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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7576464 | Direct drive for a printing machine A device for driving a cylinder (1) of a printing machine has an electric motor (3) whose rotor (14) is arranged coaxially with respect to the cylinder (1) and is firmly connected so as to rotate with the latter, and whose stator (15 | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573167 | Geared motor A geared motor may include a connector, a motor, a deceleration mechanism, an output shaft and a circuit board. The output shaft may include a rotation transmitted part driven by the deceleration mechanism, an external connection part which is disposed apart from th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7345390 | Drive unit of an adjuster of a vehicle seat In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least an electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), wherein... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7325361 | Apparatus and method for providing a modular sliding door mechanism A modular drive assembly for a sliding door, comprising: a guide track having a hinge slidably received therein; a pair of pulleys disposed on either end of the guide track; a pair of cables each having an end that is secured to the hinge and the other end is secure... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7265475 | Electric motor having convex high-speed brush A two speed direct current electric motor comprising: an armature having a commutator assembly that is adapted to receive an electromotive force to cause the armature to operatively rotate. A brush assembly having a common brush and a low-speed brush is disposed abo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261012 | Gear drive unit with speed measurement Gearset-drive unit (10), in particular for use in motor vehicles, comprising a drive wheel (16) that meshes with a driven wheel (22), wherein a sensor wheel (26) with a position sensor (36) that interacts with a sensor (4... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7141904 | Gear reduction unit and geared motor connector A gear reduction unit includes an electric motor that rotatably drives a drive shaft, a magnet on the drive shaft and a Hall effect sensor close to the magnet. The sensor is supported by a connector transmitting power to the electric motor. The connector may be remo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7105964 | Electric rotating machine An electric rotating machine has a rotor, a stator and a casing. A planetary roller mechanism constituted by a sun roller, a planet roller, a ring roller and a carrier is provided within the rotor so as to transmit the driving force of the rotor to the outside from ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105968 | Magnetic transmission Embodiments of the present apparatus include a magnetic transmission. The apparatus in this embodiment may have the following components: a plurality of magnetic gears arranged to form at least two gear trains; at least two of the plurality of magnetic gears being n... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7042113 | Hydroelectric generator A hydroelectric generator having a fixed axle, at least one transmission axle parallel to the fixed axle, and a transmission system configured to rotate the transmission axle about the fixed axle and to apply a force to at least one driven member of a device for gen... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038338 | Drive unit A driving unit especially adapted to adjusting devices for motor vehicles having an electric motor, a gear box and an electronic control device. At least one element of the electric motor, for example, at the driving shaft, the magnetic short-circuit or the motor si... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6949854 | Method and apparatus for a continuously variable-ratio transmission A method and apparatus for providing a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is described. The CVT comprises permanent magnets to couple power, a coefficient of coupling controlled by an electronic servo control loop. Wherein torque multiplication is achieved by ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943472 | Drive device Drive device (10), in particular to raise and lower windows in a motor vehicle, with an electric motor (12) featuring an armature shaft (16), a printed circuit board (32) projecting out of an electronic housing (36), a gearbox hous... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6897578 | Integrated microturbine gearbox generator assembly A microturbine engine comprising a turbine including a first housing and a turbine rotor. The engine also includes a generator having a second housing and a generator rotor. The generator rotor is supported for low-speed rotation by a low-speed bearing. The engine a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6879073 | Electromotive linear drive An electromotive linear drive includes one or more drive motors and a corresponding number of torque-reducing transmissions and corresponding driven spindles and a casing. The casing is comprised of two casing parts, whereby the abutting surfaces of the casing parts... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6844643 | Motor device A motor device including a pair of motor units and a driven member meshed with rotary gears of the pair of motor units to drive the driven member, the motor units each including a rotary magnet that is cylindrical and magnetized so as to have different magnetic pole... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6724105 | Dual-directionally operated dynamo set A dual-directionally operated dynamo set includes a housing, an actuating mechanism slidably mounted in the housing in a reciprocal manner, a dual-motion structure mounted in the housing and driven by the actuating mechanism, and a dynamo device mounted in the housi... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6713913 | Motor housing and pole-well, in particular for electric window or sunroof motors The invention pertains to a motor housing (1) as well as a pole cover (2), especially for window lift or sunroof motors, having at least one pole cover (2) and a housing (3) closing off the pole cover, which are fastened together using fa... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6710490 | Heat bridges for electric motor gear case A method and apparatus for dissipating heat from electric motors. Small electric motors often operate at undesirably high temperatures and are often mounted to gear cases. To reduce the temperature a thermally conductive gap filling material is compressed between th... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6700244 | Three-in-one structural combination magneto motor power system A 3-in-1 motor power system comprises a motor body, a drive control mechanism, and a power transmission mechanism. A drive control circuit box is installed at an end face of the motor body, and a gear housing wherein a deceleration gear module is disposed... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700263 | Electrical generating system having a magnetic coupling An electrical generating system including an electric motor coupled to a power source, such as a solar panel array. A magnetic coupling is connected to an output shaft of the motor. The magnetic coupling includes opposed first and second plates each havin... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700253 | Motor and production method of motor The present invention is a motor which has a motor casing (5) and a reduction gearing casing (7) integrally formed, a hole (8) formed on a portion shared by these casings, through which an output shaft (3a) of a rotor (3) extends from the motor casing sid... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6657346 | Device for detecting the rotating speed of a fan motor A device for detecting the rotating speed of a fan motor includes a motor and a gear case fixed on the front side of the motor. Plural gears engaging with one another are provided in the gear case and one of them is embedded with a permanent magnet and fu... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6628029 | Drive for a roller shutter winding tube A control device for rotating a tube supporting a roller member to be wound onto or unwound from the tube has at least one electric motor housed in the tube and drive mechanism for transmitting the motion from the motor to the supporting tube. The motor i... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6559569 | Motor device A motor device including a pair of motor units and a driven member meshed with rotary gears of the pair of motor units to drive the driven member, the motor units each including a rotary magnet that is cylindrical and magnetized so as to have different ma... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6522040 | Palm top manual operated generator A palm top manual operated generator includes a housing, a power generating unit, a driving set, a handle and a spring. The housing has a cambered rack which penetrates into the housing and is engaged with the first speed change gear of the driving set. A... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6515399 | Electric motor-and-gear assembly for vehicle accessories An electric motor-and-gear assembly for driving vehicle aggregates such as windshield and rear window wipers, power-window units and the like, having a transmission housing that can be closed by a housing cover. A motor housing that contains a commutator ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6452296 | Motor device and transmission mechanism In a transmission mechanism having a disk shaped output plate having a flat surface and an output shaft, the output plate is provided in a center thereof with a linking portion formed by drawing to axially extend from the flat surface. The linking portion... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6437470 | Drum-type motor with inner gear A drum-type motor combines planet gear and spindle motor. The planet gear is arranged on lateral side of the spindle motor and the axis of the spindle motor is functioned as sun gear. The drum-type motor of the present invention has an inner gear engaged ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6400048 | Rotary brush device and vacuum cleaner using the same A motor is incorporated in a cylindrical body which is a rotary brush. Rotation of a rotor of the motor, directly or via a speed reduction mechanism, drives the rotary brush. Cooling air runs through the cylindrical body so that the motor is cooled and pr... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6333577 | Automotive AC dynamo-electric machine An automotive AC dynamo-electric machine is capable of providing a sufficient rotational output for starting an engine by running a rotor at high speed in a motor operation mode for starting the engine, thus obviating the need for increasing a size thereo... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6291917 | Electrical drive unit An electric drive unit for windshield washers of a motor vehicle, including a drive motor having an armature accommodated in a substantially cup-shaped pole housing, a substantially cup-shaped gearbox, secured by its face end to the pole housing, for rece... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6252317 | Electric motor with ring rotor passing through coils An electric motor includes a plurality of coils through which passes a ring rotor having a plurality of magnets supported thereon. The magnets are arranged about the ring rotor to be equidistant from an axis of rotation coinciding with the motor output sh... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6222287 | Motor A motor includes a first stator yoke which is excitable by energization into a first coil, a second stator yoke which is excitable by energization into a second coil, and a rotor which can be driven for rotation under the control of energization into the ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6222293 | Starter A starter comprises a fixing member which has a cylindrical portion and rotation stoppers on the outer wall of the cylindrical portion and is fixed to a bracket so that its movement in a circumferential direction is limited by the rotation stoppers, a mat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6198182 | Two-phase stepper motor having two disk stators with salient poles positioned on either side of two disk rotors A two-phase electro-mechanical stepper motor has a first and second rotor fixed on a shaft. Permanent magnets are mounted on each of the rotors. The magnets each have several north and south pole magnet regions that are oriented such that the magnet's nor... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6177742 | Electric drive unit with a bush having different diameters An electric drive unit, for windshield wipers of a motor vehicle, including a drive motor, having an armature accommodated in a substantially cup-shaped pole housing, and including a gearbox, secured by a face end to the pole housing for receiving at leas... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6169345 | Compact drive The invention concerns a compact drive with an electric motor, a frequency converter and a gear. Such a drive should be made in the most compact way possible. For this purpose frequency converter is arranged at one front end of the motor and the gear is a... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6157105 | Starter A contact shaft moving device that reduces the wearing of a pinion in a ring gear. More specifically, the contact shaft moving device moves a contact shaft in such a direction as to cause a moving contact to be in direct contact with a stationary contact ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6104112 | Brushless electric motor assembly A compact, self contained brushless motor assembly which has a stator fixedly mounted onto a hub. Located about the stator is a rotor with a shaft being connected to the rotor which is conducted through a center through hole formed within the hub. A heat ... | 08/15/2000 |
