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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7604215 | Car seat motion simulating apparatus A car seat motion simulating apparatus is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the apparatus includes a base; a support carried by the base; a main cylinder carried by the support and a main piston extendable from the main cylinder; a plurality of motion cylinde... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7339298 | Compliant motor driven variable electrical device A motor driven electrical device includes: a variable electrical device having a rotational variable control; a first support plate positioned above the variable electrical device; a motor support plate pliably attached to the first support plate using a pliable sep... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328724 | Corrosion-inhibiting liner for a pipe support A corrosion inhibiting liner for a pipe support includes a flexible mat containing spaced-apart slots; and a cylindrically-curved buffer in tight engagement with the mat in each slot, wherein the cylindrically-curved buffer is made of a non-metallic, non-elastomer m... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316286 | Pressure washer with vibration dampener A light weight portable pressure washer with improved vibration damping includes a plate member disposed between the engine and the supporting frame of the pressure washer. The plate member is mounted to the base of the engine and extends laterally beyond the base o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317267 | Mounting arrangement for a refrigerator fan A mounting arrangement for a refrigerator fan, comprising an electric motor (11) to whose shaft is affixed a propeller (12) with an axial flow passing through a refrigerated air outlet (4b) provided through an internal divisional wall ( | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316381 | Articulated bearing supports for laser resonators In a bearing support (10) for a laser resonator, adjacent support sections (11a, 11b) are directly and undetachably connected to each other by an articulated deflectable joint (12). An additional vertical safety on the beari... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7301253 | Vehicle electric fan motor with universal mount A vehicle fan motor for an electric fan assembly includes a motor housing, a motor assembly enclosed in the motor housing, and a universal mounting arrangement radially and outwardly extended from the motor housing for securely mounting the motor housing to the elec... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293755 | Vibration isolation device A vibration isolation device includes two attachment members inter-connected by an elastic member. One of the attachment members comprises a metal tubular member connected to the elastic member, a metal bracket in which the metal tubular member is press-fitted, and ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287576 | Universal fan for motor vehicle heat exchanger A cooling system assembly for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger with a plurality of fins for the transfer of heat to air passing therebetween. The heat exchanger has a pre-selected length, width, and thickness such that the heat exchanger fits adjacent an engine o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275282 | Motor vehicle door lock A motor vehicle door lock having a casing (1), a drive (2) and a fixing device (5) for the drive (2). The fixing device (5) has a receiving element (6) for the drive (2) and the drive is fixed in the receiving element... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255318 | Stud mounting system A housing for a motor is described. The housing extends between a pair of endshields and includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and at least one raised projection extending outwardly from at least one of the housing inner and outer surfaces. The projection inc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7175398 | Integrally molded sound housing for blower motor A heating and air-conditioning (HVAC) module for an automotive vehicle wherein the electric motor for the blower includes a double walled motor housing for noise abatement. The housing defines a cup-shaped inner casing with an open end and a closed end. An outer cas... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175150 | Compound vibration damper assembly A compound vibration damper assembly includes a vertical damping unit fixedly connected at a lower end to a locating surface for absorbing a Z-direction vibration force transmitted to a target apparatus, and a horizontal damping unit connected at a lower end to an u... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165870 | Vibration dampening device for light fixtures A device for the dampening of the transfer of vibrations to a light fixture from a structure. The device which connects to a light fixture can connect to a structure at a place where a light fixture would otherwise connect. The dampening component of the device can ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7134203 | Method and system for vibration dampening A method and system dampens vibrations associated with a device installed in a system by supporting the device with one or more support members having a rigid support portion and a dampening support portion made from an elastic material. In one embodiment, an inform... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120920 | Disc drive and optical disc drive An easily manufacturable optical disc drive that provides for accurate writing and reading of information signals to and from a disc loaded therein by maintaining the horizontal balance of its base during operation, and that provides for smooth loading and unloading... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104753 | Motor fan guard The present invention relates to a fan guard which utilizes an associated electric motor body for increased support and rigidity. The fan guard includes an inner housing member which mounts to an electric motor body. A plurality of circumferentially spaced reinforci... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073380 | Pyramid socket suspension An apparatus and method for flexibly suspending a sensing mechanism between a pair of cover plates, including a sensing mechanism formed in a crystalline silicon substrate; a pair of cover plates formed in crystalline silicon substrates; a first plurality of complem... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063300 | Device for fixing and adjusting a member to be supported The invention concerns a device for fixing and adjusting a member to be supported, characterised by the fact that it comprises: a support base (1); two triangular levers (6), each of the said levers comprising two arms (7, 8) disposed in a trian... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7028969 | Seismically restrained vibration isolating mounting device A seismically restrained vibration isolating mounting device seismically restrains and vibrationally isolates equipment which is supported by an equipment support means, from the equipment mounting surface. This seismically restrained vibration isolating mounting de... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014328 | Apparatus for tilting a carrier for optical elements The invention relates to an apparatus for tilting a carrier for optical elements with two optical faces which are arranged together on a carrier and are fixed at a fixed angle to one another, the carrier being fastened on a base plate via articulated connections. Th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6998744 | Motor gear box with grommets A motor gear box has a direct current motor, a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear, a pinion transfer gear, at least one cluster gear, an output gear, an output shaft, and a collar abutting against the output gear and surrounding the output shaft. The motor gear b... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6959922 | Transmission mount structure for vehicles A transmission mount structure for mounting a transmission connected to an end of a transverse-mounted engine to a vehicle body includes an elastic main vibration-damping member for reducing both vibrations in a vertical direction and vibrations in a roll direction,... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6924432 | Firewall damper for sleeves having data transmission lines A firewall damper fitting for data transmission lines having a damper body and a vertically sliding cover plate. The cover plate and the damper body having protruding lip portions which allow removable access to data lines while providing an effective damper which r... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6906440 | Bracket assembly having a plurality of plates for a dynamoelectric machine A bracket assembly for a dynamoelectric machine includes a base plate and a bracket support assembly. The bracket support assembly includes a first end plate, a second end plate and a support member connected to at least one support plate. The bracket support assemb... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6886798 | Support for electronics assembly A support for holding an electronics assembly, comprises: (i) a rigid frame (6) that can be secured to the assembly; (ii) one or more cushioning elements (8) for protecting an electronics assembly held by the support against m... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6774870 | Gimbal-mounted virtual reality display system A compliant structure which includes a means for sensing translation and rotation of a top plate is disclosed. The structure is composed of a base plate and three supporting legs. The legs are compliant. The deflections of the structure are substantially in a plane ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6748688 | Housing for mounting a collector plate A housing for mounting a collector plate comprises, in a preferred embodiment, a base with at least one concave recess, a plurality of clamps disposed about the periphery of the recess and an opening in a rear surface of the base. In a preferred embodiment, the clam... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6676101 | Vibration isolation system A horizontal-motion vibration isolation system for supporting an object in an equilibrium position relative to a base while suppressing the transmission of horizontal vibratory motion between the object and the base includes a plurality of columns, each c... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6671124 | Shock and vibration system A shock and vibration isolation system for an article comprising a set of elastomers circumferentially positioned in a shear mode around a member carried by the article to simultaneously support the article and to isolate the article from shock and vibrat... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6655668 | Universal vibration damper A device for the control of vibrations comprises a retainer resting on a base and a plurality of bearings disposed within the retainer. The bearings are arranged in a first layer and a second layer. The second layer is disposed on the first layer. The fir... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6563239 | Fitting arrangement for an antivibration mounting for an electromotor The invention relates to a fitting arrangement for an antivibration mounting of an electromotor (1) on a load-bearing component by means of several interelements (6) arranged distributed around the perimeter and consisting of an elastic material. To alway... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6540198 | Mast payload docking station A docking station (10) comprises a mast latch assembly (12) which attaches to the outer end of a mast (M). An adapter (14) which connects to a sensor platform (G) disengagingly attaches to the mast latch assembly. An isolation assembly (16) mounts on a su... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6494430 | Motor holder including radial and oblique connecting members A motor holder includes a motor housing segment, a plurality of radial ribs and a venturi ring segment. The motor housing segment receives and supports the motor. The radial ribs extend radially outwardly from an outer peripheral surface of the motor hous... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6478838 | Airflow system An air treatment appliance for treating surrounding air including a body. A spider-mount mounted to the body has a motor mounted thereto in cantilever fashion. A fan attached to the motor may be a radial fan, and is operable to draw in surrounding air and... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6402329 | Assembly for mounting and correcting the position of an element, such as a mirror, of a space telescope A device such as a secondary mirror of a space telescope is mounted isostatically on a support structure through an integrated compact assembly including three mounting devices, which are preferably identical and uniformly distributed around an axis of sy... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6390223 | Engine/transmission combination mounting system A mounting arrangement for an engine/transmission combination in a front wheel drive vehicle including a bearing support at either end of the engine/transmission and a pair of elongated torque struts between the vehicle structure and the engine/transmissi... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6279866 | Holding device for a motor, particularly an electric fan wheel motor A holding device for a motor, particularly for an electric fan wheel motor of a heating or air condition system of a motor vehicle, having an adapter which can be fixed on an exterior motor component and surrounds it at least partially on the circumferenc... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6141919 | Energy absorber An energy absorber including a pair of shear dampers mounted back to back on a common axis. Each shear damper has a central core of damping material, confined by a laminated structure of rigid plates, preferably separated by resilient material. The cores ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6129328 | Heat resistant engine mount A vibration isolator assembly, such as a vehicle drive train mount, incorporates a heat shield which protects the elastomeric parts of the isolator assembly from high temperature radiation which could degrade the elastomeric parts.... | 10/10/2000 |
