A fastener to affix a structural member to a flat support (32), said fastener comprising an elongated foot (10) which can be affixed in an elongated support aperture (34) subtending a longitudinal axis, said foot exhibiting the following features: a lower portion which subtends a longitudinal axis and of which the elongated peripheral contour is designed to allow inserting it into the aperture, an upper portion fitted with a lower rest surface, at least one lower recess open toward the periphery, an upper recess above the lower recess in the upper portion and open toward the lower rest surface, a resilient detent situated in the gap between the upper and lower rest surfaces, where the detent moves into a relaxed position in the aperture when, following fastener rotation by a predetermined angle.
The invention relates to a water spout drain which can be inserted into a spout seat in an automobile's outer sheet and which comprises a first part insertable in sealing manner by means of a circumferential element into said outer sheet's seat, said first part comprising at least one internal draining aperture and also a receiving opening situated below and spaced apart from said draining aperture, said spout also comprising a second part insertable by means of a circumferential element from below and in sealing manner into said receiving opening of the first part and in turn comprising an outer draining aperture, at least one internal draining aperture of the first part being configured excentrically, the second part comprising - below and spaced from the draining aperture - a draining surface having a descent gradient relative to the surface and in that a baffle element is configured at and transversely to the maximum descent gradient of said draining surface in a manner that water impacting said draining surface shall flow laterally around said baffle element before reaching the outer draining aperture.
A guide sleeve for support bar of a motor vehicle seatback headrest, comprising a hollow, plastic tube fitted with an axial passage and comprising at its upper end an integral flange segment through which runs the tube's axial passage, further a slider guided in sliding manner in a flange segment aperture perpendicularly to the axis of said passage, and fitted with an external grip and an axial continuous passage which can be aligned with the stem's axial passage respectively the flange segment's aperture, the slider moreover comprising a locking segment which may be made to engage with or disengage from a snap-in notch of the support bar as a function of slider position, further with spring elements acting on the slider and biasing it toward the snap-in notches, said spring elements being constituted by a resilient, integral slider segment resting against a wall segment of the aperture.
A plastic, integral clip (10) to affix door seals in automotive door frames, comprising a head (12), further a resilient flange (16) connected by a first shank segment (14) to said head, a comparatively flat second shank segment (18) which extends from the flange on the side opposite the head and tapers toward the free end and is fitted with a rounded end (26), further two spring elements (28, 30) connected at opposite sides to the free end of the second shank segment (18) and running obliquely in the direction of the flange, the spring elements being fitted with a snap-in shoulder (36, 38) near the flange, characterized in that at least one securing element (40) each near an external surface element (24) of the second shank segment and near the flange (16) is connected to the second shank segment (18) and runs in the direction of the facing spring element (28, 30), the outside diameter of the securing element (40) approximately corresponding to the outside diameter of the external surface element (24).
A plastic headrest sleeve receiving a headrest rod and comprising a tube fitted at its top end with a flange within which a slider is displaceably supported between a locked position, wherein it locks the headrest rod, and a release position, the wall of the said tube (12) being fitted between its ends with at least one resilient clamping segment (26, 28), a spring (32, 34) being mounted on the tube (12) outside and biasing the resilient segment (26, 28) toward the tube (12) inside, and a drive element (16) displaceably resting on the tube (12), said drive element (16) being operationally connected to the slider and the clamping segment (26, 28) in a manner that the spring's (32, 34) action on the clamping segment (26, 28) shall be reduced or eliminated when the slider is displaced into the release position.
A plastic, undetachable anchor (10) to affix a component (52) to a support (54), comprising a rectangular affixing aperture (56), the anchor comprising a resilient, flange-like head (12), a hollow shank (16) subtending an axis and connected at one end to the head (12) and receiving an affixation screw (20), further resilient detent arms (40,42) connected to the shank end away from the head (14), where the detent arms (40,42) running obliquely outward toward the head (14) are fitted at their free ends with a detent shoulder (44) engaging { in the assembled state - an edge of an affixation aperture (56) facing them in order to secure the anchor (10) against being pulled out of the affixation aperture (56).
An injection molding method to manufacture hollow plastic parts, whereby at least one plastic part's hollow is shaped by evacuating an internal portion of the flowable material of an injection mold's cavity (12) using a pressurized gas and a gate of said mold (10) and thereupon the molded article's aperture so made shall be sealed off, characterized in that, following said flowable material's being removed from a blind duct (24) into a gate branched to it and after being partly forced back into said hollow, said molded article shall be elected from the injection mold (10).
Back-air blocking device to ventilate a motor vehicle's inside space, comprising a frame or housing, made of a first plastic, and a valve flap, made of flexible material, connected in one zone to the frame and in other zones resting against a sealing surface of said frame when the said flap is in its rest position, this flap detaching off said sealing surface when subjected to a pressure differential, characterized in that the valve flap is a thin plate made of a closed-pore, foamed material.
