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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151661 | Compact capstan A compact capstan includes a drum, a coupled hub, a passage extending through the drum and hub, and a shaft extending through the drum and hub. The shaft engages the passage such that the shaft can transmit a torsional force to the drum and the hub which are free to... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7752932 | Linear actuator A linear actuator is provided with an outer tube, an intermediate tube and an inner tube, and the tubes are all polygonal in cross section and are mounted orderly. The outer tube is disposed at the bottom thereof with a push device which has a screw and a nut that a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7370546 | Windshield for motorcycles and drive means for a motor vehicle component A windshield for motorbikes which can be variably positioned at various angles of inclination on the motorbike by a holding device (6) and a drive device (8). The drive device (8) has a cable or a cable pull connection (22, 23, 24, 25) be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367772 | Light weight parallel manipulators using active/passive cables The present invention provides parallel, cable based robotic manipulators, for use in different applications such as ultra high-speed robots or positioning devices with between three to six degrees of freedom. The manipulators provide more options for the number of ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367245 | Joint structure and robot arm A joint structure includes a rotating guide pulley, a fixed guide, and a rotating guide pulley. The rotating guide pulley is coaxial with a rotating shaft of a revolute joint, and is arranged so as to be rotatable about the rotating shaft. The fixed guide is arrange... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367771 | Light weight parallel manipulators using active/passive cables The present invention provides parallel, cable based robotic manipulators, for use in different applications such as ultra high-speed robots or positioning devices with between three to six degrees of freedom. The manipulators provide more options for the number of ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357751 | Drive for pivoting a flap arranged on a body of a vehicle about a pivot axis A drive for pivoting a flap on a body of a vehicle about a pivot axis, with a drive motor, by means of which an output driving the flap pivotably can be driven rotatably via a drive train having an epicyclic gear. The epicyclic gear has a sun gear, an internally too... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354370 | Drive system for regulating devices in motor vehicles A drive system for regulating devices in motor vehicles comprising a housing containing a drive element of the regulating device, a disk armature motor provided with an armature disk, and a planet wheel transmission. The planet wheel transmission comprises an intern... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347025 | Slide door opening and closing device for vehicles A slide door opening and closing device for vehicles including a wire winding pulley provided at a step panel positioned at under part of a vehicle and driven by a motor, a driven pulley, a lower roller supporting member, and a wire wound on said each pulley wherein... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336009 | Hobby servo enhancements An independent and modular apparatus is disclosed for extending the operational capacity of a servo motor. The apparatus includes a frame member having a servo motor and a rotatable shaft mounted therein. The output shaft of the servo motor and the rotatable shaft a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325361 | Apparatus and method for providing a modular sliding door mechanism A modular drive assembly for a sliding door, comprising: a guide track having a hinge slidably received therein; a pair of pulleys disposed on either end of the guide track; a pair of cables each having an end that is secured to the hinge and the other end is secure... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314572 | Methods of and apparatus for low-angle-tray settling with multi-zone configuration Settleable-particles are separated from a dirty flow of settleable-particles and fluid by trays having a planar section configured with opposed ends and opposed sides, and an entrance edge and an exit edge on opposed ends. The section has opposed side edges, and an ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7301679 | Changeable means for different total tracks and its method In one embodiment, at least one rotational reflection element is circulated such that one or more reflection surface sets is positioned along an optical path of a scanner. Circulation is provided by rotating a fixing element that is coupled to the rotational reflect... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295353 | Movable locking device for a scanner and locking method for the same Embodiments of the claimed subject matter comprise a movable locking device for a scanner. In one embodiment, the movable locking device is used to affix a moving mechanical part inside a scanner, such as inside an optical chassis of the scanner. In this embodiment,... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285884 | Hobby servo attachment mechanisms An apparatus for extending the operational capacity of a servo motor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame member. A first aperture is defined within the frame member and is configured to support a servo motor. A servo motor is positioned within the first ape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286217 | Power driven coaxial-rotating fast-orientation system and method A power driven coaxial-rotating fast-orientation system and method is disclosed herein. The system includes a shiftable plate, an X-Y-axis driving device, a coaxial-rotating device, a coordinate indicator and a fixed microscope. The driving device moves the shiftabl... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281447 | Articulated mechanism comprising a cable reduction gear for use in a robot arm A link with a transmission cable (14) between a driving pulley (15) and a driven pulley (22) causing a mobile unit (5) to rotate, has two strands (23, 24) connecting the driven pulley (22) with idle pulleys (17, 18) w... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258043 | Gearbox housing and gearbox module A gearbox housing with at least one first upper housing piece and a second lower housing piece, which may be detachably connected to each other. The gearbox housing has upper and lower housing pieces that are partially detachably connected to each other, with at lea... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243562 | Servo motor with linear output A rotary to linear converter in a remotely controlled toy environment for translating the bidirectional rotation of a servo motor into the linear displacement of a tab connection point. A single spool member which is driven to rotate incrementally from one angular p... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7189176 | Motor-driven steering apparatus A motor-driven steering apparatus includes a steering member reciprocating in correspondence to a steering wheel operation, a ball nut inserted to a ball thread shaft of the steering member, a drive pulley driven by an electric motor, and a driven pulley coupled to ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185863 | Mountings for temperature control unit for vending machines and methods for attaching and detaching such units Mountings for a temperature control unit for a vending machine are provided, wherein the interior of the vending machine is divided by a partition into a storage cabinet and a machinery compartment and in which the temperature control unit is inserted to and removed... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181988 | Actuator A rotary driving source is connected to one end of a frame. The rotary driving force of the rotary driving source is transmitted to a slider by the aid of a driving pulley, a belt member, and a driven pulley. The slider is displaced in the axial direction of the fra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172385 | Light weight parallel manipulators using active/passive cables The present invention provides parallel, cable based robotic manipulators, for use in different applications such as ultra high-speed robots or positioning devices with between three to six degrees of freedom. The manipulators provide more options for the number of ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168748 | Intelligent, self-contained robotic hand A robotic device has a base and at least one finger having at least two links that are connected in series on rotary joints with at least two degrees of freedom. A brushless motor and an associated controller are located at each joint to produce a rotational movemen... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151323 | Control method of sliding a vehicle door by a powered sliding device A control method of a powered sliding device for a vehicle sliding door, wherein when an operating switch is operated, a buzzer is sounded, and at the same time, a motor is rotated until a clutch mechanism is switched to a connected state from a disconnected state, ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7124657 | Electric actuator and method of assembling the same An electric actuator comprises an actuator body which is a rectangular tube have having two pairs of opposing surfaces disposed in parallel and which has a slit formed to extend by a predetermined length along an edge of the rectangular tube; a slider which reciproc... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093823 | Lifting unit A lifting unit, comprising a frame for supporting a motorized winch, at least one first tackle and one second tackle, the first tackle being interposed between the second tackle and the winch, each tackle being provided with two blocks, a fixed one and a movable one... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7068401 | Optical scanning apparatus having a carriage locking device An optical scanning apparatus including a chassis having a panel, the panel having an opening defined therethrough. The apparatus has a scanner carriage which is moveably supported within the chassis. A carriage locking device includes an elongated locking member wh... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059085 | Vehicle window arrangement having an angled opening for inserting a cable end during assembly A window-raising device for a vehicle provides a two-cable winding drum, a hood to support and partially surrounding the drum on a support plate to form a cable passage. A flange extends from the winding drum to support sliding movement of an end of one of the cable... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044412 | Sealed cable drum assembly A device for a window lifter of a vehicle door includes a cable winding drum disposed inside a housing of a casing and a seal attached to the casing. The seal includes a stop portion that prevents translational movement of the drum along its rotational axis while st... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029532 | Coating station A coating station, which in intended for coating a web with a coating material, includes a load-bearing and cross-directional frame extending substantially across the entire width of the web. The coating station also includes applicator elements supported to the fra... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021167 | Rotary joint mechanism A rotary joint mechanism for connecting two machine parts to effect relative movement between the two machine parts includes an outer ring adapted to be connected to a rotatable machine part, and an inner ring adapted to be connected to a fixed machine part, with th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001157 | Well pumping unit driven by linear motor The present invention relates to a well pumping unit driven by a linear motor. The well pumping unit includes a slideway support, a linear motor having a motor complex primary and a motor complex secondary, a polished rod chain, a polished rod chain wheel assembly, ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968645 | Sliding service window In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a sliding, bi-parting, service window may be operated by pressing on a push operator. In response to such push operation, a pair of bi-parting windows may be caused to slide apart sufficiently to provide a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6937368 | Locking device for a movable module of an apparatus A locking device for locking a movable module of an electronic apparatus disclosed by the invention mainly includes a control member and a latch connected to the control member. The control member is selectively movable between a first position for locking the movab... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920803 | Electromotive stage for microscope A stationary member is fixed to a microscope. A movable member holds a sample and can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the microscope. A stepping motor moves the movable member. A rotation of the stepping motor is transmitted to the movable me... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6882945 | Method, apparatus, and program for estimating noise generation for a synchronous belt A method, apparatus, and program for estimating noise generation for a synchronous belt having a length and teeth spaced along the belt length. The method includes the steps of: calculating belt displacement transversely to the belt length at or near a first locatio... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6732609 | Moving apparatus and displacing apparatus An apparatus for displacing two displaceable members, including a first member, a second member which is supported by the first member such that the second member is displaceable relative to the first member, a third member which is supported by the second member su... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6688189 | Robot Provided is a robot comprising a telescopic-drive mechanism which does not contaminate works in a purified environment such as a clean room, is easy to handle, and requires no cover for covering the telescopic-drive mechanism. A robot comprises: an up-dow... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6662672 | Linear actuator A linear actuator comprises a rotary driving source, a tube member which is supported by a support rib extending in a substantially horizontal direction along a side section of a base member, an internal movable member and an external movable member which... | 12/16/2003 |
