Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698795 | Manual clutch assembly and service tool An assembly tool for installing a clutch pressure plate and clutch housing of a manual clutch on the flywheel of an engine includes a bell shaped housing which receives and pivotally supports a plurality of fingers having outwardly directed claws. A coaxial cylindri... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7371041 | Assembly station with rotatable turret which forms and unloads a completed stack of articles Method and apparatus for forming and unloading a completed stack of articles. An assembly station includes a rotatable turret from which at least one stacker arm projects. The turret rotates to each of a number of article loading positions to sequentially load artic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7287309 | Heavy duty clutch installation and removal tool A tool is provided for the safe, efficient installation and removal of clutch assemblies and other engine components on heavy trucks or other machines. A mounting bracket is bolted to the flywheel housing to hold the tool in place and provide support for lifting. Mo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7086980 | Combination of drive power transmission device and differential gear and manufacturing method therefor Disclosed are a combination of a drive power transmission device and a differential gear, which combination is decreased in the number of parts, increased in rigidity and reduced in weight as well as in manufacturing cost, and a method of manufacturing the combinati... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6763562 | Clutch handler A clutch handler is provided for removal and installation of vehicle parts, such as clutches and the like. The clutch handler comprises a base, a lift arm mechanism including a base end and a distal end, the base end being pivotally mounted to the base by a unique l... | 07/20/2004 |
| 5957015 | Clutch tension adjustment tool A clutch tension adjustment tool for adjusting the tension on clutches that have a threaded aperture into a clutch pressure plate and a clutch adjustment ring for adjusting the tension of the clutch. The clutch tension adjustment tool includes an elongate... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5361480 | Method of making a torque converter clutch An apparatus is provided for use in a method of making a torque converter clutch. The torque converter clutch is comprised of an annular clutch plate to which is secured or bonded an annular friction surface. The annular friction surface is formed on the ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5295291 | Clutch installer and remover tool A tool for centering and aligning a clutch assembly of a motor vehicle during clutch installation and removal, comprising a tripartite elongated cylindrical shaft having a threaded section at a first end of the shaft, a generally smooth cylindrical sectio... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5104162 | Apparatus for aligning and assembling clutch plates and clutch guides in a multiple disk clutch There is disclosed a method and apparatus for aligning and assembling disk-shaped works having projections on outer peripheries thereof. A vessel-shaped work is positioned and a plurality of disk-shaped works in a stacked condition are guided to a position on ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5054186 | Clutch assembly method A clutch structure has a housing in which is slidably disposed a fluid-operated piston, a plurality of inner and outer splined friction plates and a return spring assembly. The friction plates have formed thereon a spline portion such that alternating dis... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5042135 | Method of installing friction clutches in motor vehicles The clutch plate and the housing (including the cover and a diaphragm spring in the cover) of a friction clutch are centered relative to each other and are held at a selected axial distance from each other on first and second centering portions of a mount... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4916792 | Clutch alignment tool The invention provides a tool for aligning a clutch plate with a pressure plate. The tool includes an externally threaded tube having an adjustable clamping member engaged therewith for axial movement relative thereto. The tube comprises a stepped bore in... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4910856 | Method of aligning and assembling disk-shaped works having projections on outer peripheries thereof There is disclosed a method and apparatus for aligning and assembling disk-shaped works having projections on outer peripheries thereof. A vessel-shaped work is positioned and a plurality of disk-shaped works in a stacked condition are guided to a positio... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4640294 | Assembly method and apparatus for spline-type connection Method and apparatus for assembling a spline-type connection wherein a plurality of angularly spaced spline teeth on a first member project radially from a circular edge thereof and are disposed in an imaginary annulus concentric with the circular edge, a... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4564994 | Multiple plate clutch orienting fixture and method of using A fixture useful for orienting a stack of clutch plates of a multiple disc clutch or brake assembly is disclosed. The fixture includes three major components. A base receives a stack of clutch plates. A mandrel interfits with the base and slidably mounts ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4255839 | Automotive clutch alignment tool An alignment tool in the nature of a dummy drive shaft for coaxially aligning the parts of an automotive clutch includes splined cylindrical and smooth tubular members for respectively engaging the clutch disc and release bearing parts of the clutch which... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4231147 | Methods and apparatus for installing clutches in automatic transmissions The present invention provides methods and apparatus for installing a cylindrical body, having a plurality of external axial splines, within a stack of annular plates, said plates having radially inner teeth for meshing with said splines. The method inclu... | 11/04/1980 |