An automobile inside door-actuation device comprising a housing which can be assembled to the door's frame and a drive lever pivotably supported inside the housing on pivot pins, characterized in that the drive lever, the pivot pins and the housing are molded from plastic(s) by two- component injection molding into one unit, the properties of the selected plastics being such that the mutually displaceable parts do not bond to each other during injection molding.
A valve operating means defined by the following features: • a slider supported in axially displaceable manner in a housing and linked by an actuation segment to the valve, • a first biasing spring configured in the housing and pre-stressing the slider against a first stop, • an expansible element configured in the housing and being displaceably supported in approximately coaxial manner relative to the slider between a second and a third stop, • a second biasing spring acting on the expansible element and prestressing said element against the second stop, said configuration allowing cooperation between the expansible element's drive pin and the slider, • a heater associated to the expansible element, • a heat dissipating element associated with the expansible element and cooling the expansible element when latter rests against the third stop, the force exerted by the first biasing spring being larger than that of the second biasing spring.
A thermostatic valve comprising a valve head and a flat, annular, elastomeric sealing element at the valve head, a valve spring mechanically biasing the valve member against a valve seat and a temperature-sensitive expansible element the valve member displacing the valve member against the valve spring, characterized by the valve head (14) comprising at its circumference an annular groove, the flat annular sealing element (24) being stamped out of an elastomer which swells in the presence of water, in particular an EPDM material, and exhibiting a thickness which is equal to or slightly less than the width of the annular groove.
A premounted unit of a pipe stub and a thermostatic valve, said pipe stub comprising a valve seat mechanically biased by a valve spring against the valve seat and resting at its other end against a mating rest element, further comprising an expansible element which is configured between a segment of the pipe stub and the valve member and which opens the thermostatic valve as a function of temperature against the force of the valve spring, said unit further comprising a U-shaped retention yoke of which the central strip rests against the mating rest element and the legs can be connected to an annular cap element (14) thereby recesses being constituted at mutually opposite sides at the inside of the annular cap element (14) and the legs (46, 48) of the retention yoke (42) being fitted at its ends with outwardly pointing hook elements (50) that engage the recesses (52).
A thermostatted valve used in an internal combustion engine and comprising a housing fitted with at least three ports, namely an engine port to communicate with the engine cooling system, a radiator port to communicate with the radiator, and a bypass port to communicate with a bypass, further comprising a hollow, spherical valve element supported pivotably about a pivot axis within the housing between two end positions, said valve element being fitted with at least two apertures of which one permanently communicates with the engine port and the other is situated in a plane substantially perpendicular to said pivot axis, further comprising a temperature sensor controlled valve element drive, characterized in that the axes of all ports are configured in planes that are approximately perpendicular to the pivot axis of the valve element,in that the valve element is approximately a spherical segment or a laminar sphere of which the open side communicates permanently with the engine port, further that the valve element is fitted with at least one feedthrough which in one of the end positions of said valve element is disconnected from the radiator port while in the other end position it faces this radiator port, in that an approximately spherical sealing system is configured in the zone of the radiator port and in that said drive acts on the valve element) excentrically relative to the pivot axis.
F16K 11/08 - Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valvesPipe fittings incorporating such valvesArrangement of valves and flow lines specially adapted for mixing fluid with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only taps or cocks
F01P 7/16 - Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid by thermostatic control
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A HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A COOLING SYSTEM OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE
A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine's cooling system, said heat exchanger comprising a main and an auxiliary circuit and comprising two separated regions, one large region communicating by means of a first radiator tank with the main cooling circuit and the other, small region communicating by means of a second radiator tank with the auxiliary cooling circuit, characterized in that the radiator tanks may communicate with each other through a connection aperture receiving a controlled closing element and in that a drive acting on said closing element is used to selectively open or close the said connection aperture.
F28F 27/02 - Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels
F28D 1/053 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with the heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
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A FUEL INTAKE ASSEMBLY FOR FILLING A VEHICLE TANK WITH DIESEL FUEL
In a fuel filling assembly to fill diesel fuel into a vehicle tank, having a slotted actuation bush (40), the actuation bush is fitted at its end facing the fuel tank with a drive segment on at least one side of said gap, and the actuation bush is configured in floating manner in a jar-like housing (30). A closure mechanism (50) is mounted at the actuation bush (40) end facing the fuel tank and is designed to constitute, in its closed position, a stop for an inserted fuel pump nozzle. The drive segment of the actuation bush engages the closure mechanism, whereby this closure mechanism is displaced out of the closed into the open position when the diesel fuel pump nozzle expands the actuation bush, the closure mechanism in its closed position closing in approximately sealing manner the passage to said tank.
