoulder (44) engaging { in the assembled state—an edge of an affixation aperture (56) facing them in order to secure the anchor (10) against being pulled out of the affixation aperture (56).

Abstract: An injection molding method to manufacture hollow plastic parts, whereby at least one plastic part's hollow is shaped by evacuating an internal portion of the flowable material of an injection mold's cavity (12) using a pressurized gas and a gate of said mold (10) and thereupon the molded article's aperture so made shall be sealed off, characterized in that, following said flowable material's being removed from a blind duct (24) into a gate branched to it and after being partly forced back into said hollow, said molded article shall be elected from the injection mold (10).

Abstract: A retaining member for holding and supporting an elongated element from a support includes a base portion and a holding portion. The base portion is attachable to the support. The holding portion is connected to the base portion and has a recess for holding the elongated element therein. The recess includes a tubular portion and a plurality of spaced ribs extending radially inwardly from the tubular portion to have different radial heights.

Abstract: A valve operating means defined by the following features: a slider supported in axially displaceable manner in a housing and linked by an actuation segment to the valve, a first biasing spring configured in the housing and pre-stressing the slider against a first stop, an expansible element configured in the housing and being displaceably supported in approximately coaxial manner relative to the slider between a second and a third stop, a second biasing spring acting on the expansible element and prestressing said element against the second stop, said configuration allowing cooperation between the expansible element's drive pin and the slider, a heater associated to the expansible element, a heat dissipating element associated with the expansible element and cooling the expansible element when latter rests against the third stop, the force exerted by the first biasing spring being larger than that of the second biasing spring.

Abstract: A fastener, for connecting a first component having a first hole to a second component having a second hole, includes a cage which is fitted at its end with a radial flange and further a cross-sectionally rectangular or square shank segment. This shank segment is insertable into the second hole of the second component, for resting against the associated side of the second component. A nut is at least partly axially received in the cage and is rotatable from a first rotational position in the cage into a second rotational position. The nut has an axial borehole to receive an affixation screw and also comprises at its outside the diametrically opposite wing elements, where, upon rotation of the nut from the first into the second rotational position, the wing elements will be pulled on account of the affixation screw's rotation in the nut against the other side of the second component, with a head of the affixation screw resting against the first component and compressing latter against the cage flange.

Abstract: In a fuel flap, a first fastening element is attached to a hinge arm. The hinge arm has a second fastening element co-acting with the first fastening element in order to attach the fuel flap to the hinge arm at a predetermined position. The first fastening element includes at least two approximately parallel fastening ribs, at least one of the ribs having two spaced holes and the other has at least one hole, with the axes of the holes being parallel. The second fastening element includes at least three projections having a cross-section complementary to that of the holes. A resilient portion is formed to the hinge arm which upon engagement of the projection in holes is temporarily deformed and after the engagement of the projections in the holes is deformed back and cooperates with a locking portion of the fuel flap so that the fuel flap is secured.

Abstract: An automobile hood bumper includes a sleeve-like seat fitted with an axial passage and an external thread that can be screwed into a hole of a sheet-like support, an upper segment having a rest head and a shank. A connection member joins the shank to the seat to release said shank when an axial force acting on the upper segment exceeds a predetermined magnitude, whereby the shank moves into the axial passage until the rest head comes to rest at the associated end of said seat. A deceleration element is configured at the outside of the shank and/or in the axial passage to generate a decelerating force by friction and/or by elastic/plastic deformation and to decelerate the penetration of the shank into the axial passage.

Abstract: Back-air blocking device to ventilate a motor vehicle's inside space, comprising a frame or housing, made of a first plastic, and a valve flap, made of flexible material, connected in one zone to the frame and in other zones resting against a sealing surface of said frame when the said flap is in its rest position, this flap detaching off said sealing surface when subjected to a pressure differential, characterized in that the valve flap is a thin plate made of a closed-pore, foamed material.

Abstract: A premounted unit of a pipe stub and a thermostatic valve, said pipe stub comprising a valve seat mechanically biased by a valve spring against the valve seat and resting at its other end against a mating rest element, further comprising an expansible element which is configured between a segment of the pipe stub and the valve member and which opens the thermostatic valve as a function of temperature against the force of the valve spring, said unit further comprising a U-shaped retention yoke of which the central strip rests against the mating rest element and the legs can be connected to an annular cap element thereby recesses being constituted at mutually opposite sides at the inside of the annular cap element and the legs of the retention yoke being fitted at its ends with outwardly pointing hook elements that engage the recesses.

Abstract: A thermostatic valve comprising a valve head and a flat, annular, elastomeric sealing element at the valve head, a valve spring mechanically biasing the valve member against a valve seat and a temperature-sensitive expansible element the valve member displacing the valve member against the valve spring, characterized by the valve head comprising at its circumference an annular groove, the flat annular sealing element being stamped out of an elastomer which swells in the presence of water, in particular an EPDM material, and exhibiting a thickness which is equal to or slightly less than the width of the annular groove.

Abstract: A fastening device having a fastening element includes a plug-in region and a contact area at a distance therefrom, and a shaft between the plug-in region and the contact area. The plug-in region is axially pressable through a through opening in a wall area in a plugged position of the fastening element, until the contact surface, or an intermediate part situated in between, presses against the wall area from one side and the shaft is radially centered in the through opening. The fastening element is connected to another component. The fastening element is located in its installed position after the fastening element is in its plugged position through the through opening and is then rotated around an axis of its shaft into an installed position delimited by a stop, in which at least one radial projection of the plug-in region engages behind an edge area of the through opening to fix the fastening element in the installed position and thus prevent axial displacement of the shaft out of the through opening.

