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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152677 | High ratio eccentric planetary traction drive transmission A traction drive transmission has an outer ring 40, a sun roller 10, support rollers 30, and one or more loading rollers 20. The outer ring 40 includes a raceway 42 presented inwardly. The sun roller 10 includes a rac... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8038563 | Index table The index table includes a rotary table for setting a workpiece for a machine tool; a rotary table shaft fixedly provided on the rotary table; a driving motor mechanism, which is a driving source; and a planetary roller speed-reduction mechanism having a sun roller,... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7494440 | Steering wheel mounting assembly A steering wheel mounting assembly comprising a stationary support carrier, first and second drive rings, and a drive roller assembly. The stationary support carrier defines first and second ring receiving areas. The first drive ring has a first cylindrical raceway,... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7441634 | Friction drive device A friction drive device includes a first roller with a support part, a second roller, and a cam member to support them. The second roller receives press force from the first roller at a contact point of them so as to transmit mechanical power therebetween. The cam m... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7331895 | Composite planetary device A composite planetary speed reduction device (1), wherein gears (11), (12), and (13) and rollers (21), (22), and (23) forming a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism (10) and a planetary roller speed reducti... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329202 | Toothless gear speed reducer A toothless gear speed reducer, which mainly includes an inclined plane cone drive gear, inclined plane conical driven gears and an inclined plane outer gear case drive ring. The toothless gear speed reducer overcomes the difficult problems existent in conventional ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7273436 | Planetary-roller-type continuously variable transmission Fine adjustment of the rotation speed ratio or intentional control of the rotation speed ratio is carried out, centered on a desired speed ratio, including 1:1, for the rotation speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft. A planetary-roller speed-increas... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264567 | Wedge loading mechanism for traction drives A wedge loading mechanism for an eccentric planetary traction drive in which a roller having a flexibly mounted shaft is positioned between two raceways forming a convergent wedge. Rotation of either of the two raceways wedges the roller within the convergent wedge ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7153230 | Eccentric planetary traction drive transmission with flexible roller for adaptive self-loading mechanism An eccentric planetary traction drive transmission which includes at least two planetary rollers, sun roller member, and a carrier member. One of the planetary rollers is flexible and is positioned between and in contact with an outer ring member and the sun roller ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118512 | Self-actuating, traction-drive speed changer A self-actuating traction drive speed changer has a movable force input element having a planar drive surface, and a movable force output element having a planar drive surface which is connectable to an output load. One or more movable roller elements has a planar d... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7086979 | Friction-wheel planetary gear for converting a rotating movement into a back and forth movement with decreased frequency A gear mechanism or motor includes a shaft, and output rotary bodies which are in engagement therewith. The bodies interact with the shaft in the radial direction, by bearing against the shaft, and interact in the axial direction of the shaft with an upper guideway ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086981 | Transmission and constant speed accessory drive An infinitely variable speed ratio planetary ball transmission comprising planetary members in rolling contact with moveable inner and outer races and a constant speed accessory drive system utilizing the transmission. The transmission is infinitely variable between... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7034494 | Servo-control unit for a variable prestressed load The invention relates a servo-control unit for a load (2) driven in rotation by motorization means (1) connected to the Load by two reduction gears (3, 4) and comprising several sensors for measuring their movements It includes a prestressing mo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018316 | Planetary traction drive with multiple inputs A traction drive has inner and outer rings and drive and idler rollers organized in two rows between the rings, with the drive rollers being in an inner row and the idler rollers being in an outer row. The drive rollers contact the inner ring and the idler rollers c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6975053 | Rotator driving device, image forming apparatus using the rotator driving device, and method of driving rotator Rotational force of a driving motor is transferred to a photosensitive drum via a planetary-rolle reduction device, so that the photosensitive drum is rotated. A speed detector set on the shaft of the photosensitive drum detects the rotational speed of the photosens... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968756 | Multi-speed ratio apparatus to control shaft output A multi-speed ratio apparatus to control output for use, but not limited to, either as a module connected to a transmission or as a stand alone transmission. The multi-speed ratio apparatus is connected to a driving member (such as, for example, an engine, motor, or... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6960147 | Planet gear and use thereof A planetary gear comprising a central, rotatable input/output shaft (1a), an elastic outer ring (4) which when being elastically deformed encloses and presses at least three planet wheels (6, 12) in the form of rollers radially against a ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6758780 | Planetary traction drive mechanism and throttle valve assembly An improved planetary traction drive mechanism for use in actuating a throttle valve assembly is provided. An electric drive motor supports a cup-shaped member defining the outer ring of the mechanism. The drive shaft of the motor extends into the cup-shaped member ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6595889 | Belt-type door opening and closing drive apparatus A belt-type door opening and closing drive apparatus is provided, which can reduce the noise and dimensions thereof and make full use of the mechanical safety function in the event of an accident. The belt-type door opening and closing drive apparatus all... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6461268 | Continuously variable transmission device A continuously variable transmission device of the type having planetary members (25) in rolling contact with radially inner (23) and outer (26) races each comprising two axially spaced parts, with control means (30) for selectively varying the axial sepa... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443868 | Frictional planetary roller mechanism and brake A frictional transmission apparatus comprising a simple planetary roller mechanism and a brake mechanism, the simple planetary roller mechanism having friction rollers including a sun roller, a planetary roller, and a ring roller. Static friction torque Y... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6440030 | Driving apparatus A geared motor 101 comprising a reduction gear unit 102 of oscillating internal meshing planetary gear structure type and a motor unit 103 coupled to each other, the reduction gear unit 102 having a first shaft 111 and a second shaft 112 located on its ce... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436000 | Shaft coupling structure with speed change function A shaft coupling structure configured to maintain and exert inherent functions as well as to utilize surrounding empty space unused to provide its own speed change function. The shaft coupling structure includes a first shaft and a second shaft coaxially ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6406399 | Planetary traction drive transmission A planetary traction drive transmission has a sun roller provided with two inner raceways which are presented outwardly and taper downwardly away from each other. It also has two outer rings located within a housing, with the rings surrounding the sun rol... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6039668 | Planet gear for high revolutions A planet gear has an input axle (1a), an outer ring (4) which presses planet wheels (6) radially against a central sun axle (2), the planet wheels (6) being rotatably mounted on stays (7), the diameters of which are smaller than the holes in the planet wh... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6013002 | Rotary power transmission apparatus A rotary power transmission apparatus for transmitting a rotary power from an input rotary member to an output rotary member eccentric from the input rotary member. The rotary power transmission apparatus comprises: a ring member arranged around the outer... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5931759 | Friction-roller speed changer A friction-roller speed changer has three intermediate rollers (12a, 12b, 12c). Two rollers (12a, 12b) of which act as a wedge roller and can be moved into the narrower area of an annular space (10) by the transmission of power, wherein during power trans... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5851163 | Planetary roller type power transmission device Plating 5 having good slide friction characteristics is applied onto the pocket surfaces 4a1, 4a2, which are opposite each other in the circumferential direction of the pockets 4a of the carrier and onto the end face 4a3 in the axial direction. It is poss... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5718568 | Drive shaft for a peristaltic pump A drive shaft for at least a rotating roller wherein the external portion of said drive shaft has surfaces treated by projection of particles to impart to it a controlled roughness designed to enable slip-free non-gear-like tooth drive of the roller by th... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5709626 | Method of transmitting motion and device for effecting the same Motion is transmitted by means of a kinematic chain, comprising four members--a driving, driven, intermediate and support members. The driving, driven and supporting members rotate about a common axis. The intermediate member, by virtue of its operative l... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5688201 | Traction drive A traction drive of planetary configuration includes a cone, a pair of cups surrounding the cone, transfer rings located between the cone and the cups, and a cage that positions the transfer rings. The cone is unitary and has a pair of raceways which are ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5584774 | Planetary wedge drive A planetary drive is made which is a friction or gear-less type of planetary drive. It includes at least three wheel members with each wheel member having circum-bevels. The wheel member shafts are parallel with one another and the wheel members have only... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5551929 | Differential traction drive transmission A traction-type transmission which uses a differential reduction principle whereby the present transmission can generate an extremely high output shaft torque, while maintaining a relatively low tangential force through the traction contact. The traction ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5489244 | Centrifugal planetary friction transmission A centrifugal planetary friction transmission comprising an input shaft, an output shaft, at least one planetary friction pulley set which is formed by three coaxially linked cylindrical external friction pulleys, and three internal pulleys. The friction ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5322486 | Epicyclic change-speed mechanism and model clock incorporating same The invention provides an epicyclic change-speed mechanism comprising a fixed outer ring having an inwardly directed running surface, a spider member mounted within the outer ring and rotatable about an axis concentric with the axis of the outer ring, the... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5295772 | Traction drive tool adapter A traction drive tool adapter is adapted to detect an overload on a planetary roller speed increasing mechanism which occurs due to an excessive depth of out, and prevent the breakage of the planetary roller speed increasing mechanism and the imperfect pr... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5281061 | Separable rotary tool adapter A separable rotary tool adapter consists of a low-speed rotary unit (A) having casings (1, 2); a first rotary shaft (3) in the casing connectable to a driving shaft of the machine tool and a second rotary shaft (5) orthogonally drivingly connected to the ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5238459 | Speed reducer with friction wheel for machines rotating at a high rate of rotation, of the epicycloidal double-train type A friction-wheel speed reducer for machines rotating at high speed of rotation of the epicycloidal double train type employing between a drive rotor (2) and the output shaft (3) of a driven rotor the mechanical drive effects by rotary friction which are o... | 08/24/1993 |