An automobile outer door handle, comprising a lever-shaped handle portion which is manually gripped from the door's outer side and which is fitted with at least one bearing element resting in pivotably manner on a mating bearing element of the door and is coupled by a linkage to a door lock in a manner that, when this lock shall open when the handle portion is pivoted out of a rest position into an open position, an inertial mass being supported in excursion-limited manner in the region of the swivel bearing of the handle portion in a similar direction as the handle portion, said inertial mass locking in one limit position (blocked position) the handle portion into the rest position whereas releasing it in the other limit position (release position) and being moved into the blocked position when a predetermined transverse acceleration acts on the automobile to exert an opening force on the handle portion.
A plug to hermetically seal an aperture in a sheetmetal (1) , or in the floor of a vehicle, comprising, a cap (10) covering the aperture and comprising an external, circumferential flange (12) resting on one side of the sheetmetal (1) or of the floor and fitted with a first circumferential seal (14) , an affixation portion (20) entering said aperture and, a second circumferential seal (24) configured at the cap (10) or at the affixation portion (20) and being a distance from the first seal (14) and resting against the sheetmetal (1) or the said floor, a cavity (50) being subtended by the sheetmetal (1) or said floor, the two seals (14, 24) and at least one wall of the plug, where said plug, includes a pressure-compensating chamber (40) , which communicates with the cavity (50) and, which compensates a change in pressure, caused by a change in temperature, inside the cavity (50) , by changing the volume of the pressure-compensating chamber (40) .
A linear damper fitted with an integrated switch, characterized by the following features: a rotary damper comprising a housing and a pinion, a gear rack cooperating both with said pinion and with a linear guide of the damper housing, either the rotary damper or the gear rack being connected to a displaceable damper part, whereas the other damper part is stationary, a switch comprising a switch housing in which are configured two stationary and one displaceable contact terminals, said switch housing being mounted at the linear damper's stationary or displaceable part and a control device at the displaceable or stationary damper part to drive the displaceable contact terminal as it approaches a limit position.
A fastener to detachably affix a flat component (66) to a support, having an affixation sub-assembly (10) comprising an affixation portion and a top portion. The affixation portion comprises affixation elements to be mounted in an aperture of said support. The top portion comprises mutually spaced apart first extensions running away from the affixation portion and engaging a hole (64) of said component and precluding rotation of said component in said hole. A snap-in foot comprises first conical outer faces and a snap-in shoulder at the end facing the head and which engage from below snap-in segments when the snap-in foot is inserted into a snap-in slot.
An automobile hood bumper comprising, a sleeve-like seat (10) fitted with an axial passage (20) and an external thread (22) that can be screwed into a hole of a sheet-like support, an upper segment (12) having a rest head (26) and a shank (24) , where a connection member (34) that joins the shank (24) to the seat (10) to release said shank when an axial force acting on the upper segment (12) exceeds a predetermined magnitude, whereby the shank (24) moves into the axial passage (20) until the rest head comes to rest at the associated end of said seat, a deceleration element configured at the outside of the shank (24) and/or in the axial passage (20) to generate a decelerating force by friction and/or by elastic/plastic deformation and to decelerate the penetration of the shank into the axial passage.
A molded plastic rivet (10) for affixing two parts to each other when said rivet is inserted through two mutually aligned apertures in said parts, said rivet comprising, a pin (14) having a head (38), a shank (36) and first and second latching offsets (40,42) at the distal end of the shank, a rivet body (12) having a head (20), and a shank that is insertable in said apertures and comprises several legs running away from the head of the rivet body, wherein approximately diametrically opposite protrusions (50,52) are configured on the side of the head of the rivet body at regions opposite the shank of the rivet body and are fitted with recesses or apertures (54,56) for receiving the arms of a fork-shaped assembly tool (66).
A valve adopted to be mounted in a circular aperture (32) in an approximately-horizontal automobile body part (30) , includes a vaive body (10) for sealing the aperture, and a valve element (40) that jn its closed position cooperates in sealing manner with the valve body and that in its open position allows water draining from top to bottom. The valve element is rotationally symmetrical and designed in a manner that it shall float up at a water pressure underneath it and be adjusted thereby into the closed position. The valve element has a conical segment resting in sealing manner against the facing edge of the cross-sectionally circular passage of the valve body.
A fastener to affix a component in a support (10) fitted with an aperture (12), includes an affixation casing (14) of resilient plastic, a hollow shell (18), and a plastic plug (16) which is fitted with a head (40) and which can be inserted from the affixation casing's (14) flanged end into a plug cavity (36) and which radially expands the casing (14) and prevents it from being removable from the aperture (12). At least one radially inwardly pointing boss (38) is provided on the wall of the casing cavity (36). The plug (16) is fitted at its end with a preferably peripheral groove (50) that is entered by the boss (38) when the plug (16) is pressed into the shell (18) of the affixation casing (14). The plug (16) is fitted on the side of a clearance facing the head (40) of the plug (16) with a shoulder (52) engaging under the boss (38) when the plug (16) has been fully inserted into the shell (18).
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