Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle transmission having a transmission actuator to actuate the vehicle transmission, having a vehicle clutch with a clutch actuator to actuate the vehicle clutch, having a first control unit which has a memory area that is unambiguously assigned to it, having a second control unit which has a memory area that is unambiguously assigned to it.

Abstract: A coating method for producing an electrically insulating coating on a bearing component, wherein, in a first step, a substance mixture comprising at least a) a silane and/or siloxane compound, b) a metal alcoholate, and c) PEEK and/or PTFE in the form of a dispersion is applied to the bearing component and, in a second step, is solidified on the component surface by means of a laser beam.

Abstract: A thrust assembly for a torque converter is provided. The thrust assembly includes a drivable mating component and a thrust washer connected to the drivable mating components. The thrust washer includes a thrust surface on a first axial side thereof and at least two axial contact surfaces on a second axial side thereof opposite the first axial side. The at least two axial contact surfaces include a first axial contact surface at a first axial distance from the thrust surface and a second axial contact surface at a second axial distance from the thrust surface. The first and second axial contact surfaces are configured for alternatively contacting the axial contact surface of the drivable mating component so as to vary an effective height of the thrust surface with respect to the drivable mating component.

Abstract: A core ring for a torque converter comprising: an annular body portion including an inner concave surface, an outer convex surface, an inner circumferential edge, and an outer circumferential edge; a plurality of blade tab slots for receiving a plurality of blades; and at least one positioning element including material protruding axially inward from the inner concave surface to form a tip of the positioning element for aligning a stator. A method for installing a torque converter onto a transmission is also provided.

Abstract: A direct drive for a rotation machine, particularly for a container treatment machine, this drive including a fixed machine part (1) and a machine part (2) rotating around a vertical machine axis, wherein the rotating machine part (2) is rotationally connected to the fixed machine part (1) by a roller bearing (3) arranged between the two machine parts (1, 2) and having an outer bearing ring (4), an inner bearing ring (5) and a plurality of rolling elements rolling between said bearing rings (4, 5), and can be driven by a torque motor (7). On the rotating machine part (1), a plurality of magnets (8) is provided, surrounding the rotating machine part, while on the fixed machine part (1), a stator (12) formed of a plurality of electric coils (9, 10, 11) is arranged, such that the rotating machine part (2) can be set in a defined rotational motion through an electromagnetic field generated when the stator (12) is energized in cooperation with the magnets (8).

Abstract: A friction material for a clutch comprising a plurality of fibers and a filler material including crystalline silica. The crystalline silica is cristobalite in an example aspect. A friction material for a clutch comprising: a plurality of fibers; and, a filler composition including: an amorphous silica-containing material; and, a plurality of crystalline silica particles, said particles having a Mohs hardness at least 6 and characterized by a rounded morphology. A friction material for a clutch comprising: a plurality of fibers; a filler composition including: diatomaceous earth; and, cristobalite including a plurality of particles characterized by a median particle size in a range from about 0.5 ?m to about 5 ?m; and, a resin; and, the friction material includes cristobalite in a range of from about 2% to about 20% by weight based on total weight of the friction material and has a static friction coefficient of at least 0.115.

Abstract: A Planetary roller bearing having an outer ring with a tooth profile formed on the inner circumference by grooves, an inner ring with a tooth profile formed on the outer circumference by grooves, and a plurality of planetary rolling elements which are accommodated on the end side in cage disks and have a tooth profile formed by grooves. The tooth profiles of the planetary rolling elements engage in the tooth profiles of the rings, wherein a height, viewed axially, of at least one first tooth of the planetary rolling elements or of the outer or inner ring is less than that of the following second tooth, or that an axial distance (d1), viewed axially, of at least one first tooth to the following second tooth less than a distance of the second tooth to the third tooth.

Abstract: A cooling jacket (14) for cooling an electric motor, in particular a stator (23), wherein a first spiral line (16) for transporting a coolant is formed at least partially on the cooling jacket (14). The aim of the invention is to provide a cooling system that is optimized in terms of mounting space and ensures axially equalized cooling. This aim is achieved in that a second spiral line (17) for transporting coolant is formed at least partially, and in that based on a common spiral axis R, both spiral lines (16, 17) form an axially integrated double spiral, wherein the first spiral line (16) is an inflow line and the second spiral line (17) is a return flow line. The invention further relates to a deflection unit (12) for the return into the second line (17), which substantially prevents the static pressure from dropping.

