Abstract: A fluid compressor includes a case, a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, a motor, and at least one anti-rotation unit. The case is configured to form an external appearance thereof. The fixed scroll is fixed in the case. The orbiting scroll is engaged with the fixed scroll at one side of the fixed scroll, and performs partitioning of a compression chamber. The motor provides the orbiting scroll with drive power. The anti-rotation unit is coupled to a side surface of the orbiting scroll so as to prevent rotation of the orbiting scroll.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas heat pump system. The gas heat pump system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an air conditioning module comprising a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion apparatus, an indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant line; and an engine module comprising an engine for combusting a mixture of fuel and air, thereby providing power for driving the compressor.

Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a discharge port, suction ports, a control port and a primary valve driven by a solenoid. The capacity control valve further includes a differential CS valve which includes a differential CS valve body disposed so as to be relatively movable in an axial direction with respect to the primary valve bodies. The differential CS valve body divides a control pressure chamber into a discharge side control chamber communicating with the first control port and a suction side control chamber communicating with the second control port in the axial direction and operates the differential CS valve body by a differential pressure between the discharge side control chamber and the suction side control chamber so as to open the second control port and the suction port.

Abstract: A method for producing a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor, a stator and at least one cover, the method including arranging the at least one cover at the stator; and welding the at least one cover with the stator, wherein a first weld, a second weld and a third weld are formed at least on a large radius or on a small radius during the welding, and wherein the small radius is smaller than the large radius. The invention furthermore relates to a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor; a stator and at least one cover.

Abstract: Hydraulic systems in an engine valvetrain having lost motion and/or braking hydraulic circuits are provided with a conditioning circuit that may include a supplemental supply passage, which provides continuous and supplemental supply of hydraulic fluid from a supply source to the braking and lost motion circuits, as well as a venting of the circuits to ambient, such that the hydraulic fluid in these circuits is kept in a refreshed and conditioned state without air contamination. A vented three-way solenoid valve may be utilized. The supplemental supply passage may be provided at various locations in the valvetrain and in the engine head environment. The supplemental supply passage may include flow and pressure control devices to control the flow of the supplemental supply of hydraulic fluid.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a control valve for a hydraulic camshaft phaser. The control valve includes a screw body having a cavity, a plurality of connections opening into the cavity, and a sleeve-shaped hydraulic guide element firmly inserted radially inside the cavity. At least part of the hydraulic guide element consists of plastic. The hydraulic guide element includes a plurality of pressure medium channels which open into its radial interior, each of which is connected to at least one of the connections. A control piston is displaceably accommodated in the hydraulic guide element, and, depending on the position of the control piston, connects the connections to each other. A sealing contour provided on a radial outer side of the hydraulic guide element contacts the screw body, sealing the pressure medium channels with respect to each other and/or with respect to axial ends of the hydraulic guide element.

Abstract: A slide element for displacement of a cam segment in an axial direction along a camshaft may include a slide sleeve, which has a longitudinal toothing formed at least sectionally along an inner wall of the slide sleeve and has a latching section formed on the inner wall and serving for interaction with a latching means. The latching section comprises a latching means receiving part, which comprises at least two latching grooves formed adjacently in an axial direction and at least one latching elevation formed between the latching grooves of the latching means receiving part and directed inward. The latching elevation may be partially hardened exclusively in a latching means transfer region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reciprocating-piston machine, comprising a valve actuation device for at least one gas exchange valve, at least one valve stroke transmission device, which has at least one valve stroke transmission element, which is arranged between the gas exchange valve and the camshaft and which is mounted for movement between a first Position associated with a closed Position of the gas exchange valve and a second Position associated with an open position of the gas exchange valve, at least one halting device having a halting element mounted for movement between an actuation position and a release position in a machine housing or a housing-fixed component parallel to a guiding surface of the first valve stroke transmission element that the halting element at least shows the displacement motion of the first valve stroke transmission element and releases said displacement motion in the release position.

Abstract: Provided is a twin disc pump which includes split rod bearings for connecting pump discs to a drive shaft, and pedestal bearings that also receive the drive shaft. The split rod bearings can be disassembled without having to disassemble any portion of a housing of the pump. Accordingly, an operator can gain access to the split rod bearings, the pedestal bearings, and the drive shaft from above the pump without having to access the pump from below. The twin disc pump also includes a new attachment mechanism for connecting a top portion of the housing to an intermediate portion. The twin disc pump also includes a modified metal ring for improved leakage prevention and easier release. The twin disc pump may also be included within a system including a frame capable of locking the pump in different orientations.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electromechanical camshaft adjuster comprising an electric motor and an adjusting gear, which has a housing with two housing parts that are sealed off with respect to each other by means of a static seal and with respect to the electric motor and a cylinder head by means of two dynamic seals. A first housing part of the adjusting gear has a pot shape that tapers in a stepped manner towards a housing bottom of the housing part, said pot shape having three different inner diameter regions. In the region closest to the bottom with the smallest inner diameter, a stop plate that acts in the circumferential direction is held. In the region with the middle inner diameter, an output ring gear is mounted with play, and in the region with the largest inner diameter, an input ring gear is secured.

Abstract: A mixer for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer housing that defines an interior cavity for engine exhaust gases, and which includes a doser opening formed within a wall of the mixer housing. A cone has a cone inlet opening aligned with the doser opening and a cone outlet into the interior cavity. A diverter has at least one first opening that is open to the interior cavity and a second opening that surrounds the cone outlet. Exhaust flow is directed by the diverter to the cone inlet opening to be mixed with a fluid injected through the doser opening.

