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...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 |
| 8186059 | Method of manufacturing an internal gear and cap assembly An internal gear and cap assembly includes a gear having a base that extends about an axis between a first and second end. The first end defines a groove that extends to a floor and the groove surrounds the axis. Teeth extend from the base. A lip extends from the fi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8020299 | Method of fastening gear and structure of the same In a fastening method of press-fitting and fixing an axial end section of a second-stage pinion (1) into a circular opening (21) of a first-stage planetary carrier (2), first press-fitting external teeth (13a), which have an addend... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7669330 | Method for structuring a gear assembly housing A method for structuring a gear assembly housing may include: identifying the lowest surface structure of ring gear teeth top lands; forming a lower gear housing portion having a wall positioned below a gear assembly centerline; shaping the wall relative to an axis ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7207110 | Differential housing with integrated ring gear A method is disclosed for making a differential housing having a ring gear integrally formed therein. The method includes the steps of forging a conical frustum from a steel rod; deforming the frustum between upper and lower die halves of a tool to produce a differe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7155824 | Method of manufacturing an automotive differential having an input pinion A method for fabricating an input pinion for an automotive differential that includes: providing a shaft; forging a pinion with a plurality of teeth such that each tooth is formed to at least a near-net size, forming a hole in the pinion, pressing an end of the shaf... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155793 | Method for producing a load sharing arrangement of planet pinions and gears for a Ravigneaux gearset The method includes the steps of determining a number of gear teeth for each gear and pinion that, in combination, would produce desired gear ratios. Current gearset parameters including distances and angles relating the positions of the gears and pinions are determ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131201 | Coupling device and improved method of assembly thereof A coupling device (11) and method of assembly, the device being of the type including a plenum member (17) disposed at one axial end of the coupling housing (13,15), the method comprising configuring the plenum member (17) such that each ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117598 | Net-shaped gear and manufacturing method for forming net-shaped gear employing insert and preform A differential assembly for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of pinion gears in meshing engagement with a plurality of side gears. At least one of the pinion gears and side gears is formed from a tubular insert and a tubular preform forged together in a forging ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7076854 | Method for the production of a shaft-hub connection A toothed or splined shaft having an external toothing is pushed with clearance into an internal toothing of a hub, tooth to space, and the external toothing of the shaft is pressed together with the internal toothing of the hub. In the push-in position of the shaft... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076875 | Method of manufacturing compound helical planet gears having different leads A method is provided for manufacturing a compound helically toothed planet gear for a planetary gear set wherein the individual gear elements of the compound planet gear have different leads. The method identifies and utilizes the several factors affecting gear timi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6948397 | Replacement oil pump gear for motorcycle engine and method of replacing oil pump gear When a plastic oil pump gear in a motorcycle engine needs to be replaced, first, the gear is removed from its shaft. A keeper is inserted into the slots in the shaft that originally held the plastic gear. A steel gear is screwed onto the keeper so as to be mounted o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6918492 | Baffle assembly for a sealed shaft on a vibratory apparatus A sealed wheel case for use on a vibrating aggregate processing device comprises a housing sized to hold a rotatable wheel supported on a shaft, the housing having a base, a peripheral sidewall, and a cover. The cover includes an aperture adapted to receive therethr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6905011 | Transmission gear with dog clutch gear and method for manufacturing the same A transmission gear with a dog clutch gear in which the dog clutch gear has clutch teeth formed on an outer circumferential surface of a ring part and tapered inversely so that the tooth thickness of each tooth decreases gradually from a chamfer portion at a tip end... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6883235 | Cast integral ring gear and differential case An apparatus and method of forming a differential assembly is provided that includes the steps of providing a ring gear, which is preferably produced by a precision forging process. The differential case is cast about a portion of the ring gear to secure the ring ge... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880223 | Grease slinger A grease slinger, power tool and method of assembling a power tool. The power tool includes a housing, a motor supported in the housing and including a rotatable shaft extending along an axis, a gear case connected to the housing, a flange between the housing and th... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6745471 | Bevel gear bearing support arrangement manufacturing method A method of manufacturing involves providing a sub-unit including a shaft and a bevel gear associated with the shaft, and also providing a first support member and a second support member. A first bearing is positioned between the sub-unit and first support member. ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6629369 | Method for mounting a transmission unit A process for the assembling of a gear component having a gear housing which has a substantially cylindrical interior space for the reception of individual gear elements; at least two bar-form guide elements which, as viewed in an axial direction, extend ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6412163 | Method for gear mounting using tubing and snap-fit caps A mounting apparatus for mounting a rotating element to a housing is disclosed. The housing defines an opening through a wall of the housing. The mounting apparatus includes a tube including an aperture therethrough. The tube includes a first tube portion... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6301782 | Apparatus and method for controlling angular relation between two rotating shafts The timing gear device or structure (26) has a pair of timing gears (28, 30) mounted on parallel rotating shafts (22, 24). Each timing gear (28, 30) has an outer gear portion (32) and a concentric interfitting inner gear portion (34). Outer gear portions ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6247439 | Starter for internal combustion engine To provide a starter for an internal combustion engine which is capable of reducing a press-fit amount of a press-fit portion of a torque absorbing mechanism of a rotation transmitting means for transmitting the rotation of a kick shaft to a crank shaft, ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6196085 | Coupling an accessory to an engine crankshaft A method and mechanism are disclosed for coupling an accessory to an engine crankshaft. To avoid the cost of machining splines on the crankshaft 10, the 14 end of the crankshaft 10 is formed as a cylindrical spigot. A separately formed splined pressed ste... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6035737 | Assembly having an outer band member secured to an inner housing A transmission assembly includes an inner housing member and an outer band member. The outer band member is slidingly received over the outer surface of the inner housing member. An inner surface of the outer band member includes a plurality of notches. A... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5966802 | Device for assembling a synchronizer for a change-speed gear A synchronizer for a gear change box comprising a hub, a sleeve axially slidable on the hub and a cone clutch comprising an inner friction ring axially coupled to the hub, an outer synchronizing ring axially displaceable relative to the inner friction rin... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5920986 | Method of manufacturing a frame with molded features A gearbox (1) is formed by two steel plates (3,5) which support molded elements (such as 13b and combined 35e, 33e). A separate molding operation is performed on each plate, in which a plurality of individual molded parts are molded. The precise positioni... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5906135 | Coast clutch with power take off gear A transmission assembly includes an inner housing member and an outer band member. The outer band member is slidingly received over the outer surface of the inner housing member. An inner surface of the outer band member includes a plurality of notches. A... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5687480 | Method for mounting a sealed gearhead configuration A gearhead with an axially-extending input shaft connected to a motor shaft. A pinion gear and bearing assembly is adapted to connect to the motor shaft. The pinion gear is rotatably and sealably mounted to a recessed mounting surface of the housing to re... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5553367 | Method for repairing a machine having a support structure and worn components The disclosure involves a structural combination and a method for attaching a machine component such as a number of arc-shaped gear segments to a supporting segment mounting pad. As new, each gear segment is furnished with a number of openings, all of the... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5495660 | Apparatus for inserting rotation shaft of small-sized motor into gear An apparatus for inserting a shaft of a small-sized motor into a gear has a hand press which includes a substrate, a handle and a chuck. The chuck has a cylindrical housing into which a motor fixing member is inserted, a piston between an inner upper port... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5459925 | Planetary type speed reducer having compound planets and method of constructing such planets A planetary type speed reducer provides a large central hole for passing electric and service lines for a robot therethrough. The speed reducer may be used in either a self-motorized or an externally-motorized rotary joint. In a predetermined embodiment, ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5442854 | Process and apparatus for assembling multiple rolling bearing and a rotating member onto a shaft Apparatus includes a pilot stud and a ram. The pilot stud is aligned with an end of a shaft. A rotating member is adapted to receive axially inner and outer rolling bearings and be supported by the rolling bearings for rotation with respect to the shaft. ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5333377 | Change gear apparatus and method A method and apparatus for pressing a gear or the like onto a shaft. A pressing actuator has a fixed portion and a movable actuator rod and a pressing sleeve connected to the actuator rod for engaging a face of the gear. The actuator rod moves through and... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5330284 | Apparatus for mounting and dismounting bearings A device for mounting and/or dismounting a bearing on a shaft incorporating a tapered clamping sleeve between bearing and shaft and an arrangement for mutual axial displacement of the bearing and clamping sleeve in at least one axial direction, which arra... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5320587 | Differential case with ring gear attachment A differential in a motor vehicle drive axle includes a barrel shaped case and a ring gear. The case has an outer cylindrical boss and an adjacent smaller inner cylindrical boss. The ring gear has a flat side facing the case, a plurality of self-cutting s... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5297338 | Method of connecting metal ring gear to metal boss portion The tooth portion of a metal ring gear is subjected to shot peening after the ring gear is mechanically connected to a metal boss portion by plastic deformation of the metal material.... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5289635 | Method of assembly for a north-south automatic transaxle A method of assembly for a north-south transaxle includes the steps of forming a case with a longitudinal passageway and having an opening generally perpendicular to the passageway. The method also includes forming a head portion and a shaft portion exten... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5272930 | Mechanical element having a shaft pressure-fitted into an engaging member and its manufacturing method A mechanical element has a shaft pressure-fitted into at least one composite engaging member. The shaft has at least one engaging region disposed thereon, and at least one swollen portion formed radially outwardly around the engaging portion. The composit... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5216798 | Process for forming a balanced flywheel assembly A process for forming a balanced flywheel assembly from a cast metal hub having at least one cast-in pick up and a ring gear having an inside shrink-fit surface with a predetermined diameter at ambient temperature by heating a ring gear sufficiently to ca... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5142783 | Method of correcting gear tooth system errors A method of correcting tooth system errors in a gear pairing in which one of the gears is mounted on a component to be driven. The mounted gear is first non-positively supported on the shaft of the component to be driven with a relatively small clearance ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5090104 | Method of making a core lock shaft A method of making a core lock shaft for supplying paper to a computer printer including the steps of cutting an actually elongated recess in the periphery of a cylindrical shaft midway of the shaft length and to a predetermined depth to provide a chordal... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4856166 | Method for manufacturing a gear fit article and gear fit article produced thereby A method for manufacturing a novel gear fit article that includes metal plating the surface of an annular steel work is disclosed. The plating is made of copper to prevent nitriding of the underlying steel. The plated steel work is gear cut to form intern... | 08/15/1989 |
