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20080212411 | PROGRAMMABLE TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER, METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING A TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER, AND PROGRAMMING DEVICE FOR TIME SIGNAL RECEIVERS - A programmable time signal receiver, method for programming a time signal receiver, and programming device for time signal receivers, is provided. The programmable time signal receiver has receiver for receiving an electromagnetic time signal and a programming signal, as well as processor, configured to process the time signal and the programming signal, whereby the receiver and/or the processor are assigned a memory, configured for temporary storage of programming instructions and for supplying the programming instructions to the receiver and/or to the processor. The programmable time signal receiver also has a controller, which are configured to supply a programming control signal supplied by the receiver and/or by the processor and/or by the memory. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212416 | NOTIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING A NOTIFICATION DEVICE - A notification device with a time signal receiver is provided that has a receiver for receiving an electromagnetic time signal and processor for processing the time signal and is assigned a signal output device to generate a warning signal, and to a method for programming a notification device comprising a time signal receiver. In the notification device the time signal receiver and/or the signal output device can be set up to generate a warning signal when there is at least one piece of additional information transmitted with the time signal. | 09-04-2008 |
20090003140 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS PROGRAMMING OF A TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER, WIRELESSLY PROGRAMMABLE TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER, AND PROGRAMMING DEVICE FOR WIRELESS PROGRAMMING OF A TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER - A method for wireless programming of a time signal receiver is, a wirelessly programmable time signal receiver, and a programming device for wireless programming of a time signal receiver, are provided. The method provides the following steps: transmitting a programming instruction, which is encoded in a data format adapted to a time signal receiver, by a transmitting device; wireless reception of the programming instruction by a receiver of a time signal receiver, which are set up to receive a time signal according to a predefinable time signal protocol; decoding of the programming instruction by the receiver and/or by the processor of the time signal receiver; and storage of the programming instruction, designated for execution in the receiver and/or in the processor, in the memory of the time signal receiver. | 01-01-2009 |
20090164829 | METHOD FOR INCREASING A PROGRAMMING SPEED FOR A TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER, PROGRAMMABLE TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER, AND PROGRAMMING DEVICE FOR PROGRAMMING A TIME SIGNAL RECEIVER - Method for increasing a programming speed for a time signal receiver, programmable time signal receiver, and programming device for programming a time signal receiver. The method for wireless programming of a time signal receiver provides the following steps: provision to the time signal receiver of a programming clock frequency that is selected to be higher than an internal operating clock frequency of the time signal receiver; provision of programming instructions for the time signal receiver by means of a programming device with a data rate that is matched to the programming clock frequency, decoding of the programming instructions by receiver and/or by processor of the time signal receiver, in particular at the rate of the programming clock frequency, storage in memory within the time signal receiver, in particular at the rate of the programming clock frequency, of the programming instructions intended for execution in the receiver and/or in the processor. | 06-25-2009 |
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20080297644 | Light-Emitting Diode Arrangement, Optical Recording Device and Method for the Pulsed Operation of at Least One Light-Emitting Diode - A light-emitting diode array is disclosed which has two light-emitting diodes which are connected in antiparallel with one another, and a power supply which is suitable for energizing the light-emitting diodes independently of one another in the forward direction. In addition, an optical recording apparatus and a method for the pulsed operation of a light-emitting diode are disclosed. | 12-04-2008 |
20090251918 | LIGHTING DEVICE, AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a lighting device comprising at least one LED and at least one optical element, wherein the LED and the optical element are aligned with each other by means of at least one dowel pin. A method of making such a lighting device is also specified. The described lighting device is particularly well suited for use in a vehicle headlight. | 10-08-2009 |
20100214228 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND KEY ARRANGEMENT - A display device includes a light source, an optical waveguide element with an emission area, optical waveguide element configured to conduct light from the light source onto an emission area, and a transflective element arranged on the emission area including a first layer with at least one first subregion and at least one second subregion, the first layer configured to transmit light from emission area in the first subregion and not to transmit in the second subregion, and a second layer arranged above the first layer in the emission direction of the light, the second layer configured to transmit at least a part of the light from light source. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220046 | Illumination Device - An illumination device comprises at least one light module ( | 09-02-2010 |
