Abstract: A system for generating energy from a confined space that includes heated air therein. The system includes a turbine operatively associated with at least one generator of electricity; and a funnel having an inner channel that is open and unobstructed from a larger bottom opening to a smaller top opening which is in air flow communication with the turbine. The inner channel is configured for accelerating heated air rising through the channel prior to exiting the top opening and entering the turbine. No additional energy is needed, such as the use of a fan or propeller, for this acceleration. The accelerated heated air more effectively drives the turbine without requiring additional energy to provide increased amounts of generated electricity and to do so more efficiently compared to turbine systems that do not contain a funnel and fan or propeller.

Abstract: An electrothermal actuator includes at least one connecting portion; at least two operating portions; and at least two electrodes. Each of the at least one connecting portion and the at least two operating portions includes a flexible polymer layer and a carbon nanotube paper. A thickness ratio of the carbon nanotube paper and the flexible polymer layer ranges from 1:7 to 1:10. A density of the carbon nanotube paper is greater than 0.5 g/cm3. A thermal expansion coefficient of the carbon nanotube paper is greater than ten times that of the flexible polymer layer. A conductivity of the at least two operating portions along the current direction ranges from 1000 S/m to 6000 S/m. A conductivity of the at least one connecting portion along the current direction is greater than 6000 S/m.

Abstract: Disclosed are an isentropic booster and a method thereof. The booster comprises a main body pump having a chamber provided with a fixed division plate, a left piston, a right piston and a connecting rod separating the chamber into a plurality of independent booster chambers. The connecting rod passes through the division plate and connects at its two opposite ends with the left piston and the right piston. The volume of the booster chambers is changed with the movement of the left piston and the right piston. A part of the plurality of the booster chambers connect between high-pressure gas source and a medium-pressure gas pipeline network, and the rest of the plurality of the booster chambers connect between low-pressure gas source and the medium-pressure gas pipeline network. The isentropic booster of present invention improves efficiency of using high-pressure gas.

Abstract: A linear compressor is provided that may include a shell in which a discharge port is provided, a cylinder disposed in the shell to define a compression space for a refrigerant, a piston disposed to be reciprocated in an axial direction within the cylinder, a discharge valve disposed on or at one side of the cylinder to selectively discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space, the discharge valve including an insertion protrusion, and a valve spring coupled to the discharge valve to provide a restoring force to the discharge valve. The valve spring may include a spring body having a central portion defined at a portion corresponding to a center of the cylinder, and an insertion hole defined in the spring body. The insertion hole may be coupled to the insertion protrusion of the discharge valve. The central portion of the spring body may be spaced apart from a central portion of the insertion hole.

Abstract: A wobble piston is provided to be used in an air compressor for providing compressed air, and includes a piston cap having a generally flat first plate and a peripheral edge extending downwardly from the first plate. A connecting support rod is connected to the piston cap, and a compression ring is clamped between the edge of the piston cap and the support rod in complementary fashion. Upon assembly between the cap and the support rod, the compression ring has an angled side wall that is bent upwardly inwardly at a predetermined obtuse angle relative to a longitudinal axis of a cylinder.

Abstract: A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.

Abstract: A linear compressor may include a shell, a cylinder provided in the shell to define a compression space for a refrigerant, a frame to fix the cylinder to the shell, a piston reciprocated within the cylinder, a discharge valve disposed on or at one side of the cylinder, a discharge cover coupled to the frame and having at least one chamber to reduce pulsation of the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve, and a valve spring disposed on the discharge cover to provide a restoring force to the discharge valve. The discharge cover may include a cover body having a discharge hole, through which the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve may be discharged outside of the discharge cover, and a guide passage defined in the cover body to guide at least a portion of the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve into the at least one chamber.

Abstract: A system for supplementing the electric power needed by a pump jack electric motor, thereby reducing the electric power purchased from the local utility or power supplier. The system comprises a solar photovoltaic system, or other forms of renewable energy, and regenerated power from the electric motor or drive. The system can be both “on-grid” and “off-grid.” Battery banks and capacitor banks may be used to store energy.

Abstract: A method for the delay-minimized detection of an auxiliary control variable for a system comprising a control system and a controller, whereby an output variable is detected at the end of the control system, whereby a disturbance variable is active in the control system, characterized in that a state variable is detected in the control system at a place before the point of action of the disturbance variable, whereby the auxiliary control variable is calculated from the state variable that has been weighted with a constant kx and from an estimation error, whereby the estimation error is calculated from a comparison between the detected output variable and the integrated auxiliary control variable.

