Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a motive power transmission apparatus (10), comprising: a first shaft (100), extending along a central axis and comprising a hollow cavity (130), with a first spline part (110) provided on an inner peripheral wall of the hollow cavity; a second shaft (200), extending along the central axis and comprising a second spline part (210) provided on an outer peripheral wall of the second shaft, the second spline part being engaged with the first spline part to enable the second shaft to rotate together with the first shaft; wherein the motive power transmission apparatus (10) further comprises a sealing cap (300), the sealing cap comprising a base part (310) and a circumferential part (320) extending around the base part, and the sealing cap is configured to be elastically deformable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a module configured to reduce or eliminate NVH problems and electrical equipment provided with the module. Electrical equipment includes a housing; the housing includes a cover panel, a peripheral wall, and a chamber defined by the peripheral wall and the cover panel; a part of the cover panel is fastened to upper edges of the peripheral wall; and the electrical equipment further includes at least one support element which is installed inside the chamber at a distance from the peripheral wall, and is configured to support the cover panel.

Abstract: A transfer pump for the injection of fuel under high pressure of the type comprising a piston (10) providing the hydraulic liquid to a deformable bellows (14), the deformations of said bellows (14) in a cylindrical chamber (20) filled with fuel giving rise to a high pressure pumping effect of said fuel; a cam (5) provided with lugs (6) carried by a drive shaft (1), is characterized in that the oil portion of the pump comprises: the portion of the drive shaft (1) bearing the cam (5); the cam (5) and its lugs (6); the roller (7) with its shaft (8) and its roller bearing (9) carried by a bearing member (12), by which roller the cam(5) bears on the piston (10); as well as the upper portion of said piston (10); such that all the mechanical drive portion and angle change are bathed in the oil of the oil portion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a safety device for preventing overpressure occurring in the oil part (3) of a transfer pump supplying a fuel such as high-pressure gasoline to an engine characterized in that it consists of a rotary sealing joint (10) separating the oil part (3) of the pump and the oil part (7) of said engine.

Abstract: Transfer pump of the type in which the moving part for pumping is a bellows (4) that is alternately filled with and emptied of hydraulic liquid at high pressure by a piston (1) that is driven by a cam (2), whereby the amount of fuel allowed into the chamber (5) into which the bellows (4) moves is determined, upstream, by a solenoid valve (8) that is driven by the computer for monitoring the engine, characterized by the fact that it comprises at least two pumping units (piston 1/bellows 4) that are supplied by a single intake system (6) that is common to the units on which the flow-monitoring solenoid valve (8) is placed and that have a conveyor circuit (10) that may be unique and common, or specific to each pumping unit.

Abstract: A system for measuring seat belt forces is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. The system includes a rigid plate member having one end attached to a portion of the seat belt and an opposite end mounted to a vehicle structure. The seat belt is used to secure passengers or an infant car seat to the vehicle seat. A sensor including a strain gage is mounted on the rigid plate between the ends and is used to measure the magnitude of forces exerted on the seat belt by the passenger or car seat. The strain gage generates a signal representative of the tension in the seat belt, which is used to control deployment of the airbag. The airbag is not deployed if the tension in the seat belt exceeds a predetermined limit.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling high pressure fuel supply of a set of injectors connected to a common high pressure chamber, called common rail C in a direct injection fuel circuit, through a high pressure pump (P), by acting on the low pressure supply of said pump (P) through an electromagnetic slide valve (E), controlled by the computer managing the operating conditions of the engine which consists in providing, inside the electromagnetic valve (E) one or more internal leakage flows, either from high pressure to low pressure, or from low pressure upstream of the electromagnetic valve (E) to the low pressure downstream thereby solving the specific problems related to the three operating modes of the engine: engine brake, engine shutdown, idle speed.

Abstract: A remote signaling receiver system includes a receiver that operates in two different modes of demodulation to accommodate different types of signals from different types of transmitting devices. A first demodulator, preferably an ASK demodulator, is adapted to process signals from a signal transmitter that generates a first type of signal. A second demodulator, preferably one that is not sensitive to amplitude modulation such as a FSK demodulator, is adapted to process signals received from at least one other type of device, which provides a second type of signal. A system designed according to this invention is particularly useful as a remote keyless entry system for a vehicle where one or more sensors are provided on the vehicle to provide an indication of a chosen condition of one or more of the vehicle components.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of compensating for thermal expansion and tolerance variations (wear, brinelling, mounting distortion) in a fuel injector is provided. The apparatus includes a magneto-hydraulic thermal expansion compensator containing magnetically-active fluid positioned in operative contact with the fuel injector actuation element. A electromagnetic coil is provided proximate the magneto-hydraulic compensator. Magnetic flux generated by the electromagnetic coil causes the viscosity of the magnetically-active fluid within the magneto-hydraulic compensator to increase, causing the magneto-hydraulic compensator to become substantially rigid during actuation of the fuel injector.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling high pressure fuel supply of a set of injectors connected to a common high pressure chamber, called common rail C in a direct injection fuel circuit, through a high pressure pump (P), by acting on the low pressure supply of said pump (P) through an electromagnetic slide valve (E), controlled by the computer managing the operating conditions of the engine which consists in providing, inside the electromagnetic valve (E) one or more internal leakage flows, either from high pressure to low pressure, or from low pressure upstream of the electromagnetic valve (E) to the low pressure downstream thereby solving the specific problems related to the three operating modes of the engine: engine brake, engine shutdown, idle speed.