20130121024 | PLANAR LIGHT GUIDE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A planar light guide includes a main body with a back face and a radiation outcoupling face opposite thereto, a main direction of light guidance parallel to the radiation outcoupling face, at least one plurality of identically shaped and identically oriented outcoupling structures formed on at least one of the main faces, and at least one structure main face per outcoupling structure, wherein an angle-dependent emission characteristic is provided asymmetrically in a first plane parallel to the main direction of light guidance and perpendicular to the radiation outcoupling face. | 05-16-2013 |
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20140343774 | Control System For A Motor Vehicle Having An Electronic Control Unit By Which The Drive Torque Of A Drive Unit Can Be Variably Distributed, As Required, On At Least Two Axles - A control system and method are provided for a motor vehicle having an electronic control unit, by which the drive torque of a drive unit can be variably distributed, as required, to at least two axles. A drive-oriented control can be specified for the purpose of a primarily single-axle drive. By way of a comparison unit, preferably on the basis of a circle of forces, a driving-dynamic desired parameter demanded particularly on a basis of the driver's intention is compared with a driving-dynamic potential parameter. A change from the drive-oriented control to a driving-dynamics-oriented control for the purpose of a primarily multi-axle drive takes place only when a defined threshold value, for example, 70%, is exceeded relative to the driving-dynamic potential parameter, for example, a limit range of the circle of forces. | 11-20-2014 |
20150088356 | Method and Control Device for Operating a Road-Coupled Hybrid Vehicle - A method and a control device are provided for operating a road-coupled hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has an electronic control unit, a primary motor associated with a first axle, and a secondary motor associated with a second axle. By way of the electronic control unit, the primary motor and the secondary motor are basically controlled in a drive-oriented manner such that preferentially only a single-axle drive by the primary motor is provided. Beginning with the secondary motor switched off, when a traction requirement is determined, the secondary motor is switched on, regardless of whether the vehicle is traveling on a curve. Beginning with the secondary motor switched on, when a traction requirement is not present, the secondary motor is not switched off until it is determined that the vehicle is not, or is no longer, traveling on a curve. A traction requirement is preferably determined at least when an expected traction requirement in the longitudinal direction is predicted when wheel slip is recognized or when the ASC control is active. An expected traction requirement in the longitudinal direction is predicted when a requested longitudinal dynamic setpoint parameter exceeds a defined threshold value based on a longitudinal dynamic potential parameter. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090107427 | Roller tappet for internal combustion piston engines comprising an anti-rotation device - An internal combustion piston engine comprising at least one cylinder head, said cylinder head closing at least one cylinder, inlet and outlet channels of said cylinder head being regulated, each one, by at least one inlet and outlet valve that is loaded by a closing spring, said inlet and outlet valves being activated by roller tappets ( | 04-30-2009 |
20090145391 | SWITCHING ELEMENT FOR A VALVE TRAIN OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention proposes a switching element ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090255495 | Method of Variable Valve Timing in an Internal Combustion Engine - A method of variable valve timing in an internal combustion engine in which the valve opening and closing timing of the actuated gas exchange valves of the internal combustion engine can be varied as a function of engine speed by adjusting means for adjusting at least one camshaft relative to a crankshaft, said internal combustion engine comprising hydraulic valve lash adjusters for adjusting a valve lash of the gas exchange valves, said lash adjusters being configured at least on one of an inlet side and an outlet side as idle stroke elements which, when actuated, at first produce an engine speed-dependent idle stroke and to provide a method of variable valve timing for internal combustion engines comprising a camshaft adjustment and a hydraulic valve adjustment with an idle stroke function that guarantees favorable valve timing in all operational situations of the internal combustion engine and, at the same time, improves the thermodynamic exploitation of such internal combustion engines, at each adjustment of the at least one camshaft, the respective idle stroke of the valve lash adjusters is taken into account. | 10-15-2009 |
20090314237 | SWITCHABLE BUCKET TAPPET - A switchable bucket tappet for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, which has a bucket base body with a ring-shaped base guided by a skirt projecting from the outer edge of the base, in a bore of the engine. A lifting cam acts on the base and a hollow cylindrical extension projects from an inner edge of the base. In the bore, an inner body is axially movable relative to the bucket base body and, formed in the underside of the inner body, is a support for indirect contact with a gas exchange valve. A coupling piston, which has a flattened portion on its upper side, runs in a bore of the inner body and is engaged with a driver surface for full valve lift. A lost motion spring acts between the bucket base body and inner body. | 12-24-2009 |
