Abstract: A sheet metal bearing cage segment includes a first ring section, at least one second ring section and a plurality of bridges connecting the first and second ring sections and forming pockets for receiving at least one rolling element. The first ring section and/or the at least one second ring section includes a circumferentially facing joint edge configured to be connected to another circumferentially facing joint edge to form a to-be-formed pocket. The joint is spaced from the plurality of bridges, and the joint edge is formed by laser cutting. The joint edge may include a chamfer on a radially outer side and/or on a radially inner side.

Abstract: A sheet-metal bearing cage segment has a first ring section, at least one second ring section and a plurality of bridges connecting the first ring section and the at least one second ring section to each other such that a pocket for receiving at least one rolling element is formed between each circumferentially adjacent pair of the bridges. The first and/or second ring section includes at least one recess on the radially inner side and/or the radially outer side.

Abstract: A sheet metal bearing cage segment includes first and second ring sections, bridges connecting the ring sections to form pockets for rolling elements and a circumferentially facing joint edge configured to be connected to another circumferentially facing joint edge. The joint edge is disposed such that it will be located in one of the bridges after the joint edge is connected to the another circumferentially facing joint edge.

Abstract: A sheet metal bearing cage segment includes a first ring section, at least one second ring section, and a plurality of bridges connecting the first and second ring sections to each other and defining a plurality of pockets between the bridges. The bearing cage segment includes first and second circumferentially directed joint edges, the first joint edge is configured to connect to the second joint edge of the bearing cage segment or to a second joint edge of another sheet metal bearing cage segment, and the first joint edge includes at least one body of welding material projecting from the joint edge. The body of welding material may be pressed against the second joint edge while leaving a gap between the joint edges, and the welding material can be liquified by a resistance welding process to connect the joint edges.

Abstract: A bearing cage segment of a sheet metal cage includes first and second sheet metal ring sections and bridges therebetween defining a plurality of pockets for receiving rolling elements. A first circumferential joint edge of the segment is configured to connect to a second circumferential joint edge of the segment or to a second joint edge of another segment, and the first joint edge includes at least one alignment element, such as a projection or contour, that is configured to align the first joint edge radially, axially and/or circumferentially against the second joint edge which may include a complementary alignment element such as a recess or complementary contour.

Abstract: A rolling-element bearing cage includes a first side ring and a second side ring connected to the first side ring by a plurality of bridges defining a plurality of pockets configured to receive a rolling-element. The first side ring includes a joint at which the first side ring is configured to be opened to increase a diameter of the first side ring, and the first side ring and the second side ring and the plurality of bridges are made of steel and an outer diameter of the second side ring is greater than 500 mm.

Abstract: A bearing cage segment for a rolling-element bearing includes at least one sliding surface on which a surface of at least one rolling element of the rolling-element bearing is rotatable, a first support element, such as an axial projection on an axial side of the cage segment having a radially open radially facing channel, at a first radial position for supporting a first band section of a band clamp during an assembling of the rolling-element bearing, and at least one second support element at a second radial position different from the first radial position for supporting a second band section of the band clamp.

Abstract: A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing.

Abstract: A structural unit includes a cylindrical component and a metal-plate element having a through-neck, and the cylindrical component extends though the through-neck and is attached to the cylindrical component. The through-neck substantially determines a position of the metal-plate element relative to the cylindrical component with respect to a radial direction of the cylindrical component. Also an oil mist separator including the structural unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a piston may include forming a piston blank in a first forming tool such that the piston blank surrounds a ring carrier configured to receive a piston ring via positive engagement after producing the ring carrier by a sintering process. The piston blank, at least in a circumferential region disposed at a piston head, may be composed of a light metal alloy suitable for forging. The method may also include removing the piston blank from the first forming tool and placing the piston blank in a second forming tool, and inserting a holding-down tool into the second forming tool to hold the ring carrier down. The method may further include pressing a final forming punch into the second forming tool to deform the piston blank and form a piston.

