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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972078 | Power transmission mechanism of shaft and hub A power transmission mechanism of a shaft and a hub, wherein a shaft tooth part comprises a ridge part formed of a crowning with varied tooth thickness, and a hub tooth part comprises a ridge part having tooth thickness formed in a specified linear shape and having ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7955020 | Grooved profile for a hub shaft connection A grooved profile for a form fitting hub-shaft connection in which a groove profile for a hub and a shaft include flanks which are structured and arranged as opposing flanks. The groove profile includes a groove profile height in at least one of the hub and the shaf... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7478969 | Spline arrangement for rotatably coupling two members A rotatable combination that includes first and second members respectively having first and second longitudinally extending pluralities of splines. The second plurality of splines extend substantially parallel to the rotational axis. The first plurality of splines ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7387462 | Series of shafts and manufactoring method A series of shafts configured to attach in a bore of a receiving part and a method for manufacturing the shafts, the series including at least two different sizes, each size including different variants of shafts; wherein each shaft includes at least five contiguous... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374493 | Power transmission shaft A power transmission shaft such as a spline shaft and a serration shaft is provided which has improved static strength and fatigue strength. In a power transmission shaft, a diameter expansion surface is formed in a valley section of a tooth on the opposite side of ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370549 | Reduction gear for geared motor, geared motor, and product group thereof A reduction gear for forming a geared motor having a motor and a reduction gear is provided. The reduction gear for a geared motor includes an intermediate orthogonal gear head having an orthogonal transfer mechanism for changing a rotational direction of power deli... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351171 | Bicycle hub outer and bicycle hub A rear hub has a hub shaft and a hub outer that is configured to be mounted in a freely rotatable manner to the hub shaft. The hub outer has an outer main body and an adapter. The outer main body is arranged on the radially inward side of a sprocket, and has a first... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322654 | Bracket angle adjustment mechanism Disclosed is a bracket angle adjustment mechanism which includes external-tooth and internal-tooth gears having improved tooth shapes allowing an operating force for rotating a control shaft to be reduced. In the bracket angle adjustment mechanism, each of external ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314250 | Fitting system for a vehicle seat A first fitting and a second fitting are driven by a common drive shaft. Each of the fittings has a first fitting part and a second fitting part that are connected to one another by a gear mechanism so that there can be a rolling movement of the second fitting part ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314416 | Drive shaft coupling A drive shaft assembly to interconnect a driving component and a driven component has a first shaft and a second shaft operably engaged with the first shaft to enable torque transmission and relative axial sliding motion. A joint component operably interconnects one... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7288029 | Propshaft with crash-worthiness A telescoping propeller shaft includes an elongated hollow cylindrical body having a splined interior surface, the splines defining a minor diameter (x) and a major diameter (y), and a correspondingly splined shaft mating in register with the cylindrical body along ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7223074 | Propeller shaft arrangement, propeller arrangement, adaptive arrangement and propulsion arrangement Apparatus for adapting a propeller system including a propeller shaft (15, 16) and a propeller (7, 8) adapted to be mounted on the propeller shaft (15, 16). The propeller system includes a propeller (7, 8) connected in a rotationally fixe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204494 | Split stabilizer and process for establishing a toothed connection of the outer rotary part to one of the two stabilizer parts A connection of the stabilizer parts of a two-part stabilizer to an actuator is usually performed in a positive-locking manner, as a result of which an additional axial securing and hydraulic sealing toward the outside become necessary. To simplify the design and th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195318 | Reclining device of vehicle seat A reclining device of a vehicle seat for easily locking and releasing the vehicle seat so as to increase performance of the vehicle seat and to improve quality thereof. The reclining device is easily assembled, by removing minor shortcomings that may occur during th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172510 | Hub member and shaft journal assembly and method A hub member and shaft joint assembly includes an inner joint part of a constant velocity joint and a shaft journal. The hub member has a central through-aperture with inner toothing for receiving the shaft journal, and outer ball tracks. The inner toothing is forme... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7108577 | Wedge-lock building blocks A building block that is releasably attachable to another block of compatible design by wedging the tongue of one block into the groove of another block, without the need for any intermediate adhesives, bonding materials or any other means of holding the blocks toge... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7074129 | Coupling member of power transmission apparatus A coupling member for a power transmission apparatus, connected to a fiber reinforced plastic cylindrical drive shaft, is comprised of a substantially cylindrical fitting portion to be press fitted into the drive shaft. The fitting portion is comprised of a serratio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070357 | D-shaped slot having a relief A mechanical element having a slot adapted to receive a shaft. The slot comprises a circular portion; a planar portion; and two reliefs. Each relief is disposed intermediate the circular portion and the planar portion. In addition, each relief comprises a circular s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052402 | Shaft and manufacturing method thereof A shaft has a shank with a splined portion and a large diameter portion formed in an outer peripheral surface of the shank, the large diameter portion having a diameter that is larger than a diameter of an external periphery of the splined portion. A tapered portion... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7018299 | Rolling ball spline slip joint with helically shaped cage A slip joint includes a slip shaft having a plurality of axially extending grooves, and a slip yoke having a plurality of axially extending grooves. The slip yoke is in telescoping engagement with the slip shaft, and the grooves formed in the slip shaft are circumfe... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011592 | Sprocket assembly for a bicycle A sprocket comprises a sprocket portion having a plurality of radially extending teeth, a first coupling portion extending from a first side of the sprocket portion and having a first coupling structure disposed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, and a second c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002279 | Armature shaft for an electrical machine An armature shaft for an electrical machine having a plurality of notches, extending along the circumference of the armature shaft essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the armature shaft, which notches form a notching heap. At least the notching hea... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994405 | Axle assembly An axle assembly serves as a primary structural member for a motor vehicle and comprises an axle tube having a first end and a second end and with an opening located near the first end and a mounting module formed as a unitary extension of the axle tube. At least on... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979144 | Optical part linkage device and optical module using the same An optical part linkage device in which a threaded portion and positioning protrusions are formed at the outer periphery of a lens barrel that holds a lens. A threaded portion that can be screwed to the threaded portion of the lens barrel is provided at the inner wa... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6951006 | Decomposing IC regions and embedding routes Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of identifying routes in a region of an integrated circuit (“IC”) design layout. The region contains at least one net with several routable elements. The method decomposes the IC design-layout region into a tess... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932118 | Low chamfer angled torque tube end fitting metal A method of forming a torque tube (64) is provided. The method includes forming a fitting (80) having an elongated tube conforming area (88). The conforming area (88) includes chamfer areas (82) having upper surfaces (90), l... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905280 | Apparatus and method for securing a hub to a rotatable shaft Apparatus and method for rotationally immobilizing a hub on a rotatable shaft. A portion of the shaft is cylindrical and has a first diameter. The hub has a cylindrical axial bore having a second diameter larger than the diameter of the shaft. At least one axially-e... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877928 | Construction of coupling spline sections of automatic transmission A construction of coupling spline sections of an automatic transmission includes: a rotary shaft section having an outer periphery formed with a spline section; a rotary hollow section having an inner periphery formed with a spline section which is coupled with the ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6752560 | Removable splined shaft end for submersible pumps A submersible pump assembly having first and second components that are coupled together has a removable externally splined sleeve. A key is located in the keyway between the shaft sleeve and the shaft for transmitting torque. A threaded fastener secures to a thread... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6739540 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor having a structure preventing a gear or pinion having external teeth from being improperly assembled to a spool gear. The pinion includes concave portions on its inner periphery and the spool gear includes corresponding convex portions on its o... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736023 | Torque transmitting device A torque transmitting device having a rotating shaft and a gear connected to the shaft. The gear transmits the torque between the rotating shaft and the gear. A splined portion and a centering inner circumferential surface portion formed in the inner periphery of th... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6705949 | Shaft spline having a straight side tooth profile A shaft adapted for connection to another shaft in a manner that transfers rotational movement is provided. The shaft bears a spline comprising a plurality of teeth. Each tooth has a profile that enhances surface contact between the shaft and a second shaft, thereby... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6702682 | Outer joint part for a constant velocity joint An annular outer part (2) for a constant velocity joint. In its inner wall (10), the annular outer part (2) includes circumferentially distributed first outer grooves and second outer grooves (13) which start from different end faces (8) and (9) respectiv... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692365 | Propeller shaft and method for producing the same A propeller shaft 1 comprising a shaft main body 10 and a yoke 20 which is mounted to the shaft main body 10 with a serrated inserting portion 21 thereof being press fitted into an inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body 10 is constructed suc... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6685572 | Power transmission mechanism A shaft member 1 and an outer peripheral member 2 disposed on the outer periphery of the shaft member 1 are joined together by splines 3 through which the teeth 31 of the shaft member 1 and the teeth 32 of the outer peripheral member 2 are fitted together... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6648106 | One-way clutch and a supporting structure To ensure durability of a one-way clutch, by reducing surface pressures applied to side bearings, a one-way clutch has end bearings that are disposed between an outer race and an inner race and that maintain concentricity between the races. In a supportin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6623202 | Toothed tool coupling for rotating a rotary tool A driven tool includes a driven part which is rotatably driven by a drive part. The driven part and the drive part are coaxially arranged one inside of the other. The drive part and the driven part are conical as viewed in a longitudinal section plane con... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6595893 | Freeing mechanism for motorized gear reducer A motorized gear reducer wherein a first external gear 41 is mounted on an input rotary shaft 11 coupled to a driving motor 3 and wherein a second external gear 43 is capable of engaging with the first external gear. The front end portion 63 of the first ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6582151 | Driving axle assembly An attachment system, which couples an inboard constant velocity joint to a mating component, is disclosed. The system includes a stub shaft having an end portion and a first connector integrally formed with the end portion. The first connector includes a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6553628 | Universal tool handle configured for various extension pole connectors A paint roller assembly is disclosed as including a handle that is configured for use with a variety of extension poles, each requiring a different type of connection with the handle. The handle includes a pole connector socket extending inwardly from one... | 04/29/2003 |
