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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033521 | Bottom panel for transport refrigeration unit Provision is made for a single person to easily install a bottom panel for the cover of a transport refrigeration unit. A plurality of forwardly extending tabs are spaced on a rear frame member and corresponding pockets with horizontal slots are similarly spaced nea... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7311338 | Remotely operated equipment coupler A modular chemical handling apparatus has a first component coupled to a second component. The first component is retained proximate to the second component by a locking mechanism. Fluid conduit connection devices and/or electrical connection devices in the first co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7063301 | Facilities connection bucket for pre-facilitation of wafer fabrication equipment A facilities connection locator is provided for use with a support apparatus for supporting manufacturing equipment. The facilities connection locator comprises a fluid tight bucket having a bottom surface, a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the botto... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6954558 | Method and apparatus for phase shifting an optical beam in an optical device An apparatus and method for high speed phase modulation of optical beam with reduced optical loss. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first region of an optical waveguide disposed in semiconductor material. The first region has a first conductivity type. The... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932355 | Sealing arrangement There is referred to a sealing arrangement (10, 10′) comprising two armature members (11, 12), which are adapted to receive a sealing ring (13, 13′) between them for sealing off a joint between the armature members (11, 12), and a cla... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6877710 | Power unit mount structure vehicles A vehicular power unit mount structure (33) having a first mounting member (51) for attachment to a power unit and a second mounting member (52) elastically connected to the first mounting member for attachment to a vehicle body includes at leas... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6547208 | Motor mounting assembly A motor mounting assembly (30) for attaching a motor (32) to a housing (34) is presented. The mounting assembly (30) includes a pair of flanges (36, 38), one on the housing (34) and one on the motor (32). Each flange (36, 38) has a recess (54, 66) extendi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6460823 | Movable mounting lug for a compressor A mounting lug 10 for use on a variable capacity swash plate type compressor that is movably disposed on the outer surface of the compressor housing 26. The mounting lug 10 facilitates the mounting of a single swash plate type compressor in a variety of v... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6422527 | Housing support The housing support includes a support member, at least one location zone on a housing for receiving the support member, two spaced apart connectors for securing the support member to the housing at the location zone and two recesses. One recess is formed... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6376951 | Cover for marine generators 13A cover for a marine generator that attenuates the noise produced by the generator when operating and shields the generator from overhead water damage. The cover includes a substantially water resistant flat top wall having a layer of sound-absorbing ma... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6095482 | Universal equipment mounting structure and method of using A structure on which various equipment, particularly outdoor electronic cabinets, can be mounted comprises a shallow, box-like frame including rigid sides, bottom plates secured to the sides, and cross braces extending between and secured to opposite side... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5925954 | Electric drive An electric drive has a cabinet with fixation points from which each includes a resilient web construction made of a first synthetic material which is partially surrounded by a second synthetic material in order to absorb vibrations. Thus in choosing adeq... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5788210 | Motor mounting structure A motor mounting structure is disclosed, by which a central axial line of output shaft can be maintained at the optimum axial position when the motor is mounted on an external device without finishing the motor with high precision. Motor is mounted on act... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5758676 | Support-door hinge A washer having a tub supported by a front frame, a pair of front supports and a rear frame. The tub defines a wash chamber with a front opening. The front frame has a pair of vertical members respectively disposed adjacent to the opposing side walls of t... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5752688 | Support assembly that is selectively repositionable and attachable to different sides of an air cooled machine housing A support base is attached to a heat dissipating housing of a machine by specifically configured heat dissipating ribs provided on several sides of the housing which are employed to selectively attached the support base to any one of the several sides of ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5697586 | Appliance mounting assembly An assembly to mount an appliance on a floor includes a pair of openings in the appliance base, each surrounded by a helical thread. The thread includes a pair of downwardly projecting detents. A mount for each opening includes a head with a shaft extendi... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5664757 | Stand for receiving machines and equipment A stand for receiving machines and equipment includes horizontally and vertically extending beams being constructed as hollow profile sections. Cup-shaped junction nodes are disposed in a plurality of planes. Each of the junction nodes have a given side f... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5454543 | Automobile air-conditioner compressor mounting repair assembly and method of repairing an air-conditioner compressor having a broken mounting ear An assembly and method for repairing an automobile air-conditioner compressor of the type having bored projecting ears located circumferentially about the compressor housing, wherein a bored ear has been broken away from the housing. The assembly can comp... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5360236 | Apparatus and methods for mounting an inertial sensor chassis to an aircraft support frame An inertial sensor chassis is disclosed. The system includes a support frame including three alignment pins and two planar mounting surfaces. The chassis includes three mating bushing and mating planar surfaces held against the support frame planar mounti... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5133641 | Support arrangement for optimizing a low pressure steam turbine inner cylinder structural performance Apparatus is provided for increasing the bending flexibility of the horizontal joint flange of a low pressure steam turbine. The radial width of the horizontal joint flange in the support area where the turbine inner cylinder rests on the outer cylinder h... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5015900 | Motor support and method of making An electric motor mount has a sheet metal L-shaped base of first and second parts. The base first part has a rectangular aperture established by first and second arms lanced from the sheet metal and bent at about a 30-degree angle. The motor is secured to... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4793584 | Modular press frame and stacking pedestal A modular constructed supporting frame having a specific constructional shape affording interchangeability, such that the frame may be converted to a base unit, stacking unit, or a floor line unit, adapted to be combined with a modular rollstand frame int... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4597555 | Electric motor mount This disclosure relates to a mount for an electric motor, and comprises a sheet metal annular member adapted to support electric motor parts within it, a plurality of flexible sheet metal mounting lug members extending generally radially outwardly from th... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4531700 | Electric motor mounting arrangement The mounting arrangement permits the mounting of a face mounted electric motor in right-angular relationship on a support frame member without requiring the use of separate fasteners, such as screws and the like, and is of particular value when mounting o... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4482124 | Torsional vibration isolating motor mounting arrangement and method of making the same Motor mounting system is designed so that the torsional mode resonant or natural frequency is less than twice the frequency of the motor power supply divided by the square root of two (Ýa;2). The illustrated mounting arrangements are "soft" with respe... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4433825 | Stress-resistant mount for the casing of a centrifugal pump The casing of a centrifugal pump which is subjected to pronounced external stresses is secured to a foundation or to a base plate by one or more rings which surround the casing and receive stresses therefrom. Each ring has lugs which transmit the stresses... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4335646 | Vehicle air conditioner blower and mount A device for mounting a motor-blower unit at the air inlet of a heating or air-conditioning installation of the passenger space of a motor vehicle, wherein a cylindrical cradle for receiving the motor cage comprises abutments cooperating with a lower edge... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4306841 | Pump mounting for an automatic washer A means for mounting a pump to a motor is provided by forming a plurality of legs on the bottom side of a pump which abut the motor housing and space the pump axially and radially with respect to the motor, and providing spring clamp means to removably se... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4293114 | Flexible motor mounting A flexible vibration dampening mounting assembly for supporting an electric motor within a blower housing. The flexible mounting is normally provided as part of the electric motor and consists of a plurality of circumferentially spaced hardened steel moun... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4258895 | Suspension means for smoke ejectors A quick acting suspension means for smoke ejectors. Two opposed spring biased hooks are pivotally connected to a handle. The upper edges of the hooks are so shaped and positioned that, when pressed against a trim or frame member above a door or window ope... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4171937 | Grill panel and motor mount assembly An improved grill panel and motor mount assembly for fans and fan motors includes a plurality of flexible cables connecting the end plates of the motor housing with a mounting bracket attached to a louvered panel. The cables retain the blower motor in pro... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4147318 | Engine casing support bracket A bracket for supporting an internal combustion engine on a motor vehicle chassis, wherein an engine for one kind of vehicle can easily be mounted on the chassis of a different kind of motor vehicle. The bracket is characterized by an arm and two wings an... | 04/03/1979 |