Abstract: A cup-shaped cover of a pedal travel simulator, hydraulic accumulator, or a damper chamber, using a radially resilient connecting ring, which protrudes into a groove of the cover and into an opposing groove of a receptacle of a hydraulic block of a traction slip controller of a hydraulic vehicle braking system, to fasten inseparably at the hydraulic block.

Abstract: A non-return valve for a vehicle hydraulic-power brake system. The non-return valve has a valve-seat part in the form of an apertured disk, onto which is pressed a valve cage in which a valve ball is disposed as shut-off member and a helical compression spring is disposed as valve spring. A bowl-shaped filter is secured in a depression in the valve-seat part opposite the valve cage.

Abstract: A fuel delivery assembly in an engine is provided herein. The fuel delivery assembly includes a surge pot including a housing with an inner wall enclosing fuel during engine operation, a fuel pump submerged within the fuel, the fuel pump including an inlet receiving fuel from the surge pot, and a fuel filter receiving fuel from an outlet of the fuel pump and positioned external to the inner wall.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating a waste heat utilization device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The waste heat utilization device contains a waste heat utilization circuit in which a working medium circulates. A conveyor, an evaporator, an expansion machine, and a condenser are disposed in the waste heat utilization circuit. A basic adjustment of the waste heat utilization circuit is provided, which as a function of a heat input into the working medium adjusts the mass flow rate at the conveyor and/or the ratio between high pressure and low pressure at the expansion machine. In addition, a pilot control is provided which recognizes a change of the operating point of the internal combustion engine and, when the operating point is changed, controls the condensation output of the condenser in accordance with a mass distribution of the working medium in the waste heat utilization circuit optimized to the new operating point.

Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a feeder fuel circuit configured to: (i) convey a first fuel in a direction of a mixing tank via a first pump device proceeding from a first fuel tank for a first fuel type; or (ii) convey a second fuel in the direction of the mixing tank via the first pump device proceeding from a second fuel tank for a second fuel type; and a booster fuel circuit configured to convey fuel via a second pump device proceeding from the mixing tank in a direction of at least one marine diesel engine, the booster fuel circuit having an automatic fine filter positioned upstream of or downstream of the at least one marine diesel engine and in the booster fuel circuit, respectively.

Abstract: A fuel delivery assembly in an engine is provided herein. The fuel delivery assembly includes a surge pot including a housing with an inner wall enclosing fuel during engine operation, a fuel pump submerged within the fuel, the fuel pump including an inlet receiving fuel from the surge pot, and a fuel filter receiving fuel from an outlet of the fuel pump and positioned external to the inner wall.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating a waste heat utilization device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The waste heat utilization device contains a waste heat utilization circuit in which a working medium circulates. A conveyor, an evaporator, an expansion machine, and a condenser are disposed in the waste heat utilization circuit. A basic adjustment of the waste heat utilization circuit is provided, which as a function of a heat input into the working medium adjusts the mass flow rate at the conveyor and/or the ratio between high pressure and low pressure at the expansion machine. In addition, a pilot control is provided which recognizes a change of the operating point of the internal combustion engine and, when the operating point is changed, controls the condensation output of the condenser in accordance with a mass distribution of the working medium in the waste heat utilization circuit optimized to the new operating point.

Abstract: A fuel tank having at least one auxiliary fuel pick up line, in addition to the engine fuel pick up line, which supplies at least one auxiliary unit with fuel from the fuel tank, wherein a inlet is introduced as a side or lateral opening into a wall of the auxiliary line at a distance from a closed tank end of the auxiliary line, and wherein the tank end is closed and rests on a fuel tank bottom.

Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a feeder fuel circuit configured to: (i) convey a first fuel in a direction of a mixing tank via a first pump device proceeding from a first fuel tank for a first fuel type; or (ii) convey a second fuel in the direction of the mixing tank via the first pump device proceeding from a second fuel tank for a second fuel type; and a booster fuel circuit configured to convey fuel via a second pump device proceeding from the mixing tank in a direction of at least one marine diesel engine, the booster fuel circuit having an automatic fine filter positioned upstream of or downstream of the at least one marine diesel engine and in the booster fuel circuit, respectively.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coupling element between a hose and a further hydraulic line which may both be, for example, part of a fuel supply system. One system to couple said elements includes a hose-like element including an electrically conductive inside. Further a connecting element couples the hose-like element to the hydraulic line element, where the hose-like element includes an inverted double-walled end. In this way, electrostatic charge may be dissipated via the electrically conductive inside and fastening element.

