Abstract: A device for controlling pressures of a flow medium in a component in which the device is formed at least by the component and at least one valve; the valve has an axially oriented valve axis and is seated, at least in part, in the component and has at least one opening. The opening leads into an annular gap which at least partly surrounds the valve, and the annular gap is formed between the valve and the component. The annular gap is sealed by at least one seal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating device (8) is for a variable valve drive, in particular electromagnetic switching valve lever systems. The electromagnetic actuating device comprises a base plate (3), a housing which is secured to the base plate (3) and a coil. The housing is designed as a bracket housing (12) and can form part of the magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A linear actuator includes an outer housing, an inner arm disposed within and extending from an open end of the outer housing, and a seal arranged radially between the outer housing and the inner arm so as to prevent passage of fluid and particle contamination between the outer housing and the inner arm. The seal includes a first seal, a second seal, and a felt ring configured to sealingly engage the inner arm.

Abstract: An electric motor including a stator, and a rotor supported for rotation within the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart radially outer permanent magnets fixed to the rotor and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart radially inner permanent magnets movably supported by the rotor. The radially inner permanent magnets are movable radially with respect to the rotor between a first radially inner position and a second radially outer position to weaken the magnetic field of the radially outer permanent magnets at higher speeds.

Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper with a rotation axis includes an input side with first and second input-side counter tracks, an output side with first and second output-side counter tracks, a stored energy source, and rocker elements disposed at opposite axial ends of the stored energy source. Each of the rocker elements has three axially offset partial tracks forming an input-side roller track and an output-side roller track. A first input-side rolling element is clamped between the first input-side counter track and a first input-side roller track and a second input-side rolling element is clamped between the second input-side counter track and a second input-side roller track. A first output-side rolling element is clamped between the first output-side counter track and a second output-side roller track and a second output-side rolling element is clamped between the second output-side counter track and a second output-side roller track.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a torque converter is disclosed herein. The drive arrangement includes a first drive plate element configured to be connected to a torque converter cover and configured to secure a rotor of an electric motor against the torque converter cover. A second drive plate element is configured to be connected to a flex plate, and the first and second drive plate elements are connected to each other.

Abstract: An electric motor including a stator, and a rotor supported for rotation within the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart radially outer permanent magnets fixed to the rotor and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart radially inner permanent magnets movably supported by the rotor. The radially inner permanent magnets are movable radially with respect to the rotor between a first radially inner position and a second radially outer position to weaken the magnetic field of the radially outer permanent magnets at higher speeds.

Abstract: A torque converter assembly including a hub and a housing at least partially surrounding the hub. The hub includes a hub body having a radially-inwardly extending circumferential slot defining a connection portion of the hub body, and a plurality of axially extending bores extending through the connection portion of the hub body to the circumferential slot. At least a portion of the housing is coupled to the hub with at least one rivet installed in a corresponding bore of the connection portion of the hub body.

Abstract: A planetary gearbox includes a shaft, a planetary carrier, first and second planetary pins arranged on the planetary carrier, first and second planetary gears mounted on the planetary pins via respective bearings, and a lubricant collecting tray. The shaft has a shaft channel for radially conducting a lubricant to an outer face of the shaft and the planetary pins have respective pin channels for conducting the lubricant to the respective bearings. The lubricant-collecting tray has a collection space for collecting the lubricant supplied via the shaft channel and hollow feed ports that open into respective pin channels. The hollow feed port closest to the shaft channel, when viewed in a circumferential direction, has an opening cross-section that is less than an opening cross-section of the other hollow feed port.

Abstract: An insulated bearing includes an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements, and an insulating cap. The outer ring has an inner rolling surface and an outer spiral groove, the rolling elements are in rolling contact with the inner rolling surface, and the insulating cap is screwed onto the outer ring. The insulating cap has an inner spiral, complementary to the outer spiral groove. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove comprises a cross-section having a shape selected from the group consisting of a rectangle, a triangle, and a trapezoid. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove has between 2 and 4 revolutions. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove has a width of 4 millimeters or less.

Abstract: A cage assembly for a bearing includes a first cage half and a second cage half. The first cage half includes a first annular section with a first plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures for receiving a plurality of rolling elements, and a first cylindrical section arranged for positioning the cage assembly on a first shaft. The second cage half includes a second annular section with a second plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures for receiving the plurality of rolling elements, and a second cylindrical section arranged for positioning the cage assembly on a second shaft. In an example embodiment, the first cylindrical section or the second cylindrical section has an aperture for radial flow of a lubricant.

Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell connected to the front cover. The torque converter further includes a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a clutch plate that is non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell.