20100037845 | HYDRAULIC SUPPORT ELEMENT FOR A SWITCHABLE CAM FOLLOWER OF A VALVE DRIVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A hydraulic support element for a switchable cam follower of a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, which has a pot-like housing with a bore, a pressure piston formed in one piece with an external casing and head projecting over an edge of the housing and a high pressure space for a hydraulic medium. The high pressure space is supplied, via a non-return valve from a first reservoir space, which is fed via first passages in the housing and pressure piston. A second reservoir space is formed in the pressure piston axially above the first reservoir space and is filled by second passages in the housing and pressure piston. From the second reservoir space a hydraulic medium is conducted to the cam follower via an opening in the head. The reservoir spaces are separated by a ball around which the internal wall of the pressure piston is wrapped | 02-18-2010 |
20110220052 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE INFLATING ELEMENT - An internal combustion piston engine based on a four-stroke process, having a crankcase in which at least one cylinder/piston assembly is arranged, the piston being guided by a connecting rod connected to a crankshaft. At least one cylinder head ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110220062 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINE WITH A COMPRESSION RELIEF ENGINE BRAKE - An internal combustion piston engine based on a four-stroke process, including a crankcase in which at least one cylinder/piston assembly is arranged, the piston being guided by a connecting rod connected to a crankshaft. At least one cylinder head closes the cylinder, each of whose intake and exhaust channels are controlled by at least one intake valve and one exhaust valve ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110232603 | RECIPROCATING-PISTON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH ENGINE BRAKE AND ADDITIONAL OPENING OF AN EXHAUST VALVE - A four-stroke internal combustion engine, having a brake controller by which pressure is built up in the exhaust system and/or at least one exhaust valve is additionally opened is provided. A hydraulic valve clearance compensation element is incorporated in at least one transmission element between the camshaft and at least one intake and exhaust valve and has at least one piston ( | 09-29-2011 |
20120167847 | ASSEMBLY FOR A VALVE DRIVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An assembly for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, which has a hydraulic support element and a cam follower connected by way of a clamp. The follower rests on one end via a cap on a spherical head of a pressure piston of the support element. The piston extends in a bore of a housing of the support element. The clamp flanks the cap with holding strips along the sides. The inner sides run in a guide zone on the outer shell of the piston. The housing has an opening for hydraulic fluid that can be conducted between the housing and the piston through at least one passage in the piston to a storage chamber. The guide zone on the piston is also designed as an anti-rotation mechanism therefore. The piston is installed in a defined manner and is torsionally oriented in relation to the cam follower. | 07-05-2012 |
20130000573 | HYDRAULIC VALVE PLAY COMPENSATING ELEMENT FOR RECIPROCATING-PISTON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine which operates on the four-stroke cycle, having a crankcase and having at least one cylinder which is arranged in said crankcase and in which a piston is guided by a crankshaft, having at least one cylinder head which closes off the cylinder and the intake and exhaust channels which are controlled by at least in each case one intake and exhaust valve loaded by a valve spring, which intake and exhaust valves can be actuated by transmission elements driven by a camshaft, and having a hydraulic valve play compensating element ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130306009 | VALVE TRAIN ACTUATING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve train actuating device for an internal combustion engine including a lever-type cam follower and a hydraulic support element for supporting the cam follower is provided. The hydraulic support element includes at least one piston guided in a housing ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130319358 | VALVE DRIVE WITH ADDITIONAL LIFT IN THE CAM BASE CIRCLE - A valve drive of an internal combustion engine, having a finger lever which acts at one end on a gas exchange valve and which is seated at the other end on a head of a housing of a support element, which housing runs in an axially movable manner in a reception bore of a cylinder head, the finger lever is acted on by a cam from the base circle from which there projects in a fixed manner an additional cam piece for generating an additional lift of the gas exchange valve, a bore extends from a bottom of the housing in the direction of the head, in the lower portion of which bore there runs a pressure piston which is axially movable relative to the housing and via the lower face of which the support element is mounted on a base of the reception bore of the cylinder head, a high-pressure chamber for hydraulic medium is formed between an upper face of the pressure piston and a ring part situated above said upper face and which is fixed with respect to the housing, and to generate the additional lift, the high-pressure chamber is flooded with hydraulic medium such that the housing is deployed relative to the pressure piston, supported on the hydraulic medium column accumulated in the high-pressure chamber, and to deactivate the additional stoke, the hydraulic medium in the high-pressure chamber is discharged such that the housing is retracted. | 12-05-2013 |
20140245981 | CAM FOLLOWER - A cam follower for actuating at least one gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine is provided, including a cam contact roller that is supported by a plain bearing on a pin ( | 09-04-2014 |
