Bizarre Patents
A coffin, for allowing inclination for display of a deceased person in a natural position.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7137329 | Circular saw clutch assembly A circular saw clutch assembly includes an elongated rod that is coupled to a table saw assembly. A peripheral flange is integrally attached to the rod. The flange has a plurality of ball bearings mounted therein. A first washer abuts the flange and includes a plura... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128193 | Torque limiter A torque limiter limits transmission of torque between a drive shaft and an output shaft. The torque limiter includes a first rotational plate connected to the drive shaft, a second rotational plate facing the first rotational shaft and connected to the output shaft... | 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 |
| 7100754 | Pulley unit A pulley unit made by interposing a one-way clutch in an annular space between a pulley and an axial body providing a deep groove ball bearing on a base end side of the one-way clutch, and a roller bearing on the free end side; setting an inner rolling surface of a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6749049 | Torque limiting coupling A torque limiting coupling defines a longitudinal axis (17) and has a coupling hub (8) with circumferentially distributed through holes. Transfer elements are adjustably held in the holes. A coupling sleeve (6) has first recesses corresponding t... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6045303 | Rotatable torque adjusting device of rotation tool A rotatable torque adjusting device which is incorporated in a rotation tool for adjusting output torque of the rotation tool is disclosed. The rotation tool has a front end surface on which a support cylinder is provided to rotatably support an output sh... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5896968 | Torque limiting mechanism A mechanism for limiting torque transmission between rotating bodies to prevent equipment damage due to torque overload. A shaft has a drive collar which is adjacent to a ring carried by a sleeve supported on the shaft by a bearing. The ring has axial pas... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5820465 | Overload clutch An overload clutch has a driving and a driven coupling body (1.2), axially oriented teeth (2a) and radially oriented teeth (15a), torque-transmitting bodies (10) which mesh with the teeth (2a, 15a), a thrust collar (3) for holding the torque-transmitting ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5778989 | Screw driving tool A manually operable tool for driving screws has a drive pinion (3) axially fixed with a housing (1). A spindle (5) in the housing (1) is axially displaceable relative to the drive pinion against the force of a first spring (4). A clutch element (6) is loc... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5738177 | Production assembly tool A production assembly tool for securing fasteners to a workpiece such as an automobile body. The production assembly tool of the present invention includes a housing which encases a motor, a transmission, a clutch mechanism and a control module. The contr... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5573074 | Gear shifting power tool A gear shifting power tool (10) includes a rotatably-driven, torque-responsive, gear shift device (30). Rotatably-driven, torque-responsive, gear shift device (30) may include drive spindle (38), plunger (54) positioned within drive spindle (38). Drive sp... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5569118 | Torque responsive release clutch mechanism A torque responsive release clutch mechanism for a pneumatic power nutrunner having a housing (16) with an air inlet passage (11) and an air motor (12). The clutch mechanism includes a driving clutch half (22) with pockets (33) for two or more torque tran... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5505676 | Clutch torque control A clutch torque control features a plurality of clutch balls disposed between complementary races of input and output cams which are relatively axially displaceable upon the input cam rolling the clutch balls between matching cam peaks responsive to a dri... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5035311 | Overload clutch An overload clutch has a pair of clutch members relatively rotatable about an axis and each formed with an axially forwardly directed track and with a plurality of angularly spaced seats opening into the track, these seats being alignable to form axially ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5005684 | Overload clutch An overload clutch in which torque transmitting elements are held within hollow portions formed in one of a hub member or a driven plate member and are urged by a pressure plate against recesses formed in the other of the hub member or driven plate member... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4913242 | Electric screw driver Shock caused to a clutch mechanism of an electric screw driver is minimized by bearing members, adjacent to upper and lower clutch members, which are provided with bearing distal ends which contact one another when one of the clutch members moves toward t... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4896755 | Overload clutch An overload clutch has a pair of clutch members relatively rotatable about an axis and each formed with an axially forwardly directed track and with a plurality of angularly spaced seats opening into the track, these seats being alignable to form axially ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4858740 | Overload release clutch Overload release clutch with input and output rotational members and with several springs forcing an interconnecting member into limited torsional connection between the rotational members. A torsion release arrangement for the interconnecting member wher... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4838400 | Torque limiting clutch A torque limiting clutch comprises a driving part and a driven part disengagably interconnected in torque transmitting relationship by a torque transmitting element guided by a cage, a spacer movable by the cage into spacing relationship with both the dri... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4828095 | Internal overload clutch assembly An internal overload clutch assembly is provided for connecting rotating and rotatable members during normal operation and for disconnecting same when a maximum predetermined torque is exceeded, all of the operating components being mounted within an encl... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4812089 | Toolholders for machine tools A toolholder for holding a cutting tool such as a tap in the spindle of a machine tool includes a torque-limiting clutch to prevent excessive load being applied to the cutting tool. The clutch comprises at least one ball located in sockets in the driving ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4668206 | Torque limiting overload coupling A torque limiting overload coupling for preventing an excessive load given to an output element from being reversely transferred to an input element which includes a plurality of paired balls, used as a rotation-transmitting connection between the input a... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4650007 | Rotary power tool A rotary power tool wherein an epicyclic train has a planet gear support frame coupled to an output shaft by a one-way clutch and a sun gear coupled to the output shaft by a clutch assembly which comprises a clutch plate, a slide tube, an arresting mechan... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4637502 | Overload release mechanism for torque couplings An overload release mechanism comprising a control plunger, a housing for slidably supporting the control plunger for axial displacement from an advanced coupling position to a retracted release position, the control plunger having a first portion having ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4625845 | Overload release latch An overload release clutch includes a bearing for receiving the load of a drive flange on a cylindrical boss. The bearing has a first row of ball bearings disposed between an upper edge of the boss and a first curved flange and a second row of ball bearin... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4599019 | Overload coupling device An overload coupling device includes a drive shank, a drive sleeve for driving the drive shank, a closure sleeve surrounding the drive sleeve, and a thrust ring. The drive sleeve is formed with a plurality of cage slots arranged in pairs to provide a firs... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4579205 | Protective clutch assembly with mechanically actuated control ring A protective clutch wherein a switching ring having an inner bore in the shape of a frustum is axially actuated to control a radially extending actuating pin which operates to place a control ring into and out of rotative engagement with one of a driven a... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4569240 | Motion generating mechanism A motion generating mechanism having a gear and rack (or alternately a sprocket and chain) output comprises a housing mounting a prime mover coupled through a gear to drive a primary rotary member about a first fixed axis in which a sun gear is concentric... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4557154 | Shock absorbing mechanism in automatic analyzing and measuring apparatus A shock absorbing mechanism, comprising a slip clutch, is interposed between drive sources and a body carrying optical and dispensing means in an automatic analyzing and measuring apparatus which repeatedly moves and stops said body in a plane to dispense... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4541512 | Torque limiting clutch An overload clutch comprising a driving part and a driven part releasably interconnected in torque transmitting relationship by balls, held in a cage in engagement with torque transmitting recesses of the parts and which can be disengaged by relative rota... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4538715 | Overload clutch with vibration protection mechanism An overload clutch which is prevented from unintentionally switching into the freewheeling position when rotational vibrations occur includes torque-transmitting members held in apertures of a first clutch member and adapted to be engaged in first recesse... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4467902 | Overload clutch Two coaxial clutch members, one driving and one driven, are normally coupled for joint rotation by several peripherally spaced rotary coupling elements projecting under a resilient biasing force into aligned sets of recesses thereof, at least one of these... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4460077 | Overload clutch assembly An overload clutch assembly including a driving member and a driven member having torque transmitting balls operatively disposed therebetween in apertures in the driving member and engageable in recesses in the driven member with a control member axially ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4373923 | Torque limiting overload coupling A torque limiting overload device, or clutch, and suitable for use between a shaft, flange, or the dial for automated machinery, or indexing machine, a drive or rotating member imparting turning or rotational force to a driven or rotatable member, the rot... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4322186 | Torque triggering clutch A torque triggering clutch for automatically releasing the jaws of a tightening chuck or other gripping fixture used on high speed capping machinery which screw on tops or caps of filed containers. The torque triggering clutch releases the jaws of the chu... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4317511 | Overload release clutch An overload release clutch including a driving clutch member and a driven clutch member, for transmitting a torque from the former to the latter and suspending the torque transmission in the event more than a predetermined load is applied to the driven cl... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4289046 | Apparatus for synchronizing speed and angular position of power driven machines The invention provides a simple, yet highly accurate device for synchronizing the speeds of two power-driven machines having separate, variable speed power-drives. A pair of shafts are respectively connected to the two machines and mounted in opposed conc... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4263996 | Readily resettable torque-limiting coupling device The invention concerns a torque limiting coupling wherein a driven clutch member is normally constrained to rotate with a driving clutch member by balls confined in ball pockets in those two members, opening to their opposing flat faces. The clutch member... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4255946 | Torque overload sensing device A rotary drive device for transmitting power and which includes two parts that rotate together. When a predetermined torque is encountered, two parts move slightly relative to one another and immediately cause actuation of switch means which in turn actua... | 03/17/1981 |