Abstract: A method and system for determining weight and/or position of a vehicle seat occupant to be used for controlling the reaction of a safety restraint system. A plurality of spaced weight sensors are disposed between a seating surface and seat mounting surface to provide output signals indicative of an applied weight on each sensor. The sensors are spaced such that the sensors measure the weight applied to a seat back and the seating surface. A controller calculates the weight and/or position of the seat occupant in response to the output signals of the sensors. The controller sends the weight and position of the seat occupant to the safety restraint system to be used to tailor or suppress the reaction of the safety restraint system.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a sensor assembly that is used to provide data for an occupant classification system. The data is used to determine such characteristics as seat occupant weight and position. These characteristics are used to control deployment of a safety restraint mechanism such as an airbag. The sensor assembly is part of a mat that is placed on top of a foam cushion used to form a seat bottom. Fasteners are used to permanently attach the mat to the foam to restrict lateral and vertical movement of the mat relative to the foam.

Abstract: A system for measuring seat belt forces is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. The system includes a rigid plate member having one end attached to a portion of the seat belt and an opposite end mounted to a vehicle structure. The seat belt is used to secure passengers or an infant car seat to the vehicle seat. A sensor including a strain gage is mounted on the rigid plate between the ends and is used to measure the magnitude of forces exerted on the seat belt by the passenger or car seat. The strain gage generates a signal representative of the tension in the seat belt, which is used to control deployment of the airbag. The airbag is not deployed if the tension in the seat belt exceeds a predetermined limit.

Abstract: Sensors are mounted within a seat structure for measuring seat occupant weight. The sensors can be mounted in any one of various sensor configurations. So that common hardware can be used for each different sensor configuration, a virtual matrix is created and output from the sensors is mapped into the virtual matrix. The virtual matrix includes virtual cell locations that do not have a corresponding sensor output; i.e., there are fewer physical cells (sensors) than virtual cell locations in the virtual matrix. A weight output signal from each sensor is mapped into the corresponding position in the virtual matrix and the remaining virtual cell locations have values assigned to them based on data supplied by the surrounding physical cells. Seat occupant weight is determined based on output from the virtual matrix and the occupant is placed into one of the various occupant classifications. Deployment force of a restraint system is controlled based on the classification of the seat occupant.

Abstract: A system for measuring seat belt forces is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. The system includes a rigid plate member having one end attached to a portion of the seat belt and an opposite end mounted to a vehicle structure. The seat belt is used to secure passengers or an infant car seat to the vehicle seat. A sensor including a strain gage is mounted on the rigid plate between the ends and is used to measure the magnitude of forces exerted on the seat belt by the passenger or car seat. The strain gage generates a signal representative of the tension in the seat belt, which is used to control deployment of the airbag. The airbag is not deployed if the tension in the seat belt exceeds a predetermined limit.

Abstract: An air mass flow controller valve for fuel cells that includes an inlet, a plurality of first and second passages and at least two air mass sensors, seat positions, closure members and actuators. The inlet is disposed along a first axis and coupled to a housing, which has first and second banks of outlets disposed along second and third axes. The first and second banks of outlets are in communication with the inlet and are coupled to the plurality of first and second passages. One of the at least two air mass sensors is disposed proximate the plurality of first passages and the other one is disposed proximate the plurality of second passages. One of the at least two seat portions is disposed between the plurality of first passages and the other one is disposed between the plurality of second passages. One of the at least two closure members is disposed proximate the plurality of first passages and the other one is disposed proximate the plurality of second passages.

Abstract: A fuel injector with a neck at an upstream end and a downstream end located at a distal end from the upstream end, a fuel channel extending from the upstream end to the downstream end and defining a substantially longitudinal axis, and a check valve located in the fuel channel proximate the upstream end; and a fuel rail with a housing defining an opening having a substantially longitudinal axis passing therethrough, and a one-way flow inhibitor is located in the opening. When removing the fuel injector from the fuel rail, reducing leaks by biasing a plunger of the check valve against a seat of the check valve in the fuel injector and biasing a plunger of the one-way flow inhibitor against a seat of the one-way flow inhibitor in the fuel rail.

Abstract: A fuel injector for use with an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector comprises a valve group subassembly and a coil group subassembly. The valve group subassembly includes a tube assembly having a longitudinal axis that extends between a first end and a second end; a seat that is secured at the second end of the tube assembly and that defines an opening; an armature assembly that is disposed within the tube assembly; a member that biases the armature assembly toward the seat; an adjusting tube that is disposed in the tube assembly and that engages the member for adjusting a biasing force of the member; a filter that is at least within the tube assembly; and a first attachment portion. The coil group subassembly includes a solenoid coil that is operable to displace the armature assembly with respect to the seat; and a second attachment portion that is fixedly connected to the first attachment portion.

Abstract: A fuel injector having a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passageway extending from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet along a longitudinal axis. The fuel injector includes a body, a needle slidingly disposed within the body and a seat disposed at the fuel outlet. The seat has a plurality of passages, each of the plurality of passages having a central axis having an angle of inclination relative to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A fuel injector for use with an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector comprises a valve group subassembly and a coil group subassembly. The valve group subassembly includes a tube assembly having a longitudinal axis that extends between a first end and a second end; a seat that is secured at the second end of the tube assembly and that defines an opening; an armature assembly that is disposed within the tube assembly; a member that biases the armature assembly toward the seat; an adjusting tube that is disposed in the tube assembly and that engages the member for adjusting a biasing force of the member; a filter that is at least within the tube assembly; and a first attachment portion. The coil group subassembly includes a solenoid coil that is operable to displace the armature assembly with respect to the seat; and a second attachment portion that is fixedly connected to the first attachment portion.