Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell stack (100) having at least one fuel cell (101) which has a membrane (CCM) for separating an anode side (A) of the fuel cell (101) from a cathode side (K) of the fuel cell (101), an anode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLA), a cathode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLK) and a bipolar plate (BPP) for separating the fuel cell (101) from an adjacent fuel cell (101) or a housing. According to the invention, the membrane (CCM) protrudes beyond the anode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLA) and the cathode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLK) in an edge region (R) located outside an active area (AF) of the membrane (CCM), and the membrane (CCM) has a centering dam (10) in the edge region (R) of the anode side (A) or of the cathode side (K).

Abstract: A fuel cell system (200), wherein the fuel cell system (200) has: a) a fuel cell stack (10), b) an anode gas path (20) which fluidically communicates with the fuel cell stack (10) and which serves for supplying anode gas from an anode gas store (22) to the fuel cell stack (10), c) a cathode gas path (30) which fluidically communicates with the fuel cell stack (10) and which serves for supplying cathode gas from a cathode gas store (32) to the fuel cell stack (10), d) a cooling fluid path (40) which fluidically communicates with the fuel cell stack (10) and which serves for supplying cooling fluid from a cooling fluid store (42) to the fuel cell stack (10), e) a vibration generator (60) which is in data-transmitting communication with a control unit (50) and which serves for setting the fuel cell stack (10) into a vibrating state, and f) the control unit (50) for actuating the vibration generator (60) in order to set the fuel cell stack (10) into the vibrating state by means of the vibration generator (60).

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell stack (100) having at least one fuel cell (101) which has a membrane (CCM) for separating an anode side (A) of the fuel cell (101) from a cathode side (K) of the fuel cell (101), an anode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLA), a cathode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLK) and a bipolar plate (BPP) for separating the fuel cell (101) from an adjacent fuel cell (101) or a housing. According to the invention, the membrane (CCM) protrudes beyond the anode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLA) and the cathode-side gas diffusion layer (GDLK) in an edge region (R) located outside an active area (AF) of the membrane (CCM), and the membrane (CCM) has a centering dam (10) in the edge region (R) of the anode side (A) or of the cathode side (K).

Abstract: A fuel cell system (200), wherein the fuel cell system (200) has: a) a fuel cell stack (10), b) an anode gas path (20) which fluidically communicates with the fuel cell stack (10) and which serves for supplying anode gas from an anode gas store (22) to the fuel cell stack (10), c) a cathode gas path (30) which fluidically communicates with the fuel cell stack (10) and which serves for supplying cathode gas from a cathode gas store (32) to the fuel cell stack (10), d) a cooling fluid path (40) which fluidically communicates with the fuel cell stack (10) and which serves for supplying cooling fluid from a cooling fluid store (42) to the fuel cell stack (10), e) a vibration generator (60) which is in data-transmitting communication with a control unit (50) and which serves for setting the fuel cell stack (10) into a vibrating state, and f) the control unit (50) for actuating the vibration generator (60) in order to set the fuel cell stack (10) into the vibrating state by means of the vibration generator (60).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder head blank (9) for a high-pressure pump (1), which is in particular configured as a radial or in-line piston pump for fuel injection systems of air-compressing, auto-ignition internal combustion engines, comprising a base (10) having a high-pressure outlet (16) and a plurality of low-pressure connecting points (13-15). Here, the plurality of low-pressure connecting points (13-15) are closed in a raw state, wherein a low-pressure connection (11) can be fitted to each of the low-pressure connecting points (11). The invention further relates to a cylinder head for a high-pressure pump (1) and to a high-pressure pump (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder head blank (9) for a high-pressure pump (1), which is in particular configured as a radial or in-line piston pump for fuel injection systems of air-compressing, auto-ignition internal combustion engines, comprising a base (10) having a high-pressure outlet (16) and a plurality of low-pressure connecting points (13-15). Here, the plurality of low-pressure connecting points (13-15) are closed in a raw state, wherein a low-pressure connection (11) can be fitted to each of the low-pressure connecting points (11). The invention further relates to a cylinder head for a high-pressure pump (1) and to a high-pressure pump (1).

Abstract: A metallic component (1) for high-pressure applications, which serves in particular for fuel injection systems of air-compressing, self-igniting internal combustion engines, comprises at least one transition region (2). The transition region (2) is re-worked here after a hardening operation. The re-working is performed by electrochemical removal and mechanical removal, in particular honing.

Abstract: A hydrostatic axial piston machine includes a drive shaft and a plurality of cylinder sleeves in which a spherical or ball-shaped section and a spherical or ball-shaped piston are inserted to delimit a respective displacer chamber. The sections are secured on a rotor, while the pistons are secured on a piston disk or piston drum. The piston disk is configured to be tilted at different pivoting angles relative to the rotor in a variable-displacement machine, or the piston disk is tilted continuously relative to the rotor in a constant-displacement machine. The rotor and the piston disk are coupled to one another for conjoint rotation by a driving device. The rotor and the piston disk can also be coupled indirectly by a drive shaft of the machine. A sliding joint axial with respect to a drive shaft is arranged between the rotor and the piston disk.

Abstract: A metallic component (1) for high-pressure applications, which serves in particular for fuel injection systems of air-compressing, self-igniting internal combustion engines, comprises at least one transition region (2). The transition region (2) is re-worked here after a hardening operation. The re-working is performed by electrochemical removal and mechanical removal, in particular honing.

Abstract: The high-pressure pump has at least one pump element which has a pump plunger which is driven in a reciprocating motion and defines a pump working space into which fuel is drawn in from a fuel feed via an inlet valve during the suction stroke of the pump plunger and from which fuel is displaced into a high-pressure region via an outlet valve during the delivery stroke of the pump plunger. The inlet valve and/or the outlet valve has a valve member at least approximately in the shape of a ball which acts as a sealing surface with a valve seat arranged in a valve housing. The valve member, in its open state, is lifted with its sealing surface from the valve seat, a first cross section of flow is cleared between the valve member and the valve seat, and downstream of the first cross section of flow, a second cross section of flow is formed between the valve member and the valve housing.

Abstract: The high-pressure pump has at least one pump element which has a pump plunger which is driven in a reciprocating motion and defines a pump working space into which fuel is drawn in from a fuel feed via an inlet valve during the suction stroke of the pump plunger and from which fuel is displaced into a high-pressure region via an outlet valve during the delivery stroke of the pump plunger. The inlet valve and/or the outlet valve has a valve member at least approximately in the shape of a ball which interacts by means of a sealing surface with a valve seat arranged in a valve housing. By means of the valve member, in the open state, when said valve member is lifted with its sealing surface from the valve seat, a first cross section of flow is cleared between the valve member and the valve seat, and downstream of the first cross section of flow, a second cross section of flow is formed between the valve member and the valve housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to an outlet connection of a fluid high-pressure light, in particular a high-pressure line for fuel, and comprises an outlet bore, an outlet valve that is situated in said bore, the valve element of which can be displaced in said bore and can be controlled by the pressure prevailing in the high-pressure line in opposition to the action of a spring element, a spring retainer inserted into the outlet bore and fixed in the latter and on which the spring element is supported, and an external thread.