Abstract: An actuator for rear-axle steering system of a motor vehicle comprises a threaded spindle (2) which is surrounded by planets (21), each provided with a corresponding profiling (8), wherein the planets (21) are guided in a driven cage (13) and, via further profiling (25), contact a nut (4) that surrounds areas of the planets (21) provided with said profiling (8) and is supported with respect to the cage (13) by rolling bearings (14), and wherein the cage (13) is mounted in a housing (20) by means of further rolling bearings (30, 31, 32, 33) and is non-rotatably connected to an output-side component (12, 34) of a further transmission (10, 11, 12).

Abstract: A drive assembly with passive cooling and/or lubrication. The drive assembly includes a housing, an electric motor having a shaft that is rotatably drivable about an axis of rotation, and a gear assembly located in the housing. The gear assembly is rotatably drivable by the shaft, and includes a plurality of gears that are rotatable in a rotational drive direction. An oil removal opening is located on an inner wall of the housing aligned with the gears, with the oil removal opening being located between ?45 and +45 degrees from a horizontal plane that extends through the axis of rotation on a rotationally upward moving side of the gears in the rotational drive direction. The oil removal opening has an upper edge that is angled and faces counter to the rotational drive direction. An oil delivery channel extends from the oil removal opening to a feed port for the motor.

Abstract: An electrode unit (1, 1a, 1b), in particular for a redox flow cell (8), including at least one metallic substrate (2) and a coating (3) which is applied to the substrate (2), wherein the coating (3) includes at least one protective layer (4) which is formed from titanium-niobium nitride (TiNbN) and/or titanium-niobium carbide (TiNbC). A redox flow cell (8), in particular a redox flow battery, having at least one such electrode unit (1, 1a, 1b) is also provided.

Abstract: A drive device for a protective hood of a machine includes a counterweight, a pulling means connecting the protective hood to the counterweight, a motor, and a freewheel. The freewheel connects the motor to the pulling means and is arranged to block when a weight force of the protective hood is greater than a weight force of the counterweight. The freewheel may be a linear freewheel or the freewheel may operate between two rotatable elements. The freewheel may be a frictionally locking freewheel or a positive locking freewheel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling the position of a rotor of an electric machine, in particular a permanently-excited synchronous machine with two separate winding systems, and each of the winding systems is controlled by an independent cascade control assigned to the respective winding system. Each of the two cascade controls includes i) an inner current-control circuit which controls a current of the electric machine, ii) a central speed-control circuit which is superordinate to the inner current-control circuit and which controls a speed of the electric machine, and, iii) an outer position-control circuit which is superordinate to the central speed-control circuit and controls the position of the rotor of the electric machine. The speed-control circuit has a speed controller without an I-component, in particular a P-controller.

Abstract: A clutch device for a motor vehicle includes a disc pack and an actuation device. The disc pack includes an outer disc pack and an inner disc pack arranged. The actuation device includes a retaining element, a primary piston, a secondary piston and a spring element. The primary piston and the secondary piston are each arranged on the retaining element in an axially displaceable manner and delimit respective pressure chambers. The spring element is integrally formed with the secondary piston and connects the primary and secondary pistons. When a pressure is applied to a pressure medium in the primary pressure chamber, the primary piston is arranged to move the outer disc pack against the inner disc pack and frictionally transmit torque. When a pressure is applied to a pressure medium in the secondary pressure chamber, the secondary piston is arranged to move the primary piston against the outer disc pack.

Abstract: A bearing seat assembly comprising first and second bearing seats, and linear bearings located there between. A convex portion protruding toward a first bottom portion of the first bearing seat is formed in the central portion of a second bottom portion of the second bearing seat, and a recessed shape recessed toward a direction away from the first bottom portion is formed in a part of the second bottom portion between the convex portion and both end portions of the second bottom portion. A concave portion opposite to the convex portion is formed in the first bottom portion, the concave portion has an opening that is open toward the convex portion, and the convex portion is inserted into the concave portion by passing through the opening, so that the stress distribution and magnitude of the second bearing seat are optimized, and the risk of failure of the linear bearings is reduced.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator comprises a housing, front and rear magnetic poles, and a guide sleeve. The front magnetic pole is fixed to the housing, the housing has a cavity, the cavity has a closed end and an open end, the open end is closed by the front magnetic pole, and the rear magnetic pole and the guide sleeve are mounted in the cavity; the guide sleeve has a first end facing the open end, a second end facing the closed end, an elastically deformable flange at the first end, and a radially stepped surface at an axially middle portion facing the closed end; the rear magnetic pole is axially abutted between the radially stepped surface and the closed end; and the flange is elastically abutted against the front magnetic pole, such that the guide sleeve and the rear magnetic pole are axially positioned with respect to the housing.