Abstract: A method for operating a linear compressor includes measuring a current induced in a motor of the linear compressor and calculating an observed current of the motor of the linear compressor using at least an electrical dynamic model for the linear compressor and a robust integral of the sign of the error feedback. The method also includes detecting a head crash within the linear compressor if an error between the observed current of the motor of the linear compressor and the measured current induced in the motor of the linear compressor is greater than a crash threshold.

Abstract: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a shell including a suction inlet, a cylinder provided in the shell to define a compression space for a refrigerant, a piston reciprocated in an axial direction within the cylinder, a discharge valve provided at one side of the cylinder to selectively discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space, and at least one nozzle, through which at least a portion of the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve may flow, the at least one nozzle being disposed in the cylinder. The at least one nozzle may include an inlet, through which the refrigerant may be introduced, and an outlet having a diameter less than a diameter of the inlet.

Abstract: The Invention provided is a hydraulic powered downhole reciprocating pump traveling valve component to provided lifting hydraulics on the down stroke using the derived motion and pressure of petroleum liquids and gasses, such as oil, water and natural gas. Designed to utilize the elements within the pumping apparatus to obtain the hydraulic power within and transfer the energy's force to the exposed bottom end of the pressure locked traveling ball valve adjacent within the ball valve containment cage, providing ultimate lifting power to open the ball valve on the initiation of the down stroke.

Abstract: An internal gear pump for a hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a pump shaft, a pinion, a ring gear, a first axial plate, and a second axial plate. The pinion is disposed on the pump shaft, is configured to rotate conjointly therewith, and is arranged eccentrically within the ring gear so as to mesh therewith. The first and second axial plates are adjacent to the pinion and the ring gear. A toothing on at least one of the ring gear and the pinion is configured such that an axial width of a root of a respective tooth is greater than an axial width of a crest of the respective tooth. A corresponding method relates to producing such an internal gear pump.

Abstract: A pump housing receives an outer rotor and an inner rotor. A joint member couples between a rotatable shaft and the inner rotor to transmit a rotational torque from the rotatable shaft to the inner rotor. A radial bearing is shaped into a cylindrical tubular form. A cylindrical inner peripheral surface of the radial bearing rotatably and slidably supports the rotatable shaft. A cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the radial bearing rotatably and slidably supports an inner peripheral surface of the inner rotor. A lubrication groove is formed in the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the radial bearing and accumulates fluid, which is present in an inside of the pump housing.

Abstract: A pump assembly is provided and includes a housing having first, second and third pairs of fluid openings and first, second and third rotary pumps, which are co-rotatable about a common longitudinal axis defined through the housing to drive fluid flow relative to the first, second and third pairs of fluid openings, respectively. The first rotary pump includes an input member receptive of rotational drive energy for the first, second and third rotary pumps.

