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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4532485 | Fine adjusting mechanism for preset type tuner An improved fine adjusting mechanism for a preset type tuner, which is so arranged that, with a ring having cam portions being fitted under pressure onto a fine adjusting shaft of a tuner for simultaneous rotation with it and also for slippage with respec... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4429291 | Rotary pre-setting fine tuning device for a turret type television tuner The present television fine tuning is constructed so that an initial rotation establishes the fine tuning state and that a continued rotation of the fine tuning shaft performs the fine tuning. For this purpose the present tuner comprises a fine tuning dri... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4347628 | Rotary tuning mechanism A rotary tuning mechanism comprises an integral dielectric structure including a gear wheel with a first set of teeth extending from a first face surface and a second set of teeth extending radially from a circumferential surface, a shaft attached to the ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4311056 | Pre-setting fine tuning device for a turret type television tuner The present television fine tuning is so constructed that an initial rotation establishes the fine tuning state and that a continued rotation of the fine tuning shaft performs the fine tuning. For this purpose the present tuner comprises a fine tuning dri... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4300109 | Turret type television tuner having an elastic and a rigid support disc A turret type television tuner comprises a chassis subassembly including a chassis base, an electrical wiring sub-assembly fixed on the chassis base, and a rotor assembly including a turret secured to a selector shaft within the chassis base. The turret i... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4253074 | Push pre-setting fine tuning device for turret type television tuners The present fine tuning device comprises a fine tuning shaft mounted concentrically around a main channel selecting shaft supported in a chassis base. A plate spring member is disposed on the chassis for thrust biasing the fine tuning shaft. A gear member... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4200850 | Combination VHF and UHF tuner arrangement A combination VHF and UHF tuner is provided in which a common station selector shaft may be rotated a number of revolutions to cover the seventy stations in the UHF band. The common selector shaft is provided with twenty-four detent positions per revoluti... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4194155 | Radio receiving device for automotive use A portion of the instrument panel which is adjacent to the steering wheel is protruded and in which portion a radio receiving device is fitted which includes station-number and frequency indicator means and control means for station selection and frequenc... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4186360 | Digital channel selecting apparatus A digital channel selecting apparatus for selecting a channel among a plurality of channels which are distributed in at least a relatively higher and lower frequency regions, wherein a plurality of capacitance elements are coupled in parallel, each consti... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4175259 | Construction of preset plate for VHF tuner Disclosed is a preset plate for a VHF tuner, having a first and a second rotary bodies which are unitarily mounted on a main shaft of the VHF tuner. The first rotary plate has a plurality of coils corresponding to respective channels to be selected and a ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4172390 | Lever for memory fine tuning arrangements for turret type television tuner In a pivotally mounted member of the memory fine tuning arrangement for a turret type television tuner, a pivotally moved lever plate provided integrally with a pivotal shaft having head portion, neck portion and body portion, is pivotally mounted on a fr... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4152682 | Fine tuning mechanism in a tuner A tuner for use in a telecommunication receiver having a rotary drum carrying a plurality of oscillation coils and a fine tuning member for each coil supported for movement inside of the coil for fine tuning and having a geared head, and a main shaft on w... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4138653 | Solid state tuner control A television tuner arrangement is disclosed including a wide band signal selecting circuit having a solid state voltage variable capacitance selectively controllable in accordance with the level of applied voltage and a channel selector control for contro... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4128821 | Turret type television tuner The present turret type television tuner comprises a U-shaped chassis having first and second end walls joined by a side wall. A main channel selecting shaft is supported in said end walls. A toothed index wheel is mounted on the selector shaft adjacent t... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4126051 | Channel selector This invention relates to a channel selector suitable for use in a television receiver set. The channel selector comprises a channel selecting shaft which is linked to a variable capacitor shaft through an Oldham coupler. A fine tuning shaft also is linke... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4123781 | Television tuner with fine tuning means A television tuner including a fine tuning mechanism, said mechanism comprising a cam body provided to a sleeve rotatably disposed around the operating shaft, said cam body having a cam surface adapted to convert rotary motion to reciprocating motion, and... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4043207 | Frequency selector comprising a freewheel coupling A frequency selector comprising a first control member for frequency preselection changing and a second control member for changing the preselection frequency. The control members are coupled such that unintended changing of the preselection frequency by ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4041422 | Fine tuning assembly for preset tuner A plurality of fine tuning elements are mounted on a disc which is rotatable by a selector shaft so that a selected tuning element is in a tuning position. Each tuning element comprises a screw with a gear mounted at the end thereof. A tuning shaft is rot... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4027275 | Controller for a varactor tuner A turret-type controller includes a base with a plurality of resistive strips mounted thereon, each of which is associated with a conductive contact movable with respect thereto. A pair of annular conductive strips are also situated on the base, but axial... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4025882 | UHF tuner having frequency setting fine toned by varying characteristic impedance of resonant line A radio frequency tuner for ultra-high frequency range provided with an improved fine tuning device in which a conductor plate member is movably disposed in the vicinity of a resonant line whose one end is connected to a variable capacity element for tuni... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3972240 | Detent UHF tuner with preset memory A detent type tuning mechanism for a UHF tuner having a continuously variable tuning shaft includes a detented selector shaft, a gear train interconnecting the tuning shaft and the selector shaft, and a memory type fine tuning mechanism including a rotata... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3947787 | Mechanical TV control unit A television tuner includes a rotatable turret and a plurality of coil forms positioned in the turret. There is a pair of tuning coils mounted on each coil form and an adjustable tuning screw extending outwardly from each end of each coil form. The housin... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3944952 | Fine tuning system having a limited user adjustable tuning range A limited tuning range tuning unit useable with a television tuner of the turret type includes a user tunable coil having a tuning slug extending from an end of the tuning unit. A pinion gear engageable by a drive train coupled to a user operated fine tun... | 03/16/1976 |