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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7994672 | Limited angle external rotor motor actuator system The actuator system has a external rotor motor having: (i) an internal armature configured as a stator having a set of coils wrapped around a set of arms, and (ii) an external permanent magnet rotor having a set of poles configured to rotate less than 90 degrees aro... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7646123 | Vehicle alternator A vehicle alternator for generating electric power is driven by an engine mounted on a vehicle driven through a driving belt. The alternator has a pulley part joined to and directly receiving a driving force from the engine through the driving belt, a field magnet p... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7229267 | Tablet press A tablet press with a rotary turret that is driven by a direct drive is described. The rotary turret can be driven by a simple, inexpensive drive having low vibrations, which reduces the stress on the mechanical components and the drive train of the press. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| RE39481 | Device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and the working part, having an increased free rotation angle A device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and the working part, having an increased free rotation angle, which comprises at least two motion transmission couplings which mutually cooperate in a kinematic series. Each ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7135785 | Generator unit for tractors and electrical drive system for agricultural devices A generator unit for tractors (1) has a housing (4), which can be non-rotationally mounted on a component of the tractor (1). An input shaft is rotationally supported in the housing (4) and connectable to a power take-off shaft (2)... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6925256 | Optical discriminator for transmitting and receiving in both optical fiber and free space applications A bi-directional communication assembly is provided with commonly available optoelectronic components in a compact package. Diplex functionality is achieved by orienting the receiving detector at an angle with respect to the transmitting beam. An interference coatin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6777840 | Valve actuator for water heating/cooling and sanitary systems An improved actuator (1) for water heating/cooling and sanitary systems includes a miniaturized D.C. Motor (2) with a mechanical clutch element (4), a first motor reducing unit (6) including a planetary reducing unit with a high gear rati... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6707188 | Motor having rotational sensor A rotational sensor of a motor includes a sensor magnet and a sensing element. The sensor magnet is secured to a driving-side rotator of a clutch, which is connected to a rotatable shaft of the motor, to rotate integrally therewith. The sensing element measures a ro... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703739 | Powertrain with motor generator rotor having torque transmission mounting ring A powertrain includes a rotary input member such as an engine crankshaft, a torque coupling such as a hydraulic torque converter, a drive plate, such as a flex plate or spider, connecting the input member to the coupling, and an annular generator rotor ha... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6624726 | High Q factor MEMS resonators Microelectromechanical resonators that can be fabricated on a semiconductor die by processes normally used in fabricating microelectronics (e.g., CMOS) circuits are provided. The resonators comprises at least two vibratable members that are closely spaced... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6522040 | Palm top manual operated generator A palm top manual operated generator includes a housing, a power generating unit, a driving set, a handle and a spring. The housing has a cambered rack which penetrates into the housing and is engaged with the first speed change gear of the driving set. A... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6462447 | Motion transmission devices A magnetic motion transmission device (10) which comprises a magnetic body (15) which has an outer cylindrical surface and radial end walls, is polarized axially of the cylindrical surface and, at the opposed radial ends of the cylindrical surface, has a ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6384508 | Device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and the working part, having an increased free rotation angle A device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and the working part, having an increased free rotation angle, which comprises at least two motion transmission couplings which mutually cooperate in a kinematic se... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6337525 | Bearing for a spinning rotor The present invention relates to a bearing for an open-end spinning rotor. The latter is driven at its rotor shaft by means of a tangential belt in a predetermined direction and is supported in a nip which is formed by at least two bearing disks capable o... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6297575 | Combined power driven device having a three-layered electromechanical structure with common structures A combined power driven device is made up of three layers, each of the three layers forming an electromechanical structure such as a stator or an armature. One of the three layers serves as a common magnetic structure for interaction with the electromecha... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6291917 | Electrical drive unit An electric drive unit for windshield washers of a motor vehicle, including a drive motor having an armature accommodated in a substantially cup-shaped pole housing, a substantially cup-shaped gearbox, secured by its face end to the pole housing, for rece... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6215213 | Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft which is selectively connectable to an output drive shaft via an interposed clutch system. The clutch system has at least two flywheel masses which are rotata... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6198182 | Two-phase stepper motor having two disk stators with salient poles positioned on either side of two disk rotors A two-phase electro-mechanical stepper motor has a first and second rotor fixed on a shaft. Permanent magnets are mounted on each of the rotors. The magnets each have several north and south pole magnet regions that are oriented such that the magnet's nor... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6184603 | Motor/generator unit applicable to automotive vehicle A motor/generator unit applicable to an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The motor/generator unit includes: a torque converter (102a) to perform a transmission of a driving force between an output axle of a vehicular engine and an input axle of a transmis... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5909075 | Belt transmission and clutch for vehicle accessories A crankshaft-mounted, multiple-speed electromagnetic clutch for driving multiple rotary devices of an engine, the engine having a crankshaft, the clutch comprising: a clutch support plate mounted to the crankshaft; a spring connected to the clutch support... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5773904 | Electric machine having at least one clutch An electric machine which can be operated optionally as a motor or generator and in particular can be installed in the drive train of a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive. The machine includes a stator and a rotor of substantially cylindrical shape, The ro... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5739618 | Electric synchronous machine having slip rings arranged outside the machine housing, and a method for producing it In the case of thermal power installations in which a gas turbine and a steam turbine jointly drive a turbo generator, the slip rings (8, 9) are arranged on a separate slip ring shaft (14) which is connected to the actual shaft or machine shaft (10) of th... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5717264 | Concentric-double-shaft simultaneously rotating apparatus A concentric-double-shaft simultaneously rotating apparatus in which a part of the force for driving an inner shaft to rotate is obtained by a device other than a rotation controlled motor to thereby reduce the capacity of the rotation controlled motor to... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5675202 | Generator having pulley with one-way clutch Irregularities on the face of the pulley groove of the pulley for driving the rotor shaft of the generator through the one-way clutch are positively extended and a frictional force between the face and the belt is increased, so that a higher torque than t... | 10/07/1997 |
| 4804874 | Electromagnetic clutch An electromagnetic clutch of the type which includes a rotor secured around a rotation shaft, a drive member rotatably mounted around the rotation shaft, an armature mounted through a resilient member to the drive member with a gap to the rotor, a bearing... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4379242 | Eddy current coupling having rotating and non-rotating flux paths An eddy current coupling has rotating and non-rotating flux paths to use the rotating portions as both magnetic and mechanical members, reduce physical dimensions of the coupling, and improve heat dissipation from the coil. The coupling (10) has an induct... | 04/05/1983 |