Abstract: A fixed scroll compressor body includes a scroll compressor body casting. The casting has a central body portion having a plate-like base with a spiral scroll rib projecting from the base at a right angle thereto. The spiral scroll rib includes a volume between the spiraled ribs for the compressing of refrigerant. The spiral scroll rib spirals from a central region of the plate-like base to an outer wall of the central body portion. The casting further includes a first inward-protruding portion that protrudes from the outer wall into the volume. A distance that the first inward-protruding portion protrudes into the volume is greater than a thickness of the first inward-protruding portion such that removal of the first inward-protruding portion results in a first intake opening in the outer wall. The first intake opening provides a path for a flow of refrigerant into the volume.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a vertically-positioned airtight compressor housing having an upper section including a discharge portion of a refrigerant, and a lower section including an inlet unit of the refrigerant and storing lubricant oil; a compressing unit, disposed in the lower section, compressing the refrigerant sucked in via the inlet unit and discharging the refrigerant from the discharge portion; a motor, disposed in the upper section, driving the compressing unit via a rotation shaft; and an accumulator attached to the compressor housing and connected to the inlet unit. Inside the accumulator and/or the compressor housing, silicon dioxide having a crystal structure containing a vacancy with a diameter equal to or less than a diameter of a water molecule or a composite including silicon dioxide having a crystal structure containing a vacancy with a diameter equal to or less than that of the water molecule is placed.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a compressing unit that includes an annular cylinder, an end plate, an annular piston which is fit in an eccentric portion of a rotation shaft, and a vane which protrudes from the inside of a vane groove of the cylinder to the inside of an operation chamber, comes into contact with the annular piston, and partitions the operation chamber into an inlet chamber and a compression chamber. The vane is formed of steel and has a diamond-like carbon layer formed on a sliding surface with respect to the annular piston. The annular piston is formed of Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron to which 0.15 wt % to 0.45 wt % of phosphorus is added, or is formed of cast iron or steel and has an iron nitride layer formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for processing a wet gas. The centrifugal compressor includes: a casing; and least one compressor stage comprising at least one impeller rotatingly arranged in the casing and provided with an impeller hub and a plurality of impeller blades, each impeller blade having a suction side and a pressure side. The at least one compressor stage comprises at least one droplet breaking arrangement configured for promoting breakup of liquid droplets flowing through the compressor stage.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine, a compressor, and a bearing housing forming a bearing bore. A bearing arrangement is disposed between a shaft interconnecting the turbine and compressor wheels, and the bearing housing. The bearing arrangement includes an outer bearing race element that frictionally engages the bearing bore at both ends. At a first end, a bearing retainer that is connected to the bearing housing includes a cylindrical element that extends into the bearing bore and abuts and frictionally engages a first end of the outer bearing race element. The second end of the outer bearing race element abuts and frictionally engages a stop formed at an end of the bearing bore such that no pins or other structures are required for preventing rotation of the outer bearing race element in the bearing bore.

Abstract: A first fan is disposed in a first air passage, and a second fan is disposed in a second air passage. A partition wall that divides inside of a casing into the first air passage and the second air passage has an inclination part that is inclined toward the second fan as extending outward in a radial direction. The second fan has an end portion located adjacent to the first fan in a rotation axis direction and a projection part projected from the end portion outward in the radial direction. The inclination part is provided to cover the projection part across a clearance.

Abstract: A compressor component having an airfoil with a profile in accordance with Table 1 is disclosed. The compressor component, such as a compressor blade, has an increased surface area over a portion of the airfoil chord length. The increased surface area allows for a greater amount of air to be taken in by the airfoil, thus increasing the air flow through the gas turbine engine.

Abstract: A ventilation assembly, particularly for a vehicle, has a cowl with a conduit for air flow. The conduit has a first portion and a second portion having a smaller diameter and a joining portion joining the first and second portions. A fan is disposed in the conduit. The fan has an impeller with a peripheral ring having a lip. An annular passage is formed between the ring and the conduit. The lip has a substantially frusto-conical shape; and the joining portion of the conduit has a substantially frusto-conical shape, with an inclination angle (?) at least approximately corresponding to that of the lip of the impeller. The inclination angle (?) is between 115° and 145°.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vane (10) of a diffuser (5) for a radial or mixed-flow compressor (2) of an engine (1), including a leading edge (11) arranged facing a flow of gas, a trailing edge (12) being opposite the leading edge (11), a side upper surface wall (13) and a side lower surface wall (14) which connect the leading edge (11) to the trailing edge (12), and a profile including a curved line (15) having at least two points of inflection (I1, I2) between the leading edge (11) and the trailing edge (12). The invention also relates to a corresponding radial diffuser (2).

Abstract: A vane for a variable diffuser includes a body with an inlet end and an outlet end, a leading surface extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, a trailing surface opposite the leading surface and extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, a first surface extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a second surface opposite the first surface and extending from the inlet end to the outlet end. The vane further includes a first cavity on the first surface of the vane adjacent the inlet end, a second cavity on the first surface of the vane adjacent the outlet end, a third cavity on the second surface of the vane adjacent the inlet end, and a fourth cavity on the second surface of the vane adjacent the outlet end.

Abstract: A fan assembly includes a first fan including a first frame, a second fan including a second frame, the first frame of the first fan has a first jointing surface, and the second frame of the second fan has a second jointing surface. A first concave structure and a first flange are formed along two ends of a first direction of the first jointing surface of the first fan, and a first concave structure and a first flange are formed along two ends of a first direction of the second jointing surface of the second fan respectively. The first flange of the first fan moves relatively to the second jointing surface of the second fan, and is embedded in the first concave structure of the second fan.

