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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7666114 | Electric variable inertia apparatus An electric variable inertia apparatus uses a servo drive device to drive a planetary gear mechanism to which a load assembly is attached to provide variable and wide-ranging rotational inertia. A planetary frame and a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism act a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7229379 | Transmission device for land vehicle, such as a cart For a first gear ratio, the flyweights engage the clutch and thus connect the input to the sun wheel, whilst the ring gear is immobilised by the free wheel. For the second gear ratio, the flyweights push the ring gear against the axial thrust of the helical teeth in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226378 | Driving device for automatically exerting a variable torque on an output shaft that rotates at a constant speed A driving device includes a power supply unit and a torque converter. The power supply unit outputs a constant power. The torque converter has a gear train that is connected to the power supply unit and interconnects a flywheel and an input shaft in order to respect... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7017447 | Driving device for automatically exerting a variable torque on an output shaft that rotates at a constant speed A driving device includes a power supply unit and a torque converter. The power supply unit outputs a constant power. The torque converter has a gear train that is connected to the power supply unit and interconnects a flywheel and an input shaft in order to respect... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6582333 | Transmission for use in the power trains of motor vehicles The power train of a motor vehicle has an engine which normally drives the wheels and can be started by an electric motor which acts as a generator once the engine is started. The torque transmitting connection between the crankshaft of the engine and a s... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6502472 | Continuously variable transmission The present invention is directed to an infinitely variable transmission system that includes a gyroscope and a rotatable gear assembly to translate torque from an input power shaft to an output power shaft.... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6369469 | Poly phase linear alternator A poly phase linear alternator comprising a housing. An input power gear train is mounted in one end of the housing. The input power gear train is rotatably driven by an outside power source. A pair of track guide rails are each mounted in an opposite sid... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6327922 | Gyroscopic continuously variable transmission The present invention is directed to an infinitely variable transmission system that includes a gyroscope and a rotatable gear assembly to translate torque from an input power shaft to an output power shaft.... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6155952 | Method for effecting a ratio shift and transmission device for implementing same A clutch engaged by means of flyweights and a spring directly meshes an input sun gear and an output planet gear carrier. When engagement pressure is insufficient for torque to be transmitted, a crown wheel slows down and is stopped by a free wheel, while... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5993346 | Transmission device particularly for vehicles, and controlled methods associated therewith The crown wheel of a planetary gear is connected to an input shaft while the planet carrier is connected to the output shaft. The sun wheel is locked by means of a free wheel when the clutch is released. The device then operates as a reduction gear. The s... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5885180 | Transmission device, more particularly for a vehicle, and a control method relating thereto A planet gear (9) connected to the input shaft (2a) and a planet carrier (13) connected to the output shaft (18) can be coupled by a clutch (18) operated in clamping by fly weights (29) and a spring (34) to bring about direct engagement. If clamping is in... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5672136 | Balance beam automatically adjusting torques translator (stepless variable transmission) This smoothly automatic changing ratios gear mechanism for use in devices as small as toys and as large as the heaviest industrial machines is an arrangement of planetary gear sets which provide divergent ratio gear tracks driven by an arrangement of comp... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5655984 | Transmission with progressive starting device, particularly for vehicles A transmission apparatus in which a differential-type transmission device has rotating elements with intermeshing teeth, one of which elements is connected to an input shaft and the other to an output shaft. One of the rotating elements is a reaction elem... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5425682 | Power transmission for mechanical press A power transmission shaft which transmits rotational energy of a flywheel is divided into a first shaft section adjacent to the flywheel and a second shaft section adjacent to a power take-off gear. A planetary gearing is arranged between the shaft secti... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5409428 | Centrifugal clutch in a planetary transmission device The speed-responsive clutch has axle-free rocking flyweights which are rockingly mounted in correspondingly shaped recesses of a cage. The rocking movement of the flyweights corresponds to a substantially radial movement of the center of gravity of the fl... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5134894 | Inertial masses mediated rotational energy coupler A rotational energy coupler generally regarded to as a transmission is described, wherein rotational energy is transmitted through inertial media. An input unit transmits rotational energy to a set of inertial masses by driving the inertial masses to gyra... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5052987 | Stepless hydrostatic-mechanical transmission A stepless hydrostatic mechanical transmission between a prime mover and a power output train in which an epicyclic differential is incorporated in the transmission and includes at least four shafts, a large and a small sun wheel, two planet wheels in mes... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4928553 | Variable-inertia flywheels and transmission A flywheel energy storage system with a continuously-variable output speed employing a pair of variable inertia flywheels for energy storage and transfer and a second pair of variable inertia flywheels for control of the inertia of the first flywheels. A ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4848188 | Momentum compensated actuator with redundant drive motors This invention is a rotary actuator in which the angular momentum of a ratationally pointed structure is offset by the angular momentum of a compensating inertia. The compensating inertia structure is rotational driven relative to the pointed structure ac... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4779485 | Flywheel driven vehicle comprising plural flywheel energizing means and a forward reverse planetary gear set Flywheel drive to operate a rear axle in a wheeled vehicle is provided and consists of a shaft having a rollbar bearing on each end mounted within the wheeled vehicle parallel and near the rear axle, a flywheel affixed to the shaft, a clutch coupled to th... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4680986 | Drive unit, particularly for short-haul vehicles A drive unit for a vehicle comprises an engine for driving a gear-shift transmission through an input shaft. The input shaft is also coupled via a gear assembly and a hydrodynamic coupling to a flywheel accumulator. During acceleration of the vehicle, kin... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4566279 | Vehicle propulsion plant A vehicle power plant comprising a number of engine working cylinders arranged in two groups with different numbers of cylinders and/or with different power outputs, the parts being individually connectable to a common power take-off shaft by a continuous... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4563914 | Continuously variable transmission with auxiliary drive A continuously variable transmission with auxiliary drive, such as a flywheel and including first and second continuously variable transmission components, a planetary differential, selectable coupling apparatus having a first apparatus operative in a fir... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4498357 | Mass accelerator and power converter unit A mass accelerator and power converter unit is disclosed which utilizes centrifugal force generated by rotating masses which, when rotated within their respective cylindrical housings, exert pressure on the inner curved surfaces of the housings and roll t... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4495829 | Power drive line having a wide range of speed ratios A power drive line in which a continuously variable, nutating traction drive transmission unit (16) is combined with a single planetary set (84, 86, 88) to provide two forward modes and a reverse mode of drive line operation. A pair of transmission unit i... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4495836 | Automotive vehicle power drive system A differential has a first element operatively connected to the output shaft for driving the wheels of the vehicle and a second element operatively connected to a prime mover. The differential includes a third element operatively connected to a fly wheel.... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4471668 | Drive assembly with a prime mover and a flywheel A drive assembly for a motor vehicle, especially for city buses, consists of a continuously variable transmission (G) and four clutches (31, 32, 33 and 34). The first clutch (31) connects a prime mover (M) to a flywheel (S), the second (32) the flywheel (... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4313351 | Multiple-power gear drive transmission and drive assembly including such transmission, and brake energy accumulator A multiple-power gear drive transmission comprising a planetary differential gear drive including a plurality of drive elements such as sun gear, web gear and internal gear. A gear drive input shaft is connected with at least one of the drive elements; a ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4216684 | Hybrid drive for motor vehicles The present hybrid drive is especially suitable for buses and the like which must make frequent stops. The engine, clutch, and automatic transmission are arranged in series. A flywheel energy storing device is coupled to the drive train by a further clutc... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4187741 | Power regenerative transmission An inertia balanced, power regenerative transmission system for vehicles augments the power of the prime mover to the transmission output shaft during acceleration and recovers power from the drive shaft during deceleration. The transmission system includ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4171029 | Vehicle propulsion system with inertial storage A vehicle propulsion and re-generative braking arrangement providing multi-mode operation with an engine and/or energy storage flywheel coupled to an automatic transmission. An electronic control has driver-selectable control programs offering maximum eco... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4098147 | Waddington drive having a cam actuated by an integral flyweight An improved Waddington drive, employed here as a bicycle wheel hub, provides an automatically shifting transmission driven by an operator's foot pedal crank. A number of planet gears journaled for rotation in the hub engage and revolve around a fixed sung... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4073445 | Feeder crusher A mobile, low-profile feeder-crusher machine for receiving, crushing and feeding freshly mined coal to a stationary conveyor system includes a rigid frame supporting a rotary crusher shaft and supporting an endless conveyor for delivering coal to the crus... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4018052 | Accumulator to store and release braking energy An accumulator arrangement for the storage and release of braking energy, and for the braking and driving of a rotating shaft by means of a flywheel. The rotating shaft which is to be braked or driven, is connected to a drive or gear unit having 2° of fr... | 04/19/1977 |