Abstract: A thermostatted valve used in an internal combustion engine and comprising a housing fitted with at least three ports, namely an engine port to communicate with the engine cooling system, a radiator port to communicate with the radiator, and a bypass port to communicate with a bypass, further comprising a hollow, spherical valve element supported pivotably about a pivot axis within the housing between two end positions, said valve element being fitted with at least two apertures of which one permanently communicates with the engine port and the other is situated in a plane substantially perpendicular to said pivot axis, further comprising a temperature sensor controlled valve element drive, characterized in that the axes of all ports are configured in planes that are approximately perpendicular to the pivot axis of the valve element in that the valve element is approximately a spherical segment or a laminar sphere of which the open side communicates permanently with the engine port, further that the valve ele

Abstract: In a fuel filling assembly to fill diesel fuel into a vehicle tank, having a slotted actuation bush (40), the actuation bush is fitted at its end facing the fuel tank with a drive segment on at least one side of said gap, and the actuation bush is configured in floating manner in a jar-like housing (30). A closure mechanism (50) is mounted at the actuation bush (40) end facing the fuel tank and is designed to constitute, in its closed position, a stop for an inserted fuel pump nozzle. The drive segment of the actuation bush engages the closure mechanism, whereby this closure mechanism is displaced out of the closed into the open position when the diesel fuel pump nozzle expands the actuation bush, the closure mechanism in its closed position closing in approximately sealing manner the passage to said tank.

Abstract: An automobile outer door handle, comprising a lever-shaped handle portion which is manually gripped from the door's outer side and which is fitted with at least one bearing element resting in pivotably manner on a mating bearing element of the door and is coupled by a linkage to a door lock in a manner that, when this lock shall open when the handle portion is pivoted out of a rest position into an open position, an inertial mass being supported in excursion-limited manner in the region of the swivel bearing of the handle portion in a similar direction as the handle portion, said inertial mass locking in one limit position (blocked position) the handle portion into the rest position whereas releasing it in the other limit position (release position) and being moved into the blocked position when a predetermined transverse acceleration acts on the automobile to exert an opening force on the handle portion.

Abstract: A plug to hermetically seal an aperture in a sheetmetal, or in the floor of a vehicle, comprising, a cap covering the aperture and comprising an external, circumferential flange resting on one side of the sheetmetal or of the floor and fitted with a first circumferential seal, an affixation portion entering said aperture and, a second circumferential seal configured at the cap or at the affixation portion and being a distance from the first seal and resting against the sheetmetal or the said floor, a cavity being subtended by the sheetmetal or said floor, the two seals and at least one wall of the plug, where said plug, includes a pressure-compensating chamber, which communicates with the cavity and, which compensates a change in pressure, caused by a change in temperature, inside the cavity, by changing the volume of the pressure-compensating chamber.

Abstract: An automobile hood bumper comprising, a sleeve-like seat (10) fitted with an axial passage (20) and an external thread (22) that can be screwed into a hole of a sheet-like support, an upper segment (12) having a rest head (26) and a shank (24), where a connection member (34) that joins the shank (24) to the seat (10) to release said shank when an axial force acting on the upper segment (12) exceeds a predetermined magnitude, whereby the shank (24) moves into the axial passage (20) until the rest head comes to rest at the associated end of said seat, a deceleration element configured at the outside of the shank (24) and/or in the axial passage (20) to generate a decelerating force by friction and/or by elastic/plastic deformation and to decelerate the penetration of the shank into the axial passage.

Abstract: A filler neck an actuation ring (16) having a slot (18) and an entrance portion which is conically narrowed towards the tank, the most narrow cross-section of the entrance portion being smaller than the diameter of a diesel-nozzle and larger than that of an otto-nozzle the actuation ring (16) has an actuation portion at the end facing the tank at least on one side of the slot a closing mechanism is associated with the end of the actuation ring facing the tank and designed such that in closing position thereof it stops the otto nozzle inserted into the actuation ring and the actuation portion of the actuation ring engages the closing mechanism, whereby the closing mechanism is moved from the closing position into an opened position by the actuation portion if the actuation ring is radially expanded by the diesel-nozzle inserted into the actuation ring.

Abstract: A molded plastic rivet (10) for affixing two parts to each other when said rivet is inserted through two mutually aligned apertures in said parts, said rivet comprising, a pin (14) having a head (38), a shank (36) and first and second latching offsets (40,42) at the distal end of the shank, a rivet body (12) having a head (20), and a shank that is insertable in said apertures and comprises several legs running away from the head of the rivet body, wherein approximately diametrically opposite protrusions (50,52) are configured on the side of the head of the rivet body at regions opposite the shank of the rivet body and are fitted with recesses or apertures (54,56) for receiving the arms of a fork-shaped assembly tool (66).

Abstract: A sleeve for a neck rest with tolerance compensation, includes a sleeve body of plastic material for the accommodation of a rod of the neck rest. The sleeve body includes at least one integrally formed resilient portion which is biased toward or away from the interior of the sleeve body. A wire portion is attached to the sleeve body parallel to the axis of the sleeve body such that the wire portion can be resiliently deflected away from or towards the sleeve body, the wire portion engaging the resilient portion.