Abstract: A cooling fan structure includes a housing, a multistage fan wheel, and a stator-blade unit set. The housing is integrally formed and includes a first and a second frame, and a connecting spacer set connected to between the first and the second frame to define an open space therebetween. The multistage fan wheel is located in the housing and has a hub, around which a group of first and a group of second rotor blades are formed and axially spaced to define a bladeless zone on the hub between the first and the second rotor blades. The stator-blade unit set includes a first and a second stator-blade unit, which are assembled into the open space of the housing to circumferentially close the open space. The stator-blade unit set is exchangeable according to different high impedance systems to achieve different levels of high static pressure without increasing any mold-making cost.

Abstract: A vacuum pump device comprises: a power supply device including a dew condensation detector configured to detect dew condensation, a regenerative braking resistance, and a controller configured to energize the regenerative braking resistance; a cooling system using coolant; and a pump main body including a motor rotatably driven by the power supply device. When the dew condensation detector detects the dew condensation, the controller energizes the regenerative braking resistance to heat an inside of the power supply device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to impellers with removable and replaceable vanes, and methods of constructing such impellers. According to aspects of the present disclosure, a plurality of impeller back plates are provided with differently configured slots to receive removable vanes. In addition, a plurality of differently configured vanes are disclosed which may be connected to the plurality of impeller back plates. As a result, the desired performance characteristics of a pump based upon end use applications may be efficiently and quickly achieved by combining appropriately configured vanes and back plate into a desired impeller providing the desired characteristics, together with a particular pump casing and motor.

Abstract: There is provided with an axial fan comprising an impeller having a plurality of vanes; a motor rotating the impeller; a casing housing the impeller and the motor; a motor base mounting the motor; and a plurality of spokes connecting the motor base and the casing, wherein the motor base has a plurality of reinforcement ribs thereon, the plurality of reinforcement ribs being equal to or more than the plurality of spokes in number, and wherein the casing has a natural frequency equal to or higher than a frequency being transmitted to the casing from the motor when the motor is rotated at a rotation speed of 20000 rpm or more.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a hydraulic system includes a controller connected to an operator interface, a pump operable in a first direction for supplying pressurized fluid, and a load-holding valve connected between the pump and a port for connection to an actuator. The load-holding valve may be controlled by the controller and operative in a first position to allow flow to the actuator to operate the actuator against a load and operative in a second position to block load-induced return flow from the actuator to the pump. The controller may be configured to receive a requested actuator stop, to control the first valve to move to the second position in response to the requested actuator stop, to monitor a first system condition in response to the requested actuator stop, to evaluate the monitored system condition with a prescribed criteria, and to determine whether or not to initiate a back-up control routine based on the evaluation.

Abstract: A mower includes an engine which is a power source for a drive wheel and a mowing mechanism. A drive system for the mower includes: a first control unit that controls operation and stop of the engine; a first power transmitting mechanism that performs transmission of power between the engine and the drive wheel; a second power transmitting mechanism that performs transmission of power between the engine and the mowing mechanism; and a second control unit that controls the second power transmitting mechanism. The first control unit also controls the first power transmitting mechanism. A signal transmitter is provided which transmits a control signal between the first control unit and the second control unit.

Abstract: In addition to a main pump 102 having two delivery ports 102a and 102b and performing the load sensing control, two subsidiary pumps 202 and 302 for the load sensing control for respectively performing assist driving on a boom cylinder 3a and an arm cylinder 3b are provided. When driving the boom cylinder 3a or the arm cylinder 3b, a selector valve 141 or 241 is switched and flows of hydraulic fluid are merged together and supplied to the boom cylinder 3a or the arm cylinder 3b. When driving actuators other than the boom cylinder 3a or the arm cylinder 3b, only the hydraulic fluid from the main pump is supplied to the actuators. In short, the hydraulic drive system is configured so that two specific actuators having great demanded flow rates and tending to have a great load pressure difference between each other when driving at the same time can be driven with hydraulic fluid delivered from separate delivery ports.

