Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784371 | Starter A starter and a method of manufacturing the starter are disclosed wherein the starter comprises a case, a housing disposed in front of the case, a pinion moving body slidably received by the case and the housing, and a lever unit having a lever, swingably supported ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7735384 | Starter with reliable fulcrum supporter supporting fulcrum portion of shift lever A starter includes a motor, an output shaft, a pinion gear, a lever, a lever actuator, a supporting frame, and a fulcrum supporter. The motor includes a rotation shaft to which the output shaft is linked. The pinion gear is provided on the output shaft and configure... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7654163 | Starter for vehicle engine The starter for an engine of a vehicle includes a motor generating torque for starting the engine, an output shaft configured to move in an axial direction thereof by being pressed at a pressure-receiving portion thereof, and applied with the torque to rotate, and a... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7389707 | Starter with one-way clutch for cranking internal combustion engine A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor, an output shaft, and a one-way clutch for transmitting a rotational torque of the electric motor to the output shaft. The one-way clutch is composed of a clutch-outer driven by the elec... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7302869 | Electric starter motor A pinion includes: a first pinion flange portion disposed so as to protrude radially at a front end of a pinion boss portion; and a second pinion flange portion disposed so as to protrude radially facing the first pinion flange portion from an opposite side of the p... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267021 | Starter having rear end cover A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor for driving a pinion gear of the starter. The rear end of the electric motor is covered with a rear end frame having a bearing holder formed thereon. To protect the bearing holder from e... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260340 | System and method for transfer of an electrical voltage to/from a rotating roller In order to be able to supply a rotating transfer roller in a transfer printing station of an electrophotographic printing device with a high voltage, a system and method is proposed that comprises a voltage transfer device with an elastically borne brush, a compens... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7225725 | Bi-directional pneumatic motor A pneumatic motor for providing bi-directional linear motion including a motor housing having a cylinder bore and a piston mounted on a piston rod positioned in the cylinder bore. The ends of the piston rod extend beyond the ends of the cylinder bore. The cylinder b... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219569 | Integral one-way overrun clutch with epcicycle gear system A starter motor for an internal combustion engine having an integral one-way roller clutch and epicycle gear train unit is provided. The integrated unit includes an integrated gear support/clutch barrel which, on one side, houses the roller and spring elements of th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7165468 | Starter An outer diameter portion of a sealing member is rotatably supported by an inner surface of a nose portion. The axial movement of the sealing member is regulated. A tooth profile-shaped hole having approximately the same shape as that of a gear portion of a pinion i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159480 | Pinion slip-off preventive structure of starting apparatus A pinion slip-off preventive structure of a starting apparatus is provided in which a bearing applied to a snap ring 17 can be decreased to make the snap ring 17 less prone to being worn out and damaged, thus preventing the snap ring 17 from sli... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7135795 | Insert molded end bell for a submersible motor and method of manufacture thereof An end bell for a motor has a base plate, a bearing and a molded insert to couple the bearing to the base plate. The end bell with molded insert is durable, light weight and has good anti-corrosion properties. The bearing is held in relation to the base plate while ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6963144 | Starter having pinion-rotation-restricting member for use in automotive vehicle A pinion gear of a starter is engaged with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by restricting rotation of the pinion gear while driving a motor at a low speed. After the engagement is established, the motor is driven at a full speed by supplying a full curr... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959619 | Starter having resilient shift lever for driving pinion gear A starter for engines uses a leaf spring as a shaft lever for advancing a pinion gear for engagement with a ring gear. The shift lever may be constructed with a plurality of layered leaf springs having respective front ends spaced apart one another to contact a one-... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957594 | Starter having helical ventilation groove in tube In a starter, a cylindrical tube is slidablly engaged with an outer peripheral surface of an output shaft through a bearing in an axial direction. A front end of the tube, which supports a pinion, is closed to define an enclosed space between the front end of the tu... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6948392 | Inertia drive torque transmission level control and engine starter incorporating same An engine starter inertia drive that includes a torque transmission level control mechanism is presented. Such torque transmission level control is provided by removing the variations in clutch plate compression force conventionally introduced by the shock absorbing... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932042 | Starter having pinion-rotation-restricting member for use in automotive vehicle A pinion gear of a starter is engaged with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by restricting rotation of the pinion gear while driving a motor at a low speed. After the engagement is established, the motor is driven at a full speed by supplying a full curr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923152 | Engine starter An engine starter includes a starter switch having a plunger assembly movable between non-operating operating positions. When the plunger assembly is at the non-operating position, a gap between main stationary and movable contacts is smaller than the sum of a gap b... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6911610 | Medium voltage switching device A medium voltage switching device includes an electromagnetic actuation chain and a power supply which provides electric power to the electromagnetic actuation chain. The power supply includes at least a first power supply device which is electrically connected to a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6880415 | Starter having intermediate gear for cranking internal combustion engine A starter includes an electric motor, a pinion gear driven by the electric motor, and an intermediate gear driven by the pinion gear. The intermediate gear is coupled to the pinion gear by a coupler member in order to shift the intermediate gear toward a ring gear o... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6863041 | Engine starter An engine starter that rotates at a rated speed after a ring gear meshs with a pinion slowly characterized by a wide variety of tolerance in manufacturing, and the inclusion of a magnet switch having an auxiliary contact being protected from an adverse effect of met... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6851405 | Motor-driven starter having pinion to engage ring gear of internal combustion engine A starter includes a motor, an output shaft, a first spline connection member disposed between the motor and the output shaft, a pinion to be engaged with a ring gear of an engine, a second spline connection member disposed between the output shaft and the pinion, a... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6845681 | Starter motor having seal member for sealing axial end of housing A front end of a starter motor housing is sealed by a resilient seal member disposed between a bearing and a front end wall of the housing. A shaft carrying a pinion at its front end is rotatably and slidably supported by the bearing in an over hang fashion. The sea... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6817258 | Starter for internal combustion engine A starter for an internal combustion engine includes a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism, a pinion and a pinion drive shaft, a motor, a front housing having a plurality of fastening holes disposed at a circumference and a center casing having approximately th... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6813967 | Starter with driving lever having lever pin To reduce entire length and radial dimension of a starter, the starter includes a driving lever composed of a lever body and a lever pin as a pivot center of the driving lever body. Further, the lever pin is disposed close to a center case in the radial direction. T... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6789438 | Engine starting apparatus An engine starting apparatus includes a starter motor rotating when the engine is started, a wedge roller speed reduction mechanism adapted to output a rotation of the starter motor from an output shaft at a reduced speed and to cut off power transmission between th... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6731037 | Housing assembly structure of starter motor for vehicle The present invention relates to a housing assembly structure of a starter motor for a vehicle which is capable of implementing an easier assembling operation of a magnet switch and a lever in a finished assembling line of a starter motor based on a shape change of ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718926 | Starter motor having labyrinth ventilation passage An inside space of a starter motor having a motor, a magnetic switch and a reduction gear train is ventilated through a ventilation passage formed in the starter motor. The ventilation passage includes a labyrinth passage formed at a portion connecting a front housi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6658949 | Starter having resilient shift lever for driving pinion gear A starter for engines uses a leaf spring as a shift lever for advancing a pinion gear for engagement with a ring gear. The shift lever may be constructed with a plurality of layered leaf springs having respective front ends spaced apart one another to con... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6633099 | Engagement and disengagement mechanism for a coaxial starter motor assembly A coaxial starter motor assembly that includes a housing. An electrical motor is provided in the housing that has a rotatable armature shaft that is linked with a drive shaft. A pinion assembly is provided that is engageable at one end with the drive shaf... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6630760 | Coaxial starter motor assembly having a return spring spaced from the pinion shaft A starter motor assembly is provided. A motor housing encloses an electrical motor having a rotatable armature shaft. A rotatable drive shaft is provided that is engageably linked with the armature shaft. A pinion assembly is also provided, which includes... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6612191 | Starter with driving lever having lever pin To reduce entire length and radial dimension of a starter, the starter includes a driving lever composed of a lever body and a lever pin as a pivot center of the driving lever body. Further, the lever pin is disposed close to a center case in the radial d... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6572479 | Shock absorber A shock absorber for a starter is presented. The shock absorber includes a rotary disk, a stationary disk and a disk spring. The rotary disk is pressed by the disk spring against a stationary disk to generate frictional force when the rotary disk is rotat... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6382037 | Starter To prevent an attracting force to the plunger from becoming insufficient, at least one of an output shaft and a thrust spline is formed from magnetic material having a lower relative permeability than iron.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6286378 | Starter To reduce abrasion of the pinion and the ring gear, a coil spring and a plate are arranged between the inner circumference of the plunger and the output shaft. The plate is adapted to the rear end of the thrust spline of the over-running clutch to transmi... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6269706 | Starter and its installation method To fully secure the precision around an output shaft, an electromagnet is axially held in position between a center bracket and a front bracket which form an enclosing member for a starter.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268670 | Starter To prevent damage or breakage of a pinion return coil spring employed in a starter, it is held between a first stopper and a second stopper which are coaxially arranged relative to an output shaft. Each stopper is provided with a cylindrical portion for r... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6222293 | Starter A starter comprises a fixing member which has a cylindrical portion and rotation stoppers on the outer wall of the cylindrical portion and is fixed to a bracket so that its movement in a circumferential direction is limited by the rotation stoppers, a mat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6202497 | Shift lever assembly for an electric starter motor A shift lever assembly includes a shift lever having a fulcrum portion provided with a pair of pin bores for supporting portions of both ends of a pin, a first arm portion extending from one side of the fulcrum portion in a direction perpendicular to the ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6142028 | Starter motor with speed reduction mechanism A starter is composed of an output shaft, a pinion having an outer gear slidably disposed on the output shaft, a planetary gear-type speed reduction mechanism, a one-way clutch having clutch outer linked with the planetary gears, a clutch inner linked wit... | 11/07/2000 |
