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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136417 | Sliding device A sliding device 1 includes a swash plate 3 rotated in association with a rotating shaft 2 and semispherical shoes 4 sliding on the swash plate 3. The semispherical shoes 4 are formed of a ferrous material and the sw... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7438029 | Piston waveform shaping An assembly includes at least one piston, a rotating member, a transition arm, and a mechanism. The transition arm is configured to translate between rotational movement of the rotating member and a first linear motion of the piston. The mechanism is configured to s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7334548 | Piston joint A joint for positioning between first and second elements includes an outer member and an inner member. The first and second elements are arranged for linear motion along a common axis. The outer member is configured for movement relative to the first and second ele... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331271 | Variable stroke/clearance mechanism An assembly includes a cylinder (232) and a piston assembly (212) housed within the cylinder and configured for reciprocal motion relative to the cylinder. The piston assembly and cylinder include a magnet (230) and coil (234) configured ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320576 | Clutchless variable displacement refrigerant compressor with mechanism for reducing displacement work at increased driven speed during non-operation of refrigerating system including the compressor In a variable displacement swash plate type refrigerant compressor (10), a stopper (28) is provided for setting an initial angle of the inclination angle of a swash plate (23) when a drive shaft (19) is not driven. When the drive shaft ( | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313997 | Copper alloy piston shoe A swash plate type compressor is disclosed, wherein a shoe, having a first surface slidably disposed on a swash plate and a second surface received in a pocket formed in a piston, is formed from a copper alloy. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302883 | Hybrid nutating pump A nutating pump has a cross-type universal joint connecting a nutating member to a pump housing, ball joints connecting the nutating member to piston rods, and the piston rods fixed to piston heads so that the piston heads wobble in pump cylinders. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7216516 | Wobble joint A wobble joint particularly useful for supporting a wash plate in a wash basket of an automatic washing appliance includes inner and outer races formed with mating part-spherical surfaces having common centers of curvature about a longitudinal axis of the joint. Ant... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210429 | Rotating positive displacement engine An engine including a stationary housing; a cylinder bank rotatably mounted to the housing about a central longitudinal axis, the cylinder bank having a plurality of cylinders therein radially distanced from and parallel to the central longitudinal axis, each cylind... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7168169 | Anti-rotation drive mechanism for a reciprocating saw An anti-rotation reciprocating drive apparatus for a reciprocating saw utilizes a wobble plate assembly that includes a drive shaft and an elongated arm with an interface structure for engaging a spindle. The interface structure has two ball-type interfaces that are... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153105 | Compressor with swash plate housing inlet port A compressor is disclosed generally comprising a cylinder block at least partially enclosing a compression chamber, a swash plate housing mounted adjacent the cylinder block, the swash plate housing at least partially enclosing a swash plate chamber, an inlet port i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144227 | Reciprocating-piston machine with a driver In a reciprocating-piston machine, in particular a refrigerant compressor for a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, comprising a machine shaft rotatably supported in a housing with a plurality of pistons arranged circularly around the machine shaft and an annular... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7117828 | Axial motors An axial motor (100) driven by opposed pistons/cylinder (101a–105b, 111a–115b) pairs arranged in a circular array about a central axis of the motor (100). The opposed pistons (101a | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100564 | Variable angle cam-drive engine and a power conversion mechanism for use therein A variable angle cam-drive engine in which the torque output generated at a given engine speed (as represented by, for example, piston reciprocation frequency) can be varied by changing the operating angle of cam mechanisms in a power conversion mechanism of the eng... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090423 | Connecting structures Joint formations that, in joining together joining members employed in a variety of electrical and electronic components, yield sufficiently high joint strength in the direction perpendicular to the plane in which two joining members join, and meanwhile in the direc... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083396 | Balanced variable displacement fluid apparatus In a fluid apparatus used as a compressor, a swing support member is constructed of a hook-type adjustable joint, and supports a swing member in capable of swinging while restricting the swing member from rotating about a center axis of a shaft of the compressor. A ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040263 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relative to the d... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011469 | Piston joint A joint for positioning between first and second elements includes an outer member and an inner member. The first and second elements are arranged for linear motion along a common axis. The outer member is configured for movement relative to the first and second ele... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007589 | Piston assembly A hydraulic pump includes a housing, at least two pistons mounted to the housing to rotate relative to the housing, and a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons to rotate therewith. The transition arm is set at a predetermined angle relative to a longitudinal... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004358 | Dispenser A dispenser has a seal disk (30), a valve member (40), a plunger guide block (50), a motor (3), which rotates a cam-follower guide block (60), and an end cam (5). The seal disk (30) has communication holes (31)... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991438 | Radial piston pump with piston rod elements in rolling contact with the pump pistons In a piston pump for providing high-pressure fuel in a common-rail fuel injection system including a camshaft (2), which is mounted rotatably in a pump housing (1) and which has at least one eccentric cam 93) for operating a pump piston (4, 1... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968751 | Axial piston machines This invention relates to internal combustion engines with cylinders arranged parallel to the main shaft and where reciprocating movements of the pistons are converted to rotation by means of a Z-crank mechanism and motion converter, or conversely to systems such as... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6938589 | Variable displacement engine An internal combustion engine having at least one piston with an adjustable stroke length. The engine includes a connecting rod attached to the piston and a crankshaft. The crankshaft has a journal portion that extends along a length that is non-perpendicular to a m... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925973 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relative to the d... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925974 | Wobble plate engine A wobble plate engine includes a cylinder block, a plurality of pistons, a drive shaft, a weight, an oscillating member, a plurality of rods connecting the pistons to the oscillating member, a pair of bevel gears and a plurality of thrust bearing assemblies wherein ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915872 | Cruise control system A cruise control system for use in connection with a control arm linked to a swash plate that is moveable to provide the swash plate with a plurality of non-discrete angular orientations to affect fluid displacement of a hydraulic pump and a return to neutral mechan... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915765 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relative to the d... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913447 | Metering pump with varying piston cylinders, and with independently adjustable piston strokes A metering pump includes an actuating mechanism, and a plurality of piston cylinders coupled to the actuating mechanism. A first of the cylinders has a working volume that differs from a second of the cylinders. The actuating member is centrally located and the cyli... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904878 | Internal combustion engine with novel fuel/air delivery system Blower forces fuel/air mixture into bore of cylinder head against small diameter piston of compound piston assembly, forcing assembly down in engine cylinder, permitting fuel/air mixture to enter main cylinder of engine in which it is ignited. Exhaust forces assembl... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899013 | Hinge for a variable displacement compressor The subject invention provides a pivot assembly for rotatably connecting a rotor to a swash plate in a variable displacement compressor. The rotor and swash plate each having pivot arms supporting pivot pins. A hinge is mounted to both of the pivot pins for operativ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6829978 | Piston engine balancing A piston assembly includes first and second pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member rotating in a first direction about a first axis. The transition arm includes a drive member coupled to the rotating member off-axis of the ro... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823768 | Nitrided surface layer on a swash plate boss A swash plate for a swash plate-type, variable displacement compressor, such that the compressor is driven by a drive shaft having a shaft axis. The swash plate includes a boss that is penetrated slidably by the drive shaft. The boss is connected slidably to a rotor... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6736748 | Roller with axial travel A distributing roller includes a roller sleeve and a gear located on the interior of the roller. The gear generates a rotational speed of a roller inner shaft that is different from the rotational speed of the roller sleeve. A bearing, that is supported obliquely on... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6716005 | Pump provided with diaphragms and an eccentric rotation shaft In a pump, a plurality of pump chambers are defined by a plurality of diaphragms. A pivotable member is attached to the diaphragms. A rotator is formed with a first hole having a first diameter, which is arranged eccentrically from a rotation center of the rotator, ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698198 | Hydrostatic transmission A control apparatus for a hydrostatic device such as a hydrostatic transmission having a rotatable pump and motor mounted in a housing, a moveable swash plate engaged to the pump and a trunnion shaft engaged to one side of the swash plate and extending ou... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688212 | Swash plate-type compressors A swash plate-type compressor includes a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores formed therethrough, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the cylinder block, and a swash plate rotatably mounted on the drive shaft. The compressor also includes... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6675697 | Inclined plate for axial piston motors The invention relates to an axial piston motor having a hollow cylindrical machine housing with an end face and an outer diameter, an inclined plate within the housing, a closing cap for the housing, and a support for the inclined plate integral with the ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6644170 | Double spline hydraulic pump In a hydraulic pump assembly, an annular sleeve member is radially interposed between an outer peripheral surface portion of an input shaft and an inner peripheral surface portion of a cylinder block or barrel within which are provided a plurality of pist... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6637312 | Assembly and mounting of an engine drive mechanism A mounting assembly for connection of a drive mechanism to an engine. The engine includes pistons, an engine block and an output shaft. The assembly includes a drive mechanism, connecting rods and a pedestal, whereby the assembly is mounted to the engine ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6626054 | Swashplate design A rolling element or ball swashplate has a part-spherical surface covered in latitudinal grooves and ridges, in cross-section resembling parts of a spur gear wheel. The ball is mounted on a well-known rolling element bearing on its polar axis. The bearing... | 09/30/2003 |
