Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172717 | Compliant carrier wall for improved gearbox load sharing A planetary gear system and a method of fabricating same. The planetary gear system includes at least one planet gear, at least one planet pin receiving the at least one planet gear, and a carrier. The carrier itself includes at least one carrier opening for accommo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8137234 | Gearbox for a wind turbine, a method of converting wind energy and use of a gearbox A gearbox for a wind turbine. The gearbox includes at least one first epicyclical gear stage, at least one second gear stage, and a torque transferring shaft including a shaft part and a connection part, wherein the torque transferring shaft is adapted for connectin... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7621843 | Apparatus for restraining axial movement of a ring gear in a gearbox for a wind turbine The gearbox may also comprise a retaining means comprising a retainer ring having a first leg fitted in mating relationship with the housing and a second leg depending there from and overlapping at least a portion of the ring gear. The retainer ring has two free end... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7510498 | Planetary gearset A planetary gearset provided with a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier that rotatably retains a plurality of pinion gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear as elements, in which one of the elements is made a fixed element and one of the other element... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7360464 | Variable rate impact and oscillation absorber in starter motors A starter motor is provided having a starter motor housing with an electric motor mounted therein. A stationary gear base mounted onto the starter motor housing and includes a plurality of pockets formed therein and spaced thereabout. A stationary gear is rotatably ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7303497 | Dual-input differential planetary gear transmission A dual planetary gear transmission having two planetary gear sets rotatably mounted on a common grounded axle wherein sun gears span both planetary gear sets providing a system for gear movement to be transferred between both gear sets whereby additional input allow... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302875 | Rotation transmitting device and hydraulic drive unit A hydraulic drive device, comprising a hydraulic motor (10), a rotating body (20) connected to the drive shaft (11) of the hydraulic motor (10), functioning, by itself as a flywheel, and having an internal gear (21) formed on the o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297086 | Epicyclic gear systems An epicyclic gear system (A, B), which is highly compact, yet capable of transferring substantial torque, includes a sun gear (2, 62), a ring gear (4, 64) around the sun gear, and planet gears (6, 8, 66, 68) organized in two rows between the sun... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297087 | Micro gear system operating according to the strain wave gear principle with hollow shafts A micro gear system, operating according to the principle of a strain wave gear system, a Wolfrom gear system, or a similar planetary gear system comprises at least one sun wheel (14) and at least two planet wheels (16) meshing with the sun wheel (1... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294090 | Planetary gear device for reduction gearing A planetary gear device includes a housing having a chamber for receiving lubricating member and having an internal gear, a carrier rotatably received in the chamber of the housing and having an output shaft and having a number of openings for rotatably receiving pl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7260879 | Wheel bearing on an axle body for vehicles The invention concerns a method for mounting a wheel on an axle housing in the form of an axle tube for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles. The wheel is fixed with, for example, wheel bolts to a wheel hub, pivoting on the axle stub of the axle tube, and the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237632 | Powered mechanism for universal golf cart A powered mechanism for a universal golf cart includes a transmission device, and a fixing device. The transmission device includes a housing assembly for mounting a motor, a battery unit, a control circuit board and a drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected with ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7214161 | One-way clutch A one-way clutch includes an outer member with inner teeth; an inner member rotatably retained in the outer member concentrically with the same and having a depression formed in an outer circumference thereof; at least one planet gear loosely and rotatably retained ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214160 | Planet carrier assembly The invention relates to a guide washer assembly (1) of a planet carrier for a planetary transmission having two guide washers (2, 3) which are interconnected via adequate connecting elements and held parallel at a distance from each other, the connect... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204782 | Axle assembly An axle assembly including a housing, a tire supporting hub mounted for rotation with respect to the housing, a drive axle and a planetary unit for coupling the drive axle to the tire supporting hub. The planetary unit includes a sun gear, at least one planet gear a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204340 | Tractor rear suspension A tractor has sprung left and right rear suspensions, each suspension including a suspension arm pivotally coupled to the tractor chassis to pivot about a pivot point. A planetary gear system is fixed to the suspension arm having a sun gear driven by the engine and ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7189183 | Stop disk of a planetary gear Stop disks (9, 12) that on both sides delimit planet wheels (6) and that are provided on at least two evenly spaced-apart peripheral positions with inner axial passages (9.2, 12.2) that are linked with their respective location bores (9.1, 12... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7144348 | Web unit A web unit for planet gear sets for the mounting of planet gears including a first web element and a second web element, which are tightly connected and can be tensioned in axial direction by transmission or connecting elements progressing in axial direction and des... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121973 | Methods and apparatus for minimizing backlash in a planetary gear mechanism A planetary gear system includes a planetary gear assembly having a first planetary gear, a second planetary gear rotatable relative to the first planetary gear, and a torquing mechanism. The torquing mechanism generates a torsional spring force of the planetary gea... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7107832 | Measurement device with a support plate mounted on measurement cells and intended for a person to stand on A measurement device with a support plate (1) mounted on measurement cells, and with a display device for displaying a force action line (7) for a person standing on bearing surfaces (10, 10′) of the support plate (1), permits monitorin... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104918 | Compact epicyclic gear carrier An epicyclic gear carrier assembly for use in an epicyclic gear train of a gas turbine engine, the epicyclic gear train having a central axis and a plurality of epicyclic gears rotatable about individual gear axes. The epicyclic gear carrier assembly comprises at le... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081067 | Planetary gear structure A planetary gear structure includes a carrier, a plurality of pinion shafts each inserted into a bore in the carrier, and a stopper plate arranged between a pair of the pinion shafts to hold the pinion shafts without any revolutions on its own axis. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081062 | Standardized rotary actuator A rotary actuator incorporating a shell, an output plate and a cross-roller bearing retaining the output plate within the shell. A prime mover, disposed within the shell, exerts torque on a gear train within the shell. A pair of gears, disposed on either side of the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059996 | Planetary gear drive A planetary gear drive includes a thin, elastically resilient internal gear arranged within an annular housing, in which there is also a carrier that is rotatably supported by a pair of tapered roller bearings. A sun gear located concentrically within a cylindrical ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7011598 | Drive assembly for wind turbines A drive assembly for a wind turbine includes a rotor hub, a supporting structure, a planetary gear transmission unit having sun, planet and ring gears and a planet carrier. The ring gear is non-rotatably secured to the supporting structure. A main bearing rotatably ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011599 | Flexible connection system between a planet carrier and the stationary support in a speed reduction gear train A speed reduction gear train comprising a sun gear, an annular gear, and planet gears meshing with the sun gear and the annular gear and mounted in a cage having axial housings between pairs of adjacent planet gears. The cage is connected to a cage carrier having ax... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994651 | Epicyclic gear system An epicyclic gear system has a sun gear, a ring gear, and planet gears between the sun and ring gears. In addition, it has a carrier including a carrier flange offset axially from the planet gears and carrier pins that project from the flange into the planet gears, ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966865 | High ratio, reduced size epicyclic gear transmission for rotary wing aircraft with improved safety and noise reduction A high ratio, double helical epicyclic gear transmission that is primarily intended for use in rotary wing aircraft employs double helical planet gears to obtain a reduction in size of the transmission, to improve the safety of the transmission, and to reduce the no... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964155 | Turbofan engine comprising an spicyclic transmission having bearing journals A planet gear journal for an epicyclic gear system is asymmetrically formed to compensate for carrier twist. The asymmetry may be between a pair of opposed outwardly open annular channels inboard of a bearing surface of the journal. A particular application is the p... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6931959 | Train housing for pseudo-planetary kinematic transmission A composite train housing for pseudo-planetary kinematic transmission, which comprises three components namely two external ones fixed to a central one, axial posts being formed between the components. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929578 | Planetary gear carrier assembly A planetary gear carrier assembly having an upgraded thrust bearing with an increased surface contact area and corresponding dynamic load rating capable of withstanding the axial thrust forces generated by engagement of the planetary gears in a General Motors 4L60, ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918853 | Planetary gear mechanism A planetary gear includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of pinion gears geared with the sun gear and the ring gear, a plurality of pinion pins provided at internal peripheral side and coaxial to the pinion gear to be rotatable relative to the pinion gear, a c... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6869381 | Gearbox device having ceramic-incorporating oil seal units In a gearbox device, a housing is formed with a hole-confining wall portion. A shaft is mounted rotatably in the hole-confining wall portions. An oil seal unit is mounted in the housing to provide a liquid tight seal between the shaft and the hole-confining wall por... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866608 | Planetary gear device A planetary gear device includes a first, a second, and a third ring-shaped member that are concentrically arranged in that order from the inside. A sun gear is coaxially fixed to an end surface of the first ring-shaped member, planet shafts of planet gears are supp... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6846258 | Gas turbine power generation facility There is provided a planetary reduction gear 10 between a gas turbine 1 and a generator 5. The planetary reduction gear includes elastic deformation unit 12 on an output side, and for the elastic deformation unit, a strain energy within a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6790156 | Transmission for wind generators A wind-driven rotor is connected to a generator via a multi-stage planetary transmission arrangement and a spur gear stage. The rotor is supported in the housing of the transmission, and an annular gear carrier with an annular gear is arranged directly on the rotor.... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6676558 | Planet gear The invention relates to a planet gear having a planet carrier rotatable around an axis of rotation, comprising at least one planet wheel arranged on the planet carrier, a sun wheel and a ring gear, wherein the planet wheel is arranged in a movable manner... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6645107 | Epicycle reduction gear having a built-in hydraulic motor In an epicycle reduction gear arrangement having a built-in hydraulic motor, a rotation drum formed with internal teeth is rotatably attached to an outer peripheral side of a hydraulic motor housing and a planetary gear is arranged between an output shaft... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6547685 | Transaxle apparatus A transaxle apparatus provided with a planetary gear type differential The differential comprises a pair of co-axial axles, a sun gear, a center gear serving as a driving input gear, a pair of carriers, a pair of ring gears serving as steering input gears... | 04/15/2003 |
