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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735385 | Joint assembly A joint assembly is provided which includes a drive assembly and a swivel mechanism. The drive assembly features a motor operatively associated with a plurality of drive shafts for driving auxiliary elements, and a plurality of swivel shafts for pivoting the drive a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7367358 | Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342992 | X-ray apparatus provided with a positionally adjustable X-ray detector The invention relates to an X-ray apparatus which includes an X-ray source (2) for the emission of a conical X-ray beam and an X-ray detector (3) for the multiple detection of the X-rays after their passage through an object to be examined, being arran... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311473 | Pneumatic transport tube system A pneumatic transport system including an up receive/down send customer terminal having a pivot assembly for vertically and pivotally displacing a pneumatic carrier between a vertical position and an angularly disposed presentation position. The customer terminal in... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7278335 | Adjustable threaded bearing and bearing assembly for a window operator and feature A bearing assembly for use with a window operator has a housing with an operator slot and a bore through which is threaded an adjustable bearing. The bearing contains a smooth end with two walls of differing diameter that form shoulders. The shoulders fit substantia... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252618 | Rack and pinion transmission for a pintle valve A rack and pinion gear train actuator for a pintle valve. A motor shaft has a pinion gear that engages a large reduction gear having an integral hub gear. The hub gear is a planet gear for a ring gear segment that pivots on a shaft and includes a pinion gear segment... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237531 | Throttle and recirculation valves having a common planetary drive A valve arrangement for a power source is disclosed. The valve arrangement has a first valve element and a second valve element. The valve arrangement also has an actuator configured to drive the first and second valve elements. The valve arrangement further has a p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7192072 | Movable panel assembly A movable panel assembly for a vehicle includes a housing adapted to be mounted within the interior of a vehicle. A panel is pivotably mounted to the housing about an axis. The panel is pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position through a verti... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191886 | Actuating drive with a wrap spring arrangement An actuating drive for transmitting drive torque to a power takeoff, comprising a drive unit; a braking device comprising a cylindrical surface; and a wrap spring having a plurality of turns which are concentric to the cylindrical surface, a pair of ends, a first ac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178202 | Door setting device Disclosed is a lid-positioning device for a cabinet, comprising an actuating arm (10) which is fixed to a side wall (3) of a cabinet carcass (1) so as to be pivotable around a first axis of actuation (13) between an open position and a cl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168751 | Automotive center stack panel with contact-less switching An automotive center stack panel assembly is provided comprising an instrument panel face plate having an outer face plate surface and an internal face plate surface. A display window region is formed into the instrument panel face plate and has a curved internal wi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144060 | Damper assembly for a glove box A damper assembly for a glove box includes a fixing member attached to the rear part of a glove box, the fixing member having a fitting protrusion, and a damper having a fitting piece, through which the fitting protrusion is inserted, whereby the number of the parts... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114407 | Actuator assembly An actuator assembly (10) including a motor (1) having a body portion (14) and a drive shaft (16), the drive shaft being drivably connected to a pinion (18), the pinion drivingly engaging an array of gear teeth (20) of a gea... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7032938 | Motor vehicle door lock A motor vehicle door lock mechanism with a drive and an operating lever, the drive including a motor and a symmetrical actuating element. The actuating element engages the operating lever so that the operating lever can be moved by the drive into different operating... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018097 | X-ray support device An x-ray support device, including a radiation source and a radiation receiver, which are both movably supported on the ceiling either via a common support or each via separate supports, in which a support has a first boom rotatable about an essentially vertical piv... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010883 | Window winding arm device for motor vehicle A window lifter has a first lever arm pivoting about a pivotal axis, an output element having a toothed segment with toothing and an opening extending along the toothing, the toothed segment pivoting about the pivotal axis and fixedly connected to the first lever ar... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994395 | Motor vehicle equipment module A motor vehicle equipment module includes a lock formed of a bolt received in a housing designed to be mounted on a support part and a striker designed to be mounted on a mobile part along a globally axial direction relative to the support part between an open posit... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971206 | Opening movement control device of a sliding door for a vehicle An opening movement control device of a sliding door on a vehicle body. The sliding door having an outer panel connected to an inner panel to define a space therebetween, with a window glass slidably supported between the panels. A link mechanism disposed in the spa... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6921096 | Vehicle steering system having rack bar supporting apparatus The present invention discloses a vehicle steering system having a rack bar supporting apparatus which prevents the rotation of a rack bar and makes the rack bar supporting apparatus compact by providing a plurality of rack bar supporting apparatuses installed at th... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918209 | Window regulator having spring biased cable drums A window regulator (10) for operating a window pane of vehicle comprises a base plate (12) having a guide rail (20). A lifter plate (26) is slidably coupled to the guide rail (20) and adapted for supporting the window pane. A motor... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6910397 | Toothing assembly The axis of a gear is to follow a trajectory having a salient point. To this end, the gear rolls along two stationary toothed racks. A change-over toothing is provided between these two toothed racks. This change-over toothing extends non-smoothly with respect to th... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6698300 | Actuator unit An actuator unit comprises a worm wheel rotated by a motor and having an output gear, a rotational lever having a toothed portion engaged with the output gear. The output gear has one first motor side gear tooth, two second motor side gear teeth, and two ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6684743 | Staggered gear for bi-directional operation A gear drive system for a printer designed to print upon a continuous roll of paper and having a blade used to cut off printed portions of paper from the paper roll is implemented. The gear drive system consists of a drive shaft 330, a slip clutch 401, a ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6683390 | On-vehicle electronic device and panel rotation control method An electronic equipment for vehicle use which can be properly protected from theft is provided. When an eject key is pressed down, a process controller operates a panel drive part to rotate an operation panel into the horizontal position (step S12). When ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6520037 | Gear unit A gear unit in which a cable, band or similar device is fitted between the drive and the output in order to transform a fast rotational movement at the drive end, which is limited in both directions, into a slow rotational movement at the output end. The ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6431266 | Door plate driving mechanism of air conditioning system for automobile A mechanism for driving a plurality of door plates of an air conditioning system for an automobile. An actuator generates a rotating force and has an output shaft. A main gear plate is secured to the output shaft of the actuator for being integrally rotat... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6398638 | Vehicle air conditioner with manually operated operation member In a vehicle air conditioner having manually operated operation members of an air-conditioning operation panel, rotation shafts of an air mixing door and a mode switching rotary door are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction, so that an axial directi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6354935 | Mix door driving mechanism for use in automotive air conditioner For driving a slide type air mix door, a driving mechanism is employed. The air mix door has a rack connected thereto. A gear unit is provided which includes an input gear, an output gear and a flexible structure through which the input gear and the outpu... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349612 | Steering apparatus for four-wheeled vehicle A steering apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle transmits a steering force through a steering shaft, a reduction gear, a steering lever and right and left tie rods to right and left knuckles. The reduction gear includes a pinion gear turned by the steerin... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6341536 | Actuating mechanism for motor vehicles An actuating mechanism for a motor vehicle, wherein a first element can be fastened to a vehicle; and a second element, which is connected to the first element so as to swivel around at least one axis of rotation, exhibits a mounting for a manipulatable m... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6295883 | Opening and closing type interior device An opening and closing type interior device includes a fixed member, a movable member which is capable of being opened and closed and is movable relative to the fixed member, an actuator including a driving source and a gear mechanism, and a damper couple... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6270147 | Drive arrangement for a power liftgate including clutching mechanism A drive arrangement for articulating a liftgate of a motor vehicle between an open position and a closed position. The liftgate is mounted to a body of the motor vehicle for articulation about a pivot axis. The drive arrangement includes a mounting member... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6257303 | Rack and pinion door drive system A drive for a tracked door which utilises a drive pinion which engages a tracked rack that in turn moves the door as it is moved track-wise under the action of the pinion. A flexible rack able to travel on a curved locus is preferred.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6234035 | Gear unit The invention relates to a gear unit in which a cable, band or similar (2) is fitted between the drive and the output in order to transform a fast rotational movement at the drive end, which is limited in both directions, into a slow rotational movement a... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6227065 | Rack and pinion having an end stop and an overload protector A rack and pinion with a rack (20) and a gear wheel (30) in operative engagement with each other, whereby movement of the rack (20) causes rotation of the gear wheel (30) and vice versa, and wherein an end stop is provided in the form of there being after... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6209404 | Intermittent geneva actuated mechanism An apparatus (10) includes a manually rotatable input member (15), an input gear (20), an output gear (40), a drive link (60), a first planar link (80), and a second planar link (90). The input gear (20) is operatively connected to the input member (15) t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6182550 | Staggered gear for bi-directional operation A gear drive system for a printer designed to print upon a continuous roll of paper and having a blade used to cut off printed portions of paper from the paper roll is implemented. The gear drive system consists of a drive shaft 330, a slip clutch 401, a ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6155129 | Positioning device for shifting gears in a transmission having an output component capable of two types of motion A positioning device for an output component for automatically shifting gears of a motor vehicle transmission that undergoes two types of movements comprises a plurality of drives. The movement of each drive can be transmitted via a transmission mechanism... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6095476 | Adjustable television stand An adjustable television stand is provided including a base fixedly positioned on a recipient surface. Also included is an intermediate portion slidably situated on the base along a vertical axis. An upper support is rotatably coupled to the intermediate ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095007 | Staggered gear for bi-directional operation A gear drive system for a printer designed to print upon a continuous roll of paper and having a blade used to cut off printed portions of paper from the paper roll is implemented. The gear drive system consists of a drive shaft 330, a slip clutch 401, a ... | 08/01/2000 |
