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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091446 | Reverse gear locking mechanism for vehicle A transmission for a vehicle is disclosed. The transmission has a reverse gear locking device that includes a rotating shaft having a longitudinal axis, the rotating shaft adapted for rotational movement about its longitudinal axis, and a lock connected to the rotat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082816 | Gear-shifting structure for vehicle A gear-shifting structure is provided for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a transmission box that contains therein a gear train, a clutch, a switching fork, a gear-shifting hub, and a motor. The motor cooperates with a worm shaft to actuate the clutching operation o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8042419 | Vehicle transmission An outer circumference of a shift drum of a vehicle transmission is provided with at least one particular lead groove among multiple lead grooves which continuously extends beyond one circle of the shift drum. Two ends of the particular lead groove are arranged so a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042421 | Multi-gear-speed transmission A multi-gear-speed transmission includes cam rods in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of an inner cavity of a gear shaft; pin members inserted in pin holes bored in the gear shaft in the radial directions and which are advanced or retreated by altern... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042420 | Twin clutch type speed-change apparatus A twin clutch type speed-change apparatus for detecting the engagement state of a dog clutch by use of the rotational speed difference between an inner main shaft and an outer main shaft and of a signal outputted from a gear position sensor. A rotational speed diffe... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8015892 | Bicycle clutch A bicycle clutch comprises a transmission shaft, at least two gears, at least two slide blocks, at least two clutch blocks, at least two guiding blocks, a switch shaft and a stationary shaft. The gears and the slide blocks are coaxially disposed on the transmission ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7963185 | Stepper motor driven proportional actuator A stepper motor driven actuator that eliminates the need for a position sensor is provided. The stepper motor rotates a cam in a control piston valve. In a single nozzle embodiment, pressure balance is maintained by a spring preload on one end of the piston in one e... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963184 | Vehicle transmission To reduce the engaging sound to a low level, generated at the time of changing over the change gear stage by sliding a shifter, an intermittent feed mechanism includes a drum shifter, a pair of pawls symmetrically mounted to the drum shifter and energized in tilting... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7895913 | Spiral cam clutch actuation system A power transmission device for a motor vehicle includes a clutch for transferring torque between first and second shafts. A clutch actuation system includes a drive member and a cam member in cooperation with one another. The drive member is driven by an electric m... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891262 | Transmission for vehicles A shift position changing drive member for a transmission includes an arm member capable of turning around the axis of a shift spindle for drivingly turning a shift drum in response to the turning of the shift spindle wherein the shift drum is prevented from coming ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882757 | Gear actuator for a motor vehicle transmission design, motor vehicle transmission design with a gear actuator as well as motor vehicle drive train with a motor vehicle transmission design The invention relates to a gear actuator for a motor vehicle transmission design, that has several ratio steps for forming gears, whereby the gear actuator has a gear-shift shaft that is mounted so that it can rotate for the shifting of gears and that is mounted so ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878085 | Configuration of lubricating system for a power unit of a vehicle A power unit includes a shaft member rotatably supported by the crankcase and a torsional coil spring, disposed at one end of the shaft member, biasing a swing arm in one rotational direction. An oil strainer is fixed to the crankcase through a strainer support brac... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7854178 | Straddle-type four wheeled vehicle A straddle-type four wheeled vehicle according to the present invention includes: a gear-type transmission capable of switching forward/backward traveling gears; a change drum, which is disposed substantially in parallel to a crankshaft of an engine and is turned at... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7841254 | All-terrain vehicle gear-shifting safety device A gear-shifting safety device is provided for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), including a gear lever, a gear-shifting hub shaft, a gear-shifting gear set, and a reversing bar. An end of the gear-shifting hub forms a step on which a block is provided. The block and the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7770481 | Shift drum apparatus and transmission including same A shift drum apparatus is reduced in weight relative to conventional shift drums. The shift drum includes a shift fork, a shift drum main body, and a lid member. The shift fork is slidably mounted on a shift fork support shaft. The shift fork changes a gear position... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770482 | Method for controlling a gear-shifting process in a manual transmission with active interlock A method for controlling a gear-shifting process from an initial gear to a target gear in a manual transmission with active interlock. According to the method, the active interlock gear-shifting mechanism includes at least one shifting finger which co-operates with ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757578 | Gear change control system of automatic transmission A gear change control system of an automatic transmission, includes: a shift member, including a shaft portion having a selection axis oriented in a selecting direction, and a pair of arm portions formed on the shaft portion and projecting therefrom; shift rail memb... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752936 | Automatic transmission assembly for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same An automatic transmission assembly having a transmission unit including a plurality of gear pairs, a shift drum, a pair of clutches; and a controller. The controller performs a preliminary upshifting action in advance for angularly moving the shift drum depending on... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7730801 | Servo-assisted control system for the gears of a single clutch gearbox of a motor vehicle The control system including four actuating forks, each associated to one or two gears and having a first engagement member, and a first hydraulically-operated actuator for controlling engagement of all gears. The first hydraulically-operated actuator includes: a sh... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7694598 | Two-speed transfer case with adaptive torque transfer clutch A transfer case includes a two-speed range unit, a friction clutch, a power-operated actuation mechanism and a control system. The actuation mechanism includes an electric motor, a geartrain driven by the motor for controlling rotation of an actuator shaft, a range ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7677124 | Transmission of vehicle The invention provides a transmission of a vehicle which can smoothly execute shift-up and shift-down operations. The transmission is provided with change gears, a shift member, a change drum, a change shaft rotationally operated at a predetermined angle by a rider,... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7661331 | Shifting device for dual clutch transmission A shifting device for a dual clutch transmission, the dual clutch transmission including a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a counter shaft, a dual clutch, a first gear change mechanism including at least a first gear train and a first switching clutch, and ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7650808 | Sprial cam clutch actuation system for two-speed transfer case A transfer case includes a two-speed range unit, a friction clutch, an actuation mechanism and a control system. The actuation mechanism includes an electric motor, a geartrain driven by the motor, a range actuator assembly and a mode actuator assembly. The range ac... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7552660 | Torque transfer mechanism The present invention discloses and claims a torque transfer mechanism. The torque transfer mechanism connects an input shaft to an output shaft to transmit rotation and torque in either direction from the input shaft to the output shaft. The torque transfer mechani... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7543515 | Adjusting device for a transmission An adjusting device for a transmission is described. The device has at least one movable adjusting element, a plurality of sensors for detecting a position of the at least one movable adjusting element, which are arranged substantially parallel to one another, and a... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7487691 | Actuator arrangement having selector drums for a twin-clutch transmission An actuator arrangement for a twin-clutch transmission has a first and a second partial transmission. The first partial transmission contains odd forward gear stages and the second partial transmission contains even forward gear stages. At least one first and one se... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7467564 | Actuator mechanism for shift motors of a transmission A system for actuating gear changes in a motor vehicle transmission includes an electric motor including a motor shaft supported for rotation about an axis, first and second actuator drums supported for rotation substantially parallel to the axis, and a drive mechan... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7428852 | Actuator mechanism for shift motors of a transmission A system for actuating couplers to produce gear changes in a motor vehicle transmission includes first and second actuator drums supported for rotation, and first and second shift forks. Each first shift fork is driveably connected to a first actuator drum, secured ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418884 | Switching device A shifting device for shifting a transmission with a shifting shaft upon which a plurality of shifting forks are located in an axial, slidable manner for carry out desired shifting procedures. The shifting device includes a selection apparatus for choosing the shift... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409887 | Shift device for a transmission and power divider of a motor vehicle having such a shift device A shift device for a transmission, which comprises a sliding sleeve, a shift fork engaging in the sliding sleeve, and an actuator that can rotate on a shaft that is disposed at an angle to the transmission shaft. In order to provide a simple and reliable control tha... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409884 | Torque transfer mechanism A torque transfer mechanism connects an input shaft to an output shaft to transmit rotation and torque in either direction from the input shaft to the output shaft. The torque transfer mechanism also inhibits the transmission of rotation and torque in at least one d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7363834 | Shift drum having an insertion-groove flank movable axially with respect to a shift drum axis and shifting method Shift drum (10; 10′) for a multi-step transmission of a motor vehicle, with at least one circumferential track (14, 16), in particular circumferential groove (14, 16), into which at least one axially displaceable track follower (S, T) can enga... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363832 | Transmission system for scooters A transmission system for a scooter has a gear train assembly and a gear shifting mechanism. The gear train assembly has an input shaft, which is provided with an integral gear, an intermediate shaft, an output shaft, an input fork, an intermediate fork, an output f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353726 | Shifting device for a transmission A shifting device for a transmission, in which at least one gearshift package is allocated to two non-successive gears and each of these gearshift packages is coupled with a gearshift lever. An H- or a multiple H-shifting diagram is allocated to the gearshift lever,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350432 | Gearbox comprising an electromechanical actuator A transmission (8) for a motor vehicle (2) with a housing (26) and a shifting apparatus arranged therein and with an electromechanical transmission actuator (24) with a first electric motor (32) for exercising a selection motion of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340974 | Spindle gear for an adjusting device in a motor vehicle seat A spindle gear for a motor vehicle seat adjusting device having a housing, a spindle nut, a spindle and a worm wheel. The spindle nut may have an external bearing surface and a bearing shell may include an internal bearing surface cooperating with the external beari... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318360 | Gear shift lever operating mechanism A handling mechanism of a gearshift which enable to shift endlessly into neutral, first-speed, second-speed, third-speed, fourth-speed, fifth-speed, neutral, first-speed, second-speed, third-speed, fourth-speed, fifth-speed for example can be used for the wire-typed... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313943 | Adjustable encoder for clutch actuation control system An adjustable position sensor is provided suitable for use with a clutch actuation control system. The position sensor includes: a rotatable shaft adapted to engage a control gear of the clutch actuation control system; and an encoder having a position indicator adj... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311015 | Multi-step manual transmission for an internal combustion engine A multistage transmission for an internal combustion engine has a disconnect-type clutch, a drive shaft and a driven shift on which engaged gear wheels are arranged to achieve different gear steps. Clutches actuated via shift forks are used to move the speed gears t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7243575 | Braking mechanism for a gear An indexing and braking mechanism for a manual transmission having a shifting mechanism and at least one rotatable drive shaft is disclosed. The mechanism includes an indexing mechanism for controlling movement of the shifting mechanism between at least a first posi... | 07/17/2007 |
