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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318669 | Spring-barrel arrangement for a timepiece A spring-barrel arrangement for a timepiece includes a fixed plate-like component with a circular cutout. A spring barrel is rotatably mounted in said circular cutout by its corresponding circular outer contour. A barrel core is coaxially rotatably mounted relative ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313469 | Method for supplementing and calculating energy consumed by a vehicle A method for supplementing and calculating energy consumed by a vehicle. A system enables electrically operated vehicles to be provided with electrical energy within a limited time slot, and payment for the energy. A vehicle comprising a receiving area for a first e... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310844 | Toothbrush with manual powered movable brush head This application includes a number of embodiments of a spring powered toothbrush for cleaning teeth. A wind-up spring is located in the base of the toothbrush which spring provides power for a gear train including a drive shaft assembly that is designed to bring abo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7281445 | Gear speed reducer When a rotational shaft of a gear speed reducer is rotated, a small-diameter gear of a first gear is held in mesh with first internal teeth of a fixed gear and a large-diameter gear of the first gear is held in mesh with second internal teeth of a second gear. The f... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270029 | Passive entry side door latch release system A vehicle passive entry side door latch release system engageable with a release cable connected a door latch includes a moveable linkage assembly engageable with the cable, and a motor including an output shaft engaged with a tensioning gear for driving a ratchetin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255305 | Flying device utilizing natural principles An efficient flying device having flapping wings, an ornithopter, which uses many of the principles seen in bird flight, is presented herein. The wings are highly flexible, translationally stable and oscillate as a natural pendulum. Described as a springboard, the w... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7195197 | Techniques for controlling a fin with unlimited adjustment and no backlash A fin control assembly includes a housing, an arm configured to couple to a fin and to steer the fin relative to the housing, and a locking member disposed within the housing. The locking member is configured to (i) lock the arm in a substantially fixed state to inh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170827 | Timepiece, having bearing portion formed of resin and wheel train The invention relates to a timepiece which has a resin bearing section. Moreover, the invention relates to a wheel train apparatus which has a resin bearing section. The invention is constituted by the timepiece provided with a gear wheel and supporting members whic... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167420 | Timepiece including base plate formed of resin and wheel train The invention relates to a timepiece which has a resin substrate, rotors, and wheel trains, and relates to a wheel train apparatus which has a resin substrate, bearing members, gear wheel, and the like. The invention is constituted by a timepiece comprising; a gear ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163239 | Actuator assembly An actuator assembly includes an actuator drivingly connected to a gear wheel. The gear wheel includes an abutment secured rotationally fast having a camming surface and operable to drive an output member. The actuator assembly is operable to apply a force in a firs... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7127886 | Self-winding generator An uninterruptible rotational energy supply calibrated to provide constant rotational energy to electric generators and other apparatus in environments where fluctuations in kinetic energy are found. Such environments include the pause between the ebb and flow of th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125058 | Locking device with solenoid release pin A locking device with a solenoid release actuator includes a housing, a plunger axially slidable within the housing, a biasing member for biasing the plunger in a first direction, one or more locking balls, and the locking balls disposed in an aperture in the housin... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7097127 | Mass trim mechanism The invention discloses an apparatus and method for adjusting the position of the center of mass of a mechanical structure. A typical apparatus includes a storage spool, an output spool and a flexible material having a first end coupled to the storage spool and a se... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7069804 | Gear linkage device with real time check A gear linkage device with real time check. The gear linkage device with real time check includes a first gear link and a second gear link. The first gear link includes a flange provided with a notch and a plurality of first toothed portions on the lateral surface t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7003845 | Wiper system A wiper system 10 comprising a pivot shaft 41, a lever portion 12 provided on the pivot shaft 41 at right angles, a wiper arm 14 attached to the lever portion, and a wiper blade 15 attached to the wiper arm is constructed su... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6957683 | Spring drive system and window cover A spring drive system useful for window covers is disclosed, which comprises one or more coil spring drives or flat spring drives and the combination whose elements are selected from one or more of a group which includes (1) a band or cord transmission which provide... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935987 | Control methodology for inertial energy storage devices A wheeled vehicle incorporating a control methodology for regulating the power input and output of an inertial energy storage device, specifically a flywheel. The control methodology utilizes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and comprises control of the CV... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6910400 | Machine tool In a machine tool comprising a spindle mounting slide which is driven by a linear electric motor and which runs in a vertical direction in a slideway, the slide is equipped with a counterweighting device comprising an elastic element and a roller chain, the rigidity... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6896104 | Flat spool elastic motor having time-averaged constant torque output An improved elastic motor is disclosed having a constant torque characteristic. The motor utilizes a reel with elastic stretched to its maximum tension. Each unit length of the elastic is allowed to relax back to its normal state while generating work in a process t... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6880677 | Elastic energy storage device An elastic energy storage device has an energy storage unit which has an axial rod penetrating through a plurality of rotary disks and spiral springs. One side of each rotary disk is protruded with an outer edge buckling post and another side thereof is installed wi... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6763915 | Mainspring mechanism and device having the same A winding stem (10) is connected to an inner end (11a) of a mainspring (11), and an outer end (11b) of the mainspring (11) is connected to a barrel drum (12). A braking plate (15) is placed inside a brak... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6742626 | Elastic motor having time-averaged constant torque output An elastic motor having a constant torque characteristic utilizes a reel with elastic divided into unit lengths that are stretched to their maximum tension. Each unit length of the elastic is allowed to relax to its normal state while generating work in a process th... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6725975 | Positioning rotary actuators In order to position a rotary actuator, a positioning device is coupled to the actuator. The positioning device has a coupling shaft and springs which respectively surround top and bottom portions of the shaft and are coupled thereto by respective coupling rings. Th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6648050 | Spring drive system and window cover A spring drive system useful for window covers is disclosed, which comprises one or more coil spring drives or flat spring drives and the combination whose elements are selected from one or more of a group which includes (1) a band or cord transmission wh... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6615897 | Apparatus for winding a spring An apparatus for winding a spring on a shaft, such as for counterbalancing a roll-up door, includes a housing that carries a transmission which is positionable over the shaft. The transmission is configured to be coupled via a connector to one end of the ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6536503 | Modular transport system for coverings for architectural openings A modular blind transport system for a window blind application. The complete system may be assembled form a relatively small number of individual modules to obtain working systems for a very wide range of applications, including especially a category of ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6523646 | Spring driven apparatus A spring driven apparatus includes power shafts mounted upon a base, torsion springs mounted about the power shafts, power gears attached to the power shafts, a drive shaft for transferring energy generated by the torsion springs to a drive flywheel and t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6484848 | Continuous rotary actuator using shape memory alloy A continuous rotary actuator using a shape memory alloy has a simple structure, is small and light-weight, and has a high torque, which can lock the actuator against rotation during periods when the actuator is not energized. The continuous rotary actuato... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6199664 | Spring motor for generating constant torque A spring motor for driving an electric power generator with constant power includes a crank-up spool, a take-up spool, and a relatively wide, flat tape spring which winds in a relaxed condition on the take-up spool. In one form, the spring has a width whi... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6129181 | Constant force spring actuator A constant force actuator transforms applied heat to an applied force on an output device. Strips of shape memory alloy are coiled into spirals and trained to have this configuration as a static state. The shape memory alloy springs are attached to the ou... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6120411 | Control methodology for inertial energy storage devices A control methodology for regulating the power input and output of an inertial energy storage device, such as a flywheel. The control methodology utilizes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and comprises control of the CVT speed ratio based on fee... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5539708 | Spring-barrel supplying constant torque The mainspring (3) is coiled inside a barrel at an angle =n2π radians. The spring has a rectangular section of a constant width. At least one first portion of the spring extending from the wall (2) of the barrel towards the core (5) has an increas... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5280377 | Beam scanning galvanometer with spring supported mirror A beam scanning galvanometer is disclosed which oscillates a mirror in a non-resonant mode. The moving parts of the galvanometer are made with as small a moment of inertia as possible because the mirror is oscillated in a non-resonant mode. The galvanomet... | 01/18/1994 |
| 4986141 | Tape drive with self-expanding coils for sludge collector Apparatus for taking up and paying out first and second ends of an endless loop of tape that has an intermediate section. A first reel connected to the first end carries a first coil of the tape. The first coil extends from the first reel and is normally ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4911268 | Torque or force linearizing device The invention disclosed herein provides a device which a non-linear force/distance relationship of spring or other device and linearizes it in a range of interest. In accordance with the invention, the device comprises a first gear section and a second ge... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4905574 | Single-acting rotary pneumatic actuator, including at least a precompressed spring assembly The rotary actuator includes at least a precompressed spring assembly comprising a compression coil spring the ends of which are engaged by flanged cups adapted to limit the spring extension and carried slidably on a pin provided, at each end, with a circ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4884464 | Driving device for extending and withdrawing operative members of a space vehicle A rotatable arm carrying an operative member is pivoted on a main housing (10) for movement between a rest position and a work position. A rotary shaft (28) is also journaled in the housing and can be driven by a wound spring (34) for rotary movement, whi... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4762202 | Elastic energy storing device An energy storing device comprises a first drum, a second drum and at least one intermediate drum, an elastic cord wound from the first drum to the second drum via the intermediate drum, and means for mechanically connecting the drums so that the peripher... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4719992 | B-motor with floating locking plug A spring motor comprises an output drum rotatably mounted to a casing and a first end of a spring attached to the output drum. A second end of the spring is attached to a free floating locking plug, around which the spring coils in an unstressed state. A ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4591136 | Spring mechanisms The disclosed spring mechanism is useful, for example, as a counterbalance or as a spring suspension. The preferred form of mechanism has opposite output parts for connection to the external apparatus. One output part is fixed to two side-by-side torsion-... | 05/27/1986 |
