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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325360 | Cable tensioner and window regulator equipped with a cable tensioner A cable tensioner includes two members, such as a pipe and a tube, that define a cable path. The members are helically mobile relative to each other. A retractable detent permits the relative movement of the members in one direction and prevents the relative movemen... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7219775 | Attachment for preventing reverse rotation of a shaft A fan rotor is mounted on a shaft carried on bearings attached to a base plate and there is provided an assembly for preventing reverse rotation of the fan which could damage the motor. A stop plate is mounted on the base adjacent the shaft with an edge adjacent the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7175002 | Luggage A luggage has a case with a plurality of wheels on a bottom side thereof. A brake apparatus is provided in the case to brake the wheels. A switch is provided on the case for manipulation. A linkage device is provided in the case to connect the switch and the brake a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7048096 | Incremental braking apparatus and method of braking An incremental braking apparatus and method includes a first rotating member having a plurality of rigid stops spaced circumferentially around an outer cylindrical surface of the first rotating member, and a plurality of flexible stops arranged in a plurality of row... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6729447 | Rotational speed controller The provision of a rotational speed controller which is capable of increasing braking torque without a corresponding increase in size, and easily outputting braking torque assumed in the design, and minimizing variations in the braking torque. A casing 6 inco... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6655505 | Parking brake actuating device for a parking brake arrangement in a motor vehicle A parking brake actuating device includes a rotary lever arrangement in operative connection with a compensation device providing an idle path and a restoring element for controlling the rotary lever arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement controls the ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6394255 | Rotary motion limiting arrangement A rotary motion limiting arrangement includes a stationary component, a rotating component rotatable in opposite directions relative thereto, a pair of stops movably mounted on the stationary component for establishing a first set of opposite limits to ro... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6164420 | Multi-directional locking arrangement for a vehicle A locking arrangement for a vehicle in which a first locking element is non-rotatably connected with a vehicle wheel, and a triggerable second locking element is releasably engaged with the first locking element. The first locking element is a brake disk ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5934776 | Device for slowing the downwards travel of a vertically sliding wardrobe door A device for slowing a downward movement of a sliding door of a wardrobe includes a free-wheel consisting of a driving portion and a driven portion. The driven portion is coaxially aligned with the driving portion and is provided with an external toothing... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5904229 | Brake assembly A brake assembly by means of which rotational motion and also linear motion, i.e. faulty motion of lifting platforms, especially dropping, is braked. The assembly comprises a braking gear (20, 21) fitted onto axle (4), a coupling (25, 26) to transmit rota... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5769188 | Rotary damper with self-standing mechanism A rotary damper for use with a toilet lid has a damper shaft rotatably supported by a damper housing, a collar of synthetic resin fitted over the damper shaft for rotation therewith, and a casing of synthetic resin fixed to the damper housing and disposed... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5624013 | Automatic locking mechanism for automatically locking the transmission shaft of an electric hand tool A locking mechanism installed in an electric hand tool to automatically lock its lower output shaft including a toothed annular member fixedly mounted inside the shell of the electric hand tool, a holder base mounted inside the annular member, two locking... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5540308 | Parking lock for vehicle A parking lock includes a support structure with steerable and rotatable wheels operatively mounted on the support structure. A locking wheel is operatively mounted on at least one of the steerable and rotatable wheel. A locking lever is pivotally mounted... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5518094 | Clutch/brake having rectangular-area-contact 3D locking sprags A clutch or brake device has locking sprags engageable between its inner and outer races which have a three-dimensional wedge shape with respect to the rotational (Z) axis. The 3D locking sprags have contact surfaces shaped to make rectangular area contac... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5467953 | Supporting stand for a musical instrument keyboard A stand, in particular a stand for a musical instrument keyboard, comprises two double-T stand segments which are connected with one another so as to be swivelable out of a rest position into a working position in the manner of a pair of scissors. A locki... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5439278 | Cam actuated anti-lock braking system modulator An anti-lock braking system (ABS) pressure modulator is provided. The modulator includes a frame with a bore fluidly exposed to master cylinder and wheel cylinder connections and a check valve for preventing fluid communication from the master cylinder co... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5404975 | Self-locking adjustment drive A compact and quiet-operating motor vehicle window drive has the following features: a first drive element or worm gear drives an entraining element with tangential play; a toothed rim is provided in a gear drive housing, axially concentric with the entra... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5400885 | Retained key shaft mounting assembly An improved keyed adapter assembly for securing a component to a rotatable shaft, the adapter assembly including an adapter member with an interior end face and an opposite exterior end face, the adapter member including an outer surface for receipt of a ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5325790 | Rollback-preventing apparatus for a rail vehicle Rollback-preventing apparatus for a rail vehicle for engaging a toothed rack securely joined to the rail track includes a detent pawl attached to the wheel of the rail vehicle. The detent pawl has a ratchet which is shaped for engagement in the toothed ra... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5287950 | Fall-arrest apparatus with constant winch braking A fall-arrest apparatus comprises a drum (1) which holds a cable (3) for attachment to a load and has a brake (7-11, 13-15) which automatically stops the drum if it exceeds a certain unwinding speed. The apparatus incorporates a winch mechanism (16-20) by... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4913371 | Automatic reset strap lock device An automatic reset strap lock device having pawls to engage lugs upon rapid pulling of a strap from a drum on which the strap is wound and springs and an inertia plate to insure resetting of the pawls to permit rewinding of the strap or continued pulling ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4842109 | Bidirectional drive with a unidirectional irreversibility mechanism A bidirectional drive has a unidirectional irreversibility mechanism (22) which includes a ratchet and pawl composed of a fixed outer annular gear (32) surrounding parallel plates (26, 30) attached to the input and output shafts (24,28). The pawl lever (3... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4838401 | Unidirectional rotary transmission mechanism for bicycle parts A transmission mechanism which includes a rotatable driving member and a driven member. One of the driving member and the driven member includes ratchet teeth and the other supports a first transmission pawl and a second transmission pawl each having enga... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4796951 | Automotive seat In an automotive seat having a main slide mechanism by which the entire of the seat is movable to a desired position relative to a vehicle floor, there is provided an auxiliary slide mechanism which is arranged between the main slide mechanism and a seat ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4742896 | Brake means Brake means at devices for converting a rotary motion into a linear one by means of a threaded spindle (1) and a member (4) arranged in engagement with the threads thereof, and moving along this at the rotation of the spindle (1). The brake means consists... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4671494 | Excessive load prevention apparatus employable for a hoist or the like An overload prevention apparatus includes a geared member with a number of teeth formed thereon, an engagement member including an engagement portion of which dimensions are determined so as to allow the latter to enter the valley on the geared member, a ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4657100 | Portable golf cart This invention concerns a portable golf cart. It includes two wheels which support an axle upon which is mounted a main horizontal frame. An elongated bag support frame for holding the golf clubs is connected to the frame by a pivot connection so that the... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4648656 | Car seat The invention concerned relates to a car seat having one side frame each mounted on the upper rails of a pair of left and right seat slide adjusters for the entire seat and backrest, with a seat cushion frame installed so as to allow free sliding in eithe... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4646984 | Retracting tensioning mechanism for dispensing an elongated member A retracting tensioning mechanism for dispensing an elongated member such as a length of yarn wound on a carrier tube in a creel utilizes a rotatably mounted disk coupled to the carrier tube and having a plurality of outwardly extending, spaced-apart elem... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4647801 | Electric motor back-stopping device A back-stopping device rotor assembly is coupled to a motor shaft to rotate therewith and include a pair of L-shaped flyweights pivotably mounted to a channel crossbar, on respective sides of a motor shaft, which crossbar rotates at right angles to the sh... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4505167 | Floating pawl structure providing compound angular yieldability A shock and overload relieving pawl structure for driving and indexing operations in which the pawl element is part of a floating carrier structure having simple and complex multi-angular mobility in coaction with a bi-directional normalizing spring arran... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4431145 | Emergency locking device for safety belt retractor An emergency locking device equipped with a safety belt retractor wherein a reel (2) for winding a safety belt (1) thereon is rotatably mounted on a fixed reel support (4) with a shaft (3) fixed to the reel (2) being journaled on the support (4), and the ... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4410072 | Gravity controlled anti-reverse rotation device A gravity assisted anti-reverse rotation device for preventing reverse rotation of pumps and the like. A horizontally mounted pawl is disposed to mesh with a fixed ratchet preventing reverse rotation when the pawl is advanced into intercourse with the rat... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4123197 | Fan with air directing grille A clutch mechanism suitable for connecting a rotatable member to an output shaft of a motor, which mechanism comprises a body which is attachable to the output shaft and a resilient arm, one end of which is fixed to the body the other end of which is capa... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4114874 | Appliance for swimmers A housing and a spool supported within the housing for rotation therein. A rope or like tension member wound on the spool and having at its free end a harness for engaging a swimmer's waist. A brake disc within the housing and a ratchet and pawl mechanism... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4044969 | Locking mechanism for vehicle safety belts A locking mechanism for vehicle safety belts of the type in which a strap of the belt is automatically retracted into a housing and coiled up on a reel when the belt is not in use, to lock the reel either at rapid extraction of the strap of the belt or at... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4027550 | Ratchet claw Ratchet claw adapted to cooperate with ratchet teeth formed on an annular portion of a rotatable member supported by a shaft on a stationary member for rotation relative thereto so as to prevent the rotation of the rotatable member in one direction. The r... | 06/07/1977 |