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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284401 | Stent reducing system and device A system for reducing the diameter of a stent comprises a stent contracting assembly and a fluid source. The assembly comprises a plurality of contracting members that define a diameter reduction chamber for receiving a stent. When the chamber is in a pre-reduction ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 6843148 | Geared motor unit for driving vehicle equipment, eliminating any axial play in its driveline The invention concerns a gear motor (1), in particular for driving vehicle equipment, comprising a rotor provided with a rotor shaft (6), a reduction gearbox housing (14) containing a cog wheel engaged in an endless screw of the shaft and capabl... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6564666 | Gear motor for driving vehicle equipment with elimination of transmission line axial play A reducing motor including a rotor with an armature shaft, a reducer housing (2) containing a gear wheel (3) engaging a worm on the shaft, and a shock absorber (5) housed in the gear wheel and rotationally integral therewith. The unitary shock absorber ha... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6070483 | Lash adjustment assembly An apparatus (10) for use in turning steerable wheels of a vehicle having an engine includes a first gear (16) which is rotatable about a first axis (24) and a second gear (14) having teeth (20) in meshing engagement with teeth (18) on the first gear (16)... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6019012 | Lash adjustment mechanism An apparatus for use in turning steerable wheels of a vehicle includes a first gear (16) and a second gear (14). The first gear (16) is movable along an axis (24) to reduce clearance between meshing teeth (18 and 20) on the gears (14 and 16). A lash adjus... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5392666 | Auto correction device for wearing end play in worm gear set An auto correction device for wearing end play in worm gear set has a correction worm gear, two linking gears and auxiliary linking gears to help power transmission in a smooth manner. The correction worm gear further includes a threaded thrust block, an ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5219391 | Transmission shifter having automatic adjustment of control parameters A position-feedback-control servomechanism for shifting the transmission of a vehicle has a control algorithm that adjusts the loop gains in a proportional-integral-differential controller to compensate for manufacturing variations in the apparatus as wel... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5165495 | Electrically driven power steering apparatus An improvement to an electrically driven power steering apparatus which utilizes an electric motor is disclosed. A bevel gear of a greater diameter is mounted on a steering shaft so as to be axially displaceable thereon, and an urging mechanism is connect... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4674350 | Deflection compensating gear system with radially displaceable ring gear A gear system includes a housing and an intermediate ring gear movably carried on a support hub coupled to an output shaft. The ring gear is driven by an input pinion gear through a running tooth system and drives the support hub through a coupling tooth ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4391157 | Bevel gear and pinion drive with biased thrust bearing A spiral bevel pinion and its meshing bevel gear are carried in a typical housing. The problem solved is accommodation of the axial thrust imparted to the pinion shaft during functioning of the drive train, the solution being in the form of biasing means ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4289046 | Apparatus for synchronizing speed and angular position of power driven machines The invention provides a simple, yet highly accurate device for synchronizing the speeds of two power-driven machines having separate, variable speed power-drives. A pair of shafts are respectively connected to the two machines and mounted in opposed conc... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4270408 | Gear drive for gas turbine engine A drive system for a multiple gas turbine engine system includes power output shafts from first and second gas turbine engines, each power shaft connected to drive a load and each engine including a load sharing cross-over shaft for power transfer from on... | 06/02/1981 |