20150285104 | ROLLER TAPPET FOR A RECIPROCATING-PISTON COMBUSTION ENGINE | 10-08-2015 |
20150330269 | HYDRAULIC SUPPORT ELEMENT - The invention relates to a hydraulic support element for valve drive of a combustion engine, with a pot cylindrical casing and a hollow cylindrical piston guided axially movably therein, the inner end of which is supported via a spring on the bottom wall of the casing, whose outer end projects past the outer margin of the casing and is formed as a hemispherical bearing head, and whose inner space is subdivided by means of a partition element into an axially inner supply-pressure space and an axially outer switching-pressure space. | 11-19-2015 |
20160090879 | SWITCHABLE SUPPORT ELEMENT - A switchable support element ( | 03-31-2016 |
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20110215703 | Pre-chamber spark plug - The invention relates to a pre-chamber spark plug with a housing which, at its forward end, comprises a pre-chamber with a plurality of openings, an insulator arranged in the housing, a center electrode which is surrounded by the insulator and supports an ignition electrode arranged in the pre-chamber which comprises a plurality of electrode arms, wherein the electrode arms each comprise a rear section which extends in a transverse direction in relation to the longitudinal direction of the center electrode and a forward section which extends along a pre-chamber wall and forms a spark gap between itself and the pre-chamber wall. It is provided according to the invention that the electrode arms are embedded in the center electrode and project from a lateral surface of the center electrode. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method according to the invention. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225959 | Motor Vehicle Having an Exhaust Gas System - The invention relates to a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas system, which comprises an exhaust gas line by means of which the exhaust gas can be removed from the internal combustion engine, as well as an exhaust gas recirculation line by means of which the exhaust gas can be recirculated into the internal combustion engine from the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas recirculation line has an exhaust gas cooler and a condensate line for removing the condensate from the recirculated exhaust gas, wherein the condensate line is connected with a first end to the exhaust gas recirculation line downstream of the exhaust gas cooler in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas and with a second end to the exhaust gas line. When the motor vehicle is running, the back pressure at the first end of the condensate line is equal to the back pressure at the second end of the condensate line, so that any condensation water that accumulates can be removed without the exhaust gas flowing back into the exhaust gas line from the exhaust gas recirculation line. As an alternative, a closure element for closing the condensate line can be provided. Both variants provide a simple method for removing the condensation water without any necessity for expensive condensate traps or collecting tanks. | 09-22-2011 |
20110232613 | Motor Vehicle Having an Exhaust Gas System - The invention relates to a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas system with an exhaust gas line by means of which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can be discharged, and an exhaust gas recirculation line by means of which exhaust gas from the exhaust gas line can be recirculated to an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine. In the exhaust gas recirculation line, there is an exhaust gas cooler which can move relative to the internal combustion engine. Due to the relative mobility, the exhaust gas cooler can be located at a distance from the internal combustion engine so that direct delivery of heat from the internal combustion engine into the exhaust gas cooler is avoided. This improves the cooling performance of the exhaust gas cooler and enables the use of less heat-resistant materials. The invention furthermore relates to a method for operating such a motor vehicle in which a partial flow cross section of the exhaust gas cooler is cleared or closed depending on the operating state of the motor vehicle. This enables adaptation of the cooling performance of the exhaust gas cooler to the operating state of the motor vehicle. | 09-29-2011 |
20120025689 | Prechamber spark plug - The invention refers to a prechamber spark plug comprising an ignition electrode with several electrode arms. The ignition electrode is made of a cross-shaped blank that is cut out of sheet metal and then the electrode arms are set upright by bending. The sheet metal is made of iridium or an iridium-based alloy by rolling in a rolling direction and the ignition electrode blank is cut out in such a way that an angle of 50° or less is present between each of the electrode arms and the rolling direction (W). | 02-02-2012 |
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20120276271 | SAVOURY FOOD CONCENTRATE - A packaged savoury food concentrate in the form of a gel, for preparing a bouillon, a soup, a sauce, a gravy or a seasoning comprising: —a gelling system, —a liquid phase comprising a liquid polyol, —from 3% wt to 30% wt of salt, based on the weight of the total food concentrate, wherein the liquid polyol is present in an amount of from 0.1 wt % to 80 wt %, based on the total weight of the food concentrate. | 11-01-2012 |
20130309385 | SAVOURY FOOD CONCENTRATE - A packaged food concentrate in the form of a gel comprising, based on the weight of the total food concentrate without the packaging: from 2 wt % to 15 wt % of NaCl, water, an effective amount of gelling agent, from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a liquid polyol, non-gelatinised starch. | 11-21-2013 |