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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225909 | PTO clutch assembly The PTO clutch assembly (150) is readily connected to a shaft (218). The clutch assembly includes a hub (152), a piston assembly (168), and one or more friction discs (156, 157) positioned between a backplate (154) and a pre... | 06/05/2007 |
| 6896113 | Manually operated tool A manually guided implement is provided and has an internal combustion engine and a power take-off housing to which the engine is secured. A centrifugal clutch is provided for achieving a positive connection, as a function of engine speed, between a drive part, whic... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6830140 | Clutch device connected centrally on the input side to a rotating shaft or rotating component in a motor vehicle drive train A motor vehicle drive train with a clutch device installed between a drive unit and a transmission having at least one transmission input shaft to transmit torque between the drive unit and the transmission. The clutch device comprises at least one clutch arrangemen... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6478132 | Output shaft of automatic transmission An output shaft of an automatic transmission is constituted by a first output shaft outputting a driving force from a gear train of an automatic transmission and a second output shaft connected to the first output shaft so as to be movable in an axial dir... | 11/12/2002 |
| 5624016 | Locking apparatus for a keyed connection Apparatus (300) is disclosed for locking a key (322) in a keyway (302) of a shaft (10) and of a hub slideably receiving the shaft (10). The key (322) is tapered and includes a top extending at an acute angle to the bottom, with the keyway (302) of the sha... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5538121 | Pressure actuated multi-disk clutch A pressurized fluid actuated multi-disk clutch for vehicles, in particular a clutch provided for the shifting of an additional axle in the drive line of an agricultural or industrial vehicle is described. The multi-disk clutch contains a clutch bell housi... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5207768 | Transmission thrust washer and locking means therefor An improved elongate key (92) is provided for securing thrust washers to a mainshaft (48) of a transmission (100). Key (92) has a substantially triangular cross-sectional configuration having rounded intersections between adjacent surfaces rendering it ea... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5186573 | Coupling for connecting shafts A first shaft which is, for example, the output shaft of a clutch, is coupled to a second shaft which, for example, is the input shaft of a transmission, by a splined coupling. The splined coupling includes a first sleeve having internal splines for splin... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4727973 | Spindle press with replaceable clutch pads A press has a flywheel and a spindle both rotatable about an axis, an axially displaceable ram and nut threadedly engaging the spindle so that rotation of the spindle axially displaces the ram, and a clutch between the flywheel and the spindle. The clutch... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4709561 | Apparatus and method for improving drive for a circular knitting machine to reduce wear and gear breakage A drive for a circular knitting machine (10) used in the manufacture of panty hose blanks, using a one-way clutch (A) in the drive connection which permits a main drive shaft (16) to be rotated in one direction but does not permit it to be rotated in the ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4605114 | Vibration damping clutch and pinion assembly A very low spring rate vibration-damping clutch and pinion assembly for lowering the resonance of a power train to below the resonant speed of the engine includes a vibration damping clutch with two circumferential rows of springs and a necked-down pinion... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4505185 | Through-shaft energy converter transmission An energy converter transmission uses a throughshaft clutch and a through-shaft energy converter for transfer of energy to and from a shaft. The energy converter includes a housing and a rotor mounted to a hollow coupling shaft. The energy converter can b... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4502583 | Drive unit comprising a motor, a clutch and a gear box with a snap connection in the clutch release system A drive unit comprises a motor with a motor casing, a gear box with a gear box casing, and a pulled-type clutch for torque transmission between the motor and the gear box. The gear box casing is to be fixed to the motor casing. The clutch comprises a clut... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4320824 | Clutch housing for a transmission A clutch housing for the transmission of an automotive vehicle has an integral front cover, and a release bearing sleeve formed separately from and detachably secured to the front cover in communication with a stepped hole extending therethrough. An input... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4187940 | Free floating, self-aligning shaft coupling device A free floating coupling device for use between drive and driven shafts, which coupling device consists of a clutch portion on each shaft, which clutch portions are held in spaced apart relation by a tubular member which serves as a bearing lubricant cham... | 02/12/1980 |