Abstract: A phaser valve for a piston and cylinder assembly helps to keep a pair of pistons in phase with each other. The phaser valve includes a poppet which is slidable between opposing seats of a valve housing. The poppet includes a head and a stem, both the head and the stem having concave portions which facilitate the flow of hydraulic fluid across the valve. The poppet head has two generally conical ends, so that the head makes a fluid-tight seal with a seat when the head is urged towards either seat. Due to its construction, the phaser valve may be built to fit within a very small space, while still allowing a substantial flow of fluid when the head is not in abutment with one of the seats.

Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder for a hydraulic clutch actuating system for motor vehicles has a piston subassembly with a piston and piston rod, a cylinder housing in which a pressure chamber is variably bounded at one side by the piston and fixedly bounded at the other side by a base of the cylinder housing. A spring element is arranged at the side of the piston opposite from the pressure chamber and is supported at one end on a spring plate on the housing side and operatively connected at the other end with the piston rod so as to bias the piston subassembly in a direction away from the base. A fixing section fixes the piston subassembly in a predetermined stroke setting with respect to the cylinder housing prior to first actuation of the hydraulic cylinder and is constructed to release the piston subassembly relative to the cylinder housing upon first actuation.

Abstract: An engine system utilizing a hydraulic pressure includes an engine, a hydraulic system having at least one hydraulic pump discharging a hydraulic oil for operating an actuator and a hydraulic oil tank storing the hydraulic oil returned from the actuator, a hydraulic power transmission device connected to a hydraulic line between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic oil tank and configured to transmit a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic oil as a driving source, and a vehicular auxiliary device driven by using the hydraulic pressure transmitted from the hydraulic power transmission device as the driving source.

Abstract: Blind rivet sleeve for a blind rivet, having a sleeve head which has a bearing face for bearing against a visible workpiece surface, and having a sleeve shank, wherein the blind rivet sleeve has a through-opening through which a mandrel can be guided, wherein the sleeve shank has a head forming portion which, during the setting of the blind rivet, is designed to form a blind head, and has a folding portion which is arranged between the head forming portion and the sleeve head and which, during the setting of the blind rivet, is designed to form a sleeve fold for the purpose of achieving a clamping thickness compensation. In this arrangement, the sleeve head has in the region of the bearing face an axial recess for receiving at least part of the sleeve fold formed during the setting.

Abstract: A threaded bushing (14) is provided for releasably connecting a fiber-reinforced plastic first component of the motor vehicle structure to a plastic or metal second component of the motor vehicle structure. The threaded bushing (14) has a sleeve-like basic body (15) made of metal. The basic body (15) has an external wall (16) with an external thread (17) and an internal wall (18) with an internal thread (19). The threaded bushing (14) can be screwed via the external thread (17) into a recess in the fiber-reinforced plastic of the first component. A screw penetrates a recess in the second component is screwed into the internal thread (19) of threaded bushing (14).

Abstract: An impaling washer is provided for use in building construction. The impaling washer includes a sealing body having an aperture that is configured to receive a fastener. The fastener penetrates a membrane covering a wall and secures the sealing body to the wall. The sealing body includes an inner surface portion surrounding the aperture that seals against an outer surface of the membrane. At least one impaler extends from an outer side of the sealing body and away from the wall. The impaler is configured to engage a thermally-insulating material and hold the thermally-insulating material at the outer side of the sealing body. A thickness of the sealing body thereby forms a gap between the thermally-insulating material and the outer surface of the membrane for air insulation and drainage along the outer surface of the membrane.

Abstract: A propshaft with an universal joint, a first tubular member and a second tubular member. The universal joint has first and second yoke arms that are pivotally coupled to one another. The first tubular member is fixedly coupled to the first yoke arms and has a plurality of first teeth. The second tubular member slidably received over the first tubular member and includes a plurality of second teeth. The first and second teeth engage one another when the propshaft is in an extended condition. The second teeth engage the first yoke arms when the propshaft is in a retracted condition.

Abstract: A tilting pad thrust bearing and a tilting pad thrust bearing assembly are provided. The tilting pad thrust bearing is configured such that when a load is concentrated on only a portion of a thrust bearing because of eccentricity or inclination of a rotating shaft, associated tilting pads are tilted so that the load can be dispersed to the other tilting pads to which comparatively small load is applied, whereby the tilting pads to which the concentrated load is applied can be prevented from being damaged. Furthermore, the tilting pads can be fixed by oil supply nozzles without using a separate fastening member, whereby the size of the tilting pad thrust bearing can be markedly reduced. The tilting pads and a plate have improved structures so that the time and cost required to manufacture the tilting pad thrust bearing or tilting pad thrust bearing assembly can be reduced.

