Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091443 | Speed reduction type starter for engines The speed reduction type starter for engines comprises the engaging part 34 arranged in the perimeter of two internal gears 25 and 29 used for a set of speed reducers coaxially, the magnetic coil 35 that drives the engaging part 34... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8033191 | Starter A starter that includes a motor portion that includes a motor shaft; a deceleration mechanism portion that is integrated with the motor portion, the deceleration mechanism portion includes a planetary gear that revolves around the motor shaft; and an output shaft th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7980150 | Engine starter having shift lever with lubricant-blocking wall A starter includes a motor, a pinion, a pinion carrier carrying the pinion, a ring member provided on the pinion carrier, a shifting member, and a lubricant blocking member. The ring member is rotatable relative to the pinion carrier and restricted in axial movement... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7647849 | Starter with intermediate gear A starter 1 with an intermediate gear is disclosed having a housing 12 formed with first and second bearing portions 17, 18 between which an intermediate shaft 5 is supported. The second bearing portion 18 has a mounting aperture | 01/19/2010 |
| 7520190 | Structure of engine starter equipped with planetary gear speed reducer A starter for automotive engines is provided which is equipped with a planetary gear train working as a speed reducer. The starter also includes a partition plate and a thrust washer. The partition plate extends radially of the starter between an electric motor and ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7451668 | Starter having excessive-torque-absorbing device A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor, a planetary gear speed reduction device for reducing a rotational speed of the electric motor and an excessive-torque-absorbing device. The excessive-torque-absorbing device is composed... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7389708 | Starter for an engine A starter for an engine includes a motor, a cylindrical tube, a one-way clutch, an output shaft, and a pinion gear. The motor generates a rotational force. A first bearing rotatably supports the tube. The tube includes a female helical spline on its inner surface. T... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370549 | Reduction gear for geared motor, geared motor, and product group thereof A reduction gear for forming a geared motor having a motor and a reduction gear is provided. The reduction gear for a geared motor includes an intermediate orthogonal gear head having an orthogonal transfer mechanism for changing a rotational direction of power deli... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340867 | Fastener assembly serving as a product, or combined with other components as a product, allows automatic controlled movements in one direction and prevents movements in the opposite direction when forces are applied A fastener assembly 10, in respect to forces which are subsequently applied, after the installation thereof, when forces is applied in one direction, this fastener assembly 10 is self adjusting incrementally, as needed in travel or actuation; yet when ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7305899 | Starter with stopper on clutch inner portion of one-way clutch In a starter, a one-way clutch that transmits rotation of a motor to an output shaft has a clutch inner portion. The clutch inner portion has female helical splines in an inner periphery. Also, the clutch inner portion has a stopper at a front end of the female heli... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7302870 | Motor vehicle starter with improved starter drive assembly Motor vehicle starter comprising a starter head provided with a pinion (1), a driver (2) and a coupling device with a conical clutch for coupling the pinion to the driver (2), in which the conical clutch comprises a first frustoconical friction ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296489 | Starting apparatus A starting apparatus includes a drive motor and a reduction gear having a planetary gear for starting an engine by the drive motor via the reduction gear. An internal gear of the reduction gear includes a locking projection projecting in an axial direction. A rotati... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281442 | Planetary gear reduction mechanism in particular for motor vehicle starter and starter equipped with same A reduction gearbox with an epicyclic gear train is provided for a motor vehicle starter. This gearbox includes a crown (30) comprising a outer crown part (31) and an inner crown part (32) carrying an internal set of teeth (33) together w... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7237447 | Engine start/stop system An arrangement for starting an engine includes a torque coupler provided between a starter motor and the engine crankshaft. The torque coupler includes a gear mechanism arranged to allow a starter motor to rotate for a period of time prior to transferring rotational... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7213579 | Fuel pump and method of manufacturing an armature for the fuel pump An axial length of the fuel pump is reduced, and the fuel pump is miniaturized, without reducing pumping performance. A space G is formed between coils 19 and the shaft 7 at the upper side of the core 11, and the lower portion of the comm... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194925 | Starter A shock absorbing device 8 includes a transmitting section 81, first friction plates 82, second friction plates 83, and a dish spring 84. The transmitting section 81 is engaged with the inner cylindrical portion of the secon... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7131412 | Engine starting system The invention is directed at a device that reduces the size of an engine in the direction along the axis of a crankshaft. More specifically, it relates to an engine starting system in which a part of a starting power transmission gear train is provided between one e... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121391 | One-way clutch A one-way clutch. The one-way clutch includes a passive member, an active member, and a rolling member. The passive member has an outer circumferential surface and a sliding portion. The sliding portion extends from the outer circumferential surface to the interior ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101299 | Starter with planetary reduction gear device In a planetary reduction gear device of a starter, a planet carrier forms gear shafts and planetary gears are rotatably supported by the gear shafts through bearings. The planet carrier further forms waste shafts projecting in a direction same as that of the gear sh... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7051344 | Disk tray moving device and disk recording and/or reproducing device The present invention provides a disc tray shift device including a disc tray having at least one disc placement portion, a rack having an arc portion and at least one straight portion, the rack being arranged on the disc tray, and a sun gear, a planet gear which ha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040184 | Starter A starter capable of preventing the slippage of a clutch at engine starting and of transmitting a higher torque. In the starter, a power transmission device is integrated with a carrier for supporting a planetary gear of a reduction assembly and an output shaft is h... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018314 | Engine starter with impact absorber An engine starter equipped with an impact absorber. The impact absorber is arranged between a planetary gear train and an overrunning clutch of the starter. The absorber includes a friction plate which is disposed between a clutch outer and a carrier plate of the ov... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011062 | Engine starting apparatus To attain downsizing and weight reduction of a starter motor and starting power transmission in an engine starting apparatus. The starting power transmission decelerates rotation power of the starter motor and transmits the power to a crankshaft, even in a multi-cyl... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010992 | Starter having rotation restricting structure A center case has a force-receiving wall and a fixed wall, and is rigidly fixed in a starter. A gear-forming section is coaxially arranged with the center case, and has a forcing wall and a movable wall on the side of the center case. A cushion member is elastically... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997072 | Starting apparatus A starting apparatus for starting an engine has a drive motor and a reduction gear. The reduction gear includes a shock absorbing member and restricting members. The shock absorbing member is provided to elastically receive a reaction force exerted to an internal ge... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993989 | Starting apparatus A starting apparatus includes a drive motor and a reduction gear having a planetary gear for starting an engine by the drive motor via the reduction gear. An internal gear of the reduction gear includes a locking projection projecting in an axial direction. A rotati... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986332 | Electric starter apparatus and method with multi-stage gearing for starting an internal combustion engine An electric starter apparatus and method with three-stage gearing and method for starting an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a starter assembly, a first gear, a second gear, a third gear, a fourth gear and an engine shaft. The starter assembly inc... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6971264 | Throttle opening degree detecting apparatus A throttle opening degree detecting apparatus includes a resin gear, a permanent magnet, a yoke and a magnetic sensor. The resin gear is connected to a throttle shaft of a throttle valve and provided with a depressed boss portion in an axial position. The permanent ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6931953 | Starter having small diameter front housing for installation from transmission side In a starter, a front side bearing is provided between a one-way clutch and a pinion combined at a front end portion of a pinion tube. A housing supporting the pinion tube through the bearing has a housing small diameter portion where the inner diameter of the housi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6930430 | Armature support structure of starter for automotive engine A starter for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a pair of angular contact ball bearings used to support an armature shaft. The bearings are disposed close to opposed ends of a core of an armature. The core has disposed thereon coils which defi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910453 | Automotive internal combustion engine control system A starting motor 5 of an internal combustion engine 1 drives an input/output pulley 10 through a belt 11. Auxiliary machinery 6, 7 and 8 is driven by the engine 1 though the belt 11 while the engine is in opera... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895915 | Direct drive cranking system for belt or chain-driven V-Twin motorcycle engines A method and apparatus for achieving reliability in starting V-Twin chain or belt-driven motorcycle engines using a conventional motorcycle battery and specially modified automotive cranking motor. The apparatus in its preferred embodiment utilizes a direct drive cr... | 05/24/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6857984 | Starter having thrust receiving member between motor shaft and output shaft In a starter, an output shaft is disposed on a same axial line with a motor shaft through a planetary gear reduction device. The output shaft has an accommodation recess at the rear end thereof and rotatably receives the top end of the motor shaft therein through a ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6834630 | Starting system for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a starter system for an internal combustion engine, in particular in motor vehicles, having a starter motor, a reduction gear, and a pinion-engaging assembly. The primary components of the starter system (10) are embodied as in... | 12/28/2004 |
