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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931538 | Torque dampening compensator for a vehicle A torque dampening compensator for a vehicle including an isolator member disposed between an input member and an output member. The isolator member includes isolator elements disposed between corresponding lugs of the respective input and output members. The lugs o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7883423 | Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft serving as a rotating shaft; and a rotation transmitting member which is disposed between ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7744473 | Production series of adapter devices and an adapter device An adapter device and a production series of adapter devices for connecting an input shaft, e.g., a motor shaft of a motor, e.g., an electric motor, to a device to be driven, e.g., to a pinion of a gear unit, including an adapter shaft for the rotatably-fixed connec... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7699709 | Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus A shaft coupling mechanism includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft; rotation transmitting members which are disposed between the rotating shaft and the steering shaft through the both coupling base ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7699708 | Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus A shaft coupling mechanism 1 for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body 3 coupled to a rotating shaft 2; a coupling base body 5 coupled to a steering shaft 4 serving as a rotating shaft; and a pair of ro... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7670228 | Coupling apparatus, motor device, and wiper motor device A coupling apparatus is provided with a first coupling member, a second coupling member and a damper member. The damper member is arranged between the first coupling member and the second coupling member. At least one of the first coupling member and the second coup... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7632188 | Spherical universal coupling A pair of spherical gears connects the intersecting shafts of a CV-joint. One gear has internal teeth, and the other has external teeth. The gear design is based on pitch circles that are great circles on theoretical pitch spheres that are concentric and have identi... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7419432 | Coupling joint structure of small-sized boat A coupling joint structure for a boat where the output of an engine can be securely transmitted to a propeller shaft and centrifugal force can be reduced. The structure includes a first coupler on the driving side to an output shaft, a second coupler on the driven s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387574 | Series of adapter devices and adapter device An adapter device and a production series of adapter devices for connecting an input shaft, e.g., a motor shaft of a motor, e.g., an electric motor, to a device to be driven, e.g., to a pinion of a gear unit, including an adapter shaft for the rotatably-fixed connec... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357195 | Power tool and gear unit assembled therein A power tool including a gear unit provided with a load moderating mechanism capable of reducing noise and prolonging service life. A coupling is force fitted with a spindle at a predetermined pressure allowing the spindle and the coupling to rotate relative to each... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357229 | Electromagnetic shock absorber An electromagnetic shock absorber according to the present invention has a shock absorber body 1 which makes telescopic motion in response to an input from outside. The shock absorber body 1 comprises a ball screw mechanism 15, which converts th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7270606 | Power transmission device A power transmission device prevents vibration in a rotation direction and collision noise, even if a shock absorbing rubber is permanently deformed in a compression direction. Specifically, even if compression forces repeatedly applied to a shock absorbing rubber c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7244185 | Decoupling element of deformable material in a power transmission system The invention seeks to improve the transfer function of drive devices such as pulleys and other coupling means, and it proposes creating zones of shear in the inserted deformable material forming a decoupling element. In an embodiment, the decoupling element is made... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228933 | Electric power steering device and joint In order to solve a problem of an electric power steering device of an automobile that the steering feeling is deteriorated by dragging the inactive electric motor if a steering member is operated at a small angle to leave an electric motor inactive while the automo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223176 | Torque transmission system When a first damper contacts both of a protruding portion of a pulley body and a protruding portion of a center hub, a second damper is disposed as being apart from the protruding portion of the center hub with a gap. Even when the pulley body is rotated in a revers... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213659 | Impact drill An impact drill includes a first ratchet together with a spindle and movable in an axial direction, and a second ratchet engageable with the first ratchet. The second ratchet can be moved in the axial direction, and rotated with a predetermined range in a rotational... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201700 | Geared rotary actuators A geared rotary actuator including first and second adjacent, axially aligned actuator slices, each slice having an epicyclic-type reduction gear train including a rotatable input sun gear, a planetary gear assembly driven by the sun gear, and first and second outpu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195297 | Vehicle partition A vehicle security partition for use in vehicles to form a barrier between front and rear occupant areas. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7159485 | Cantilever dampened drive assembly for windowlift motors A drive assembly 21 is provided for an electric motor 10 having a rotatable shaft 12 including a worm 14. The drive assembly includes an output gear 16 constructed and arranged to mesh with the worm. The output gear includes a plur... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7102261 | Coupling device between a rotor of permanent-magnet synchronous motor and a working part A coupling device (11) between a rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and a working part (17), being advantageously able to ensure an unusual silentness, comprises a driving member (22), being eccentric with respect to the rotor rotatio... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048075 | Power tool A power tool includes a powered drive source, a speed reduction mechanism portion for transmitting a rotational power of the drive source, a striking mechanism portion for converting the rotational power of the speed reduction mechanism portion into a striking force... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048661 | Power transmission device and torque transmission member A power transmission device for transmitting torque of a driving unit to a driven unit includes a first rotator, a second rotator, and a torque transmission member. The first rotator is to be driven for rotation by the driving unit. The second rotator is coupled to ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6993989 | Starting apparatus A starting apparatus includes a drive motor and a reduction gear having a planetary gear for starting an engine by the drive motor via the reduction gear. An internal gear of the reduction gear includes a locking projection projecting in an axial direction. A rotati... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6972502 | Device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and a working part An improved device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent magnet motor and a working part. The device includes a first coupling, provided with a driving element, which is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis of the rotor, at a ro... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938747 | Transmission with a rattle-free connection between the clutch basket and the driving disc A transmission includes a clutch basket and a driving disc each having teeth and tooth spaces which correspond to one another. A plug-in intermeshing connection between the driving disc and the clutch basket is provided such that there is no torsional backlash and s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6733393 | Spider coupling A spider shaft coupling transmitting torque via deformable legs of a spider-like flexible element in which the spider is designed as a captive assembly of a holding base (internal or external) and deformable legs comprising thin-walled solid or wound shells. ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6705181 | Torque transmission apparatus A torque transmission apparatus absorbs torque fluctuations (vibrations) while limiting the size of the outside dimensions of a pulley. Elastomeric dampers and pendulum type vibration-absorbing mechanisms are located between an outer tube and an inner tube of a pull... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6659819 | Drive shaft connecting structure To ensure that fitting a coupler rubber in a reverse condition will be prevented, and to ensure that the fitting direction of the coupler rubber can be visually checked even after the fitting. A driving-side coupler is provided on an end of an output shaf... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6648763 | Reduction of axial thrust reaction in toothed shear-type flexible couplings A flexible coupling having a generally cylindrical flexible element with a plurality of generally radial element teeth that are engaged by a plurality of generally radial hub teeth that penetrate generally radial element tooth faces on the element teeth, ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6516912 | Power transmission mechanism for a motorcycle To provide a power transmission mechanism into which a driven flange is assembled, the power transmission mechanism producing no metal contact noises. A driven flange is divided into an engine side flange and a wheel side flange. The engine side flange ma... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6494799 | Power transmission device A power transmission device includes a driving rotary member, a driven rotary member fixed to one end of a rotary shaft of a driven device, a first intermediate friction member disposed between the driving rotary member and the driven rotary member, and a... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6342011 | Flexible shaft coupling with improved elastomeric element In a flexible coupling generally comprising a driving and a driven hub, each having axially extending teeth, and a slotted cylindrical elastomeric element positioned around the hub teeth so as to transmit torque from a driving hub teeth to the driven hub ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6155220 | Piezoelectric differential cam phaser A compact cam phaser has a flexible spline deformed into a nonround shape and engaging a mating ring gear or circular member at angularly spaced locations for transferring camshaft drive torque between them. The spline has projecting lobes with teeth or f... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6135889 | Device for subjecting a shaft to a combined simple rotation and alternating rotation of limited extent about its own axis A device for subjecting a shaft to a combined simple rotation and alternating rotation of limited extent about its own axis, the device including two supporting plates which rotate with the shaft coupled to a vibration generator and, between the plates, a... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6123620 | Multirate coupler with improved vibration isolation capability A coupler is provided which responds to relative rotation of a driving and a driven shaft with variable rates of stiffness. As the two shafts experience slight degrees of relative rotation, such as at idle speed, the elastically deformable member of the c... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6080066 | Motion impartation device A motion impartation device having a driving portion; a driven portion engaged with the driving portion such that at least one gap separates the driving portion from the driven portion; and a structural element disposed in each gap such that a first compr... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6045448 | Power-transmitting drive assembly with improved resilient devices A drive assembly couples a driving mechanism, e.g., an engine, and a driven mechanism, e.g., a generator, to one another. The assembly includes a transmission member having a plurality of inwardly projecting fingers and a coupling having a plurality of ou... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5924928 | Engagement noise isolator for an automatic transmission An assembly including mutually engaged spline teeth includes a rubber isolator, retained in position between an external splined surface, and an internal splined surface is supported against movement and is adapted to contact the lateral face of an adjace... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5893355 | Supercharger pulley isolator A rotary blower (26) including a pair of shafts (70,56) on which are mounted a pair of rotors (28,29), input to the first shaft (70) being by way of an input pulley (76;108;201). The first shaft (70) has a forward terminal portion (72) extending forwardly... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5873786 | Speed reducer with shock absorbing mechanism A speed reducer is provided with a shock absorbing rubber damper disposed in a power transmission path from a first wheel to which a driving force of a motor is input to a second wheel from which the power is output. First projecting portions 3e and auxil... | 02/23/1999 |
