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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6666252 | Winding mechanism A winding mechanism for controlling the retraction and deployment of an architectural covering, such as a window blind or shade having a winding element 12, about which the covering, or its lift cord or tapes are wound and unwound with rotation of the win... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6443210 | Winding mechanism A winding mechanism for controlling the retraction and deployment of an architectural covering, such as a window blind or shade having a winding element 12, about which the covering, or its lift cord or tapes are wound and unwound with rotation of the win... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6261181 | Drive device for a motor vehicle door lock or the like The invention relates to a drive device for a motor vehicle door lock or the like, which comprises a motor or in particular an electromotor drive and a gear unit (3) with a drive end and an output end. In order to optimize mechanical back-up actuation in ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6155328 | Winding mechanism A winding mechanism for controlling the retraction and deployment of an architectural covering, such as a window blind or shade having a winding element, about which the covering, or its lift cord or tapes are wound and unwound with rotation of the windin... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5575368 | Fluid clutch A fluid clutch comprising a driving section, a rotational shaft rotated by the driving section, a driving disk driven rotationally by the rotational shaft, a casing containing the disk and rotatable around the rotational shaft as a center, a partitioning ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5524741 | Gradual engagement one-way clutches The present invention includes new types of one-way clutches that can gradually and smoothly engage the load. The novel design of the present invention permits a multiplicity of several embodiments which includes a hydraulic one-way clutch (H.O.W.C.) and ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5501183 | Temperature sensitive fluid fan coupling A driving disc in a temperature-sensitive fluid fan coupling has a substantially C- or I-shaped cross section defined by a cylindrical wall projecting from its outer periphery coaxially therewith. The disc has at its outer periphery including the projecti... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5409034 | Electrically actuated valve for a pressurized fluid An electrically actuated valve for control of a pressurized fluid, particularly a sanitary valve, comprises a rotor (15) arranged in a housing (1) between an inlet passageway (6) and an outlet passageway (7). The rotor (15) is rotatable under the action o... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5381761 | Fan coupling for an engine of a vehicle A fan coupling for an engine of a vehicle includes a housing for mounting a cooling fan which includes a storing chamber, a rotor disposed in the housing and including a torque transmitting portion at one side surface, a passage communicating the storing ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5363948 | Selective drive fluid coupling The specification discloses a fluid coupling for connecting rotatable shafts. In one embodiment, rotation of an output shaft is transferred to a drive shaft by a pair of opposed rotatable rings having interleaved fins. The interleaved fins provide fluid f... | 11/15/1994 |
| 4987985 | Automotive fan drive train assembly having a hydraulic coupler and a viscous clutch A drive train assembly (10) for an automotive fan (12) which includes a hydraulic coupler (22) that dynamically interconnects a fan blade shaft (24) to a driving shaft (18) within a range of radial offsets to permit reduction of clearance required between... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4766778 | Inexpensive variable torque transmission with overdrive and method The invention is a very inexpensive infinite ratio variable transmission which uses a rotatable case type fluid torque pump as the fluid coupled transfer between engine and planetary system. Its rotor is powered by the engine shaft and pumps fluid into a ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4712663 | Viscous coupling for a drive shaft A viscous coupling for a drive shaft has an elongated tubular first shaft and an elongated cylindrical second shaft extending into and cooperating with the first shaft to define a cylindrical clearance therebetween. Bearings for accommodating both relativ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4648477 | Automatic transmission An automatic transmission has at least one wheel member provided with a plurality of turnable blades and vane members located between discs of the wheel and connected by a turning mechanism. Each of the blades is turnable about an axis of a curved surface... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4597481 | Hydrodynamic control coupling The disclosure concerns a hydrodynamic control coupling with a primary drive vane wheel and a secondary driven vane wheel which together define a toroidal working chamber. Each vane wheel carries an array of vanes on its interior which extend toward the v... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4548096 | Compact fluid drive transmission A fluid drive transmission system removably mounted to the axle of a motor vehicle. A power output drum connected to the wheel forms in part a fluid chamber. A power input rotor keyed to the axle extends through the center portion of the drum. Rotor blade... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4534456 | Hydrodynamic power transmission unit A hydrodynamic power transmission unit is constructed with cylindrical bearings positioned in the annular space between the outer hollow driver shaft and the concentrically disposed inner driven shaft and flow channels are provided to not only supply lubr... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4493293 | Hydrodynamic device A hydrodynamic device, including a vaned rotor wheel, a vaned stator wheel and an electromagnetic clutch, is located, as a heater, in a cooling water circuit of an internal combustion machine and can be switched on and off as a function of the temperature... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4493227 | Self-locking differential gear unit; more specially for motor vehicles The spider of a differential gear unit is joined up with one half of a hydrodynamic coupling whose other, outer half is joined up by way of step-up gearing with one half axle so that on slipping of one wheel or on rounding a corner the outer coupling half... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4071252 | Fluidically driven turntable A method and apparatus for rotatably driving phonograph records, memory disks or the like while substantially reducing if not eliminating the undesirably effects of mechanical vibration and drive speed fluctuations. A support frame houses a tank which hol... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3948048 | Coaxial cylindrical fluid drive A fluid drive composed of three coaxial cylindrical members mounted coaxially within a cylindrical housing. The outer of the three coaxial members is fixedly secured to an output shaft and the inner of the three coaxial members is fixedly secured to an in... | 04/06/1976 |
