Abstract: Disclosed is a brake booster for motor vehicles, the control valve (12) of which is operable, irrespective of an actuating rod (7) that displaces a valve piston (9), via an electromagnet (20), which actuates a third sealing seat (24) allowing ventilation of the working chamber (3). The third sealing seat (24) is provided on a sleeve (32) that cooperates with the electromagnet (20), and a ring (36) is arranged, which is displaceable in relation to the third sealing seat (24) and is supported on the sleeve (32) by the intermediary of an elastic or compressible element (37). In order to improve the dynamics and the sound behavior of the brake booster, the ring (36) is arranged radially within the sleeve (32) in such a manner that its areas (33), by which it is in contact with the valve body (10), at least partly release the passages (19) provided in the valve body (10).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable pedal device including at least two pedals whose initial position is variable. A pedal device is disclosed wherein a control member is rotatably articulated at the pedal lever for the brake, while the lever is rotatable about a third axis. It is disadvantageous in the prior art construction that a second pedal, particularly an accelerator pedal, cannot be simultaneously adjusted according to said principle because the forces acting upon the individual pedals are not effective in the same direction. The invention relates to a pedal device which has a simple design and in which the initial position of the mentioned two pedals can be adjusted in a substantially uniform manner, the two pedals being mounted in a twistable mounting support while being rotated about axes that are offset one relative to the other.

Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster for motor vehicles includes a booster housing, subdivided into at least one working chamber and at least one vacuum chamber by at least one axially movable wall to which a pneumatic differential pressure can be applied, a control valve controlling the differential pressure and arranged in a control housing to connect the working chamber to the vacuum chamber or atmosphere, the valve having two concentrically arranged sealing seats and an elastically deformable valve member, an operable input member connected to a valve piston whose movement is limited by a transverse member that can be introduced in a radial direction into the control housing, an elastic reaction element, an output member applying a boosting force to a master cylinder, and ventilating and bleeding ducts in the control housing.

Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster includes a booster housing, subdivided into at least two chambers by at least one axially movable wall to which a pneumatic differential pressure can be applied, a control valve controlling the differential pressure and being arranged in a control housing, an operable input member, connected to a valve piston, an output member which applies a boosting force to a master cylinder, as well as an accommodating element, which accommodates a rubber-elastic reaction element and the output member abutting thereon in a radial direction, with the accommodating element being axially and radially supported on the control housing and being held in an axial direction by means of a holding element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable pedal device including at least two pedals whose initial position is variable. A pedal device is disclosed wherein a control member is rotatably articulated at the pedal lever for the brake, while the lever is rotatable about a third axis. It is disadvantageous in the prior art construction that a second pedal, particularly an accelerator pedal, cannot be simultaneously adjusted according to said principle because the forces acting upon the individual pedals are not effective in the same direction. The invention relates to a pedal device which has a simple design and in which the initial position of the mentioned two pedals can be adjusted in a substantially uniform manner, the two pedals being mounted in a twistable mounting support while being rotated about axes that are offset one relative to the other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator for an electro-hydraulic braking system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type comprised of a hydraulic pressure generator or master brake cylinder and a travel simulator, with said master brake cylinder including at least one piston that is operable by an actuating pedal, and wherein a device for detecting a driver's deceleration wish is provided, said device cooperating with said piston and being at least partly arranged in a master brake cylinder housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrohydraulic brake system for motor vehicles which is controllable in a ‘brake-by-wire’ mode of operation by the vehicle operator as well as irrespective of the vehicle operator, is operated preferably in the brake-by-wire mode of operation, and can be operated in a fallback mode of operation in which only operation by the vehicle operator is possible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating unit for an electrohydraulic braking system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type, which is designed as a tandem master cylinder having a first and a second piston biased by each one resetting spring in opposition to the actuating direction. The first pressure chamber of the tandem master cylinder is connected to a hydraulic chamber defined by a simulator element. The simulator element also defines a simulator chamber accommodating a simulator spring and connected to a pressure fluid supply reservoir. A valve device is provided which closes or opens the hydraulic connection between the simulator chamber and the pressure fluid supply reservoir.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a brake force booster for automotive vehicles having a control valve which is operable independently of an actuating rod displacing a valve piston, by way of an electromagnet which actuates a third sealing seat. Displacement of the sealing seat in opposition to the actuating direction of the brake force booster permits ventilating the working chamber. To eliminate all pneumatically induced force components in an independent activation, according to the present invention, a permanent pneumatic connection is provided between a pneumatic chamber delimited in the control housing by the valve member and the vacuum chamber, and in that both a second sealing seat which is provided on the valve piston and used to ventilate the working chamber, the third sealing seat, and the valve member in its sealing lip delimiting the pneumatic chamber in the control housing have almost identical diameters.

Abstract: A vacuum brake power booster for automotive vehicles has a booster housing with a movable wall and a control housing which carries the movable wall. The control housing includes a main part which is accommodated in a guide tube along with a cover part axially slipped onto the main part. A solenoid for actuating a control valve is positioned in the control housing, and one axial side of the solenoid is mounted in the main part and the other axial side thereof is mounted in the cover part. The cover part has axially projecting centering segments which elastically deform and center the main part in a clearance-free manner during the assembly of the control housing.