Abstract: A system and method of controlling a cylinder deactivation mechanism can comprise executing a valve lift event configured to lift a valve via a rocker arm. The rocker arm can be configured with a controllable latch in a latched condition, wherein the controllable latch is configured with an edge that is clamped in a recess in the rocker arm during the valve lift event, a clamp force supplied in part by pressure from the valve lift event. A deactivation signal can be sent to select the unlatched condition to collapse the controllable latch from the recess while the controllable latch is configured in the valve lift event with the edge clamped in the recess. A subsequent valve lift event can have actuation deactivated by collapsing the controllable latch from the recess once the valve lift event is complete and the clamp force is removed.

Abstract: A drive-side rotor is rotated synchronously with a crankshaft. A driven-side rotor is rotated integrally with a camshaft. An internal gear section is formed at the driven-side rotor. An Oldham coupling includes: a driven Oldham flange that is formed at the drive-side rotor; a drive Oldham flange that is formed at the planetary rotor; and an Oldham intermediate that is configured to synchronize rotation of the driven Oldham flange and rotation of the drive Oldham flange while permitting eccentricity between the driven Oldham flange and the drive Oldham flange. There is satisfied a relationship of ?2<?1 where: ?1 is a maximum tilt amount of the planetary rotor relative to the driven Oldham flange; and ?2 is a maximum tilt amount of the planetary rotor in a clearance formed at the Oldham coupling.

Abstract: A compressor unit including a screw compressor having a compressor housing that has a screw rotor chamber arranged in the compressor housing, two screw rotors that are arranged in the screw rotor chamber and are mounted on the compressor housing to be rotatable about a respective screw rotor axis, and at least one control slider, which is arranged in a slider channel of the compressor housing, is adjacent to both screw rotors and is movable in a direction of displacement parallel to the screw rotor axes and takes a form such that it affects the final volume and/or the initial volume, wherein there is provided on the screw compressor a compressor operational control unit that takes a form such that it performs a compressor operating function that assists at least one operation of the compressor unit.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a hydraulic support element for a switchable rocker arm of a valve train of an internal combustion engine. The hydraulic support element includes a cup-shaped cylinder, within which a hollow piston is arranged in an axially displaceable manner. The piston includes a filter cartridge which is in the form of a hollow body and can be charged from the outside with pressurized oil and an interior space of which is connected to an outlet opening of the contact head. An interior space of the piston has two pressurized oil chambers, including a first pressurized oil chamber above the piston head and connected to a first pressurized oil feed, and a second pressurized oil chamber formed under the contact head and connected to a second pressurized oil feed. The filter cartridge is tubular and located in the second pressurized oil chamber.

Abstract: Methods for providing on demand power to an end user in a variety of embodiments are disclosed. Closed loop thermal recovery arrangements are disposed within a geologic formation having a predetermined potential thermal output capacity. A power generation device is incorporated in the loop to recover energy. A working fluid is circulated within the loop at varying flow rates to oscillate thermal output about the predetermined potential thermal output capacity, to produce on demand power where the average thermal output may equal the predetermined potential thermal output capacity. Integrations with intermittent renewable energy sources are provided which optimize performance and distribution.

Abstract: A method for setting lash on a rocker arm assembly having a lost motion stroke includes: providing a rocker arm having a lost motion shaft including a collar, the lost motion shaft being biased toward a valve bridge by a lost motion spring, the lost motion shaft being translatable along a bore defined in the rocker arm; inserting a feeler gage in an area between the collar and the rocker arm; and adjusting an adjusting screw until a desired lash is attained.

Abstract: A capacity control valve (1) includes a valve main body (10) having a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13), and a main valve seat (15a), a pressure-sensitive body (24), a valve element (20) having an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21c), and a restrictor portion (25), and a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36). The rod (36) is relatively moved with respect to the valve element (20) so as to control an opening degree of the restrictor portion (25). The capacity control valve is capable of efficiently discharging a liquid coolant irrespective of pressure of a suction chamber and improving control stability.

Abstract: A detachable air cooling device for headgear that provides a cooling effect to wearer. The cooling device includes a fan assembly, a U-shaped compression clip, and a rechargeable battery. The fan assembly includes a motorized fan and a cover housing. In particular, the fan assembly is positioned adjacent to a second leg of the U-shaped compression clip, opposite a first leg of the U-shaped compression clip. The cover housing holds the motorized fan and is adjacently mounted along the second leg. The motorized fan is mounted within the cover housing. An air intake of the fan assembly traverses into the cover housing, opposite the first leg. An air outlet of the fan assembly laterally traverses out of the cover housing to blow air directly onto the wearer's face. The rechargeable battery is mounted to the U-shaped compression clip and is electrically connected to the motorized fan.

Abstract: An actuation transmission apparatus for actuating a component of a switchable valve train device of an internal combustion engine includes: a shaft rotatable by an actuation source; a contacting element for contacting the component of the switchable valve train device; and a biasing device for biasing the contacting element rotationally with respect to the shaft; wherein, in use, the biasing device becomes biased by the shaft when the actuation source rotates the shaft when the actuation source attempts to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device, via the contacting element, when the component of the switchable valve train device is not able to be actuated, whereby the biasing device is configured to cause the contacting element to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device when the component of the switchable valve train device becomes actuatable again.