General Electric Company

Rema Tip Top Gmbh

Ai Alpine US Bidco Inc.

Christian Rauch

Patric Scheungraber

Sandro Rivellini

James Hugo Martyn

Christian Casper

James Martyn

A system includes a camshaft disposed along an axis from a drive end to a opposite end, and the camshaft includes a plurality of journals configured to support the camshaft and is spaced along the axis. The camshaft includes a plurality of cams spaced along the axis, and is disposed along the camshaft in sets, where each set is disposed between a respective pair of journals of the plurality of journals. The camshaft includes a plurality of mass portions, where each mass portion is disposed between a set of cams and a respective journal. The plurality of mass portions is disposed along the camshaft such that a center of mass of the plurality of mass portions is nearer to the drive end than to the opposite end, and the plurality of mass portions is configured to increase a natural frequency of the shaft.

System and method for camshaft vibration control

A repair patch for an elastomer component, in particular for a vehicle tire, includes a cover layer, a connecting layer for contacting a wall of the elastomer component and at least one intermediate layer arranged between the connecting layer and the cover layer. The connecting layer has such a initial tack before vulcanization with the elastomer component that a connection between the repair patch and the elastomer component transmits at least the own weight of the repair patch and the connecting layer has a separation value of at least 5 N/mm after vulcanization with the elastomer component.

Repair patch for an elastomer component, in particular for a vehicle tire, having increased adhesive strength

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Munich, Germany

Christian Rauch