Abstract: A method for attaching a bearing carrier having an opening to an outer ring of a bearing includes placing the bearing carrier against a first body that is not the outer ring of the bearing, pressing the first body against a first location on the bearing carrier with a force having a radial component to increase a width of the opening of the bearing carrier, placing the opening of the bearing carrier on the outer ring of the bearing while maintaining the force, and releasing the force after placing the bearing carrier on the outer ring.

Abstract: A four-stroke reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine includes an even number of cylinders grouped into a first half and a second half. An exhaust gas turbocharger has a first turbine inlet and a second turbine inlet. Each of the cylinders has an intake duct with an intake opening, a first exhaust duct with a first exhaust opening, and a second exhaust duct with a second exhaust opening. The first half of cylinders is connected via the respective first exhaust ducts to the first turbine inlet and is connected via the second exhaust ducts to the second turbine inlet. The second half of cylinders is connected via the respective first exhaust ducts to the second turbine inlet and is connected via the respective second exhaust ducts to the first turbine inlet. The respective second exhaust openings have a larger diameter than the respective first exhaust openings.

Abstract: A method for producing a piston may include forming a piston blank in a first forming tool such that the piston blank surrounds a ring carrier configured to receive a piston ring via positive engagement after producing the ring carrier by a sintering process. The piston blank, at least in a circumferential region disposed at a piston head, may be composed of a light metal alloy suitable for forging. The method may also include removing the piston blank from the first forming tool and placing the piston blank in a second forming tool, and inserting a holding-down tool into the second forming tool to hold the ring carrier down. The method may further include pressing a final forming punch into the second forming tool to deform the piston blank and form a piston.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle is provided. The illumination device may include at least one semiconductor light source arrangement, and means for regulating or controlling the supply current for the at least one semiconductor light source arrangement, the means having at least one resistance element with a temperature-dependent resistance value.

Abstract: A method for installing a first machine part into a second machine part includes press fitting the first machine part into the second machine part in its intended final position. The method also includes disposing an exothermically reactive substance on or in the first machine part and activating the exothermically reactive substance to cause a thermal structural change, stress relief, for example, in a part of the first machine part.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric comprising a meltspun fiber of a lignin compound. Also claimed a laminated fabric comprising the nonwoven fabric, a nonwoven fabric product comprising the nonwoven fabric, a structured multicomponent fiber comprising a lignin compound, a web comprising a meltspun fiber of a lignin compound and a method of producing a nonwoven fabric by forming a web of meltspun fiber comprising a lignin compound and bonding at least a portion of the fiber in the web to form the nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: A bearing cage segment for a rolling-element bearing includes at least one sliding surface on which a surface of at least one rolling element of the rolling-element bearing is rotatable, a first support element, such as an axial projection on an axial side of the cage segment having a radially open radially facing channel, at a first radial position for supporting a first band section of a band clamp during an assembling of the rolling-element bearing, and at least one second support element at a second radial position different from the first radial position for supporting a second band section of the band clamp.

Abstract: A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing.

Abstract: A forging device for producing a piston blank has a forging mold that has an essentially cylindrical cavity matching the radial outer surface of the piston blank, a forging base delimiting the cavity, and a central die consisting of a mandrel that has a conically tapering extension which is mounted on the mandrel and the shape of which matches the inner surface of the piston blank. In order to form the radially outer surfaces of the piston slipper walls and a peripheral cooling pocket located radially outside the slipper walls in the piston head, the forging device has two lateral jaws which are mounted in the forging device so as to be movable at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the forging device.

Abstract: A non-locating bearing assembly is configured to rotatably support a shaft relative to a housing while permitting relative axial displacement of the shaft relative to the housing. The bearing assembly includes a bearing having inner and outer rings and that is configured for transmitting radial and axial forces, and a bearing support attachable to the housing and including a support section having a partially cylindrical seat surface for receiving one of the inner and outer bearing rings and forming a sliding seat therefor. The sliding seat allows a relative axial displacement between the support section and one of the inner and outer bearing rings. A spring is disposed on or in the bearing support for generating a force in the axial direction between the bearing support and the one of the inner and outer bearing rings, and the spring element is formed from a segment of the bearing support.