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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4662242 | Transaxle with multi-stage final drive assembly A transaxle includes a multi-stage final drive assembly with the final drive assembly with a plurality of serial stages. The transaxle has an input, a plurality of gear sets selectively engageable for directing power from the input to the first stage of t... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4475416 | Continuously variable transmission down shift control A continuously variable transmission of the expansible frusto-conical pulley type having fluid expansion chambers controlling expansion and contraction of the V-groove includes a fluid control circuit having a ratio control pressure regulator valve, a rat... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4252221 | Freewheel clutch with a cage for receiving and retaining the gripping elements A freewheel clutch includes a ladder-like guide band, and a cage for receiving and retaining a group of wedging gripping members in an annular space between a pair of concentric races, preferably the cage is formed from a flexible flat strip having window... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4155336 | Charge forming apparatus with fuel air ratio control Charge forming apparatus for an internal combustion engine of the type in which a fuel dispersion gap is subjected to impingement by an inducted air stream is provided with pneumatic control means for varying the area of the fuel dispersion gap. An additi... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4152376 | Charge forming apparatus with variable air-fuel ratio control Charge forming apparatus in which impact of an air stream upon a stream of fuel exposed in a channel displaces fuel into the air stream to form a mixture, wherein the length of the fuel stream exposed to the air stream can be varied for controlling the pr... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4149562 | Fuel mixer A gaseous fuel mixer for an internal combustion engine includes hinged air valve doors arranged for opening in accordance with manifold depression, the doors are linked to the fuel metering means and include means for ducting the gaseous fuel into the air... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4131187 | Friction clutch apparatus A rotatable friction clutch apparatus having improved retraction means including retraction levers and mounting means therefor arranged and constructed to permit individual adjustment of the lever ends in the axial direction such that several levers can b... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130610 | Charge forming apparatus with vane actuated fuel air ratio control Charge forming apparatus for forming a fuel air mixture of the type in which a stream of inducted air impinges upon a stream of fuel in a fuel dispersion gap, is provided with an air flow rate sensor which reduces the area of the fuel dispersion gap as th... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4106602 | Free-wheel clutch A free-wheel clutch includes segmental cage members spaced annularly between inner and outer races of the clutch members, each segmental cage member serves as a retainer for a gripper and its associated energizing spring and in addition serves as bearing ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4095566 | Vacuum timing system A vacuum controlled timing system for an electrical accessory circuit of an internal combustion system having a variable vacuum source provides a uniform residual vacuum condition for maintaining a closed circuit for a selected time interval after the eng... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4089622 | Vacuum generator A vacuum generator of the ejector type includes a control valve subjected to frictional damping forces wherein the frictional damping forces are varied in response to changes in pressure differentials in the device such that the control valve is enabled t... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4086995 | Friction clutches An improved arrangement of locking apparatus for securing the fulcrum ring of a clutch in adjusted position includes a rotatable cam operable from a readily accessible location for forcing a locking bar radially into engagement with a slotted fulcrum ring... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4081064 | Drive connection for the pressure plate of a friction clutch An improved drive connection for a pressure plate of a friction clutch includes replaceable wear shoes especially adapted for retention in position so as to avoid the imposition of damaging stresses, thereon, including a barrier wall for deflecting air cu... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4071360 | Method of forming a friction disc member A method of forming a friction disc having projecting teeth including load bearing edge faces, in which one or more surfaces of the disc is indented to reform the edge faces while confined within a die cavity.... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4063905 | Fuel mixer A gaseous fuel mixer for an internal combustion engine includes hinged air valve doors arranged for opening in accordance with manifold depression, the doors are linked to the fuel metering means and include means for ducting the gaseous fuel into the air... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4046844 | Carburetor construction A carburetor construction is disclosed which includes a plurality of plate members stacked one upon the other, the plates including recesses and openings which define fuel channels, and cavities which nestibly receive various components of the carburetor,... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4029257 | Thermally actuated valve A thermally actuated valve includes a snap action bimetal valving member enclosed in a cartridge which is inserted in a hollow fitting arranged for contact with a heated medium such as the coolant of an internal combustion engine.... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4018318 | Wedging free-wheel clutch A free-wheel clutch having centrifugally disengageable wedging members carried by a cage, in which the cage is frictionally coupled to the overrunning race by means of a resilient retaining ring. Various forms of the invention are shown including connecti... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3982555 | Vacuum relay valve A vacuum relay valve for isolating a vacuum operated dependent device from a contaminated vacuum signal source includes a check valve and an atmospheric bleed valve arranged such that a negative-going pressure change in the vacuum source causes the check ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3977382 | Fuel regulator A fuel system in which excess fuel is recirculated from the charge forming apparatus, including means for regulating pressure of the recirculated fuel which in turn influences the air-fuel ratio of the charge forming apparatus. One embodiment of the regul... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3964326 | One piece stamped pulley A rotary member such as a wheel, clutch disc, V-pulley and the like which can be formed from a sheet metal stamping. Method and apparatus are disclosed for forming an integral hub having a wall thickness greater than the sheet stock from which it is made.... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3952719 | Vacuum pulse actuated fuel control valve An automatic fuel control valve useful with, rotary, as well as 2-stroke cycle and 4-stroke cycle reciprocating internal combustion engines employs a rubber-like check valve and a porous plug in combination with a chamber for averaging recurrent vacuum pu... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3938486 | Pneumatically controlled fuel injection system A fuel system for an internal combustion engine employs fluid logic and amplifier devices for monitoring and processing pressures from both a venturi and inlet manifold to measure the air inducted into the engine and provides pneumatically controlled fuel... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3938074 | Fuel economy indicator A compact fuel economy indicator employs illuminated symbols such as colored lenses to indicate relative fuel economy. In one embodiment a series of lenses is moved with respect to a fixed lamp while in a second embodiment a lamp is moved with respect to ... | 02/10/1976 |