Abstract: A fast coupling apparatus on a media-carrying line is provided. The fast coupling apparatus includes a plug piece arranged on a first line end and a receiver piece arranged on a second line end coupled together with the plug piece, where an electrically-conductive contact sleeve is arranged on an inner periphery of the receiver piece, the electrically-conductive contact sleeve is electrically-conductively connected with the receiver piece and has a contact lip that protrudes from a surface of the contact sleeve and touches the plug piece in a connected position.

Abstract: A coupling system is provided. The system comprises a first hydraulic line element that is electrically conductive at least inside, a second hydraulic line element, an electrically conductive intermediate element that projects by a first end thereof at least partially into the first hydraulic line element, a releasable fastening element configured to couple the electrically conductive intermediate element to the second hydraulic line element, and a conducting device coupled to a predetermined electric potential and connected in an electrically conductive manner to the electrically conductive intermediate element. In this way, the two hydraulic lines can be coupled in a releasable manner and dissipate electric charge that may build up in, for example, a fuel system.

Abstract: A fast coupling apparatus on a media-carrying line is provided. The fast coupling apparatus includes a plug piece arranged on a first line end and a receiver piece arranged on a second line end coupled together with the plug piece, where an electrically-conductive contact sleeve is arranged on an inner periphery of the receiver piece, the electrically-conductive contact sleeve is electrically-conductively connected with the receiver piece and has a contact lip that protrudes from a surface of the contact sleeve and touches the plug piece in a connected position.

Abstract: A coupling system is provided. The system comprises a first hydraulic line element that is electrically conductive at least inside, a second hydraulic line element, an electrically conductive intermediate element that projects by a first end thereof at least partially into the first hydraulic line element, a releasable fastening element configured to couple the electrically conductive intermediate element to the second hydraulic line element, and a conducting device coupled to a predetermined electric potential and connected in an electrically conductive manner to the electrically conductive intermediate element. In this way, the two hydraulic lines can be coupled in a releasable manner and dissipate electric charge that may build up in, for example, a fuel system.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coupling element between a hose and a further hydraulic line which may both be, for example, part of a fuel supply system. One system to couple said elements includes a hose-like element including an electrically conductive inside, a hydraulic line element, a connecting element coupling the hose-like element to the hydraulic line element, the hose-like element including an inverted double-walled end that houses part of the connecting element, the inverted double-walled end configured such that a portion of the electrically conductive inside is on an outside thereof, and an annular fastening element in electrical contact with the outside of the inverted double-walled end of the hose-like element. In this way, electrostatic charge may be dissipated via the electrically conductive inside and fastening element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring a control device and to a corresponding control device. The control device comprises a main memory and a variant memory. A main data record is created in accordance with an identification from a base data record that is specific to said identification and a difference base data record that is likewise specific to said identification. The main data record is then transmitted to a main memory of the control device.

Abstract: A method and a device generate a truly random number. The novel method obtains the true random number on the basis of a stochastically distributed duration of an electric charge exchange or charge reversal process. The processes for charge exchange in memory cells, for example the EEPROM or FLASH memory cells, carried out by way of a charge pump are particularly suitable for this purpose.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring a control device and to a corresponding control device. The control device comprises a main memory and a variant memory. A main data record is created in accordance with an identification from a base data record that is specific to said identification and a difference base data record that is likewise specific to said identification. The main data record is then transmitted to a main memory of the control device.

Abstract: A method and a device generate a truly random number. The novel method obtains the true random number on the basis of a stochastically distributed duration of an electric charge exchange or charge reversal process. The processes for charge exchange in memory cells, for example the EEPROM or FLASH memory cells, carried out by way of a charge pump are particularly suitable for this purpose.

Abstract: Cylindrical milling is used to produce ball raceways on an outer circumferential surface of a joint inner part for a constant-velocity rotary joint. To do this, a cylindrical milling tool with a large number of milling teeth based on the diameter of the tool is used in order to achieve a high advance rate.