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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588385 | Coupling device and image forming apparatus using the same An image forming apparatus includes a driving source, a rotary element and a coupling device. The coupling device includes an inner coupling having a cylindrical shape with a first rotation axis and a first group of claws arranged to be evenly spaced in a circumfere... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585126 | Screwless fixing assembly A screwless fixing assembly disposed on a frame is provided, which includes a fixed member, a movable member, an elastic member, and a positioning device. The fixed member is fixed on the frame and has an opening form thereon. The movable member is movably disposed ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 6558261 | Actuator drive and display mechanism The present invention relates to a mechanism for rotatably coupling two coaxial shafts while allowing relative movement of the shafts in the X, Y and Z directions. The mechanism includes a female socket and a male fitting. The female socket is attached to... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6551009 | Spline connection for limited access space and method of assembly and disassembly A spline connection is provided between a first part and a second part wherein a first set of internal splines is formed on an inner cylindrical surface of the first part and a second set of internal splines is formed on an inner cylindrical surface of th... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6482094 | Self-aligning splined male shaft head and engagement method A splined shaft head for engaging a splined hub includes first, second and third stages. The first stage has a conical taper on one side, and a cylindrical setback on the other side, which transitions through a tapered shoulder to the cylindrical body of ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6247867 | Coupling means A coupling for engaging and disengaging a drive means (12) from a driven member (10), the coupling comprising a stress absorbent coupling member (20), a shaft (22), operably connected to a drive (12), and an actuating member (28), the coupling member bein... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5961246 | Structure for joining impeller to rotatable shaft There is provided a structure for joining an impeller to a rotatable shaft, including (a) a bushing through which the impeller is joined to the rotatable shaft, the bushing including a hollow cylindrical portion which is to fit into a recess formed with t... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5806933 | Head rest and restraint assembly A head rest and restraint assembly has, as its principal component, a padded, shaped arm which has one end thereof contained in a mounting member. The contained end has a splined portion thereon which is adapted to mate with an interior splined portion of... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5799766 | Arrangement for the attachment of a flywheel to a crankshaft The present invention generally relates to the attachment of a centrifugal mass or a modular clutch to the output end of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. For this purpose, axially-oriented gear teeth can be introduced in both parts, e.g. a s... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5779385 | Automatic uncocking shaft sensing coupler A coupling for axially fixing a hub on a shaft has locking members slidable in slots of the hub and which are engaged in recesses in the shaft by a collar which holds the locking members in the recesses so as to fix the hub axially on the shaft. In a rele... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5665001 | Coupling for connecting two shafts A coupling (14) axially and non-rotatingly connects two shafts (8, 12). Both shafts, at their ends facing one another, includes shoulders (18, 19) provided with teeth (24). A first tensioning sleeve (29) which, in its bore (28), has a set of teeth (26) ma... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5279183 | Combination of a crankshaft and a flywheel According to an illustrative example of the invention, a flywheel is screwed to a crankshaft by a central bolt. The flywheel and the crankshaft are further provided with radially extending teeth in opposite annular contact faces. These teeth are engaged s... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5195840 | Torque transmission shaft assembly A torque transmission shaft assembly for connecting a drive shaft and driven shaft which are mutually spaced less than the length of the assembly. The assembly includes a rigid elongated hollow rod member having a body portion and first and second open en... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5149223 | Drive coupling A replaceable xerographic cassette is coupled to a rotatable driving shaft in a copying machine by a rotary drive coupling member in which a splined drive shaft of the cassette engages as the latter is inserted into the machine. To accommodate angular mis... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5083909 | Seawater hydraulic vane type pump A vane type hydraulic energy translating device for pumping filtered seawater and which uses seawater as a lubricating fluid. The pump is a compact, light weight design in which the bearings and certain other critical components are fabricated from corros... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4938731 | Rotatable, self-aligning lobe coupling A rotatable coupling having a male member (2) and a female member (4) each rotatable about central axes and ଲ. The male member has lobes (16) and the female member cavities (50) for mutual engagement. The male lobes terminate in wedge-shaped... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4900177 | Spline centering device A spline centering device is arranged on a member having a spline in mating engagement with a spline on a member having a hole not otherwise having spline centering or piloting characteristics. The centering device features a spring loaded tapered member ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4891893 | Dredge cutterhead tooth assembly Tooth assembly for a dredge cutterhead, the assembly including a universal male adapter edge for attachment to the cutterhead, a female detachable tooth, a key for locking the tooth to the adapter edge, and a key retainer for locking the key in place.... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4863353 | Attaching arrangement An arrangement for attaching a machine element to a shaft, especially for impellers of pumps, comprises a spiral-formed key which is firmly fixed to the shaft, with the element to be attached being provided with a corresponding keyway.... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4624596 | Device for adjusting the angular position of a driving member coupled to another driven member adapted to be rotatingly driven A device comprising a ring coupled on its inside surface to a steering shaft and coupled on its outside surface to a member such as the hub of a steering wheel, the ring being adapted to be displaced in translation by means of a control member, at least o... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4540305 | Drive shaft assembly A drive shaft assembly including a pair of telescoping drive shaft parts one adapted to fit within the other having a tapered member on the one drive shaft part which extends outwardly therefrom and which is retractable against the force of a spring. An i... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4318306 | Centering apparatus for toothed drives A shaft centering device for assisting in the coaxial alignment of a drive pinion in relation to a driven member with which the pinion is selectively engageable by intermeshing of respective gear teeth thereon is proposed which comprises a spring ring ele... | 03/09/1982 |
