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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7861840 | Anti-back drive system An anti-back drive system preferably includes a drive housing, a drive ring, a lock ring and an output pinion. The drive housing includes a drive counterbore. The drive housing is secured to an electric motor. The drive ring preferably includes a base member and a p... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7404475 | Bidirectional drive The invention relates to a bidirectional drive for rotating in the one or the other direction of drive a drive wheel which is linked with an adjusting device. The bidirectional drive includes a drive lever which can be rotated about a drive axis, starting from an in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7353930 | Bi-directional friction clutch or brake assembly for transmissions A clutch assembly 10 for use in a housing 26 has a race surface 32 and includes a shaft 13; an output structure 11; a cam 16; and a clutch plate 18. Follower structure 28 is associated with the cam. An input st... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7311190 | Motor clutch for window regulator motor A clutch assembly for a window regulator motor includes a gear housing with a helical gear disposed in the gear housing. The helical gear includes first and second circumferential surfaces. An opposing pair of slots is formed through the first circumferential surfac... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7281620 | Self-retracting lifeline A preferred embodiment self-retracting lifeline (100) includes a centrifugal clutch assembly (121) having a pawl (128) and a spring (131). The pawl (128) and the spring (131), which do not require any fixed attachment to any... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261196 | Drive assembly with lightweight backstopping clutch The present invention relates to a drive assembly including an adapter that enables the use of a lightweight backstopping clutch with a driven shaft. The adapter is coupled to the driven shaft for rotation therewith and forms a stub shaft smaller than the driven sha... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7201235 | Driver drill A driver drill that can effectively prevent erroneous clutch operation in a drill mode is provided. A flat washer positioned between steel balls for locking an internal gear and a coil spring is rotatable by rotative operation of a mode-change ring. Also, protruding... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7163097 | Bi-directional friction clutch assembly for electric motors to prevent backdrive A clutch assembly 100 is provided for a motor having an armature shaft and a worm shaft having a worm constructed and arranged to engage a gear. The clutch assembly includes a clutch housing 112 including a race surface 132; a cam 117 cou... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7143888 | Combined no-back and torque limiter A combined no-back and torque limiter device that automatically prevents back-drive and over-torque actuator conditions with a combination of two compression-type brakes that are selectively operated with a self-energised ball ramp set and torsional spring mechanism... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134356 | Conveyor gear with return lock The invention relates to a gear for conveyors which has a drive shaft to which a drive motor is to be fastened as well as an output shaft with which the gear is connected to the conveyor. However, at least one gear step is provided within the gear. Moreover, the gea... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7111658 | Locking mechanism A locking mechanism (20) for locking a roller-tube (30) in its assembly (22), such as found in awning contraptions mounted on RV and other motor vehicles (34). A shaft (42) slides to-and-fro in its bore (44) extending betwee... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7051860 | Displacement device A displacement device for producing a rotational movement with an output element adjustable in angle by operating a drive element. A load torque lock mounted between the drive element and the output element blocks, with force locking connection, torque introduced on... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032937 | Lock, particularly a tailgate lock for a motor vehicle A lock, particularly a boot or tailgate lock for a motor vehicle having a drive (14) and a lock mechanism operated by the drive (14), the drive (14) being in the form of an electric motor of reversible construction, wherein the drive (14)... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994199 | Load torque blocking device The invention concerns a load torque lock for automatically locking load-side torques in the case of a decrease or cessation of a drive-side torque having a housing (11) fixed to a frame, a locking ring (17) permanently connected to it and a locking bo... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974014 | Rotary coupling A rotary coupling comprises a driving part, a drivable part, a fixed part in which the driving and drivable parts are each rotatable coaxially, and a set of coupling members carried by one of the driving and drivable parts for torque-transmitting engagement with the... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974107 | Thrust reverser system actuator having an integral torque limiter A thrust reverser system actuator assembly is provided that includes a torque limiter to limit the number of torque that may be applied to the actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes an actuator and a torque limiter assembly. The actuator is adapted to rec... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968884 | 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 counterbala... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6938735 | Electromechanical wheel brake device An electromechanical wheel brake device has a helical gear for converting the rotating motion of an electric motor into a translating motion of a brake piston in order to press a brake pad against a brake disc in an advancing stroke or in order to release the brake ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920970 | High performance clutch pack for transmission A high performance clutch pack assembly for use in the high gear clutch of a Powerglide transmission is disclosed. The present clutch assembly is disposed in a modified clutch drum having weight reduction features for receiving a modified clutch pack comprising up t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6845857 | Parallel shaft reduction gear A parallel shaft reduction gear with a backstop mechanism superior in replacement and maintenance operations is provided. The parallel shaft reduction gear that is used in combination with a motor and equipped in a gear case with primary-stage shafts which are dispo... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6832676 | Rotary coupling A rotary coupling comprises a driving part, a driven part, and a fixed part in which the driving and driven parts are rotatable coaxially. Coupling units are provided to be in torque-transmitting engagement with driving and driven parts. Coupling units are juxtapose... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6725994 | Mechanism useful as a slip clutch or brake and method of making same A mechanism useful as a slip clutch or brake, including a first member having a cylindrical inner wall, a second generally cylindrical member received coaxial within the first member so as to be rotatable therein, and at least one generally annular third spring memb... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715562 | Output shaft locking device An output shaft locking device includes a hollow frame through which an output shaft extends. The output shaft has a polygonal end which is connected to a driving device. A locking device includes a fixed ring received in an underside of the hollow frame and an inne... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6702089 | Adjustment device for a clutch with load moment lock The invention relates to an adjustment device for producing a rotational movement that comprises an output element (3) that can be adjusted at an angle by actuating a drive element (2). The adjustment device further comprises a load moment lock (1) interp... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6675945 | Seat cushion pumping device for vehicle Disclosed is a seat cushion pumping device for a vehicle. The device comprises a clutch section arranged between a clutch cover and a base member to generate operating force required for adjusting a height of a seat cushion, and a brake section arranged b... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659257 | Torque transmission device A torque transmission device which can rotate an output shaft for transmitting the rotation from the operation side to he device and cannot rotate the output shaft form the device side. The torque transmission device excels in the durability with less wea... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659398 | Two-brake torque limiting device The apparatus of the invention enables a two-brake torque limiting device to fix the position of one or more flaps and/or slats on an airplane wing when unplanned or abnormal conditions exist. The two-brake torque limiting device may include a trigger bra... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655520 | Brake drive A braking drive for a control cable or shaft has a drive shaft with a radial journal. A contractible brake ring has opposing ends defining a gap, with the journal in the gap The ring has an exterior surface biased outwards and two interior detents. A stat... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648119 | Adjusting device The invention relates to an adjusting device for an adjusting element which is arranged on a shaft, can be adjusted as desired in both directions of rotation by means of a drive and can be locked in any set position. The device has two jaws which can be m... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6631797 | No-back device A no-back device for an actuator having a screw shaft extending along an axis and a brake element fixed for rotation with the shaft and extending laterally of the axis, the no-back device comprising a rotary ratchet member and a rotary friction member mou... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6604619 | Two-directional manual drive A two-directional manual drive which produces a rotational movement, starting from the neutral position of a drive lever which can pivot around a drive axis whereby the rotational movement can occur in a selective manner in one of two rotational direction... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604347 | Energy absorber for hubs of agricultural disc drive A disc cutterbar with at least one cutterhead having a two-piece mounting hub, one piece rotatably driven and the other supporting a knife for severing standing crop material, with an epoxy layer bonding the two pieces together and forming a shear device ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6557688 | Electro-mechanical actuator and clutch for the same An actuator including a plurality of mounts for facilitating connection of the actuator to a variety of mounting bracket configurations for securing the actuator within an assembly. Also provided is a clutch assembly including an input member, an output m... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6543598 | Continuously variable manual drive The invention relates to continuously variable manual drives for seat adjusters in motor vehicles. In a first design of the invention the drive has a transmission step which is coupled on the drive side or output side to the drive. A second design of the ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6520307 | Adjusting device for a vehicle seat with a silent ratchet having a first ratchet portion and a second ratchet portion The adjusting device for a vehicle seat has a silent ratchet including a first and a second ratchet portion. The first ratchet portion has an inner lining. The second ratchet portion opposes the first ratchet portion and is capable of rotating about an ax... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6502377 | Brake for a disc cutterbar A disc cutterbar with at least one cutterhead having a two-piece mounting hub, one piece rotatably driven and the other supporting a knife for severing standing crop material, with an epoxy layer bonding the two pieces together and forming a shear device ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6431340 | Soft stop mechanism and method This invention offers advantages over the prior art by providing a simple, inexpensive mechanism and method for reducing the shock load on the drive of a rotary or linear actuator when the motion of the actuator output shaft is slowed, even to the point o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6338404 | Locking device of power hand tool A locking device is provided between a gear train and an output shaft of a power hand tool. Pawls are arranged in a central bore of a fixed ring with an outer face thereof opposing an inner circumference of the central bore with a tiny gap therebetween. A... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6267444 | Bilaterally effective drive mechanism The present device relates to a two-way drive for producing a rotation movement. The drive has a return spring coupled with a return catch for the purpose of returning a drive lever to its zero position, and at least two friction locked components positio... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6257388 | Anti-slip insert for a backstopping clutch A bi-directional back stopping clutch is provided having a hollow outer race, or drum, disposed about a first axis. The outer race includes a radially inner friction surface. The clutch also includes an input member rotatably supported within the outer ra... | 07/10/2001 |