Abstract: A squeeze film damper includes a bearing housing as an inner ring disposed around a radially outer side of a bearing which rotatably supports a rotary shaft, an outer ring disposed around a radially outer side of the bearing housing, a squeeze film formed by circulating a viscous fluid through a clearance in a radial direction between the bearing housing and the outer ring, and a coupling pin which couples the bearing housing and the outer ring to each other and is deformable in response to relative displacement in the radial direction between the outer ring and the bearing housing. The coupling pin has stiffness that is higher in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction in a cross section perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing system (120) includes a first active magnetic bearing (AMB) (202) including a first group of electromagnetic actuators (306, 310, 314, 318) to support a shaft and a second AMB (204) including a second group of electromagnetic actuators (308, 312, 316, 320) to support the shaft. A controller for the two AMB's includes a multi-phase topology (400) with a plurality of active current switches for controlling the electromagnetic actuators (306-320) of each of the first AMB (202) and the second AMB (204). Each electromagnetic actuator (306, 310, 314, 318) of the first AMB (202) is electrically coupled to an electromagnetic actuator (308, 312, 316, 320) of the second AMB (204).

Abstract: A liquid metal bearing includes at least one first bearing part and at least one second bearing part that have a non-positive fit connection to one another. At least one first ductile sealing layer is disposed at least partly between at least a first bearing part of the at least one bearing and a second bearing part of the at least one second bearing part.

Abstract: A gear pump includes a drive gear mounted to a first gear shaft, a driven gear meshable with the drive gear, a plurality of journal bearings, and a first porting path. The first porting path is adapted to provide high pressure fluid communication from a discharge of the gear pump to a first hybrid pad location for a first journal bearing selected from the plurality of journal bearings, the first hybrid pad location circumferentially adjacent to a first fluid film location. Each location is disposed annularly between an inner surface of the first journal bearing, and an outer surface of the first gear shaft or second gear shaft corresponding to the first journal bearing.

Abstract: A cage for an hourglass roller bearing includes an annular ring having a first axial face and a second axial face. A plurality of first rails extend from the first axial face and a plurality of second rails extend from the second axial face. The cage includes a plurality of pockets. Each of the plurality of pockets is defined by opposing circumferentially facing walls of at least one of adjacent pairs of the first rails and adjacent pairs of the second rails. The circumferentially facing walls are arcuately formed so that each of the plurality of pockets is cylindrical.

Abstract: A rolling bearing device includes a rolling bearing; and a spacer provided adjacent to one side of the rolling bearing in an axial direction and having a grease reservoir and a flow path, the grease reservoir being in a form of a groove, extending along a circumferential direction, and having grease reserved in the grease reservoir, and the flow path providing communication between the grease reservoir and an inner part of the rolling bearing. The spacer includes an annular wall surface that defines an inner periphery of the grease reservoir. An end of the annular wall surface on a side of the rolling bearing in the axial direction of the grease reservoir is continuous with an opposed end face of the spacer that is opposed to the rolling bearing. An entire area of the annular wall surface is constituted by a flat surface.

Abstract: A damper assembly for an engine includes a first spring damper connectable to a torque input component and a slip clutch connected to the first spring damper. The first spring damper transfers torque input to the first spring damper to the slip clutch. A hybrid motor vehicle drive train and a method of forming a damper assembly are also provided.

Abstract: A method for producing a friction body, in particular a wet friction disk in a motor vehicle, the friction body turning about a rotational axis during operation. The friction body has a friction area and a connection area and the connection area of the friction body is connected to a friction body carrier. A friction body, in particular a wet friction disc in a motor vehicle, is also provided.

Abstract: A clutch and/or brake module has a heat sink which is attached to a transmission housing for the purpose of discharging heat. The brake module further has a brake disc, which is connected to a rotational member formed by a shaft (schematically indicated by a center line). The brake disc is provided on one side with a lining and faces with this side towards the heat sink. The brake is a dry brake and is not lubricated. The brake module further has an actuation system (cylinder with piston movable therein, schematically indicated by an arrow) which can exert an axial pressing force directly on the brake disc. The brake disc is located axially between the heat sink and the actuation system. The cooling plate is secured to a transmission housing, a part of which is schematically shown.