Abstract: In a vacuum brake power booster for automotive vehicles, including a stationary booster housing and a control housing which is axially slidable with respect to the booster housing, a sealing ring, arranged between the booster housing and the control housing, has a stop for an actuating piston. The actuating piston is axially slidably mounted on the control housing, and its purpose is actuation of a release switch to release an electromagnetic actuation of the vacuum brake power booster.

Abstract: A molding, particularly a fiber or foil molding, of cellulose regenerated an amino-oxide process provides that the cellulose contains 0.02 to 30% mass of a polyalkylene imine derivative. In addition to improved stabilization of the molding compound, the molding or fiber exhibits improved properties, such as an anion exchange capacity, fungistatic properties and an improved hydroblast resistance.

Abstract: A vacuum brake power booster for automotive vehicles includes a booster housing whose interior is subdivided into a vacuum chamber and a working chamber by a moveable wall. A control housing carries the moveable wall and accommodates a control valve which controls a pressure differential acting upon the moveable wall. The control valve has at least two sealing seats cooperating with an elastic valve member and is operable by an actuating rod. One of the sealing seats is operable, irrespective of the actuating rod, by an electromagnet whose armature is in force-transmitting interaction with one of the sealing seats. An electrical switching apparatus is also included, the control signals of which influence the current supply of the electromagnet thereby enabling its deactivation. The switching apparatus are operable by a relative movement between a valve piston and the control housing.

Abstract: A vacuum brake power booster for automotive vehicles having control valve which is operable, irrespective of an actuating rod displacing a valve piston (9), by an electromagnet which actuates a third sealing seat thereby ventilating the working chamber. To minimize the independent actuating force generated by the electromagnet the electromagnet, of the present invention, is rigidly connected to the valve piston, and is arranged to be slidable in the control housing so that the third sealing seat is synchronously movable with the valve piston.

Abstract: Molding compositions based on unsaturated polyester (UP) resins and containing natural fibers are prepared from which molded parts can be produced by hot pressing. The molded parts have a residual styrene content <0.1 wt. %. The UP resins are comprised of a customary UP and a mixture of styrene and di(meth)acrylic acid ester(s).

Abstract: A protective circuit for a manually controllable adjusting device for motor vehicle seats, which is driven by an electric motor, has a current sensor (11) with an output voltage which corresponds to the sum of all instantaneous currents flowing in the motor electrical circuit of the adjusting device. Furthermore, a threshold switch stage (14, 16, 24, 25, 26) which responds to a predetermined value of the output sensor (11) and a switch (12) which lies in the electrical circuit of the electric motor are provided. This switch (12) can be switched from its closed condition into its opened condition by the threshold switch stage when a threshold value is exceeded.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method permitting the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic powders which are used for the preparation of heavy media for the float-sink dressing of minerals, to be tested. To this end, the invention provides for the ferromagnetic powder to be magnetized in a magnetic steady field at a field strength within the range 600 to 1000 amperes per cm and the magnetized ferromagnetic powder to be demagnetized in a cyclicly decreasing magnetic alternating field at a field strength within the range 1000 to 1500 amperes per cm. Next, the ferromagnetic powder so pretreated is heaped up, in the center portion of a circular plate made from dielectric material and the circular plate is placed on an iron core-provided coil. An alternating current voltage of 180 to 260 volts is applied to the coil, thereby effecting the occurrence of alternating fields of 180 to 220 amperes per cm in the center portion of the circular plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method permitting ferromagnetic powders for use in heavy medium suspensions for the float-sink dressing of minerals to be readily tested as to their efficiency in magnetic separation and demagnetization. To this end, the invention provides(a) for a heavy medium suspension specimen to be removed from the purification cycle directly downstream of the magnetic separation stage, for it to be freed from impurities by decantation, and its relative sedimentation velocity to be determined with the aid of a sedimentometer;(b) for a heavy medium suspension specimen to be removed from the purification cycle downstream of the demagnetization stage, for it to be freed from impurities by decantation, and for its relative sedimentation velocity to be determined with the aid of a sedimentometer; and(c) for the heavy medium suspension specimen according to (b) to be demagnetized in a cyclicly decreasing magnetic alternating field with a maximum field strength which is 1.1 to 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method permitting ferromagnetic powders to be readily tested for their qualification for use in heavy medium suspensions for the float-sink dressing of minerals. To this end, the invention provides(a) for ferromagnetic powder particles with a size within the range 63 to 100.mu. to be admixed with a quantity of a glycerol/water mixture necessary to obtain a heavy medium suspension having a specific density within the range 1.45 to 1.55 g/cm.sup.

Abstract: A radial piston pump has a housing bounding a suction chamber therein and provided with a plurality of pressure ports spaced from one another in circumferential direction of this housing, and with at least one suction port. A plurality of valve units spaced from one another in the circumferential direction of this housing are provided, each of which includes a pressure valve element located in a respective one of the pressure ports and a sleeve member mounted in the same pressure port radially outwardly of the pressure valve element so as to form, together with the latter, a pressure chamber inwardly of and communicating with the pressure port. A plurality of circumferentially extending channels are formed in this housing and intersect the respective pressure chambers.