Abstract: A wedge clutch, including: an inner race having a radially outermost surface sloping radially outward from a first axial side to a second side; an outer race located radially outward of the inner race; a wedge plate radially disposed between the inner and outer races, the wedge plate including a radially innermost surface sloping radially outward complementary with the radially outermost surface of the inner race; and an actuation assembly arranged to displace the inner race in the first axial direction to place the wedge clutch in a locked mode in which the inner race, the wedge plate and the outer race are non-rotatably connected and in the second axial direction to place the wedge clutch in a free-wheel mode in which the inner and outer races are rotatable with respect to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuating device for a clutch having a stator device, a rotor device which is rotatable in relation to the stator device and a carriage device which is movable to a limited extent in an axial direction in relation to the rotor device and which supplies tensile and thrust forces, which is operatively connected to a push-pull device that is designed to exert tensile and thrust forces on a lever element of the clutch, where the push-pull device has at least one pull element and at least one push element, between which the lever element can be accommodated, and which are connectible to one another, as well as to a clutch having an actuating device, an electric drive module having a clutch, and a method for installing a clutch having an actuating device.

Abstract: The invention discloses a bearing ring. The bearing ring, with a body, has an electrically insulating coating made up of a ceramic layer with pores and a plastic for filling the pores and coating the ceramic layer. According to the invention, the pores have a proportion between 10 and 50% in the ceramic layer. The invention furthermore defines an electrically insulating coating, made up of a ceramic layer with pores and a plastic for filling the pores and coating the ceramic layer. The invention further still discloses a method for applying an electrically insulating coating to a body of a bearing ring.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tapered roller bearing having a support and a holder, a method for producing the tapered roller bearing, and a method for mounting a tapered roller bearing.

Abstract: A cage for a rolling bearing formed from two axial halves and a rolling bearing cage assembly including a cage formed from two axial halves, include passages formed through the web separating adjacent rolling element pockets when the two halves are in an abutting relationship. A resilient element is inserted in at least one passage with axial ends extending into the adjacent rolling element pockets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a segmented carrier sheet for at least one pad, such as a fin, comprising at least two segments. The invention is characterized in that the segments are connected to each other in a material-to-material fashion.

Abstract: A wheel spindle drive element for a wheel disconnect system. The wheel spindle assembling onto an outer diameter of a spindle, displacing material to form a joint with high torque transmission characteristics.

Abstract: A camshaft unit (1), having a first camshaft (2) which is phase-adjustable with respect to a crankshaft, having a second camshaft (3) which is arranged concentrically with respect to the first camshaft (2), and having a camshaft adjuster (5) by which both camshafts (2, 3) are phase-adjusted with respect to the crankshaft.

Abstract: A drive device having an electric drive. A drive device (1) includes at least one housing (15), at least one electric drive, the electric drive having a rotor arrangement with a rotor shaft (7) which is designed for rotation about a rotational axis (17), and a bearing arrangement (14 a, b) for mounting the rotor arrangement. The bearing arrangement (14 a, b) supports the rotor arrangement in relation to the rotational axis (17) radially inwardly, the bearing arrangement (14a, b) supporting the rotor shaft in relation to a support section (15, 16) that is fixed to the housing.

Abstract: A spur differential gear, including a planet carrier having a rim gear carrier with a plurality of radially inward protruding segments circumferentially displaced from each other creating windows therebetween, and first and second hubs fixedly secured to opposite axial sides of the plurality of segments, wherein the components of the rim gear carrier are non-rotatably connected to each other, first and second output gears, a revolving planet arrangement contradirectionally rotatably coupling the first and second output gears via a plurality of circumferentially displaced planet pairs, each planet pair including first and second revolving planets configured to rotate around their own planet axes, wherein the first and second revolving planets revolve with the planet carrier around the axis of rotation and are rotatable opposite it around the first and second planet axes, respectively, wherein one of the plurality of planet pairs is accommodated in each of the plurality of window segments.

Abstract: A tappet (1) for a reciprocating-piston combustion engine, which is situated within a tappet guide of a component fixedly attached to the engine, and having a bearing-mounted roller (8) guided on a pin (3), which roller is in active contact with a cam or an eccentric of a shaft of the reciprocating-piston combustion engine. The casing surface of the cam or eccentric is implemented axially parallel to the shaft and the roller (8) is guided so as to oscillate on the pin (3).

Abstract: A CVT (continuously variable transmission) differential is provided which includes a first drive input ring gear having internal teeth. A planetary or bevel gear differential is connected to the first drive input ring gear. The planetary differential includes a planet gear carrier, first planet gears, second planet gears, a first sun gear, and a second sun gear. Alternatively, the bevel gear differential includes a carrier that supports drive and driven bevel gears. A second drive input is connected to the planet gear carrier or bevel gear carrier. Preferably, a primary drive is connected to the first drive input ring gear, which can be an internal combustion engine or an electric motor. Preferably, a secondary drive is connected to the second drive input, which is preferably an electric motor, for example for a hybrid motor vehicle.