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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7527559 | Torque tube apparatus A torque tube apparatus includes a tube member that connects a transaxle and a clutch unit to each other, a transaxle-side shaft, a clutch shaft, and a sleeve that has a first end and a second end. The first end is slidable with respect to the transaxle-side shaft. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7303482 | Connecting assembly A connecting assembly for transmitting torque between a rotational part (11) having through-holes (13) and an attaching flange (17). Bolts (21) pass through the through-holes (13) and are threaded into threaded holes (18) to... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270040 | Cutting head mounting and support ring system A cutting head mounting and supporting ring assembly having an interlocking joint arrangement for mounting the cutting head on a food slicing machine. The ring assembly includes a support ring having a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending flange... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7208050 | Direct drive industrial carpet cleaner An interface assembly for interconnecting respective housings and output and input drive shafts of a power plant and a vacuum blower by hard mounting, the interface assembly including: an adapter plate secured to a housing of the power plant in rigid and rotationall... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172334 | Hand held blender There is provided an hand held blender essentially having at least two housing or body portions, a first housing or body portion suitable for containing a drive motor and a second housing or body portion suitable for containing one or more shanks or shafts operative... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7061147 | Superconducting electrical machines for use in navy ships Superconducting electrical machines, for example motors or generators, especially high-temperature superconducting machines, include a rotor equipped with superconductors, especially high-temperature superconductors. They further include a rotor cryostat, a rotor sh... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040992 | Boltless retention system for a constant velocity joint A constant velocity joint for use in a prop shaft of an automotive vehicle includes an outer race. The constant velocity joint also includes an inner race arranged within the outer race and a rolling element arranged between the outer race and inner race. A cage is ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6971209 | Stabilization system for an anchor and method of use thereof A stabilization system, including a drive head, stabilization cap and anchor is provided for boring an anchor into the ground and engaging the stabilization cap with the surface of the ground. The drive head engages the head of the anchor and the stabilization cap. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6942064 | Tree stand with adjustable leveling mechanisms A tree stand is provided having a main tubular structure for supporting the user, a contact blade assembly including a contact blade slidably coupled to said main structure, a gripping blade assembly including a gripping blade slidably coupled to the main tubular st... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6869367 | Engine-generator arrangement An engine-generator arrangement comprising an internal combustion engine whose output shaft is connected to the drive shaft of the generator by way of an elastic coupling, wherein the engine casing of the internal combustion engine is connected elastically and prefe... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6368224 | Sealing assembly for constant velocity joint A constant velocity type of universal joint includes a sealing structure that avoids the use of a flexible boot. The constant velocity joint includes a hollow outer joint member, an inner joint member disposed within the outer joint member, and a pluralit... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6328655 | Adapter system An adapter system to connect a main shaft (9) of an electric motor to a device to be driven, in particular to a pinion of a gearing, is disclosed. The system comprises an adapter shaft (10) with a pinion attachment (11) on a first end, for rotationally st... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327934 | Front-axle output of an automatic transmission A front-axle output of an automatic transmission having situated in a sealed housing (15) a front-axle spur pinion (1) which is operatively connected via an intermediate gear (4) with a driving gear. The output spur gear (1) is also connected for transmit... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6220968 | Irrigation drive line protection system A drive line protection system to shield the drive train of agricultural irrigation systems. The system is comprised of an endcap that attaches to the external face of a gearbox which itself engages the rotating elements of the drive train of an irrigatio... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6189640 | Drive line shield for articulated tractors The invention is a sliding shield between the cab end and engine end of a bi-directional or articulated tractor. A sliding member is pivotally attached to the flared shield support on the cab end. The sliding member has a slot on which permits it to be sl... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5672112 | Zero clearance locking mechanism for a disconnect coupling device A zero clearance locking mechanism for a disconnect coupling device for a segmented driveshaft wherein the disconnect coupling device includes an input disconnect member having an input splined coupler integrated in combination therewith, an output discon... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5509324 | Intermediate steering shaft An intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle steering system including a polygonal tubular shaft, a polygonal solid shaft telescopically slidably disposed in the tubular shaft, and a twist lock for clamping a side of the solid shaft against a side o... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5496218 | Coupling means for the drive shaft of prophy angles A coupling for the drive shaft of prophy angles includes an upper drive shaft with a finger-type clutch, and a lower drive shaft having a main drive shaft with a clutch receptacle, and having a drive shaft clamp. The main drive shaft has an expansion slot... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5363711 | Power transmission device A power transmission device for connecting a rotation shaft with a mechanism for converting rotational movement into reciprocal movement. The rotation shaft is concentrically accommodated in a rotation shaft sleeve having an outer wall with a circumferent... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5149302 | Apparatus and method for connecting a screw shaft and a drive cable in a shoulder belt positional adjustment device An apparatus for connecting a screw shaft and a drive cable of a shoulder belt position adjusting device of a seat belt includes a first joint coupled to a connecting end of the screw shaft, and a second joint coupled to an connecting end of the drive cab... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5045026 | Sealless pump assembly apparatus A sealless pump including a casing carrying an inner rotor that carries magnets mounted on a shaft connected to the pump impeller. A thin can-shaped shell is mounted over the inner rotor and an outer frame is mounted over the shell. The outer frame includ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4804211 | Seal assembly A seal assembly is provided for preventing excessive movement between two housings. Whenever two rotating shafts are coupled together, one shaft driving the other, there is generally some movement of the shafts and their respective machines relative to ea... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4766777 | Interrupted thread lock mechanism for an engine-transmission assembly A mechanism for operatively connecting an engine and transmission within a ehicle. The mechanism includes a rotary cylinder-like structure 33 having spline lock elements adapted to mesh with spline lock elements carried by an end wall of the engine. A worm... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4335585 | Lawn trimmer construction A lawn trimmer has a tubular shaft assembly which structurally and drivingly connects an upper power head to a lower rotary tool head in a lawn-trimming tool. The assembly includes a bent portion to dispose its opposite ends at an angle to each other, and... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4332147 | Adjustable power transmitting device An adjustable power transmitting device comprising a rotary input shaft mounted for rotation about a first axis and an output shaft mounted for rotation about a second axis. The output shaft is also mounted for pivotal movement about at least two non-para... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4307583 | Fixture for aligning shafts for connection A fixture for use in mounting an accessory on the frame of an engine or mine and adapted for adjustments for aligning a shaft of the accessory with a power take-off shaft of the machine. The fixture comprises a housing in two parts, one of which is adapt... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4271545 | Adapter for adjustable hospital beds An adapter universally applicable to manually operable hospital beds from which the handles or cranks are removed in order to expose the drive pins of the operating shafts, and comprised of a housing adapted to right and left installation to the shaft cov... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4228739 | Motorized railway truck articulated shaft housing A system for suspending the traction motor and gear box of a parallel drive arrangement in a railway truck or the like in which the gear box and traction motor shafts are flexibly coupled together to accommodate relative movement between the two shafts. I... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4211365 | Motor vehicle auxiliary heater An auxiliary heater for motor vehicles having a burner assembly for liquid fuels is provided with an electric motor whose shaft is coupled to a drive shaft for auxiliary assemblies, such as a combustion air blower, a fuel pump, a rotational atomizer, or t... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4172367 | Torque tube and method for mounting and maintaining power transmitting forces This invention provides a torque tube or coupling housing which is adapted to join a power transmitting member to a power driven member. A rectangular or square metal tube provides this torque tube which has two parallel, spaced-apart outer surfaces. In t... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4169686 | Quick release coupling for connection between shafts A quick release coupling for connecting a driven shaft having a universal type joint at one end thereof, with a drive shaft, includes a coupling box surrounding the drive shaft and a coupling sleeve carried at the end of the driven shaft for axially recei... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4157019 | Releasable coupling device for a power transmission shaft A coupling device for making a driving connection between a tractor power take-off shaft and a transmission shaft on an implement towed by the tractor has a coupling hub drivingly mounted on the power take-off shaft and a coupling drum coaxially surroundi... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4103511 | Connecting arrangement for a machine tool A connecting arrangement for a machine tool in which a driving element and a driven component are constrained from relative twisting by guide pins and are further coupled to transmit torque therethrough. The coupling mechanism is provided with an external... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4072028 | Indexing coupling A flexible coupling is formed by a pair of hubs adapted for mounting on a pair of shafts and interconnected by a flexible serpentine grid. One of the hubs is formed as an indexing assembly including an outer hub member having a first series of internal ge... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4044572 | Serpentine grid flexible coupling A flexible shaft coupling is disclosed in which hub members each having a plurality of axially directed peripheral teeth are adapted for mounting on the shafts to be coupled. In one embodiment, the grooves between the teeth are provided with a rounded bot... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4043146 | Shaft coupling The present shaft coupling is intended for releasably linking two or more vices to each other in a torque transmitting manner. The devices may, for example, be turbines each of which has a shaft. Two bearing mounts are provided for one of the shafts, but ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4037429 | Adapter unit for converting a two-wheel drive vehicle to a four-wheel drive vehicle An adapter unit is disclosed for connecting a power transfer unit to the transmission of a vehicle for conversion of a two-wheel drive vehicle to a four-wheel drive vehicle. The unit includes a housing adapted to be mounted on the transfer unit. The housi... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3965699 | Spring compensated radially flexible power takeoff shaft A single shaft gas turbine engine of the type having a shaft assembly including, in axial alignment, a radial turbine element, a central slinger ring element, a radial compressor element, and a geared power takeoff element. The elements of the shaft assem... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3950964 | Support assembly of vertical rotor A support assembly of the vertical rotor comprises a drive shaft connected with the rotor shaft by means of an elastic support which provides the rotor with self-centring in the course of its rotation. This support is formed by two groups of elastic components... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3942387 | Replaceable freewheel unit for helicopters An angle gear box for a helicopter main rotor drive has a more compact arrangement of the usual gear train elements of the input section as well as a freewheel unit. The input section gear train includes a power input shaft mounted on bearings and having ... | 03/09/1976 |
