Abstract: A connection arrangement for clamping a cylinder head to a crankcase by at least one tension rod. A sealing device is associated with the or each tension rod in order to seal an external thread of the tension rod against a medium. To create a new kind of device with tension rod clamping, which omits a slot causing notch stress in the tension rod yet securely protects the thread of the tension rod against corrosive attack the sealing device includes a profiled elastomer sealing ring which is positively fixed within a thread undercut on the circumference of the tension rod shank and which is compressed in a defined manner through the screwing-in of the tension rod in the bore of the assembly and through the surface geometry of the circumference of the tension rod shank and the bore of the assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connection arrangement for assemblies of an internal combustion engine, more preferably for the clamping of a cylinder head to a crankcase by means of at least one tension rod, wherein a sealing device is associated with the or each tension rod in order to seal an external thread of the tension rod against a medium. In order to create a new kind of device with tension rod clamping, which omits a slot causing notch stress in the tension rod yet securely protects the thread of the tension rod against corrosive attack it is provided that the sealing device comprises a profiled elastomer sealing ring which is positively fixed within a thread undercut on the circumference of the tension rod shank and which is compressed in a defined manner through the screwing-in of the tension rod in the bore of the assembly and through the surface geometry of the circumference of the tension rod shank and the bore of the assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for measuring accelerations for a vehicle passenger protection system, whereby a first and second acceleration sensor with a first or second sensitivity direction are fitted in relation to a prespecified main direction of measurement, which form a first or second transverse projection in their projection onto a first or second transverse direction which is aligned vertically to the main direction of measurement, together with suitable evaluation devices for evaluating the processed first and second measuring signals. The first and second transverse projection of the first and second sensitivity directions run parallel to each other, and the first and second main projection of the first and second sensitivity direction run antiparallel to each other. Furthermore, the evaluation of the measured values provided by the sensors is conducted in such a manner that at least a partial error compensation results when the reference value changes in relation to the first and the second signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for measuring accelerations for a vehicle passenger protection system, whereby a first and second acceleration sensor with a first or second sensitivity direction are fitted in relation to a prespecified main direction of measurement, which form a first or second transverse projection in their projection onto a first or second transverse direction which is aligned vertically to the main direction of measurement, together with suitable evaluation devices for evaluating the processed first and second measuring signals. The first and second transverse projection of the first and second sensitivity directions run parallel to each other, and the first and second main projection of the first and second sensitivity direction run antiparallel to each other. Furthermore, the evaluation of the measured values provided by the sensors is conducted in such a manner that at least a partial error compensation results when the reference value changes in relation to the first and the second signal.