摘要:
A crankshaft (1) includes a first to a sixth crank pin (41-46), a first to a fourth main journal (21-24) and a first to a ninth crank arm (61-69). At least the first, the second, the eighth and the ninth crank arms (61, 62, 68, 69) have respective integral counterweights (61′, 62′, 68′, 69′) for balancing the crankshaft (1). In order to reduce bending stress on the areas where the second and the eighth crank arms (62, 68) are connected to the respective pairs of adjacent crank pins (41-42, 45-46), the axial dimensions of the first and the ninth crank arms (61, 69) are reduced, being substantially the same as those of the adjacent crank arms (62, 68) in order that the axial length of the two end spans of the crankshaft is the same as that of the intermediate span. In order to balance the crankshaft (1), two additional counterweights (71, 72) are arranged outwardly of the end journals (21, 24) and their axial dimensions are comparable to those of the end crank arms (61, 69).
摘要:
In a system for releasing a pedal of a motor vehicle in the event of a frontal impact, the pedal includes a first, inner element which is transversely pivoted on a support secured to a front portion of the body of the vehicle and is able to operate a control rod, and a second, outer element having a lower, lever portion, operable by the driver, and an upper portion transversely pivoted on the inner element. A pair of tongues are provided for securing the said first and second elements together, and a stop member is mounted on a portion of the passenger compartment behind the pedal. The system can assume a first, normal operating condition, in which the elements are secured to each other by the tongues, and in a second condition, in the event of a frontal impact, in which rearward movement of the pedal towards the stop member causes the tongues to yield, thus allowing the outer element of the pedal to rotate relative to the inner element.
摘要:
The system comprises a control unit which, when the engine is stopped, memorises the level indicated by a display device upon stopping and then the level indicated by a sensor a predetermined time after stopping. The unit then memorises the level indicated by the sensor a predetermined time after the subsequent restarting of the engine. The unit controls the display device in a predetermined manner depending on the relative values of the memorised levels.
摘要:
A ventilation outlet for use in a motor-vehicle dashboard has a cylindrical distributor with an outlet slot facing an outlet hole in the dashboard. A duct with converging walls is interposed between the outlet slot in the rotatable distributor and the outlet hole to direct the air-flow in a predetermined direction according to the position of the distributor, without the use of deflecting vanes.
摘要:
The squab of the seat is supported at its front and rear regions and by responsive support arms. The lower ends of the arms are mounted on the free ends of respective pivoted elements whose positions are adjustable selectively so as to enable the seat to be adjusted more precisely to the anthropometric characteristics of its occupant, the whole considerably reducing the vertical bulk of the squab and of the seat as a whole.
摘要:
An internal combustion engine for motor vehicles in which a gasket with arcuate portions complementary to those of the end caps is interposed between the retaining caps for the ends of the or each camshaft and the cover of the head. Each of the caps has an outer surface formed with a plurality of alternating, parallel grooves and projections engaged with complementary projections and grooves of the corresponding arcuate portion of the gasket.
摘要:
The device is adapted to control the movement of a valve (1) of an internal combustion engine comprising a stem (1a) which may move in translation through an opening (2a) of a hollow guide body (2) and which ends in a mushroom head (1b) cooperating in operation with a valve seat (12) provided in a wall (13) of the engine head. The valve (1) may move in translation with respect to the hollow guide body (2) between a retracted position and a forward position in which the mushroom head (1b) respectively closes and opens the associated valve seat (12).The control device comprises an electromagnet (3) adapted, when energised, to retain the valve (1) in the retracted closed position, a first spring (7) associated with the valve (1) and tending to urge it towards the open position, and a second spring (8) also associated with the valve (1) and tending to oppose its transition into the open position. The arrangement is such that when the electromagnet (3) is de-energised, the valve (1) moves in acceleration towards the open position under the action of the first spring (7) until the action of the latter stops, and then the valve (1) moves in deceleration into the open position under the action of the second spring (8).
摘要:
The addition of elastomeric thermoplastic polymers and melamine resin to the polymer matrix of composite materials for the moulding of fibre-reinforced unsaturated polyester resin improves the surface characteristics, resilience, and mouldabilty and heat resistance thereof.
摘要:
The device comprises a primary winding in which the spark energy is stored to be transferred rhythmically to a secondary winding with respective voltage step-up transformers acting between the secondary winding and the spark plugs. An amperometric resistor is arranged in series with the diode through which the current flows when the energy is transferred to the plugs. For each spark, there is a corresponding voltage peak across the terminals of the resistor, whereby a failure to detect the presence of the peak (which is usually converted into a square-wave signal) identifies the absence of a spark.